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(Source: West Midlands Police - Forensic Science Lab)2017-06-05T19:16:23+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2017/06/02/prison-takes-away-what-we-need-for-a-healthy-life/2017-06-02T19:12:56+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2017/04/28/new-freelance-writings-solitary-confinement-lost-socal-beaches-trump-science-and-wheres-et/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/8566414982_640b8604ec_o.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/47551534@N00/8566414982/in/photolist-e3Z7J3-83Lfmg-83Pm4u-iXE3Ua-iXGaU7-7QVftJ-82v7ta-gAwHas-gAx9aK-7QqNzv-cF1ZA3-bsXuT4-9Co1yq-9Co1Tq-9CoBpG-9Ck7bZ-9Co29u-bsXuS2-e7L2sZ-e7L6mM-a9MzqS-9kPJxo-e7RGBQ-7QqNjp-7AWRQb-8kgBTF-gAwi7C-gAwgAS-gAwLR2-gAwqa5-gAwt1p-gAwQm8-gAwr5G-gAw17y-gAw6o5-gAwbW9-gAx454-gAwHae-gBnfYt-gAwob5-gAwRiP-gAvXiN-gAwuh2-gAwva4-gAwhRY-gAvZEG-gAvT2b-gAwsnm-gAwFA4-f8MBRa-9sWxcT">Flickr/Matthew Thompson</a>2017-04-29T00:38:37+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2017/01/30/my-new-freelance-writings-climate-costs-light-pollution-binary-stars/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/315881main_smokestack-browse.jpgD2007_1108_427191.jpgD2007_1108_427191.jpg2017-01-31T01:44:46+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/12/09/trump-transition-news-in-nature-budget-situation-scientists-respond/2016-12-24T01:36:44+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/12/23/to-combat-climate-change-incremental-change-is-not-enough/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/doe-lpo_project-photos_wind_shepherds-flat_06.pngdoe-lpo_project-photos_wind_shepherds-flat_06(Credit: US Dept. of Energy)2016-12-23T18:45:36+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/11/29/is-trump-betraying-his-base/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/bn-qs667_trumpm_gr_20161109184837.jpgbn-qs667_trumpm_gr_20161109184837(Credit: Mike Segar/Reuters)2016-12-05T22:04:21+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/11/10/my-election-polling-coverage-for-nature/2016-11-10T23:49:07+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/10/24/counting-the-uncounted-in-the-us-election/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/rtxa96w-voter-at-ballot-election.jpgVoters fill their ballots at St. Jerome Parish in Los Angeles(Credit: Reuters/Danny Moloshok)2016-10-24T14:53:13+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/10/13/californias-poised-to-become-the-first-state-to-ban-plastic-bags/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/shutterstock_129023999-1280x960.jpgshutterstock_129023999-1280x960(Credit: Nicram Sabad/Shutterstock)2016-10-13T23:07:21+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/10/03/news-from-nature-gender-bias-in-geoscience-psychological-disputes-and-mining-asteroids/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/osirisrextagprint2016_web.jpgosirisrextagprint2016_webCredit: NASA 2016-10-03T18:10:35+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/09/01/book-review-dark-matter-and-the-dinosaurs-by-lisa-randall/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/y648.pngy6482016-09-02T03:10:57+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/08/22/the-climate-crisis-is-not-a-reproductive-crisis/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/temperature_nca-1991-2012_lrg.jpgtemperature_nca-1991-2012_lrgMap of temperature rises that have *already* occurred. (Credit: US National Climate Assessment / NASA)2017-07-13T14:55:51+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/08/17/campaign-promises-and-proclamations-i-hope-president-hillary-clinton-will-fulfill/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/secretary_clinton_8x10__2400_1.jpgSecretary_Clinton_8x10__2400_1(Credit: U.S. Department of State)2016-08-17T12:21:23+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/08/09/news-from-nature-women-in-physics-atom-wranglers-musical-preferences/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/gettyimages-537163513_web.jpgGettyImages-537163513_web(Credit: ullstein bild/Getty)2016-08-09T23:29:53+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/07/06/random-thoughts-from-a-new-fatherscience-writer/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/0d5cbebe-1dd8-b71b-0ba840795ecfe9d6.jpg0D5CBEBE-1DD8-B71B-0BA840795ECFE9D6An excellently framed night sky view of the Milky Way at Dinosaur National Monument, Utah. (Credit: NPS Dan Duriscoe)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_2072.jpgIMG_2072Here's my baby's stuffed pterodactyl, reminding me to stay focused on the important things.2016-07-08T00:16:56+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/05/19/inside-science-reviews-the-big-picture-sean-carrolls-book-and-the-man-who-knew-infinity/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/thebigpicture_jacketimage.jpgTheBigPicture_jacketimage(Credit: Dutton, Penguin Random House, Inc.)