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That "Two Times e to the Two-i-pi" Thing from Project Hail Mary, Explained
A romp through number theory, geometry and trigonometry, the unit circle, Euler's formula, complex numbers, and more to find the cube roots of eight
Feb 16
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Graham Lau
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Splinter, Yoda, & Oogway on Clarity of Thought
Words of knowledge from fictional masters on our non-fictional explorations of self and thought
Feb 9
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Graham Lau
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Astrobiology 101: Atomic Theory
The building blocks of material existence that we likely share with aliens
Feb 2
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Graham Lau
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The Astrobiology and Panzoic Book Club 2026
Dec 22, 2025
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Graham Lau
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January Book Club Reading: Cosmos
Jan 2
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February Book Club: Project Hail Mary
Feb 1
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Graham Lau
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The NeverEnding Story and the Gates of the Southern Oracle
Jan 13, 2025
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Graham Lau
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Astrobiology 101: Atomic Theory
Feb 2
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Graham Lau
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Language as a Transformative Technology and Talking to Aliens
Jan 25, 2025
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Graham Lau
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February Book Club: Project Hail Mary
Our 2026 Astrobiology and Panzoic Book Club now changes gears a bit with a reading of Andy Weir's tale of adventure to save humanity with the help of a…
Feb 1
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The World is Watching
Recognizing history on this 81st Holocaust Remembrance Day
Jan 27
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Graham Lau
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Could We All Be Aliens to This World We Know?
On the origins of life beyond Earth and the hypothesis of panspermia
Jan 26
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Graham Lau
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Changes in Time Across Cosmic Scales
Ancient science, relativity, and stellar lives in Sagan's Cosmos
Jan 23
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Graham Lau
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The Collective View that Demagogues and Dictators Fail to See
A meditation on perspective and war in our current time and the cosmic view that could save us from ourselves, even while the tyrants attempt to drive…
Jan 21
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Carnot, Clausius, and Boltzmann: The Foundations of Thermodynamics
The Smart Tea podcast and the lives of three central figures in the development of our understanding of heat and energy
Jan 19
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Graham Lau
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Planetary Neighbors, Childhood Perceptions, and Journeys in 2026
On planetary exploration, science communication, and a thought built from a sauna conversation
Jan 16
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Graham Lau
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Transcendence in the Shadow of the Moon
Everyone should experience the path of totality of a solar eclipse in person at some point in their lives
Jan 12
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The Cosmic Perspective, Interweavings of Existence, and Possible Improbabilities
On the first three chapters of Carl Sagan's Cosmos
Jan 9
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Graham Lau
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The Cosmic Calendar and Exponential Change
Sagan and others have explored our time in different reference frames, but we also need to consider the way that we are changing exponentially
Jan 5
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Graham Lau
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January Book Club Reading: Cosmos
We're going to start our 2026 Astrobiology and Panzoic Book Club with a reading of the classic Carl Sagan book that inspired millions to explore our…
Jan 2
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The Company We Keep
Our associations with people and ideas matter just as much in life as they do in memory and thought
Dec 29, 2025
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