Theoretical Cosmologist @jannalevin joined us to answer mind-blowing fan questions 🤯 If you could ask Janna a question, what would it be?
Salutations from external reality Xoxo
Salutations from external reality Xoxo
From hopeless but pretty calculations in pen on paper to an actual image of the black hole ray gun. Amazing. Repost from @ehtelescope – Event Horizon Telescope Captures First Image of Black Hole’s Magnetic Fields For the first time, EHT scientists have mapped out the magnetic fields surrounding black holes in the centers of galaxies. To do this, they captured light waves that were polarized. You can see the orientation of these light waves highlighted in the elegant golden arcs around the black hole’s shadow. This new image may hold the key to one of astronomy’s greatest mysteries: the extraction of energy from black holes. Black holes have the strongest gravity in the universe– they bend the path of light, pull blazing-hot plasma into orbit around them, and even warp magnetic fields. Surprisingly, some black holes also eject matter and energy, forming massive jets that shoot material away at tremendous speeds. But why do these jets form, and how do they resist the pull of the black hole? With this breakthrough, EHT scientists have taken a crucial step in solving the mystery. Credit: EHT Collaboration #MagnetizedBlackHole #EHTBlackHole #M87Polarization #BlackHolePolarization #PolarizationOfTheRing
By yours truly: “The Drawing That Earned Sir Roger Penrose a Nobel Prize”. Picture This is a new column for The Broadcast in which scientists describe the power of drawings. @pioneerworks @nobelprize_org https://pioneerworks.org/broadcast/picture-this-roger-penrose #BlackHoles #NobelPrize #SirRoger #RogerPenrose
Thanks @drstacey for my first haircut since 2019. #Sisters
I do love when the Sun lobs a billion tons of searing plasma at the Earth. The Northern lights have bled south for the weekend in a solar powered geomagnetic storm. Have a gander just after sunset. @CNN
Happy 80th Birthday Richard Dawkins! See another side to this iconic scientist as Dawkins reads his hate mail during his most recent conversation @PioneerWorks_ to tears of laughter and horror. Painful and painfully funny. I’ll duck for cover now…We send with love. Watch on the Broadcast (link in bio) or on @youtube : https://youtu.be/kmAvM-gLDbA
I’ve always been enamored of Madame Wu. Her experiments revealed that the universe is not left-right symmetric. You cannot look at the universe in a mirror and see the same universe. Fascinating woman. In China, parades have marched in her honor, statues have been planted, honors awarded. Little tributes to her used to line the walls of the physics building at Columbia where she worked for decades. And now, a commemorative USPS stamp. To Madame Wu. @columbia
Repost from @pioneerworks: “the bomb,” by artist Smriti Keshari (@kesharis) and critically acclaimed writer Eric Schlosser, was originally scheduled to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2020, now opens on March 19. The multimedia installation immerses the viewer within the story of nuclear weapons—from the Trinity Test in 1945 to current discourses today in 2021—in order to explore the perverse beauty and seduction of the machines, alongside the existential threat they still pose. @thebombnow Check out pioneerworks.org for more info and to come see this incredible installation
All immigrant families are mystified by the other generations. As Mother’s Day approaches, Broadcast is proud to present Janna Levin’s ode to her Grandma Eve, who she calls “an enigma in some ways, an anathema in others, often unintentionally hilarious.” Eve was 101 when she passed—still lived alone, still wore heeled mules, still full of vinegar. Read the essay in full at the link in bio 🖇️🐟🧊🍽️
All immigrant families are mystified by the other generations. As Mother’s Day approaches, Broadcast is proud to present Janna Levin’s ode to her Grandma Eve, who she calls “an enigma in some ways, an anathema in others, often unintentionally hilarious.” Eve was 101 when she passed—still lived alone, still wore heeled mules, still full of vinegar. Read the essay in full at the link in bio 🖇️🐟🧊🍽️
