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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

2100 population estimate. This is about the time many projections have the world population peaking, at around 11 b… https://t.co/T0VsVMYX4B — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 27, 2021

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Expected amount of population decline 2015-2050 https://t.co/zPyZuO4vQl — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 27, 2021

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Expected amount of population increase 2015-2050 https://t.co/7YXDkv9ZZ6 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 27, 2021

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

2020 population https://t.co/1WHi9M0DUQ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 27, 2021

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Cartogram thread (all via https://t.co/mPrTCYl18Q). Let's start with the reference map. Every other map has countr… https://t.co/om2Jb6jnDY — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 27, 2021

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Pleiades closer up. The stars are close together because they're young stars (100 million years old) recently born… https://t.co/iizpS5807j — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 27, 2021

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Fun fact: the Japanese name for the adorable Pleiades star cluster is Subaru, and the Subaru logo is a picture of i… https://t.co/3VQe209ldx — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 27, 2021

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Another: Pillars of Creation, shot by Hubble in visible light (left) and in infrared (right). That long finger, b… https://t.co/jS6pKOy09A — PolitiTweet.org

Besides showing us more distant objects, infrared vision also allows us to see through dust clouds and it gives us… https://t.co/IHMQmmMLZm

Posted Dec. 27, 2021

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@IanGolsby All I want for Christmas is Twitter polls with more than four options — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 26, 2021

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

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Posted Dec. 26, 2021

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@IAmMarkManson Optimizism — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 26, 2021

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Heat gives off infrared light—so for the same reason we want to use normal (visible light) telescopes in dark place… https://t.co/bW08EVGQA6 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 26, 2021

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Besides showing us more distant objects, infrared vision also allows us to see through dust clouds and it gives us… https://t.co/IHMQmmMLZm — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 26, 2021

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

The James Webb mirror is a 6.5m/21ft beast. It can also see infrared light way better than Hubble, which will revea… https://t.co/u47fMo41r1 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 26, 2021

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

For a species living in a strange wilderness who does almost all of its exploring with its eyes, a glasses upgrade… https://t.co/z54jjgP2Pj — PolitiTweet.org

#ICYMI this is where the #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope is in space now. Just click on the link to see its distance and s… https://t.co/CdLAkrhjHW

Posted Dec. 26, 2021

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Which is more impressive: Wright brothers flight to moon landing in 66 years or these computers to today’s computer… https://t.co/R8dxt1sfAr — PolitiTweet.org

The extraordinary power of a computer in 1962 https://t.co/frm67vGYLS

Posted Dec. 26, 2021

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

RT @konstructivizm: Europa above Jupiter captured by Voyager NASA https://t.co/E1WgaXd890 — PolitiTweet.org

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Posted Dec. 25, 2021

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@elonmusk Confused postman https://t.co/XtrlnO7I2L — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 25, 2021

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Congrats for scrolling down all the trees — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 25, 2021

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

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Posted Dec. 25, 2021

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