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Pamela L. Gay, Ph.D. in The Quantastic Journal

This Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image shows a dune filled dry river bed cutting across the otherwise rocky Mars landscape. Superimposed on an image from NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter, this map shows Perseverance’s path between Jan. 21 and June 11. White dots indicate where the rover stopped after completing a traverse beside Neretva Vallis river channel. The pale blue line indicates the rover’s route inside the channel. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

Mars Rover Fords River

The Perseverance rover has finally found a safe crossing point after being…

René F. Najera, MPH, DrPH in The Quantastic Journal

Open book showing Chapter 6 titled ‘Regression Models for Overdispersed Count Response’ discussing negative binomial regression models.

Linear Regression for Normal People

A quick-ish way to see and understand how statisticians use linear…

Paul Austin Murphy in The Quantastic Journal

There is Science. And There Are Individual Scientists.

Of course, you can’t have science without…

Gabriella Bernardi in The Quantastic Journal

Plants in Motion

Project ROOMors — At the roots of motor intentions. Opened today, the laboratory…

Christopher Linkiewicz in The Quantastic Journal

Calculating Sustainability Paradigms: The Need for Sustainable Business and Macroeconomic Practices on a Warming Planet

René F. Najera, MPH, DrPH in The Quantastic Journal

Protesters holding signs advocating for legal abortion. One prominent sign reads ‘KEEP ABORTION LEGAL’ in red and white, with ‘FRSO’ and ‘Freedom Road Socialist Organization’ at the bottom. Another sign in the background reads ‘LEGAL ABORTION ONCE AND FOR ALL.’ The protest is taking place outdoors, with people gathered and some wearing masks.

Separating the Scientific Wheat From the Chaff: Myths and Facts About Abortion

The Dobbs decision by…

Pamela L. Gay, Ph.D. in The Quantastic Journal

Small points of light are sprinkled across the field; the brightest sources in the field have the eight-pointed diffraction spikes that are characteristic of the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, K. Pontoppidan (NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory), J. Green (Space Telescope Science Institute)

Sometimes Dust is Beautiful

The interstellar medium is not my favorite topic in astronomy, but JWST…

Ritvik Nayak in The Quantastic Journal

Image by: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

Enhancing Astronomical Imaging with AI

How AI Can Help Humanity Better Understand the Universe

Jim Fonseca in The Quantastic Journal

How long is this section of coastline? How would you measure it? Photo of a British coast from tripadvisor.com

The One-Minute Geographer: What State Has the Longest Ocean Coastline?

An Adventure in Measuring

Marcelo Maciel Amaral in The Quantastic Journal

Planck Scale Pioneers (Part 1): Max Planck, Planck Units, and the Quantum Revolution

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