In 2018, NASA changed the way it evaluates requests for observing time on Hubble Telescope to reduce biases, and it’s working.

In 2018, NASA changed the way it evaluates requests for observing time on Hubble Telescope to reduce biases, and it’s working.



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Have you ever wondered how big a bacteria can get before it’s no longer feasible to be a bacteria? Take 11 minutes to learn the answer.

Astronomical phenomena can have some funny names, like the star named ‘Sualocin’ (‘Nicolaus’ spelt backwards), or the nebula called ‘Dark Doodad’.

The Nature Journal group regularly undertakes a global survey of postgraduate students. I encourage you to submit your thoughts if you are a postgraduate student, or forward the survey on to your students.

80% of jobs that could be filled by scientists with a PhD don’t mention ‘PhD’ in the ad.

The constant distraction of social media could be preventing our minds from settling into a deeper, more complete feeling of boredom.
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