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Devin Powell

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Science writer and editor with credits at NY Times, Washington Post, National Geographic, Nature, etc.

To celebrate #PiDay, here's a piano tune I wrote using pi: created by mapping the digits onto the notes of a scale. A testament to the brain's ability to find patterns in arbitrariness, it's called "LullaPi." Happy #piDay2023 ! bit.ly/3lguP7q

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Google's quantum computer up to 9 qubits. Aims to beat supercomputer. Martinis: "Quantum supremacy should be possible if we scale" #apsmarch


The price of doing a postdoc? Try $239,970. bit.ly/2iYReS8

devincpowell's tweet image. The price of doing a postdoc? Try $239,970. bit.ly/2iYReS8

New gravity theory that banishes dark matter put to first test. Passes. But many more tests await. arxiv.org/abs/1612.03034 @erikverlinde

devincpowell's tweet image. New gravity theory that banishes dark matter put to first test. Passes. But many more tests await. arxiv.org/abs/1612.03034 @erikverlinde

Signs of water in the #atmosphere of hot Venus-like Earth-sized #exoplanet #GJ1132b? Or methane? bit.ly/2hcYyLd

devincpowell's tweet image. Signs of water in the #atmosphere of hot Venus-like Earth-sized #exoplanet #GJ1132b? Or methane? bit.ly/2hcYyLd

Hunts for invisible #DarkMatter (thought to be 27% of universe) keep coming up empty. Latest in China: bit.ly/2geWxd4 #PandaX-II

devincpowell's tweet image. Hunts for invisible #DarkMatter (thought to be 27% of universe) keep coming up empty. Latest in China: bit.ly/2geWxd4 #PandaX-II

Like the butterfly flapping its wings, chaos in the deep ocean drives world's currents. ow.ly/YOcxK. @naturenews


World's little penguin in big trouble. Do your best Dick Van Dyke impression then get sad. @NatGeo #OSM16 ow.ly/YIBb2


Suspicions confirmed! RT @em_underwood FTC dings Luminosity $2 million for deceptive brain training advertisements: bit.ly/1Z5kUJG


At times by accident: bit.ly/1kf4K2R RT @alexwitze "Then we inject a fake planet" #thingsactualscientistssay #aas227


Bet for 2016: LHC particle hint (bit.ly/1k3z2VW @ClaraMoskowitz) doesn't pan out. Takers for $50?

devincpowell's tweet image. Bet for 2016: LHC particle hint (bit.ly/1k3z2VW @ClaraMoskowitz) doesn't pan out. Takers for $50?

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In symbolic blow, native Hawaiian panel withdraws support for world's largest telescope bit.ly/1GKKnkD ow.ly/i/aBWH7


What Alan Turing can tell us about how our brains make decisions: bit.ly/1KIELJp

devincpowell's tweet image. What Alan Turing can tell us about how our brains make decisions: bit.ly/1KIELJp

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