#sci blogging

consider this advanced noticed I’m going to be INSUFFERABLE about space pictures SO soon (and also forever)

JAMES WEBB ANNOUNCEMENT I AM GOING TO EXPLODE

I’m trying to read academic papers again and they’re awful

happy solstice you glorious weirdos

every day I am angrier that scientific research is not written for the public

claroso I think it's easier when you're passionate about the subject?? I mean chem and phys are really very similar so I do lots of stuff twice but from different perspectives, I love it!! yeah chemistry is p much half and half for me too but physics lags SO far behind and it's quite a slow process encouraging girls that like physics into the field - same with a lot of engineering, too, in my experience in my pre-uni physics I was the only girl but I was lucky in the sense that my teachers a) knew me quite well and b) were always making sure I was comfortable and giving me advice (as much as male teachers could) on employment - things like companies hire women but just to get their stats up, that I should use that to my advantage because I'm good at what I do and I'm worth it. they're the minority though, which is unfortunate. judgement from others is quite weird, I feel - it doesn't feel purposefully malicious but it usually seems to be "oh you're pretty smart for a girl" and that in itself is so unhelpful?? honestly aw I do actually you know like literally every interaction between Sam and Jack when she's explaining something and he's like "ummmm nah no clue but thanks" I feel for her but at the same time there's that quote that says "if you can't explain it simply you don't understand it well enough" so I guess it's just a testament to her expertise?? (I'm feelin warm and mushy again I might melt soon) and no you're right McKay is super problematic not only in the way that he interacts with Sam but his sister???? who is a veritable genius in her own right????? honestly, dude needs a fist to the face or another arrow to the ass or whatever

chemistry and geometry when paired together are stupid and you'll agree when I tell you that a tetradentate species (4 bonds) is tetrahedral and a hexadentate species (6 bonds) is octahedral