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xkcd #3255: Planetary Science

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The research was overseen by the Institutional Review Board, which is what I named my surfboard.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3255/

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[-] Triumph@fedia.io 17 points 2 months ago

In a related note, I had all three of my kids in the car one night. I peered out the window and said "I see a planet!" Where? Where? "See if you can find it."

Earth. It was Earth. They were busily cooperating for forty minutes.

[-] Quazatron@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago
[-] Triumph@fedia.io 8 points 2 months ago

It's a trick you can only use once.

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 months ago

In a perfect world, journals would be owned by the researchers. And naturally, vacation photos are in the front few pages

[-] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

journals should be owned by the libraries, which should be owned by the universities (which should be owned by the state and the researchers)

[-] who@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, but before you get excited, know that planet is rife with dihydrogen oxide.

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