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" I fell in love with the night sky when I first looked through a telescope as a young girl growing up in Delhi. "
Priyamvada Natarajan
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" The geometry, the content, and the fate of the universe are all intricately linked. If you know two, you can deduce the third. "
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" Everyone acknowledges that there is a political part to tenure, but no one likes to admit it. "
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" The precise effects of lensing depend on the mass of the lens, the structure of space-time, and the relative distance between us, the lens, and the distant object behind it. It's like a magnifying glass, where the image you get depends on the shape of the lens and how far you hold it from the object you're looking at. "
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" The invisible and unseen has always fascinated us humans. "
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" I am a professor of astronomy and physics at Yale University, where I teach an introductory class in cosmology. I see the deficiencies that first-year students show up with. "
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" We need to make sure that the Voyager probes carrying a record of human civilization speeding beyond our solar system remain an introduction to the world that sent them and not an epitaph for a civilization that caused its own ruin. "
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" Dark matter is one of the dominant constituents of the universe, which piled up in certain parts of the universe due to gravity, and in those regions, galaxies were formed. It is the unseen thing that holds the universe together. "
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" Science is evidence-based and provides a continuing understanding of complex natural phenomena. Our understanding is constantly evolving and continually improving. "
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" We knew from theoretical models that mergers of massive, gas-rich galaxies were more frequent in the past. Now we've found that these mergers are responsible for producing both the nearby obscured quasar population and their distant cousins. "
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" Evidence-based reasoning underpins all scientific thinking, and it involves testing hypotheses or theories against data. Validating a theory requires replicable measurements from independent groups with different equipment and methods of analysis. Convergence of evidence is critical to the acceptance of a scientific idea. "
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" Individuals reporting on their own experience with particular therapies would provide first-hand accounts that could be considered in the improvement of drug design. "
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" Black holes are enigmatic astronomical objects, areas where the gravity is so immense that it has warped spacetime so that not even light can escape. "
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" Growing up in Delhi, India, I did puzzles, explored numbers, and searched for patterns in everyday settings long before I ever saw an equation. "
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" Evidence has been mounting for the key role that black holes play in the process of galaxy formation. But it now appears that they are likely the prima donnas of this space opera. "
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" All the particles that we are made of only account for about four per cent of the cosmic inventory. "
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" The early universe was a dusty place, and the UV radiation from the hot, young black holes and stars would get enshrouded by dust, re-radiated, and scattered into red wavelengths like infra-red, causing these objects to remain obscured. "
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Place
" Research in basic sciences now requires resources that no one country can provide. "
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Resources
" As Congress battles over spending and cost cutting, it is imperative that funding for math education programs does not fall victim. "
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" Mapping, both literal and metaphorical, has always been about our quest for knowing. "
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" I'm an astrophysicist and a professor, so my day job involves manipulating intractable numbers that characterize our universe. "
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" Research in any domain of science today requires specialized training to build up knowledge and clinical competence. To make major breakthroughs, we need people with expertise who are engaged in sustained research over a long period of time - in a word, scientists. "
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" We cannot decide on the efficacy of a medical treatment by counting the number of 'Likes' an intervention receives on Facebook; no matter what, professionals will still need to conduct continued clinical trials and evaluate their outcomes carefully. "
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" We cannot explain the phenomenon of gravitational lensing without general relativity, and this is where MOND spectacularly fails. "
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" I find the world with its inequities and injustices to be messy, unfair, and complicated. The cosmos, on the other hand, is orderly and beautiful - this I find terribly alluring and captivating. "
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" The existence of dark matter and dark energy are inferred from observations! They are not theoretical constructs. Though invisible, both reveal their presence through the effects that they exert on motions of celestial bodies and in the case of dark matter - the bending of light as well. "
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" I am a phenomenologist - I work on developing theoretical models that are constrained by observations. "
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" In addition to a well-funded school system, we need to encourage and exploit innovative approaches for learning outside the classroom. "
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" Being nimble and ready to change our minds if need be is an attribute that is crucial to live and thrive in a society that is powered by science and technology, both as an individual and as an engaged citizen. "
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" Mental discipline and tenacity in the face of obstacles are traits that have greatly helped me in both my personal and professional journey thus far. I am also very optimistic by nature and tend to focus on the positive and remain hopeful when faced with adversity. "
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" We must face up to a difficult paradox: The U.S. can maintain a leading position in science only by giving up its desire to be number one. "
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