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/man_who_knew_infinity_01.jpgMan_Who_Knew_Infinity_01A scene from "The Man Who Knew Infinity," with Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons. (Courtesy of San Francisco Film Society / Richard Blanshard / IFC Films)2016-05-20T20:26:01+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2014/12/16/thoughts-on-interstellar-and-questions-it-raises/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ut_interstellaropener_f.pngut_interstellarOpener_f2016-05-06T06:28:15+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/05/03/inside-science-dark-matter-particles-cosmic-lenses-and-super-earths/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/a2218c_hst.jpga2218c_hstA Hubble Space Telescope image of galaxy cluster Abell 2218 showing "strong" gravitational lensing. (Credit: NASA, A. Fruchter and the ERO Team) https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/lhc_atlas.jpgLHC_ATLASPhysicists have used the Large Hadron Collider's ATLAS experiment to probe for potential dark matter particles. (Credit: CERN)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/super-earth-top.jpgsuper-earth-topThe super-Earth planet Kepler-62f (shown in this artist's concept) is located within the habitable zone of a star in the constellation Lyra, about 1,200 light-years from Earth. (Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/Tim Pyle)2016-05-04T01:41:53+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/04/22/space-mining-is-becoming-a-reality-but-is-it-legal/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/osiris-rex-spacecraft-at-bennu.pngOSIRIS-REx-Spacecraft-at-BennuAn artist's concept of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft preparing to take a sample from the near-Earth asteroid called Bennu. The mission is scheduled for launch this September. (Credit: NASA)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/8975_6e69ebbfad976d4637bb4b39de261bf7.jpg8975_6e69ebbfad976d4637bb4b39de261bf7Illustration by Maciej Frolow / Getty Images2016-04-24T16:17:28+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/03/29/future-long-distance-transportation-trains-versus-hyperloop/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/self-driving-car-0.jpgself-driving-car.0(Shutterstock)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1683.jpgIMG_1683Here's another photo, this time from the observation car of Amtrak's Coast Starlight train.https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/hyperloop_fig6.jpgHyperloop_Fig6Simulation of a Hyperloop capsule (Credit: SpaceX).https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1652.jpgIMG_1652I took this photo from my comfortable window seat on Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner train.2016-10-02T21:10:44+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/03/10/book-review-leaving-orbit-by-margaret-lazarus-dean/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/400px-nasa_logo-svg.png400px-NASA_logo.svgNASA's logo, often affectionately referred to as the "meatball." (People refer to its less popular logo in the '80s as the "worm.")https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/619919main_sts1_launch-1.jpg619919main_sts1_launch-1Space shuttle Columbia lifts off from Launch Pad 39A on 12 April 1981. (Credit: NASA)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/9781555977092.png97815559770922016-03-11T07:08:44+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/03/06/more-news-from-monterey-otter-rescue-coastal-economy-fog-maps/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ar-160309831.jpgAR-160309831Monterey Bay Aquarium visitors enjoy the sea otter exhibit during the 1:30 feeding at the Monterey Bay Aquarium on Friday. (Vern Fisher - Monterey Herald)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fogbelts_monterey-legit.jpgfogbelts_monterey.legitThe Salinas Valley is the recipient of more than five hours of fog and low clouds every 24 hours. (USGS)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ar-160219725.jpgAR-160219725Fog billows up over Point Lobos as Philipp Schindler drives on the eighth hole at Pebble Beach Golf Links during the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Saturday. (David Royal — Monterey Herald)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ar-160229940.jpgAR-160229940San Carlos Beach Park in Monterey on Monday. A recently released report from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey points out that rising sea levels will be just one of the challenges facing coastal economies. (Vern Fisher — Monterey Herald)2016-03-06T16:03:25+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/07/17/new-discoveries-as-new-horizons-flies-by-pluto/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/new_horizons.gifnew_horizonsNASA's New Horizons spacecraft. (Undated handout artist’s impression. Photograph: Johns Hopkins University Applied/PA)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tn-p_lorri_fullframe_color.jpgtn-p_lorri_fullframe_colorImage