Tag: Science
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Dad, is God real?
This is question my 9 years old asked me and took me days to make a bedtime story for her: Imagine you are 3 years old again. Last month, we watched the spaceship rocket Test Flight 22 by spaceX. One…
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Maryam Mirzakhani: Finding Patterns in Chaos
Maryam Mirzakhani was one of the greatest mathematicians in history. She was the first woman ever to win the Fields Medal, which is the highest award in mathematics. When she was still a teenager, she also won two gold medals…
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A lesson for my daughter – How to learn like a scientist
In one of our science nights, I will give you this lesson: let’s talk about two cool ways scientists understand the world around them. The first is called “empiricism”. Imagine when you were little and learned about fruit by tasting…
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Time is Not What You Think!
I was watching a lecture by Italian theoretical physicist and writer Carlo Rovelli, who wrote the amazing book “Seven Brief Lessons on Physics”. He explained why the time we experience in day to day life works fine but it breaks…
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The Science of Listening to Your Body
I was doing high-intensity training for 5 days, then took 2 days for recovery when I got an infection and had to go on antibiotics. The question in my head was should I stop training because of the antibiotics? I…
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Illusion is a precondition for enlightenment.
Imagine two situations: Scenario 1: I explain how the sun produces heat. I go deep into the science, how it’s like a giant fusion reactor, smashing atoms together to release energy. If you’re curious, this kind of knowledge feels exciting.…
