Six STEM Tweets - Best of 2024 - #2

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Harshal Chhaya
December 26, 2024

Six STEM Tweets

Six tweets that celebrate engineering and all things STEM.

I scrolled so you didn’t have to.

Hi friends,

Here we are. Part 2 of the ‘best of 2024’ posts.

Did I miss your favorite one? Let me know!

Here’s to more knowledge and fascination in 2025!

(all of the previous issues, all 60+ of them, are at https://sixstemtweets.beehiiv.com/)

Love,

Harshal

#1 🤯 

This is such fantastic analysis. 👍️ 

Mach 4.9!

Add the “sound barrier” to the “Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep the postmen from their rounds” motto

#2 🤯 

Yep! The faster an atom moves, the hotter it gets.

I mean temperature-wise. It might also become more attractive to other atoms, I have no idea. I am not an atom.

#3 🤯 

FYI the top 20 PINs are: 1234, 1111, 0000, 1212, 7777, 1004, 2000, 4444, 2222, 6969, 9999, 3333, 5555, 6666, 1122, 1313, 8888, 4321, 2001, 1010

Is yours in the list?

#4 🤯 

I did not know that Leibniz developed the binary number system. The on/off, 1/0 system seems simple and simplistic but it powers our modern world.

#5 🤯 

Rate of change of rate of change of rate of change of rate of change of rate of change of rate of change of distance

Someone needed that. Why? Anyone know?

#6 🤯 

History may not repeat but it definitely rhymes

Here’s a few of the special editions from 2024

Which was your favorite? Which one did I miss?

About

This newsletter is my way of sharing interesting science-related news with my curious friends. I enjoy finding science and math connections in our world.

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- Harshal (@hschhaya on X/Twitter)

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Let’s all celebrate science and engineering and curiosity.

Best wishes,

Harshal