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Six STEM Tweets - June 23 2024
Art with heart, satellites all the way up and more
Harshal Chhaya
June 23, 2024
Six STEM Tweets
Six tweets that celebrate engineering and all things STEM.
I scroll so you don’t have to.
Programming note: I am going to be traveling for the next week or so and won’t be able to send this out till early July.
If you are a new-ish subscriber, you can check out the archives at https://sixstemtweets.beehiiv.com/ - lots of really interesting information there.
If you are a veteran subscriber, thank you! Please share this with at least 2 other folks while I am out. I love to see new curious folks when we resume in a few days.
As always, hit ‘reply’ to tell me what you think. And hit ‘forward’ to share with your friends and colleagues.
Stay curious, my friends!
#1
When someone interested in Arts is forced to do Science
— Dr. Rahul Baxi (@baxirahul)
7:29 AM • Jun 20, 2024
You can see the heart in this one!
#2
Incredible picture of the ISS by Maxar. Shows 6 different spacecraft docked for the first time ever: SpaceX Dragon, Boeing Starliner, Cygnus, Soyuz, 2x Progress.
They did it by taking one of their Legion satellites —which normally do Earth observation— and pointing it up towards… x.com/i/web/status/1…
— John Gedmark (@Gedmark)
10:15 PM • Jun 12, 2024
Satellites taking photos of satellites that have other satellites docked to them! 😀
It’s satellites all the way up!
#3
A brief history of physics
― Zach Weinersmith, Science: Abridged Beyond the Point of Usefulness x.com/i/web/status/1…
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973)
2:10 PM • Jun 16, 2024
The “except for” is classic! 🤣
#4
In 1992, John Brzustowski proved in his graduate thesis that it was mathematically impossible to play an infinite game of Tetris as the game is statistically doomed to end.
thesis: open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/col…
— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary)
1:35 PM • Jun 21, 2024
#5
Solar eclipse from the South Pole
— Black Hole (@konstructivizm)
3:06 AM • Jun 15, 2024
I did get to experience totality during the last solar eclipse in April. What an experience!
Seeing it like this? Oof! Totality cool!
#6
A shocking question!
That’s it for this issue.
Hit ‘reply’ to tell me what you think.
And hit ‘forward’ to share with your friends and family.
Let’s all celebrate science and engineering and curiosity.
Best wishes,
Harshal