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" I'm an astrophysicist and a professor, so my day job involves manipulating intractable numbers that characterize our universe. "
Priyamvada Natarajan
Day
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Professor
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" 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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" 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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" We already have a pretty good knowledge of the universe's mass-energy content, so if we can get a handle on its geometry, then we will be able to work out exactly what the fate of the universe will be. "
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Fate
Good
" 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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Hot
Place
" 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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Content
Know
" I fell in love with the night sky when I first looked through a telescope as a young girl growing up in Delhi. "
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Night
Girl
" As an astrophysicist, my research work involves mapping dark matter, the elusive substance that accounts for about a quarter of our universe. "
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Work
Universe
Research
" It is my idea that the public needs to be better educated about the nature of scientific inquiry and how the scientific process works. I firmly believe that this is the only effective way forward to combat the widespread distrust in facts and science. "
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Believe
Facts
Nature
" 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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Positive
Nature
Me
" Perhaps more than English or history, STEM subjects require an enormous amount of foundational learning before students can become competent. "
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Learning
Students
History
" 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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World
Beautiful
Complicated
" 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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Our
Understanding
Science
" 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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Numbers
Growing Up
Long
" Mapping, both literal and metaphorical, has always been about our quest for knowing. "
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About
Been
Always
" The invisible and unseen has always fascinated us humans. "
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Unseen
Always
Us
" 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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You
Depend
Distance
" In an era of ever-increasing globalization, what it takes to become and remain a science superpower has fundamentally changed. "
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Become
Science
Changed
" 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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Together
Universe
Up
" 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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Will
Medical
Need
" 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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Giving Up
Desire
Giving
" 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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Technology
Need
Live
" I am obsessed with trying to understand why there is such rampant denialism of science in our country. I find this exuberant irrationalism extremely disturbing. And this is particularly troubling, because I am a professional scientist. "
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I Am
Why
Trying
" 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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Play
Process
" 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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People
Science
Knowledge
" Research in basic sciences now requires resources that no one country can provide. "
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Country
Basic
Resources
" 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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Physics
I Am
" All the particles that we are made of only account for about four per cent of the cosmic inventory. "
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Inventory
Four
" My students may have dexterity with the equations they're required to know, but they lack the capacity to apply their knowledge to real-life problems. This critical shortcoming appears in high school and possibly in elementary grades - long before college. "
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Knowledge
School
College
" The pace and demands in any field, be it genetics, nanotechnology or cosmology, can only be met with increased international cooperation and collaborative projects. "
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Cooperation
Field
Genetics