from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, taken on 13 July 2015 when the spacecraft was 476,000 miles (768,000 km) from the surface. Pluto is dominated by the feature informally named the "Heart." (Image Credit: NASA/APL/SwRI)2016-03-06T00:21:36+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/07/31/high-definition-space-telescope-our-giant-glimpse-of-the-future/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/16519914560_97231c2691_o.jpg16519914560_97231c2691_oAn artist's impression of the James Webb Space Telecope. (Image credit: NASA)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1-17913.png1.17913Artist’s conception of proposed proposed High-Definition Space Telescope, which would have a giant segmented mirror and unprecedented resolution at optical and UV wavelengths. (NASA/GSFC)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/res-comp-l3000.pngRes-comp-L3000A simulated spiral galaxy as viewed by Hubble and the proposed High Definition Space Telescope at a lookback time of approximately 10 billion years. Image credit: D. Ceverino, C. Moody, G. Snyder, and Z. Levay (STScI)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mirror-comp-l3000.pngMirror-comp-L30002016-03-06T00:20:45+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/08/26/why-do-we-engage-in-space-exploration/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/journey_to_mars.jpgjourney_to_marsOverview of components of NASA's Journey to Mars program, which seeks to send humans to the Red Planet in the 2030s. (Credit: NASA)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/kepler_16b_39x27.jpgKepler_16b_39x27Artist's depiction of a "Tatooine-like" planet orbiting two suns, recently discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft. (Courtesy: NASA)2016-03-06T00:19:15+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/10/04/book-review-five-billion-years-of-solitude/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/14-335.jpg14-335Artist's conception of NASA's Kepler spacecraft. (Image credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/fivebillionyearsofsolitude.jpgFiveBillionYearsofSolitude2016-03-06T00:17:46+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/11/09/finding-earth-2-0/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/nea-scout-concept-art.jpgnea-scout-concept-artArtist's illustration of NASA's NEA Scout CubeSat, which is scheduled to launch aboard the maiden flight of the agency’s Space Launch System rocket in 2018. (Credit: NASA)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/120913-starshipphoto-hmed-0820a_files-grid-6x2.jpg120913-StarshipPhoto-hmed-0820a_files.grid-6x2A potential spacecraft called Icarus Pathfinder would be powered by electric propulsion engines called VASIMR, taking it out to 1,000 times the distance between the Earth and Sun. (Credit: NBC News)2016-03-06T00:16:37+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/02/05/book-review-trace-by-lauret-savoy/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/trace_final.jpgTrace_FINAL2016-03-06T00:11:28+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/02/19/current-views-of-climate-change-the-general-public-versus-top-presidential-candidates/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/climate-change-report-29.pngClimate-Change-Report-29Latin America and Africa are more concerned about climate change than the U.S. and China. (Credit: Pew Research Center.)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/gallup_gwscienceconsensus.jpgGallup_GWscienceconsensusThe political gap has also widened for people who "think scientists believe global warming is occurring." (Credit: Gallup, Inc.)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/gallup_gwworrypartyid.jpgGallup_GWworryPartyIDThe political divide has nearly doubled in the last 15 years for people who “worry a great deal or fair amount about global warming.” (Credit: Gallup, Inc.)2016-02-19T19:22:09+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/02/09/news-from-monterey-low-water-levels-fracking-debates/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ar-160209885.jpgAR-160209885Oil fields near San Ardo in southern Monterey County. (Vern Fisher - Monterey Herald)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/mch-l-lakelevel-0127-1-l.jpgLake Nacimiento water levelA fishing boat motors across Lake Nacimiento in San Luis Obispo County on Tuesday, January 26, 2016. The recent rains have raised the water level to 22% of capacity. (Vern Fisher - Monterey Herald)2016-02-09T15:59:00+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/03/14/book-review-fukushima-the-story-of-a-nuclear-disaster/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/15072986372_3bcc203f9b_o.jpg15072986372_3bcc203f9b_oSource: NRC, DOE/EIAhttps://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/insag10_table.jpgINSAG10_tableCredit: International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group (INSAG)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/13nuclearmap-articleinline.jpg13nuclearmap-articleInlineCredit: