Tootfinder

A study finds LLMs from Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI can help with academic fraud, specifically helping non-researchers submit fabricated papers to arXiv (Elizabeth Gibney/Nature)
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00595-9

Hey ChatGPT, write me a fictional paper: these LLMs are willing to commit academic fraud
Mainstream chatbots presented varying levels of resistance to deliberate requests for fabrication, study finds.

Video-call glitches trigger uncanniness and harm consequential life outcomes
Nature (2025)
#teamresopal

Video-call glitches trigger uncanniness and harm consequential life outcomes - Nature
Glitches in video calls can have a negative effect on the judgement of the people involved and correspond to worse outcomes in major areas of life such as job interviews and parole hearings.

The most resistant to committing fraud, when asked repeatedly, were all versions of Claude. Versions of Grok and early versions of GPT performed the worst.
Hey ChatGPT, write me a fictional paper: these LLMs are willing to commit academic fraud
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026

Hey ChatGPT, write me a fictional paper: these LLMs are willing to commit academic fraud
Mainstream chatbots presented varying levels of resistance to deliberate requests for fabrication, study finds.

Broad generalisation of the ventriloquism aftereffect across sound frequencies https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-40873-0

Machine Learning techniques are upending multiple scientific fields. Operational 5-day forecasting of air quality in 1 minute in this paper from Chinese researchers.
This is awesome work with very clear public health implications.
EDIT for clarity: I am.not suggesting LLMs have anything to do with this work, but many people hear AI and imagine LLMs. And many of them.are perhaps rightly sceptical of AI as a result.
But AI or ML techniques can be useful for lots of things, not just chatbots. And we should probably invest more in those.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10234-y

Culture, nature, community
#SilentSunday

A Stellar magnesium to silicon ratio in the atmosphere of an exoplanet: #Exoplanets and Their Host Stars: https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2609/ - new observations provide the first direct evidence that exoplanets inherit rocky-element ratios from their host stars.

"Species Slowdown: Is Nature’s Ability to Self-Repair Stalling?"
#Nature #Environment
https://e360.yale…

Species Slowdown: Is Nature’s Ability to Self-Repair Stalling?
When scientists recently analyzed hundreds of studies of ecosystems, they were surprised to see a marked slowing in the rate of species turnover. If new species don’t replace old ones, they say, ecosystems may have less flexibility to respond to habitat loss and climate change.

Analysis at a megalithic #tomb at #Bury, north of #Paris, shows two separate phases of burial: unusually young deaths in the 3100s BCE—perhaps indicating major crisis such as war or famine—and an unrelated population derived fro…

Population discontinuity in the Paris Basin linked to evidence of the Neolithic decline - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Analysis of ancient human genomes from a Neolithic collective gallery grave in northern France points to population discontinuity and turnover between the third and fourth millennium BC.

Republican Leaders Used to Camp and Hunt. Now They Golf and Meme. (Stephen Lezak/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/opinion/republicans-hunting-wilderness-nature.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260208/p11#a260208p11

prolly don't count as bloomScroll so i just type #nature instead

james cameron didn't make these shitty avatar movies with over the top messaging for you to repeat exactly what was criticized

A Fox Squirrel, about to jump to another branch. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. February, 2026. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4 #laarboretum #squirrels #nature

How touch is totally different in different places because of scale. Kinda cool. The nature of contact is not just what we think it is.
#physics

YAY! Excellent resource. Site Renewables Right: A Clean and Green Energy Future
https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-priorities/tackle-climate-change/climate-change-stories/site-wind-right/
And it…

Site Renewables Right: Accelerating a Clean and Green Energy Future
To help tackle climate change, we must accelerate deployment of clean energy sources, like wind and solar power. So, how can we do that in ways that ensure that allows people and nature to thrive? This online map will help.

YAY! Excellent resource. Site Renewables Right: A Clean and Green Energy Future
https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-priorities/tackle-climate-change/climate-change-stories/site-wind-right/
And it…

Site Renewables Right: Accelerating a Clean and Green Energy Future
To help tackle climate change, we must accelerate deployment of clean energy sources, like wind and solar power. So, how can we do that in ways that ensure that allows people and nature to thrive? This online map will help.

