If you agree that Venus is cool despite being quite hot and are looking for a PhD:
We* offer a project including high-temperature experiments to understand surface alteration on Venus at the Open University, UK.
Contrary to what “Time” says, education is the first and foremost method of preventing not only anti-vaccine movement but also other pseudo-scientific and sectarian movements, such as anti-GMO, anti-nuclear, anti-5G etc. But this required country-wide improvement of access to education on all levels, which is incompatible with the US model of education being paid, premium service for people who can afford it.
I would suggest it also helps reduce climate change sustainably:
If we define climate change as human-induced changes, then educating women, and promoting first-world standards of family planning, contributes to reducing the rate of increase of the human population.
It's for everyone to do their own root-cause analysis of course, but I'm always gobsmacked that no one lobbies for this.
Do people studying and doing mathematics still use #minitab and #maxima for stats and algebra respectively?
The two #openuniversity maths modules I'm studying this year use them quite a bit and I'm trying to get a sense of how out of date the programme is or isn't :)
🎬 "Educating Rita" (1983) is a Pygmalion-ish comedy starring #MichaelCaine and #JulieWalters as a Lit. Professor who loves his drinks and a working-class hairdresser looking to improve her lot, Both won 1984 #BAFTA Awards for their performances.
A maybe-forgotten gem worth adding to your watch-list.