Science & Math

/sfg/ - Spaceflight General

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/sfg/ - Spaceflight General

UCLA professor being put on immediate leave because he is homeless

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UCLA professor being put on immediate leave because he is homeless
>Dr. Daniel McKeown is an astrophysicist who has been made homeless by the low pay working conditions of Academia. Currently, minimum wage workers in California would theoretically earn more than him in welfare gratuity.

https://youtu.be/8EP9i-BeVgo

What is wrong with the American education system?

What does it mean for a society to "deskill" itself?

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What does it mean for a society to "deskill" itself?
With all the talk of "the competency crisis" floating around on the Internet I got curious: what causes a society to become incapable of maintaining itself and repeating things it has done in the past?
Are the alarmists just scaremomgering?

Animals die in winter

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Animals die in winter
What happens with the animals when it's freezing cold -25C during winter?
What happens with flies, deer, mice, birds, fish, ants, wolves, spiders, etc.
Even if they live in warmer places like Texas and Florida, there are rare days when even such places have very cold weather that a human will die in few hours if he isn't inside house.

/med/ - medicine

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/med/ - medicine

/sqt/ - stupid questions thread (aka /qtddtot/)

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/sqt/ - stupid questions thread (aka /qtddtot/)
Previous thread: >>16465871

>what is /sqt/ for?
Questions regarding maths and science. Also homework.
>where do I go for advice?
>>>/sci/scg or >>>/adv/
>where do I go for other questions and requests?
>>>/wsr/ >>>/g/sqt >>>/diy/sqt etc.
>how do I post math symbols (Latex)?
rentry.org/sci-latex-v1
>a plain google search didn't return anything, is there anything else I should try before asking the question here?
scholar.google.com
>where can I search for proofs?
proofwiki.org
>where can I look up if the question has already been asked here?
warosu.org/sci
eientei.xyz/sci
>how do I optimize an image losslessly?
trimage.org
pnggauntlet.com
>how do I find the source of an image?
images.google.com
tineye.com
saucenao.com
iqdb.org

>where can I get:
>books?
libgen.rs
annas-archive.org
stitz-zeager.com
openstax.org
activecalculus.org
>articles?
sci-hub.st
>book recs?
sites.google.com/site/scienceandmathguide
4chan-science.fandom.com/wiki//sci/_Wiki
math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Administrivia/booklist.html
>online courses and lectures?
khanacademy.org
>charts?
imgur.com/a/pHfMGwE
imgur.com/a/ZZDVNk1
>tables, properties and material selection?
www.engineeringtoolbox.com
www.matweb.com
www.chemspider.com

Tips for asking questions here:
>avoid replying to yourself
>ask anonymously
>recheck the Latex before posting
>ignore shitpost replies
>avoid getting into arguments
>do not tell us where is it you came from
>do not mention how [other place] didn't answer your question so you're reposting it here
>if you need to ask for clarification fifteen times in a row, try to make the sequence easy to read through
>I'm not reading your handwriting
>I'm not flipping that sideways picture
>I'm not google translating your spanish
>don't ask to ask
>don't ask for a hint if you want a solution
>xyproblem.info

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Why is this considered a legit scientific approach?

AI hate thread

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AI hate thread
Post screencaps of AI being retarded

Galaxy appreciation thread.

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Galaxy appreciation thread.

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What's it like for normies who think headlines like this are real? What's it like waking up every day thinking you live in a sci-fi dystopia?