Andy Leppla

“There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally, they credit the wrong person.” ― Bill Bryson

Would it be socially acceptable to name your child after this state?

Most recurring word in each U.S. state’s English Wikipedia page that doesn’t appear under any other state

Optimist: The glass is 1/2 full Pessimist: The glass is 1/2 empty Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be Excel: The glass is January 2nd

My all-time favorite Venn diagram 😆

The adjective for metal is metallic, but not for iron, which is ironic. Thank you.

Every great engineer knows how to toggle between two fundamentally different, yet equally important styles of work: "Let's wing it" hacking and corporate-level "measure twice, cut once" engineering. Read: The Two Sides of Engineering

This looks more futuristic than some actual sci-fi movies 🤯 Adobe just revealed a real-life interactive dress that changes design every second Brands are going to use this to put sponsors on sports jerseys

When Noah sends his animals to go forth and multiply, a pair of snakes replies "We can't multiply, we're adders" – so Noah builds them a log table.

Zephalto says it’s throwing in complementary psychological counseling to help deal with the existential weight that reportedly comes from viewing the entirety of Earth. trib.al/iw0iNMG

Betelgeuse, the red star at the shoulder of the constellation Orion, has been acting strange, raising hopes for the spectacle of a lifetime trib.al/1CelF7g

The hunt for dark matter is in crisis, and it's time for radical new ideas to explain our universe | Analysis trib.al/Ry4U10g

Looming apocalypse. Paranoid conspiracies. Rocket-obsessed oligarchs. As Thomas Pynchon’s novel turns 50, its world feels unnervingly present. trib.al/o132Ryf

You’re looking at what may be hundreds or even thousands of galaxies colliding! @ChandraXRay pictured this massive knot-like collision of galaxy clusters nearly 780 million light-years away from Earth: go.nasa.gov/3JpWqfQ

Midjourney AI imagining different historical variations of Spider-Man: 1. Roman Legionary Spider-Man

Velociraptor = Distanceraptor / Timeraptor

New Nature paper provides evidence that science has become less innovative since the 1950s. The authors suggest reversing the trend by: 1. reading widely, 2. focusing less on quantity of papers, & more on research quality, 3. taking year-long sabbaticals. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Optimist: The glass is 1/2 full Pessimist: The glass is 1/2 empty Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be Excel: The glass is January 2nd

Ninety-nine percent of a beer is alcohol or water. Maintaining that one percent of flavorful compounds is the challenge. popsci.com/health/what-is…