At four million solar masses, the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole is quite small for a galaxy its size. Did we lose the original?
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Math offers good evidence that humans can solve any problem — as long as there’s money in it.
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This collection of learning and development quotes serves as a reminder of the meaning and purpose behind this important work.
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From high school through the professional ranks, physicists never tire of Newton’s second law.
“You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it.”