#Stem

[scarletowltavernofficial]

This is a fairly accurate distinction, yes.

I do have a fondness for mathematics...

[liacademia]

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[i-wanna-study]

PHE Exam Preparation

Time Left: 1 day 6 hours

🫧: I should have studied more, but my brain isn't cooperating. I'm kind of scared for my exam. I'll study tomorrow—going to sleep for now.

[moonlight-n-moondust]

day 60/100

finished current of electricity tutorial

finished math DE assignment at school

chem tuition was cancelled so i slept for 3 hours

all the late nights i pulled this week caught up with me

so productivity took a hit *sigh*

will do more tmr tho!

productivity stars: 2.5/5 💫

[afriblaq]

mrcrim3

We don’t have Stanley, Owala or @suplmnt without him!?🏆🤔 Yeah, without Dr. James Parsons, we don’t have our favorite stainless steel tumblers. @suplmnt is Black-owned, by the way. ✊🏾 When you consider our history with metallurgy, especially in Benin, you realize that this is the norm for us. We don’t need progress, we need to go back (Sankofa). 💯✊🏾

[justanotherbirdbrain-blog]

Geology and the Extinct Silver Trout

Okay... this is a little out of the scope for this blog I admit... But two days ago I watched this YouTube Documentary by Atlas Pro linked here.

It was super interested and I recommend giving it a watch...and I really can't stop thinking about it.

The REALLY short blip of this entire documentary is looking for the extinct silver trout (Salvelinus agassizii) that was found in these two lakes in Connecticut that were then overfished, and then later outcompeted by introduced species.

A sad story, as most extinction stories are, but there was a lot of interesting points that were brought up in this video, and in very old records regarding the fish and I would like comment briefly on all of this!

First, some background info:

These fish were found in 2 lakes hundreds of miles away from one another, yet not found in any other lakes, ponds, rivers between the two today (notice the stress on today).

Except... 20~ish thousand of years ago these lakes were along rivers that connected to a large glacial lake named Glacial Lake Hitchcock.

Tragically, Lake Hitchcock catastrophically emptied a couple thousand years after forming, leaving the original population of these silver trout gone, and these small remnant populations, very far apart from one another.

I won't really get into the overfishing practices or anything like that because I want you to watch Atlas Pro's video. But something that stuck out to me was that it was a man named Aggasiz's request that specimens of the fish be sent to be identified in the first place, but otherwise I am unsure of if they would have been identified sooner due to the ambiguity of the fish being used against it to allow for more fishing (avoiding fishing seasons and such).

But this entire video I heard whispers of that name, that I couldn't shake off. The name Louis Aggasiz... Now for the geology community this may ring some bells as the first man to hypothesis about the existence of ice ages!

And upon looking it up, it was in fact the same Louis Aggasiz!

How ironic right? Agassiz the man who first considered ice ages (documentary about that here), had also been the person to push for the identification and preservation of a fish population created because of a glacial lake that occupied the area thousands of years ago.

Anyway!!

One of the questions Atlas Pro had at the was quite simple. "two of these lakes hosted these populations, could there be more remaining we had never discovered? A fun idea to ponder! Especially because these locations still have large swaths of pristine land.

He opened this out to researches and people about to go into a Master's and Ph.D. to look into! and I also agree. This could be the perfect collaborative study in geology, geography, and biology!

Anyway, I hope y'all watch the video and the documentary linked. I have since binged a lot of Atlas Pro's content and it filled the void that was forming from lack of Miniminuteman's videos. Later!

[animentality]

[vicious-vixen-305]

Yaaaasss... we are right where we belong!

I cosign all of the above ✒️

I'll add that there are scholarships and fellowships specifically geared toward Minorities in STEM, so if you want to go to graduate school, you can... totally paid for.

Check out the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Miniorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. With GEM, you will always have summer employment because you intern/co-op in the summer, which is great.

Also, here are additional resources for funding your STEM degree.

Fellowships for Minorities and Women

15 Fully Funded PhD Programs for Black Students

STEM Scholarships for Minorities

The funding is there. We just need to go get it. We got this ☺️

Why More Black Women Are Entering the STEM Field & Why It Matters

Black women are breaking barriers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) like never before, stepping into fields that have historically lacked diversity. While STEM careers offer high salaries, innovation, and job security, the push for Black women in these spaces is about more than just representation—it’s about creating generational wealth, closing opportunity gaps, and ensuring our voices shape the future of technology, medicine, and science.

Why Black Women Are Choosing STEM:

1. High Earning Potential & Job Security – STEM careers often come with six-figure salaries and strong career growth.

2. Innovation & Impact – From medical breakthroughs to tech advancements, Black women are making history in fields that shape society.

3. Representation Matters – Seeing Black women succeed in STEM inspires the next generation to pursue these careers.

4. Closing the Opportunity Gap – More scholarships, mentorship programs, and initiatives are making STEM more accessible.

5. Entrepreneurial Freedom – Many Black women in STEM are starting their own businesses, consulting firms, and tech startups.

How to Enter the STEM Field:

• Education & Training: Look into STEM-focused degrees, boot camps, and certifications.

• Networking & Mentorship: Join organizations like Black Girls Code, NSBE, or STEM Noire for guidance.

• Internships & Scholarships: Take advantage of programs designed to support Black women in STEM.

• Build Skills & Confidence: Develop coding, engineering, or research skills through online courses and hands-on projects.

Black women belong in STEM, and the more we step into these fields, the more we change the future. The time is now—let’s innovate, lead, and break ceilings together.

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[mindblowingscience]

Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised.  Every year, researchers try to predict the four influenza strains that are most likely to be prevalent during the upcoming flu season. And every year, people line up to get their updated vaccine, hoping the researchers formulated the shot correctly. The same is true of COVID vaccines, which have been reformulated to target sub-variants of the most prevalent strains circulating in the U.S. This new strategy would eliminate the need to create all these different shots, because it targets a part of the viral genome that is common to all strains of a virus. The vaccine, how it works, and a demonstration of its efficacy in mice is described in a paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  “What I want to emphasize about this vaccine strategy is that it is broad,” said UCR virologist and paper author Rong Hai. “It is broadly applicable to any number of viruses, broadly effective against any variant of a virus, and safe for a broad spectrum of people. This could be the universal vaccine that we have been looking for.”

Continue Reading.

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[h0bg0blin-meat]

Here's the link to the video

👏 SAY 👏 IT 👏 LOUDER 👏

[liacademia]

16th feb - 23rd feb

inorganic chem complete rev lect. (10hrs) + practice questions

mains pyqs on limits, continuity and differentiability

application of derivatives lect. + bits practice sheet + mains pyqs

matrices - determinants lect. + bits practice sheet + mains pyqs

vector algebra lect. + bits practice sheet

optics revision lect + mains pyqs + ch. tests

physical chemistry rev lecture (12 hrs)

top 100 pyqs of physics (2020)

it does seem like a lot, but we'll try our level best to get done with it, there's such less time, so i'll try my hardest to revise the maximum portion asap.

[discoursets]

[letallthetrashraindown]

What is the difference between a cathedral and a physics lab? Are they not both saying: Hello?

Paolo Giordano, “The Solitude of Prime Numbers” / Antonio Tonelli / Laura Giplin, “A Toast to the Alchemists” / Dennis Overbye, “Music of the Heavens Turns Out to Sound a Lot Like a B Flat” / Carina Nebula / Marie Howe, “Singularity” / Alan Bean, “Is Anyone Out There?” / Bill Bryson, “A Short History of Nearly Everything” / Garrett Lee, “Canyon” / Whit Bronaugh, “The Trees That Miss The Mammoths”