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  Another Armaggedon gets postponed in Greece

  As Master Yoda used to say (who says I have to quote real people and not fictional characters too?) “Fear is the path to the dark side”. Concerning science, I would add somethings before and after. Like “Ignorance is the path to fear. Fear is the path to the dark side and it sure makes [...]

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  So what do you do?

  “So what do you do in your life?” That’s a sine qua non question when you meet people for the first time. You know it is going to make an appearance at some point in the early stages of the conversation. It is a way to “measure” people up, to get some preliminary ideas about [...]

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  Petitioning for the obvious

  Access to knowledge is an essential notion for research. “Well hellooooo Captain Obvious, welcome to our humble lab” you’d say. Well, dear reader it is time for you to re-evaluate the definitions of “obvious”, “self-evident”, “essential” etc. Because lately, here, in the National Technical University of Athens, we have lost access to IEEE’s scientific publications. [...]

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  Waiting for 2012 DA14

  So, I think it is time to prepare our telescopes, clean our lenses and check out some timelapse tutorials for our cameras’ intervalometers. On Friday the 15th, and from 22:00 (read “twenty two hundred hours” in a serious-military sounding voice) to 02:00, look up to the skies and see. I’m just a poor b.. oh [...]

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  Stop asking me if you think you have all the answers

  I know I havent written anything for a looooong time, but it’s not like people really care about it. Anyway.. I am writing this today to complain. No. Not only complain, but actually nag. Well, imagine this situation: You find yourself dining with friends or having drinks with friends or socializing with people in general. [...]

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