Strong nickel enrichment co-located with redox-organic interactions in Neretva Vallis, Mars: #Mars coughs up another maybe-life clue in the form of nickel compounds: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/31/nickel_found_on_mars/ - Perseverance found the minerals in an ancient river channel, but researchers say geology may still beat biology.

Fraudulent papers written by AI are becoming a serious problem. Guess which AI is most willing to cooperate with this sort of dishonest fraud?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00595-9

"Plant sex life is more complicated than you probably imagine"
#Plants #Nature
https://

Plant sex life is more complicated than you probably imagine
The amazing variety of plant reproductive systems.

2026 Shipboard Immersion - Waterfronts Past & Present: Learning How Engineers Design with Nature
"Opportunity to learn about the #GreatLakes and coastal engineering in Milwaukee."
For "formal or nonformal educators who teach at the middle or high-school level that are experienced or new to the Great Lakes Literacy Principles"
STIPENDS Will be provided to o…

2026 Shipboard Immersion - Waterfronts Past & Present: Learning How Engineers Design with Nature
Thank you for taking time to complete the application for our FREE 2026 Shipboard Science Professional Learning opportunity, brought to you by the Center for Great Lakes Literacy, Wisconsin Sea Grant, and UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences. WHAT The workshop will explore how coastal engineering can shape and strengthen our coasts and shorelines, using Milwaukee and its Lake Michigan shoreline as our case study. It will include time aboard R/V Neeskay giving a unique perspective to the…

Sonnet 020 - XX
A woman's face with nature's own hand painted,
Hast thou, the master mistress of my passion;
A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted
With shifting change, as is false women's fashion:
An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling,
Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth;
A man in hue all hues in his controlling,
Which steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth.
And for a woman wert thou f…

Screenings in Chorlton, Didsbury and Withington. Free.
People Place Planet - Didsbury - NEBFilm
#climate

People Place Planet - Didsbury - NEBFilm
A special community screening: The People’s Emergency Briefing #PEBuk What’s happening with climate and nature, and what does it mean for everyday life in the UK? Join us for a screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing - an eye-opening film bringing together nine leading UK scientists and

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #NightTracks
Peggy Polias:
🎵 Into Nature (Picnic at Hanging Rock)
#PeggyPolias
https://open.spotify.com/track/12TicEWpX83AtQh9ZcW0ay

For every dollar we spend protecting nature, we spend $30 destroying it: Report #nature

For every dollar we spend protecting nature, we spend $30 destroying it: Report
For every US$1 the world invests in protecting nature, it spends US$30 on destroying it. This stark imbalance is the central finding of a new UN Environment Program (UNEP) report released today. It calls for a major shift in global financing of nature-based solutions and phasing out harmful investments to deliver high returns, reduce risk exposure, and enhance resilience.

Si je ne paie pas mes impôts, mes cotisations, c'est de la légitime défense de MON argent.
Mais si je perçois des prestations indues, lŠ, je suis coupable de taper dans la caisse commune.
Convaincu.e.s que la nature humaine, dans son égoïsme supposé, ne peut pas créer de la solidarité,
Et donc ne peut pas organiser une redistribution rigoureuse des richesses,
Sous couvert de répondre aux abus,
Iels détruisent ce système redistributif,
en lequel iels ne …

Dynamical development of strength and stability of #asteroid material under 440 GeV proton beam irradiation: #impact – and reveals the hidden strength of space rocks, a breakthrough with direct implications for #PlanetaryDefence strategies: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01-08-new-study-simulates-asteroid-impact-and-reveals-hidden-strength-space-rocks

"Portugal fined £8.7m by EU court for failing to protect biodiversity"
#Portugal #Nature #Biodiversity

Pavel Richter – Mother Nature
https://poli5.bandcamp.com/album/mother-nature
https://www.

