Ethan Siegel
@startswithabang.bsky.social
Cosmologist, science communicator, author, speaker, and longtime writer of Starts With A Bang.
Not the next Carl Sagan; the first Ethan Siegel.
Not the next Carl Sagan; the first Ethan Siegel.
A scientific life is like a video game.
The fact that you are encountering new enemies is a sign that you're moving in the right direction.
Keep going!
The fact that you are encountering new enemies is a sign that you're moving in the right direction.
Keep going!
November 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A scientific life is like a video game.
The fact that you are encountering new enemies is a sign that you're moving in the right direction.
Keep going!
The fact that you are encountering new enemies is a sign that you're moving in the right direction.
Keep going!
The 6th grade question I'd have wanted to know was:
How did birds come from dinosaurs, and why did they survive when all the rest of the dinosaurs went extinct?
How did birds come from dinosaurs, and why did they survive when all the rest of the dinosaurs went extinct?
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The 6th grade question I'd have wanted to know was:
How did birds come from dinosaurs, and why did they survive when all the rest of the dinosaurs went extinct?
How did birds come from dinosaurs, and why did they survive when all the rest of the dinosaurs went extinct?
Request solved!
Thanks to all who liked and reshared!
Thanks to all who liked and reshared!
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Request solved!
Thanks to all who liked and reshared!
Thanks to all who liked and reshared!
Yay that's awesome!
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Yay that's awesome!
That is not good.
It hasn't lasted, but EC96's class theme was "I Stole Patt" because we stole Brian Patt's picture from EC95.
A few people from our graduating class in 2000 "fixed it" (made it PG) before our graduation.
That combination of immaturity plus creative brilliance is the ISP hallmark.
It hasn't lasted, but EC96's class theme was "I Stole Patt" because we stole Brian Patt's picture from EC95.
A few people from our graduating class in 2000 "fixed it" (made it PG) before our graduation.
That combination of immaturity plus creative brilliance is the ISP hallmark.
November 15, 2025 at 4:51 AM
That is not good.
It hasn't lasted, but EC96's class theme was "I Stole Patt" because we stole Brian Patt's picture from EC95.
A few people from our graduating class in 2000 "fixed it" (made it PG) before our graduation.
That combination of immaturity plus creative brilliance is the ISP hallmark.
It hasn't lasted, but EC96's class theme was "I Stole Patt" because we stole Brian Patt's picture from EC95.
A few people from our graduating class in 2000 "fixed it" (made it PG) before our graduation.
That combination of immaturity plus creative brilliance is the ISP hallmark.
Insane Science Posse represent!
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Insane Science Posse represent!
Same. News to me; just finding out.
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Same. News to me; just finding out.
You probably haven't said this in 30 years but...
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
You probably haven't said this in 30 years but...