International Nuclear Safety Centerhttps://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fukushima-book.jpgfukushima-book2016-02-06T02:21:48+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/01/25/exciting-and-controversial-science-gravitational-waves-and-a-new-ninth-planet/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ligo-hanford-aerial-02.jpgligo-hanford-aerial-02The LIGO Laboratory operates two detector sites, one near Hanford in eastern Washington (pictured here) and another near Livingston, Louisiana. (Credit: Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/orbits_1280_planetx21.jpgOrbits_1280_PlanetX2(Data) JPL; Batygin and Brown/Caltech; (Diagram) A. Cuadra/Science2016-10-20T18:31:38+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2016/01/12/el-nio-brings-concerns-of-mudslides-flooding-and-coastal-erosion/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mch-l-erosion-0112-6-l.jpgCarmel River MouthPeople watch as the Carmel River flows to the ocean at Carmel River State Beach on Monday, January 11, 2016. County crews worked with equipment on Sunday to start the breach through the sand bar at the southern channel. The river broke through on its own sometime Sunday night. (Vern Fisher - Monterey Herald)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ar-160119988.jpgAR-160119988Vehicles get trapped in a mudslide on Highway 1 three miles south of Esalen on Feb. 13, 1987. The major winter storm caused this section of roadway to be closed for weeks. (Herald file photo) 2016-01-13T01:07:37+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/12/28/reporting-from-the-american-geophysical-union-fire-risk-maps-rocky-mountain-forests-sierra-nevada-water/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/9649763272_fd1e2ae964_o_web-800x600.jpg9649763272_fd1e2ae964_o_WEB-800x600Burning trees and brush in the 2013 Rim Fire, which burned more than 1000 square kilometers in California's Stanislaus National Forest. The Rim Fire was the largest ever recorded for the Sierra Nevada mountain range. (Credit: Mike McMillan, USFS , CC BY-NC 2.0)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/skibba_usfs_fig3.jpgSkibba_USFS_Fig3Nearly every mature spruce tree has been killed by spruce beetle in this area of the Rio Grande National Forest in southwest Colorado. (Credit: U.S. Forest Service; photo: Brian Howell)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/skibba_salt_springs_reserv.jpgSkibba_salt_springs_reservThe Salt Springs Reservoir, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains east of Sacramento, has experienced dropping water levels, barely covering the lowest gauges installed by the U.S. Geological Survey. (Credit: Rowan Gaffney)2015-12-29T02:49:34+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2014/09/18/californians-and-the-environment/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/graph.jpggraph2015-12-21T19:37:37+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/12/17/new-planetary-science-habitable-planets-and-saturns-titan-moon/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/skibba_monday_image1.jpgSkibba_monday_image1A map of Titan’s North Pole, including its lakes, sediments and complex terrain. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute.)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/skibba_6_5-saraseager.jpgSkibba_6_5-SaraSeagerSara Seager, MIT planetary physics professor. (Credit: MIT)2015-12-18T03:17:35+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/12/12/philanthropists-are-enabling-and-influencing-the-future-of-astronomy/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/fig2.jpgfig2Research & Development as a Fraction of Discretionary Spending, 1962-2014. (Source: Budget of the U.S. Government FY 2015; AAAS.)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/rdgdp_1.jpgRDGDP_1Trends in Federal Research & Development. (Source: National Science Foundation, American Association for the Advancement of Science.)2015-12-12T18:23:43+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/12/10/more-engineering-news-protein-engineering-and-next-generation-computer-architecture/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/15941-n3xt_news1.jpg15941-n3xt_newsA multi-campus team led by Stanford engineers Subhasish Mitra and H.