Javier Camargo
@javiercamargo.bsky.social
Computational chemist. Doctoral candidate at FU Berlin.
Ambient/experimental music enthusiast and big cinephile. Also enjoy cooking.
Ambient/experimental music enthusiast and big cinephile. Also enjoy cooking.
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Now might be a good time to repost this story about what scientists actually know about the complex causes of autism, and what's behind the increasing prevalence.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Autism is on the rise: what’s really behind the increase?
RFK Jr has vowed to find out what’s responsible, but scientists say he is ignoring answers from decades of research.
www.nature.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Now might be a good time to repost this story about what scientists actually know about the complex causes of autism, and what's behind the increasing prevalence.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Reposted by Javier Camargo
I often think about this study that shows ducklings swimming in a single-file formation behind their parent conserve energy through wave-riding, where trailing ducklings gain forward push, and wave-passing, where energy transfers efficiently along the line. Get your ducks in a row.
Wave-riding and wave-passing by ducklings in formation swimming | Journal of Fluid Mechanics | Cambridge Core
Wave-riding and wave-passing by ducklings in formation swimming - Volume 928
www.cambridge.org
September 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I often think about this study that shows ducklings swimming in a single-file formation behind their parent conserve energy through wave-riding, where trailing ducklings gain forward push, and wave-passing, where energy transfers efficiently along the line. Get your ducks in a row.
April 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Master thesis submitted!
March 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Master thesis submitted!
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PFAS found in drinking water across the US, according to EPA data. #PFAS #foreverchemicals #waterpollution www.usatoday.com/story/news/i...
EPA limits remain on 'forever chemicals' – for now. See what's in your drinking water.
The number of affected drinking water systems grows with each update as the EPA adds more test results. See if your water utility made the list.
www.usatoday.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
PFAS found in drinking water across the US, according to EPA data. #PFAS #foreverchemicals #waterpollution www.usatoday.com/story/news/i...
Meet you at the Black Lodge, maestro.
January 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Meet you at the Black Lodge, maestro.
Lots of good albums were released this year.
These are the ones I found most interesting and returned to the most in 2024.
In no particular order (not really, but I don't want to commit that much).
These are the ones I found most interesting and returned to the most in 2024.
In no particular order (not really, but I don't want to commit that much).
December 23, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Lots of good albums were released this year.
These are the ones I found most interesting and returned to the most in 2024.
In no particular order (not really, but I don't want to commit that much).
These are the ones I found most interesting and returned to the most in 2024.
In no particular order (not really, but I don't want to commit that much).
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You've probaly seen various headlines this year about bird flu and the potential for a new pandemic.
So I've written a new substack as a simple explainer on what a flu pandemic actually is, why bird flu and what's been going on over the last 3 years.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
So I've written a new substack as a simple explainer on what a flu pandemic actually is, why bird flu and what's been going on over the last 3 years.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
How close is a new bird flu (H5N1) pandemic?
Probably not around the corner but getting uncomfortably closer.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:06 AM
You've probaly seen various headlines this year about bird flu and the potential for a new pandemic.
So I've written a new substack as a simple explainer on what a flu pandemic actually is, why bird flu and what's been going on over the last 3 years.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
So I've written a new substack as a simple explainer on what a flu pandemic actually is, why bird flu and what's been going on over the last 3 years.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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#PhysicsFactlet:
The "Ashcroft/Mermin Project"
I will try to (likely very slowly) make one or more visualization per chapter of "Solid State Physics" by Ashcroft and Mermin, with the hope that they will be useful to people teaching/learning solid state Physics.
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The "Ashcroft/Mermin Project"
I will try to (likely very slowly) make one or more visualization per chapter of "Solid State Physics" by Ashcroft and Mermin, with the hope that they will be useful to people teaching/learning solid state Physics.
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October 22, 2024 at 3:05 PM
#PhysicsFactlet:
The "Ashcroft/Mermin Project"
I will try to (likely very slowly) make one or more visualization per chapter of "Solid State Physics" by Ashcroft and Mermin, with the hope that they will be useful to people teaching/learning solid state Physics.
1/
The "Ashcroft/Mermin Project"
I will try to (likely very slowly) make one or more visualization per chapter of "Solid State Physics" by Ashcroft and Mermin, with the hope that they will be useful to people teaching/learning solid state Physics.
1/
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Entropy is one of those formulas that many of us learn, swallow whole, and even use regularly without really understanding.
(E.g., where does that “log” come from? Are there other possible formulas?)
Yet there's an intuitive & almost inevitable way to arrive at this expression.
(E.g., where does that “log” come from? Are there other possible formulas?)
Yet there's an intuitive & almost inevitable way to arrive at this expression.
December 9, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Entropy is one of those formulas that many of us learn, swallow whole, and even use regularly without really understanding.
(E.g., where does that “log” come from? Are there other possible formulas?)
Yet there's an intuitive & almost inevitable way to arrive at this expression.
(E.g., where does that “log” come from? Are there other possible formulas?)
Yet there's an intuitive & almost inevitable way to arrive at this expression.