All immigrant families are mystified by the other generations. As Mother’s Day approaches, Broadcast is proud to present Janna Levin’s ode to her Grandma Eve, who she calls “an enigma in some ways, an anathema in others, often unintentionally hilarious.” Eve was 101 when she passed—still lived alone, still wore heeled mules, still full of vinegar. Read the essay in full at the link in bio 🖇️🐟🧊🍽️
All immigrant families are mystified by the other generations. As Mother’s Day approaches, Broadcast is proud to present Janna Levin’s ode to her Grandma Eve, who she calls “an enigma in some ways, an anathema in others, often unintentionally hilarious.” Eve was 101 when she passed—still lived alone, still wore heeled mules, still full of vinegar. Read the essay in full at the link in bio 🖇️🐟🧊🍽️
Hanging out with @djspooky_official for @BrooklynRail Monday 1pm ET. Come hang out with us. And join the Q & A https://brooklynrail.org/events/2021/03/08/art-science-janna-levin-with-paul-d-miller-aka-dj-spooky/
Freak Out on Free Will with Sam Harris. Immerse yourself in the mesmerizing visuals by artist Annapurna Kumar while Sam Harris frees you from the illusion of Free Will. On The Broadcast. Stunning. @annapurnakumar @SamHarrisOrg @PioneerWorks #PWBroadcast Watch here: https://youtu.be/qhPlRZRvwnU Or on the Broadcast: pioneerworks.org/broadcast
Freak Out on Free Will with Sam Harris. Immerse yourself in the mesmerizing visuals by artist Annapurna Kumar while Sam Harris frees you from the illusion of Free Will. On The Broadcast. Stunning. @annapurnakumar @SamHarrisOrg @PioneerWorks #PWBroadcast Watch here: https://youtu.be/qhPlRZRvwnU Or on the Broadcast: pioneerworks.org/broadcast
Freak Out on Free Will with Sam Harris. Immerse yourself in the mesmerizing visuals by artist Annapurna Kumar while Sam Harris frees you from the illusion of Free Will. On The Broadcast. Stunning. Watch the full piece here: https://pioneerworks.org/broadcast/video/broadcast-monologues-sam-harris-on-free-will @777annapurna @SamHarrisOrg @PioneerWorks
Scientific Controversies: DOGS! My friend just happened to have such an angle on the talk that the dog portraits—courtesy my sister the veterinarian @drstacey — filled his field of view. Brian Hare looks to be part of the pack. We will release the full video soon on Pioneer Works Broadcast pioneerworks.org/Broadcast @pioneerworks @alexandrahorowitz @dogcognition #PioneerWorks #dogs #PWBroadcast
Scientific Controversies: DOGS! My friend just happened to have such an angle on the talk that the dog portraits—courtesy my sister the veterinarian @drstacey — filled his field of view. Brian Hare looks to be part of the pack. We will release the full video soon on Pioneer Works Broadcast pioneerworks.org/Broadcast @pioneerworks @alexandrahorowitz @dogcognition #PioneerWorks #dogs #PWBroadcast
From the vantage of the Science Studios, I’ve been watching this install in the main hall @PioneerWorks for weeks. Kudos to the artists, install team, and curators. Brand New Heavies promises to be incredible: “A Monumental New Art Exhibition in NYC Puts 3 Black Women Artists in the Spotlight” Exhibition opening April 2. Check pioneerworks.org https://robbreport.com/shelter/art-collectibles/brand-new-heavies-show-celebrates-three-black-female-artists-1234603071/#utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=social_bar&utm_content=top&utm_id=1234603071
Here is my wee little drawing as it appeared in The Big Draw issue several years ago…you can see a hexagonal tiling on a napkin in the background. The tiling refers to a visualization of a finite universe, which I was working on at the time… Might have been part of the inspiration for the new column on The Broadcast called Picture This, in which a scientist describes the power of a mathematical drawing. See the first article, by yours truly, on The Drawing that Earned Sir Roger Penrose a Nobel Prize: https://pioneerworks.org/broadcast/picture-this-roger-penrose @thebigdraw @pioneerworks
Is gravity like a pointillist painting? Only meaningful from afar but on closer inspection dissolves into dots? (And by dots, I mean entangled virtual sea of quantum particles) @GadiNBC @NBCNewsNow
