Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

A resonance in the laws of orbital physics leaves the Moon showing only one face to Earth. Yet over a month, all sides receive sunlight. So there's a Near Side. There's a Far Side. But @PinkFloyd take note: there's no Dark Side. Rotating Moon from deep space [Video: 20 sec] — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@TheNapkinDad @spejampar That’s a common one. But I can imagine a future where all meat protein and vitamins are lab-grown, and planet eaters are seen as barbarians for killing defenseless life forms that can’t run away. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@St33lbiscuit @spejampar Odd to presume how much I think about anything. I suspect that as gender binarity is dissolved, the future of sports will be competitions among people with comparative hormone levels. Also, there’s a dozen sports now that are needlessly segregated. TableTennis Archery Curling... — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@spejampar I think about that all the time. All I can come up with is gender-segregated sports. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

It’s not that Aunt Jemima was a symbol of a racist past, she was the very embodiment of a racist past. She will not be missed by anyone who knew that. https://t.co/7F3yx62oYX — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@bluebutterflyns @StarTalkRadio @chucknicecomic @ThePocketLab What you are missing is that most students who have straight A's actually don’t get in. For example, they reject up to 3/4 of all Valedictorians who apply. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@bluebutterflyns @StarTalkRadio @chucknicecomic @ThePocketLab Thanks for listening. I had average grades but I was not an average student. Most of what I achieved was not what accrues to one’s GPA. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Like having conversations with humanoid machines? A chat with @RealSophiaRobot about her Artificial Intelligence and AI’s role in Public Health. [Video:17min] https://t.co/V91lWtV1vp — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@GNN_Home We’re at a particularly low activity point in the Sun’s 11-year sunspot cycle. Dangerous CMEs are therefore highly unlikely at this time. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Gotta agree. The extinct, badass dinosaurs surely sounded like this. And if they didn't then they should've. [Video: 30 sec] — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

My Abs look just like his, except mine sit beneath four inches of middle-aged man-belly fat. [Video: 20 sec] — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@thekidzzzzz sure did... — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Maybe we can all use a little bit of this right now. [Video: 2min] https://t.co/U4Bf04G3tx — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@Crispy_Crayon I, like many, have a weakness for crispy potatoes. I’m good with Kettle brand, and any others that ae extra crispy. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

A highly innovative invocation of acoustic physics. [Video: 60 seconds] — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

FYI: I hardly ever retweet. Only if I think it will make you smile — because it made me smile — in a time when smiles are understandably rare, or possibly left unseen behind our COVID masks. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@sometrader78 @jhutch913 @MarkRap40434853 If it’s a flat (horizontal) table and the marbles are placed in the middle, then the they will roll no more than one half a rotation (left or right), from a mass imbalance within them. So, seems to me, the existence of the rail is irrelevant. — PolitiTweet.org

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@PrestinMusic Good stuff. Thanks. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@AfKtomorrow Depends on your speed and your location on Earth. At 30—>40 degrees latitude, about 800 mph would be sufficient to freeze the Sun on the horizon, chasing it at exactly the rate it’s setting from you. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

"Reflections on the Color of My Skin” Narrated, for those who prefer it that way. [video: 18 min] https://t.co/phSxlY14ML — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@Angiemama313 Precisely. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@scientus @tomeclarke @cm_richards Indeed. A point not often realized when people recount the history of science. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@tomeclarke @cm_richards FYI: We credit Copernicus for getting the heliocentric view of the work right, but his orbits were all wrong -- they were circles and not ellipses, giving bad answers. The basic idea was good, but needed further modification. Something common in science. https://t.co/8T8jDm2hA9 — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

"Reflections On the Color of My Skin" [Commentary: 2400 words - on a higher bandwidth server] https://t.co/DSIgk5eHDD https://t.co/rsdZvGRJGr — PolitiTweet.org

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@sometrader78 The relevant statistics are in embedded links throughout the commentary. Risk of death is not the same thing as the risk of an encounter with the Police. And it’s the risk of encounter with police that’s higher, leading to disproportionately more deaths. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@mindnotnull @BrianGreen36 Of course. And Hofstader’s other books a well. Good stuff there. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

@zezba9000 @sometrader78 FYI: There’s a dozen websites embedded in hyperlinks within the commentary, for every place where I cite data. Perhaps you missed them. — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

"Reflections on the Color of my Skin" [Commentary: 2400 words] https://t.co/QBG784yg3R https://t.co/ZdA5ni777x — PolitiTweet.org

Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson

Please join me in welcoming @LordMartinRees to Twitter, the Astronomer Royal of the UK and long-time colleague & friend. He’s a brilliant astrophysicist whose deep perspectives on all things I continue to admire. [Audio: 50min] https://t.co/84lot5UThR — PolitiTweet.org

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Boxer @CamFAwesome wants better teachers, and wonders how we can get them. By cloning them, of course. #AthletesAskNeil [Video: 50 sec] https://t.co/VJQazI1D9n — PolitiTweet.org