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STRANGE STARS. “Unlike neutron stars, which have a critical mass, there is no minimum mass for SSs. Using the equation of state for SQM from phenomenological models, some authors have predicted the existence of a hydrostatically stable sequence of SQM stars, ranging from strange dwarfs to SSs It is interesting to note that strange planets exist in this continuous sequence.” (SQM = Strange-quark matter). (SS = strange stars). https://lnkd.in/daa6d3s View in LinkedIn

STRANGER THAN FICTION. “If the SQM hypothesis is correct, then all observed pulsars may actually be SSs but not neutron stars, due to the contamination process by strange nuggets in the universe. SSs can exist in various forms, such as bare SSs or SSs with a normal baryonic crust.” (SQM = Strange-quark matter). (SS = strange stars). https://lnkd.in/daa6d3s View in LinkedIn

STRANGE MATTER. “The existence of strange planets is based on a long-standing theory. It has long been proposed that SQM may be the final ground state of hadronic matter. Ordinary nuclei, made up of up and down quarks, may dissolve their boundaries and transit to an SQM phase (consisting of up, down, and strange quarks) if the nuclei experience high-enough pressure. Strange matter in bulk is stable. Even small chunks of strange matter with baryon number lower than 10(7), called "strangelets," can be stable due to surface tension.” (SQM = Strange-quark matter). https://lnkd.in/daa6d3s View in LinkedIn

IDEAS GRAVEYARD. “The mortuary of make‐believe planets contains numerous tombstones, and many astronomers lugged these planets to their private graves.” https://lnkd.in/dm_27tt View in LinkedIn

EXTREME WINDOW. “Modern astrophysics is a window into incredible cosmic events, pushing into densities, speeds, temperatures, and field strengths far beyond the human "normal".” https://lnkd.in/d9j5xur View in LinkedIn

The first violets of the year emerge coincident with almond blossom and the first mosquito, in a sudden rush with an upsurge in warm weather. Life will find a way! View in LinkedIn

SOCIAL BEINGS. “The memory of the multitude is thus made up from human-archival entanglements of communication through digital devices and networks. For better or for worse, such entanglements are today irresistibly part of what it means to be social.” https://lnkd.in/dWiV2eZ View in LinkedIn

“DEEP MACHINE LEARNING is based not on symbols, rules, or procedures such as “if this, then that” but on exposure of many examples to layered networks of artificial neurons that have thousands of connections with one another. It has been shown that such systems can, without supervision, form generalizations of patterns that recur in the examples.” https://lnkd.in/dzHM-4X View in LinkedIn

THE UNIMAGINABLE DEEP NOW. “The archived self alters the constitution of the social, anchoring the present into a ‘deep now’: a now with unpredictable and often invisible and unimaginable trails and connectivities.” https://lnkd.in/dWiV2eZ View in LinkedIn

THE MEMORY ARCHIVE. “The new economy of attention or distraction -- the multiple and often simultaneous modes of being hyperconnected: the new modus operandi of everyday communication -- the link, like, message, tweet, email, text-- are archived into a chain of media-memory.” https://lnkd.in/dWiV2eZ View in LinkedIn