Harmless interstellar hydrogen becomes deadly ionized radiation that would fry the crew and electronics of starships traveling near light speed, according to a physicist.
Relevant research via Dadelstein & Arthur Edelstein
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I'm Jean Hannah Edelstein, a writer, editor and author. This used to be my personal blog, but now I just use it for amusing and interesting internet ephemera. Head to www.jeanhannahedelstein.com for the full-strength version of what I'm thinking and writing.
I'm Jean Hannah Edelstein, a writer, editor and author. This used to be my personal blog, but now I just use it for amusing and interesting internet ephemera. Head to www.jeanhannahedelstein.com for the full-strength version of what I'm thinking and writing.
Warp Speed will kill you
“At some point the fact that you are being an expat ceases to be a matter of happenstance and becomes a personality trait. Or perhaps the personality trait is that you think that the fact that you are an expat is a personality trait.”
“You know what I need to do though? Put the phone down and ask myself who in the whole wide world is supposed to take responsibility for what I write if I won’t do it myself.”
— Um…shit. Yeah. OK.
Go on vacation with Vic and leave your camera at home; she’ll take care of the photos. You’ll also eat a lot of ice cream and laugh a lot of crying laughs.
“My brain had apparently been storing every unfelt scrap of happiness from the last nineteen months, and it had impulsively decided to unleash all of it at once in what would appear to be an act of vengeance.”
The Millions : So That If I Died It Mattered
“I really tried hard to be the best person I could be. So that if I died it mattered.”
(Source: breakthecitysky, via howto-kissdistinctly-american)
Spiersblr: On Conflating Your Job with Your Identity
“Producing good work has many benefits, and it certainly contributes to a stronger sense of identity and purpose. But fullness of self is about more than that. It’s about those ancillary but more direct questions: What are our interests? What are our values? Where did we come from, and where are we now?”
Physics Illinois alumnus recognized for lifetime of pioneering contributions to MRI | Department of Physics at the U of I
He’s also a leading dad.
Such a gorgeous song, not just because Julian is my favorite* nephew.
*only; once his upcoming brother arrives, he will be my joint favorite.
Oh my gosh, I thought to myself, There is a man there in a state of distress on the runway. Maybe he fell off his Segway and I am going to have to use my newly-acquired first aid skills to help him.
Really instructive content from ABCRadioNational.
