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#discoveries — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #discoveries, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Between 1786 and 1797, Caroline Herschel discovered *8* comets!

    We should cheer extra loud for Caroline b/c we gotta imagine that her mom probably never did...

    To learn more about Caroline (and briefly about her mom) & comets, check out this week's episode here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/

    #Astronomy #AstroDon #Astronomers #WomenInSTEM #WomenInAstronomy #WomenInScience #History #Comets #Discoveries #cheering #BadMoms

  2. ☕️🛌✨ WOW, ground-breaking #revelations from the caffeine-free realm! Who knew it would take nearly a year to discover that quitting coffee doesn’t turn you into a hyperactive squirrel? 😂🎉 Maybe next they’ll uncover the shocking truth that water is wet! 🔍💧
    hamy.xyz/blog/2025-10_unexpect #caffeinefree #coffeequit #humor #discoveries #HackerNews #ngated

  3. The typical humour of @TheEconomist in a book review about the first #discoveries of #dinosaur #fossils:
    "Some of the characters are familiar, like Charles Darwin (no introduction needed, unless you live somewhere his theory is banned from textbooks)."
    😅
    See the review here: How the discovery of dinosaur fossils caused a revolution
    economist.com/culture/2024/03/
    #theeconomist #book #bookreview #MichaelTaylor #MaryAnning