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Diversity and inclusion

Diversity and inclusion

Pursuing joy in an alien world

26 Oct 2022

This article is the fourth in a series of essays written by Black physicists and co-published with Physics Today as part of #BlackInPhysics week 2022, an event dedicated to celebrating Black physicists and their contributions to the scientific community, and to revealing a more complete picture of what a physicist looks like. This year’s theme is “joy in the diverse Black community”.

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Larissa Palethorpe: "Rotating the sources of your joy means that when one area of your life feels like it’s caving in, there are other activities and people you can turn to." (Courtesy: Larissa Palethorpe)
As an astrophysicist who specializes in exoplanets and the idea of habitable worlds, I believe that

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