Six STEM Tweets - Oct 13 2024

Mechazilla chopsticks, lucid dreams and more

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Harshal Chhaya
October 13, 2024

Six STEM Tweets

Six tweets that celebrate engineering and all things STEM.

I scroll so you don’t have to.

Hi friends, I had fun sending the special Nobel Prize themed issues last week. I learned a lot. Hope you all did too.

Here they are in case you want to send this to someone: Medicine, Physics and Chemistry

As always, hit ‘reply’ to let me know and ‘forward’ to share with others.

Stay curious, my friends!

#1 🤯 

Just a little while ago, SpaceX achieved their plan - of catching a 19-story tall rocket booster in mid-air with Mechazilla chopsticks. 🤯 

The video is a must-see!

What an engineering achievement!

Next time anyone says “why don’t we build grand cathedrals like we use to?”, show them this and the many amazing engineering and science achievements being done.

#2 🤯 

Many people in the Northern Hemisphere had a spectacular show of the northern lights last week. I didn’t. 😢 

But here’s the science behind the ethereal and vivid colors.

#3 🤯 

Here’s a good overview of AlphaFold (from Physics Magazine), the algorithm that resulted in its developers winning the Chemistry Nobel.

#4 🤯 

This story sounds like sci-fi! Almost like the movie “Inception” 🤯 

If you have a dream about anything in STEM or this newsletter, please take it as a sign that I have join their beta testing program. 😴 

#5 🤯 

#6 🤯 

Conventional wisdom is to keep water away from circuit boards. But water is what makes this circuit board awesome! 🥰 

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.

Please share this newsletter with others. Let’s encourage curiosity.

- Harshal (@hschhaya on X/Twitter)

This is issue #45

Some fun facts about 45:

  • 45 is a "harshad" number. Yay! (We had discussed harshad numbers in issue #41)

  • 45 is the sum of all single-digit decimal digits: 0 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 = 45

  • In years of marriage, the 45th one is the “sapphire” wedding anniversary.

  • A popular type of gramophone record was called a ‘45’ because of its rotational speed of 45 revolutions per minute (rpm)

  • Atomic number of Rhodium (Rh). It is a very rare, silvery-white, hard, corrosion-resistant transition metal. It is a noble metal and a member of the platinum group.

  • International dialing code for Denmark

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