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Raven the Science Maven

@ravenscimaven

9 Apr

Storytime: Over 100 years ago, a physician was treating a patient who could barely remember basic details of their own life. When the patient passed, the doctor examined the patients brain and found plaques and deformities all around the brain. 1/

The physician was Dr. Alzheimer, & the disease he was observing became known as Alzheimer’s disease. For a long time, we thought that becoming senile and losing your memory was simply a part of aging, however, in these cases there was actually physical brain damage occurring. 2/

Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease, which is a big word that describes diseases that cause your neurons to lose their function or die. Neurons are the building blocks of our brain, our entire nervous system. 3/

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Raven the Science Maven

@ravenscimaven

8 Apr

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Not bad for being a very sleep deprived graduate student!

@yrblanc

shoutout to @yrblanc for another great photo!

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Raven the Science Maven

@ravenscimaven

7 Apr

Okay y'all I need some help from people older than me: what is the song I got a whooping from? I think it was a Biggie song I must have been 5 years old, it was a lock and a safe opening and some gunshots and I got whooped for making a dance to it in the backseat of my mom's car

Okay y’all maybe it wasn’t a biggie song but I distinctly remember it was the late 90s or early 2000s and it was on the radio. Definitely not MIA paper planes lmao

It might have been 1998 or 1999. Like one of my earliest possible memories couldn’t have been past 2001

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Raven the Science Maven

@ravenscimaven

6 Apr

There are a lot of ways companies are touting plans to combat climate change that may go over our heads. What does it all mean?

This thread breaks down the 5 questions & solutions from How to Avoid a Climate Disaster with Bill Gates gatesnot.es/3wFku5V

#GatesPartner

As you read, join me by replying with some of your own questions you think are important to ask large organizations that are touting plans for climate change.

1. How much of the 51 billion tons are we talking about?

Did you know there are 51 billion tons of greenhouse gasses produced annually? Technologies that will never exceed to eliminate 1% shouldn’t compete for the limited resources we have for getting to zero.

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Raven the Science Maven

@ravenscimaven

6 Apr

Currently listening to senior citizens argue about the meaning of the word "entropy" at a coffee shop in a heated and increasingly loud conversation

They are now pulling out the formula for entropy and breaking it down and apparently "society is breaking down into chaos" and they're describing the difference between "entropy" and "chaos"

They said they need someone to explain it to them 🤓 The woman said she didn't take physics in high school 🤓 the two men are pulling out their phones and trying to Google things 🤓🤓 I'm trying to give them some time I'm gonna wait. I need to hear more about society and chaos