From time to time I like to catch up on research papers, looking at the literal forefront of astrophysics research on [astro-ph](https://arxiv.org/archive/astro-ph). It's a really, really nice website to use - though understanding the information might be another level of hurt... That's why I've decided to cobble together the all-inclusive academia guide - from LaTeX to over-the-top wikipedia articles, nothing shall stand in the way of a three-hour procrastination session on wikipedia! # Learning Latex Lost Me My Lover Aside from the tongue twister, LaTex probably isn't the best way to inch people into writing research papers - it's archaic, it requires time which writing a research paper doesn't really offer up, and it's rather inefficient, all things considered. Yet you're here anyway. Let's begin with some of the basics! Note that you'll have to find your own LaTeX renderer for this one - I'd recommend [Overleaf](https://www.google.com/search?client=opera-gx&q=overleaf&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8). Define a line of LaTeX code with a double dollar symbol as shown! Closing is the same: ```LaTeX $2y + 3x = 7$ ``` Fractions are defined with \frac. Numerators and denominators get their own curly brackets! ```LaTeX $\frac{1}{2}$ ``` This gives us a fraction - seen below: $\frac{1}{2}$ # Understanding Wikipedia - Stars (Personal Feature) Ever wondered what those archaic symbols under pixelated images of stars really meant? Besides mostly meaning "Owl" in hieroglyph, most stars carry their names from the greats - arabic astronomers who precede us by more than a millenia