-S. Philip Wong has developed a revolutionary high-rise architecture for computing.https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/uscale_withtitle.jpguSCALE_withtitleAn overview of the directed evolution process with μSCALE: preparing protein libraries, screening them, extracting desired cells, and then inferring the DNA sequence at work. (Credit: Cochran Lab, Stanford)2015-12-10T19:57:57+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/12/01/engineering-news-solar-cells-and-plasma-combustion/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/plasma_gun.jpgPlasma_gunA long-exposure photographic image capturing the Stanford Plasma Gun during a single firing. The image shows where the plasma is brightest during the acceleration process, which occurs over tens of microseconds.https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/15871-watersolarbig_news.jpg15871-watersolarbig_newsStanford engineers have shown how to increase the power of corrosion-resistant solar cells, setting a record for solar energy output under water. (Photo credit: Shutterstock)2015-12-02T02:41:33+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/11/16/the-return-of-persian-science/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_0029.jpgIMG_0029Me and Sohrab Rahvar outside the physics department of University of Sharif, May 13, 2008. (Photo: Forood Daneshbad.)2015-11-16T17:10:50+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/07/23/happy-birthday-to-vera-rubin-discoverer-of-dark-matter/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/heic1502c.jpgWide-field view of the Andromeda Galaxy showing the extent of thDetailed image of the Andromeda Galaxy, recently surveyed by the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury
. (Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton et al.)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/binneymerrifield_fig8-33.pngBinneyMerrifield_Fig8.33Rotation curves of three spiral galaxies of varying brightness, adapted from an influential 1985 paper by Rubin. (Credit: Binney & Merrifield, "Galactic Astronomy," Princeton, 1998.https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/rubin_vera_f1.jpgRubin_vera_f1Vera Rubin measuring spectra, circa 1970. (Credit: American Institute of Physics)2016-12-27T19:47:12+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/08/19/struggling-against-gender-bias-in-stem-fields-2/2015-11-01T01:15:35+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/10/26/frontiers-of-computer-engineering-graphene-and-cognitive-networking/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/giorgio_quer.jpggiorgio_querUC San Diego Postdoctoral Researcher Giorgio Quer.https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/memory_hs.jpgRESSREELASEStanford electrical engineering professor H.-S. Philip Wong, left, graduate student Joon Sohn and postdoctoral fellow Seunghyun Lee (seated) are developing high-capacity, energy-efficient memory chips that are not based on silicon. (Photo: Norbert von der Groeben)2015-10-26T16:35:30+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/10/16/nuclear-risk-reduction-after-the-iran-deal-take-nukes-off-hair-trigger-alert/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nuclear-missile-caution-sign.jpgnuclear-missile-caution-signA decommissioned Titan II missile in an Arizona silo. (Credit: Sam Howzit, Union of Concerned Scientists)2015-10-21T17:41:26+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/09/15/my-surprising-and-exciting-journey-from-scientist-to-science-writer/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/milkywayovergreatsandduneso_1.jpgMilkyWayOverGreatSandDunesO_1Milky Way over Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado. (Photo by Carl Fredrickson)2015-10-17T05:04:06+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/10/15/what-happens-if-you-fall-into-a-black-hole/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cygx1_ill.jpgA stellar-mass black hole in orbit with a companion star located about 6,000 light years from Earth.Artist's drawing of a black hole named Cygnus X-1, which is pulling matter from the blue star beside it. (Credits: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss)2016-03-14T16:38:25+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/09/11/8-ways-to-improve-the-academic-system-for-science-and-scientists/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/rdgdp_1.jpgRDGDP_1Federal funding for non-defense research & development has been pretty flat since the 1980s, except for "sequestration." (Credit: <a href="http://www.aaas.org/page/historical-trends-federal-rd">AAAS</a>, NSF)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nsf_fig4e.jpgNSF_Fig4EFor doctorate recipients who care primarily about salary, their choice is obvious. (Credit: <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/sed/2013/digest/index.cfm">National Science Foundation</a>)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nsf_phd_emp_3.pngNSF_PhD_Emp_3Note the trends: more and more people with Ph.D's are going into postdocs or are unemployed. (Credit: NSF, The Atlantic)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dangrusso2015_fig3.jpgDangRusso2015_Fig3Distribution of percentage of research grant astronomers currently invest (blue) and suggest (yellow) to allocate into public outreach engagement. (Credit: Lisa Dang, Pedro Russo)2024-02-13T00:04:42+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/09/02/reproducibility-in-science-study-finds-psychology-experiments-fail-replication-test/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/retractions.jpgRetractionsSource: American Society for