#Magnitude

Mike DeVries Vermeer

If you use or come across the term 'order of magnitude' in writing, how do you interpret it? E.g., "These two values differ by an order of magnitude."#SciComm #ScienceWriting I

Sterling Archer

I want to clarify a few aspects regarding 5G technology and its misconceptions. I won't get into technicalities like channel access methods or massive mimo, what I want to emphasize

It is wise to be careful when the magnitude of a mistake is huge."Anyone who sits on top of the largest hydrogen-oxygen fueled system in the world, knowing they’re going

How do earthquake “prediction” con artists make it LOOK like they have a good track record, even though they’re totally unscientific hoaxters?Let a seismologist fill you in.Thread: First, to be

Open Ocean Exploration

How the fork are tigers getting tested??!https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/05/us/tiger-coronavirus-new-york-trnd/index.html I'd make a Tiger King joke here if I wasn't so mad. Also, I get what this means for science. For understanding the

Vector theory of impact: The expected value of your impact on the world is like a vector.It is defined by two things: direction and magnitude. That’s it. Direction is what

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USGS Earthquakes

An #earthquake swarm has kicked off southwest of the #SaltonSea today, producing 240 earthquakes as of 8pm Pacific. The largest earlier this evening was M4.9.So what does this mean? We’ve

An estimated 750M, 10% of world’s population have been infected by Covid-19, says WHO's Dr M RyanThis implies far lower Infection Fatality Rate than previously claimed & potentially significant implications

What the heck is this star I'm tracking? @BobMcGwier_N4HY @uaptn I superimposed two different AR app views of the sky with the boxed item. Nothing of sufficient magnitude should be

Jennifer Cabrera

jhaskinscabrera

The proper response to COVID isn't determined by science; it's a public health policy issue.Science and data can tell us who is at risk and the magnitude of the risk.

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tw // earthquake thread of what happened in Izmir, Turkey and how you can help: there was an earthquake in Izmir with a magnitude of 7.0, 14 people have been

tw // earthquake (?)---right now in turkey, more specifically izmir people are all over the streets because an earthquake has hit with a magnitude around 6.6. about 70 people are

Alaska Earthquake Center

We have cataloged more than 11,000 aftershocks since Nov. 30, with thousands more that are too small to locate. We are confident we’re locating all aftershocks larger than or equal

Alexandre Afonso

alexandreafonso

A thread on the damages of excel: 1. Rogoff and Reinhart had found that high public debt hampers growth, a finding used to justify austerity cuts. They hadn't selected the

DEFUND & ABOLISH POLICE, REFUND OUR COMMUNITIES

Again—we’re in this situation b/c our nation refuses to prioritize public health despite having resources & forewarning to prevent catastrophe. We’re allowing 400K+ ppl to die by early 2021 instead