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Can plants hear their pollinators? https://acoustics.org/can-plants-hear-their-pollinators-asa188/ "Research suggests pollinator buzzing sounds lead plants to increase their nectar production"

Can Plants Hear Their Pollinators? #ASA188
Research suggests pollinator buzzing sounds lead plants to increase their nectar production.

plant_pol_kato: Kato plant-pollinator web
A bipartite network of plants and pollinators from Kyoto University Forest of Ashu, Japan, from 1984 to 1987. Edge weights represent frequency of interactions.
This network has 772 nodes and 1206 edges.
Tags: Biological, Food web, Weighted
https://networks.skewed.d…

Palantir becomes the 20th most valuable US company, after its stock more than doubled in 2025, giving it a market cap of $375B (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/25/palantir-jumps-to-all-time-high-becomes-20th-most-valu…

Palantir joins list of 20 most valuable U.S. companies, with stock more than doubling in 2025
The provider of software for defense agencies jumped about 3% on Friday to a record, ranking the company among the top 20 U.S. firms by market value.

Six protestors who demonstrated in front of the New York City offices of #Palantir Technologies
were arrested on Thursday morning.
The demonstrators had gathered to bring attention to the controversial firm and the work it does to power the deportation of immigrants from the US.
The protestors stood in front of the Palantir offices on Manhattan’s Avenue of the Americas,
linking arms…

Evidence for a sub-Jovian planet in the young TWA 7 #disk : #Planet Imaged by NASA #Webb Is Lightest Ever Seen: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2025/news-2025-126 and https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Webb_finds_evidence_of_a_lightweight_planet_around_TWA_7

💍 Some plants make their own pesticide—but at what cost to the atmosphere?
#plants

Some plants make their own pesticide—but at what cost to the atmosphere?
A natural alternative to pesticides may be hiding in a misunderstood plant compound—but it could come at an environmental cost.

Finger verbrennen mit #Palantir - ein Kommentar von @mediathoms.bsky.social€:
https://share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothek-au…

Palantir-Einsatz bei der Polizei: Chance auf ein juristisches Eigentor
Polizeibehörden in verschiedenen Bundesländern setzen auf die umstrittene Software Palantir - trotz starker verfassungsrechtlicher Bedenken wegen Datenschutz und Bürgerrechten. Diese werden - wie in anderen Politikbereichen auch - ignoriert. Bis zum nächsten Urteil.

TUVALU is preparing to carry out the first planned migration of an entire country in response to the effects of climate change.
Recent studies project that much of its territory could be submerged in the next 25 years due to rising sea levels, forcing its inhabitants to consider migration as an urgent survival measure.

The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.

Palantir signs a deal with The Nuclear Company under which the startup will pay Palantir $100M over five years to develop AI software for the nuclear industry (Miquela Thornton/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that states may exclude Planned Parenthood clinics from providing medical screenings and other healthcare for women on Medicaid.
The court’s conservative majority cast aside the longstanding rule that said Medicaid patients may obtain medical care from any qualified provider.
In a 6-3 vote, the justices ruled the Medicaid Act does not give patients an “individual right” to the provider of their choice.
The dispute turned on abortion, even …

Supreme Court says states may bar women on Medicaid from using Planned Parenthood clinics
Conservative states that banned abortion are still fighting with Planned Parenthood, which provides medical screening for women.