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Ethan Siegel

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Ethan R. Siegel (August 3, 1978, Bronx) is an American theoretical astrophysicist and science writer, who studies Big Bang theory. [1]

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Adam Rutherford

Adam David Rutherford (born 1975) is a British geneticist, author, and broadcaster.

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Adaptive optics

Adaptive optics (AO) is a technology used to improve the performance of optical systems by reducing the effect of incoming wavefront distortions by deforming a mirror in order to compensate for the distortion.

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Astrophysics

Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that employs the principles of physics and chemistry "to ascertain the nature of the astronomical objects, rather than their positions or motions in space".

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Atheism

Atheism is, in the broadest sense, the absence of belief in the existence of deities.

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Big Bang

The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological model for the universe from the earliest known periods through its subsequent large-scale evolution.

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Bronx High School of Science

The Bronx High School of Science (commonly called Bronx Science or Science, and formerly Science High) is an elite public high school in New York City.

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Carl Sagan

Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences.

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Cosmological perturbation theory

In physical cosmology, cosmological perturbation theory is the theory by which the evolution of structure is understood in the big bang model.

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Cosmology

Cosmology (from the Greek κόσμος, kosmos "world" and -λογία, -logia "study of") is the study of the origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe.

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Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a thirteen-part television series written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steven Soter, with Sagan as presenter.

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Dark matter

Dark matter is a theorized form of matter that is thought to account for approximately 80% of the matter in the universe, and about a quarter of its total energy density.

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Fermilab

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), located just outside Batavia, Illinois, near Chicago, is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics.

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Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine.

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Gia Milinovich

Gia Michele Milinovich (born July 11, 1969) is an American-British television presenter and writer.

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GRE Physics Test

The GRE physics test is an examination administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS).

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Greg Laden

Gregory Thomas "Greg" Laden is an American biological anthropologist and science blogger.

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Jews

Jews (יְהוּדִים ISO 259-3, Israeli pronunciation) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.

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King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science

King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science is a magnet high school of the Los Angeles Unified School District, located in Willowbrook, unincorporated Los Angeles County, California, United States.

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Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college in the northwest United States, located in Portland, Oregon.

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LIGO

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory to detect cosmic gravitational waves and to develop gravitational-wave observations as an astronomical tool.

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Lisa Randall

Lisa Randall (born June 18, 1962) is an American theoretical physicist working in particle physics and cosmology.

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Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Dane County.

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MidSouthCon

MidSouthCon is an American science-fiction convention held each March in Memphis, Tennessee, since 1982, evolving from similar events in the late 1970s.

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Modified Newtonian dynamics

Modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) is a theory that proposes a modification of Newton's laws to account for observed properties of galaxies.

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My Little Pony

My Little Pony is an entertainment franchise developed by Hasbro, originally as a toy line for girls.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.

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Northwestern University

Northwestern University (NU) is a private research university based in Evanston, Illinois, United States, with other campuses located in Chicago and Doha, Qatar, and academic programs and facilities in Miami, Florida, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, California.

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Norwescon

Norwescon is one of the largest regional science fiction and fantasy conventions in the United States.

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Paul Halpern

Paul Halpern (born 1961) is an American Professor of Physics, and Fellow in the Humanities at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.

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Podcast

A podcast, or generically netcast, is an episodic series of digital audio or video files which a user can download and listen to.

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Popular science

Popular science (also called pop-science or popsci) is an interpretation of science intended for a general audience.

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Portland, Oregon

Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County.

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Quantum entanglement

Quantum entanglement is a physical phenomenon which occurs when pairs or groups of particles are generated, interact, or share spatial proximity in ways such that the quantum state of each particle cannot be described independently of the state of the other(s), even when the particles are separated by a large distance—instead, a quantum state must be described for the system as a whole.

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Research Experiences for Undergraduates

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (or REUs) are competitive summer research programs in the United States for undergraduates studying science, engineering, or mathematics.

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Sabine Hossenfelder

Sabine Hossenfelder (born 18 September 1976) is a blogger and Theoretical Physicist who researches quantum gravity.

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Science journalism

Science journalism conveys reporting about science to the public.

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ScienceBlogs

ScienceBlogs was an invitation-only blog network and virtual community that operated for a little less than twelve years, from 2006 to 2017.

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Structure formation

In physical cosmology, structure formation is the formation of galaxies, galaxy clusters and larger structures from small early density fluctuations.

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Stuart Clark (author)

Stuart Clark is a contemporary English writer and widely read astronomy journalist.

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The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City, in the U.S. state of New York.

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The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science

The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science is a general guide to the sciences written by Isaac Asimov.

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Toastmaster

Toastmaster is a general term, prevalent in the United States in the middle 20th century, referring to a person in charge of the proceedings of a public speaking event.

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Toledo, Washington

Toledo is a city in Lewis County, Washington, United States.

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Trapit

Trapit is a comprehensive content curation service for business that offers content discovery, curation, and publishing to web, iPad, and social channels through its web application.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of Arizona

The University of Arizona (also referred to as U of A, UA, or Arizona) is a public research university in Tucson, Arizona.

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University of Florida

The University of Florida (commonly referred to as Florida or UF) is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university on a campus in Gainesville, Florida.

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University of Portland

The University of Portland (also referred to as UP) is a private Roman Catholic university located in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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University of Wisconsin–Madison

The University of Wisconsin–Madison (also known as University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, or regionally as UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.

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World Scientific

World Scientific Publishing is an academic publisher of scientific, technical, and medical books and journals headquartered in Singapore.

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3 Quarks Daily

3 Quarks Daily (3QD) is an online news aggregator and blog that curates commentary, essays, and multimedia from high quality periodicals, newspapers, journals, and blogs.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Siegel

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