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Also on my Bluesky, note some info on special broadcasts from Vatican News on tomorrow's beginning of #conclave 🇻🇦
The schedule is:
0755-0945z Holy Mass, also on 15565 in Portuguese, 17520 French, 17540 English
1410-1545z LIVE BROADCAST OF THE CARDINALS' ENTRANCE TO SISTINE CHAPEL, also on 17500 Portuguese, 17520 French, 17540 English
1600-1800z Special Conclave Re…

Evidence of Gaia Enceladus experiencing at least two passages around the Milky Way
\'Asa Sk\'ulad\'ottir, Heitor Ernandes, Diane K. Feuillet, Alice Mori, Sofia Feltzing, Romain E. R. Lucchesi, Paola Di Matteo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00409

Evidence of Gaia Enceladus experiencing at least two passages around the Milky Way
One of the major recent breakthroughs has been the discovery of the last Major Merger to happen in the history of the Milky Way. Around 10 Gyr ago the galaxy Gaia Enceladus, with estimated ~10% of the Milky Way mass, fell into its potential, bringing a large amount of stars which can be identified through their unique chemical and kinematic signatures. Simulations have long predicted that a galaxy of this size should experience several passages through the disk of the Milky Way before eventuall…

Prenatal phthalate exposures and adiposity outcomes trajectories: a multivariate Bayesian factor regression approach
Phuc H. Nguyen, Stephanie M. Engel, Amy H. Herring
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02518

Prenatal phthalate exposures and adiposity outcomes trajectories: a multivariate Bayesian factor regression approach
We aim to assess the longitudinal effects of prenatal exposure to phthalates on the risk of childhood obesity in children aged 4 to 7, with potential time-varying and sex-specific effects. Multiple body-composition-related outcomes, such as BMI z-score, fat mass percentage, and waist circumference, are available in the data. Existing chemical mixture analyses often look at these outcomes individually due to the limited availability of multivariate models for mixture exposures. We propose a mult…

you've heard of chemists in the 30's
are you prepared for chemists in the 1830's?
moreover, bunsen himself?

The party that was supposed to be good at managing the nation's finances cancelled the second leg of #HS2. Apparently, to save £36 billion, which "would instead be allocated to infrastructure projects to provide better transport links across the north of England." Yet we still do not really know the cancellation cost, or whether anything will really be spent extra on the north of Englan…