Taking action is the essense of Newton's First Law: it takes 1 unbalanced force to change anything. Not majority opinion. Not good intentions. One unbalanced force, applied persistently, in a direction. Be that unbalanced force! Hit the streets and Stand Up for Science.
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One way to look at Newton's First Law of Motion is that it takes 1 unbalanced force to change anything. Not majority opinion. Not good intentions. One unbalanced force, applied persistently, in a direction.
Be that unbalanced force of change on March 7th.
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Two days away, and only 2 stable atoms with an odd number of both protons and neutrons: hydrogen-2 and lithium-6. (Nature clearly prefers even numbers in its nuclei.)
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In just 3 days, the Take Back our Science Rally hits the streets in Washington DC and all across the country!
Join at local rally, or if nothing's nearby, start your own pop-up rally. Details at zurl.co/BlOzn
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#standupforscience
#rally
#March7
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Want ideas for what to put on your sign? Go with your gut, which contains 3 pounds of microbes. Tha's about the weight of your super smart brain! And those microbes produce about 90% of your body's serotonin.
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And there are exactly 4 fundamental mathematical operations. Every other operation in existence — logarithms, calculus, trigonometry — is ultimately built from them. DO you know what they are?
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#FunScienceFact:
🦟 There are 3.6k species of #mosquito. All feed on nectar, but many species' females also drink blood. Males = all buzz & no bite---they wouldn't be able to "get the job done" even if they wanted to.
Now, imagine one tells you behave or he'll...buzz...you...?
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