2 neat things from the presentations I gave at the local science centre yesterday:

First, there was a Cree poet there who gave me a copy of his book https://www.yourwestcentral.com/articles/book-the-star-poems-a-cree-sky-narrative which is AMAZING. I didn't get a chance to look carefully at it until afterwards, so I didn't realize how incredibly special it was that he gave me a copy!

In the book, there's an appendix where the author discusses Cree translations for physics terms like gravity, boson, quantum foam, and time. I LOVE IT.

If you're interested in how anybody knows anything about what's happening in orbit, you should watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKXrFaE0wKY

Hint: It's Jonathan McDowell, all the way down!

His database is really the ONLY reason we know when a piece of space junk hits the ground, who dropped it. His work is just incredible, and he does this all in his spare time! I'm really grateful for it.

(...but wouldn't it be nice if commercial sat companies would actually release and curate this info?)

Es gibt jetzt eine Möglichkeit für ein Journalismus-Praktikum bei Spektrum - mit Stipendium.
Wir sind Partner-Redaktion bei diesem Programm für Physikerinnen und Physiker. Bewerbt euch! 😀

https://www.we-heraeus-stiftung.de/was-wir-foerdern/wiss-nachwuchs/stipendien-fuer-wissenschaftsjournalismus/

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