#rudescience

My historical fact that blows my mind: as late as 10,000 years ago, there was another species of human living out on the Flores Island in Indonesia. Going back 30,000 years ago, Homo Neanderthalensis still roamed the planet.

And at one point, it would have been possible to take a trip across Africa and Asia and wind up meeting at least a dozen different species of humans, plus a few species of proto-humans.

That we're the only human species still alive blows my mind. Kinda makes me sad, too, because I'd love to know what other humans were like.

Left one looks way better tbh. You look really good in scruff and messy hair. Though i dont think its messy at all.                    

@rudescience Thanks!  Most of the time I do have scruff.  Who has time to shave everyday?  Not me!

@rudescience replied to your link:  #InnovationNation on Twitter: Vote for...

   Werent these like debunked and proven to be a massive fraud by the couple that makes these?    

No, not at all.

The Solar Roadways people are awesome! Their vision is awesome! This is very do-able and would have a number of benefits.

For instance, this would make it easier to roll-out induction charging for electric vehicles. That means your car would charge as you drive. This would basically make the range of an EV nearly infinite for most people. That increases demand. It would also reduce the need for a large battery, which reduces price - and thus further increases demand. The reduced weight (bc smaller battery) makes it less “energy” expensive to drive, driving down operating costs (and making it easier to charge while driving) - thus further increasing demand. That alone can help drastically speed up the rate at which americans adopt EVs, thus drastically cutting greenhouse gases. And you’d never need to stop to refill a tank!

Also, they are freaking solar panels. If we rolled them out on a large scale, it could also replace non-mobile fossil fuel use (that is, energy use in most instances, just not cars, boats, airplanes, etc.).

So basically, it works and can have a dramatic affect on curbing climate change.

I could go on about other benefits, but to me that’s the most important (and pretty fucking cool).

10/10 would dumpster dive. (If i had a friend doing it with me).

Yeah it’s way better with a buddy, but worth doing regardless.

Hey! Ah. Yes. Well. Let me be honest here. 

I dropped out of physics  

...luckily there’s a few people on here who have lived and suffered through (and found relative joy in) physics with a few resources/ snippets of advice: 

Studying for AP Physics by @collegemania

Classical Mechanics by @rudescience and @theneuroscienceside

Tips for Success in Physics by @hexaneandheels

Answered Physics (Q&A) by @colllegeruled 

Physics resources and links by @ashleigh-studies 

Succeed in Physics by @anateamy 

Studying for AP physics by @collegemania (working link by @studyblrsubjects 

this answer by @rosallindfranklin  

Let’s be frank though, we’ve all felt that crippling (frustrating) sense of futility when we’ve studied very hard for something and it just hasn’t clicked. Your efforts do not always pay off. You may do 100+ revision questions and examples and read the entire textbook and still have no idea what you’re supposed to do! 

In that situation, I’d suggest the following: 

Ask for help. First point of call is always your teacher. Remember, they’re paid to help you. Seriously. There is no shame. Everyone has to work for a wage. 

Ask friends. 

Ask for specific examples - practical examples. I always find ‘real life’ examples/ applications of a theory help me understand the concept better.

Study smart. Avoid the temptation to copy and ‘read’ and highlight the textbook. You may feel this temptation much more strongly if you’re not doing well (the whole idea being, hell if I don’t understand this I obviously need to ‘read’ more). Use revision questions as starting points. Identify the concepts you do not understand with particularity. Then work on specific revision questions etc. If you can, use past exam/ test questions. remember school is really just a game. 

Set realistic expectations. You don’t have to be the top student in this subject - you just have to pass. You don’t have to be Newton’s reincarnate. 

Put it into perspective - how important is this one subject to you? Overall? Is this a field you want to enter in years to come? Is this a door you want to keep open? 

It’s early on. It doesn’t feel like it because you’ve only just started the rollercoaster that is high school. But you will get through it, there will be ups and downs and tears in between, but you’ll get out to the other side and things will have changed.

Don’t let this one set back make you believe that you can’t do anything.

You can.

Here’s the secret. You don’t need to be perfect at everything. You may never need to use physics again. You might. You might not. 

Where you start is not where you finish. You may not enjoy/ may not ‘be good at’ physics now - but if you want to, you can be. 

If you don’t, that is completely ok! 

The great thing is that as you get older you get more opportunities to choose, to ‘specialise’ aka cut shit out of your life. 

@scientistsarepeopletoo what is that green text on your screen?

If its hard youre not liking it enough.

What's the secret?