Microbiology, Naturehttps://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/f2-large.jpgF2.largeEffects claimed in the majority of studies cannot be reproduced. Figure shows density plots of original and replication P values and effect sizes (correlation coefficients).https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/f1-large.jpgF1.largeEffects claimed in the majority of studies cannot be reproduced. Figure shows original study effect size versus replication effect size (correlation coefficients).https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/shutterstock_psychology-brain-wheels-1280x960.jpgshutterstock_psychology-brain-wheels-1280x960(Credit: Shutterstock/Lightspring)2015-09-02T18:18:22+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/08/17/as-galaxies-gradually-fade-the-universe-is-slowly-dying/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/iau1509a.jpgiau1509aThis composite picture shows how a typical galaxy appears at different wavelengths in the GAMA survey. The energy produced by galaxies today is about half what it was two billion years ago, and this fading occurs across all wavelengths. (Credit: ICRAR/GAMA and ESO.)2015-08-18T01:10:01+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/08/06/how-the-worsening-two-tier-education-system-affects-students-and-teachers/2015-08-07T03:09:35+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/03/08/nasa-missions-exploring-dwarf-planets-ceres-and-pluto/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/lorri_nixhydra.gifLORRI_NixHydraDistant image of Pluto by New Horizons. 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Institut International de Physique Solvay, Brussels.2015-06-04T18:03:30+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/05/21/some-resources-and-advice-about-science-writing/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/logo.pnglogohttps://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1872.jpgIMG_1872A photo I took of the Ancestral Pueblo village, Tyuonyi, in the Bandelier National Monument near Santa Fe, NM (May 2015)2015-05-22T17:28:35+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/05/15/does-your-social-circle-bias-your-view-of-the-world/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20140923posse196.png20140923posse196According to Dr. Mirta Galesic, one's social circle affects one's views and assessments of the general population.https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/galesicetalfig1.jpgGalesicetalFig1Galesic, Olsson & Riesskamp (2012): self-enhancement and self-depreciation in people's estimates of household wealth, work stress, and number of friends in their social circles and general population.https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/n-psychology-experiment-large570.jpgn-PSYCHOLOGY-EXPERIMENT-large570Illustrative image of sub conscious level2015-05-22T02:15:38+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2014/10/02/is-data-driven-science-an-oxymoron/2015-05-15T20:24:03+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/05/11/competes-act-the-house-science-committees-controversial-bill/2015-05-13T04:07:29+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/04/28/dispute-continues-between-astronomers-and-native-hawaiians-about-thirty-meter-telescope/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/giant-telescope.jpggiant-telescopeArtist's rendition of the planned Thirty Meter Telescope. (Credit: TMT/Associated Press)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dn27324-1_1200.jpgdn27324-1_1200Native Hawaiians protesting the Thirty Meter Telescope. (Credit: AP Photo/Anne Keala Kelly)2015-05-03T02:36:49+00:00monthlyhttps://raminskibba.net/2015/04/17/physics-diplomacy-and-the-iran-nuclear-deal/https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/6b43a0a7-08c9-405f-b1fbeeb8380ef599_article.jpg6B43A0A7-08C9-405F-B1FBEEB8380EF599_articleThe Fordo facility, built below a mountain, will be turned into a research lab. (Credit: IAEA Imagebank/Flickr)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/zarif-kerry-jan2015.jpgzarif-kerry-jan2015Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif and US Secretary of State Kerry in Paris on 16 Jan. 2015. 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(Credit: Volker Springel, Aquarius Simulation.)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/des-dwarf-galaxies-1.jpgDES-Dwarf-Galaxies-1https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/des-dwarf-galaxies-2.jpgDES-Dwarf-Galaxies-2https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/des-sat-galaxies-medres.jpgx-defaultAn illustration of the previously discovered dwarf satellite galaxies (in blue) and the newly discovered candidates (in red) as they sit outside the Milky Way. (Image: Yao-Yuan Mao, Ralf Kaehler, Risa Wechsler.)https://raminskibba.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dwarf-galaxies-2.jpgdwarf galaxies 2Six of the nine newly discovered dwarf satellite galaxies. (V. Belokurov, S. Koposov. Photo: Y. 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