My today's #footpathFriday is one from the archives. I was really bad prepared that day, but luckily everything turned out well -- and I got this fantastic, dramatic shot!
more about that day: http…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #LaurenLaverne
Naughty by Nature:
🎵 O.P.P.
#NaughtybyNature
https://miketempo.bandcamp.com/track/naughty-by-nature-o-p-p-mike-tempo-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/1k28sDTLOz942qa3wEtMQE

People who felt more connected to nature also reported higher well-being.
Researchers who study people’s relationship with the natural world often use the term
“nature connectedness.”
This phrase doesn’t simply mean going hiking or visiting a park.
Nature connectedness refers to the extent to which people see nature as part of who they are
– whether they feel an emotional bond with the natural world and experience a sense of oneness with it.
Someone who has…

A connection to nature fuels well-being worldwide, according to a study of 38,000 people
Feeling part of something larger than yourself may make it easier to cope with stress and uncertainty.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds:
🎵 Nature Boy
#NowPlaying #NickCave #TheBadSeeds
https://elmuellerecords.bandcamp.com/track/los-ambolias-nature-boy-nick-cave-the-bad-seeds
https://open.spotify.com/track/6pmDHODsAiR8PZtlJZnJmC

RE: #ALAN #LightPollution #VIIRS

[OT] Nature: Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01105-7?error=cookies_not_supported&code=d7824397-f134-4f13-a123-8b1b2a61bec9

Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration
Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.

Crosslisted article(s) found for hep-ph. https://arxiv.org/list/hep-ph/new
[1/1]:
- "Observations on the possible electromagnetic nature of nucleon interactions and pions" -- histor...
Mathias Bostr\"om, Drew F. Parsons

Nature is healing...
#Bitcoin

"Is academic research becoming too competitive?
Nature examines the data Applications for European research grants increased in 2025. Scientists say they’re feeling the competition."
Sobering numbers from funding institutions in Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025

Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data
Applications for European research grants increased in 2025. Scientists say they’re feeling the competition.

Sonnet 004 - IV
Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend
Upon thy self thy beauty's legacy?
Nature's bequest gives nothing, but doth lend,
And being frank she lends to those are free:
Then, beauteous niggard, why dost thou abuse
The bounteous largess given thee to give?
Profitless usurer, why dost thou use
So great a sum of sums, yet canst not live?
For having traffic with thy self alone,
Thou of thy self thy sweet self dos…

As promised, but overdue... It's #FollowFriday time — this week: landscape and nature photographers, transporting us to magic places on this planet and sharing precious fleeting moments/experiences there...
25 people, in alphabetical order (and entirely incomplete, of course!). Also, due to personal preferences, there's a bias towards mountain landscapes:

from my link log —
The Wendelstein 7-X fusion stellarator proves its efficiency.
https://www.ipp.mpg.de/5125328/05_21
saved 2021-08-17 https://dota…

The Wendelstein 7-X concept proves its efficiency
One of the most important optimisation goals underlying the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device at Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Greifswald has now been confirmed. An analysis by IPP scientists in the journal Nature shows: In the optimised magnetic field cage, the energy losses of the plasma are reduced in the desired way. Wendelstein 7-X is intended to prove that the disadvantages of earlier stellarators can be overcome and that stellarator-type devices are suitable for power plants.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116346848141590494
People like to forget that fighting climate change is about _saving human lives_ and not about saving Earth.
Even if it's 20 degrees higher or 20 degrees lower on average, Earth will do fine, life will do fine, nature will be fine—but humans won't be fine.

New Study: Evidence shows how X’s algorithmic feed is radicalizing its users toward the Right. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10098-2

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared with those remaining on a chronological feed, whereas switching the feed setting in the opposite direction, from algorithmic to chronological, had no effect.

An Open Access article in Nature details how data can now be written in borosilicate glass hard drives so it can last 10,000 years.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10042-w
Now, scientists are figuring out which memes and cat pictures to keep that long.

Laser writing in glass for dense, fast and efficient archival data storage - Nature
An optical archival storage technology based on femtosecond laser direct writing in glass addresses the practical demands of archival storage.

Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration (Nature)
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01105-7
http://www.memeorandum.com/260403/p135#a260403p135

spanish_highschools: Spanish high schools (2023)
Directed networks of friendships obtained through a social survey of spanish high school students.
This network has 105 nodes and 1426 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/spanish

#SilentSunday #nature

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10098-2

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared with those remaining on a chronological feed, whereas switching the feed setting in the opposite direction, from algorithmic to chronological, had no effect.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #LaurenLaverne
Gary Clail:
🎵 Human Nature
#GaryClail
https://djsevenpg.bandcamp.com/track/gary-clail-human-nature-on-the-mix
https://open.spotify.com/track/5mRhQslccZ0M9JKcBffrdX

Tells people they don't need college.
Pushes to eliminate the Dept of Education.
Slashes funding to universities.
...now, "Science is a waste of money!"
Trump continues to make America ignorant because the ignorant vote for him.
From: @…

Beyond Nature and Culture: Planetary Precarity in Literary-Cultural-Linguistic Representations
https://ift.tt/DATJdBN
updated: Monday, April 6, 2026 - 3:16pmfull name / name of organization: Department of English,…
via Input 4 RELCFP

Australia spends $18b more on harming nature than protecting it: Study https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/02/australia-spends-18b-more-on-harming-nature-than-protecting-it-study/

Australia spends $18b more on harming nature than protecting it: Study
The Australian government spends more money on activities that harm biodiversity than those that protect biodiversity, a new study suggests. Australia is a biodiversity hotspot, home to more than two-thirds of the world’s marsupials and a high rate of endemic species, but the country has suffered significant species extinctions since European arrival. Under Target 18 […]

Great call to action by Dariusz Jemielniak in Nature: academics should contribute to Wikipedia, and such work should be recognized.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00075-0

The academic community failed Wikipedia for 25 years — now it might fail us | Nature
Artificial-intelligence systems are feeding on Wikipedia without giving back, and academic indifference is threatening the survival of what is arguably the most widely used reference work on the planet. Artificial-intelligence systems are feeding on Wikipedia without giving back, and academic indifference is threatening the survival of what is arguably the most widely used reference work on the planet.

🐮 Feral horses and cattle create more resilient nature, rewilding study reveals
#conservation

Feral horses and cattle create more resilient nature, rewilding study reveals
Protected natural areas across Europe are changing. Climate change, with rising temperatures and heavy rainfall, is turbocharging the growth of shrubs and trees, choking the flowers and insects that need the light and heat of open spaces. Traditionally, this scenario prompts nature managers to reach for chainsaws and brush cutters to keep the landscape open. But researchers at Aarhus University and the Natural History Museum, Aarhus, Denmark, can now show that horses and cattle represent a more…

Rare white whale sighting tops 2026 World Nature Photography Awards winners #photography

#archive and #library folks - has anyone heard about laser-etched borosilicate glass as a high-density digital storage medium? They are claiming a data density of "4.8 TB in a 120 mm square, 2 mm thick piece of glass" and longevity in the thousands of years.

“The barrier to creating software has genuinely dropped. That is not hype. What it means for professional engineers is not that their skills are less valuable, but that the skills that matter have shifted up the stack, as they have in every previous transition.
The developers who thrived after the move from assembly to C were not the ones who could write the most clever assembly. They were the ones who understood what the machine needed to do and could express that intent clearly in a higher-level language. The developers who thrived after the move to managed languages and frameworks were not the ones most resistant to garbage collection. They were the ones who saw the freed-up cognitive capacity as an opportunity to solve harder problems.
The developers who will thrive in the agentic era are the ones who understand this as another step in the same arc and invest accordingly. Not in resisting the tools. Not in deferring to them uncritically. In developing the judgment, clarity, and systems thinking that make the tools maximally effective.
That means writing better specs. Investing in test infrastructure. Developing genuine architectural understanding rather than surface familiarity. Building the taste to evaluate output rigorously. Practicing problem decomposition until it becomes second nature.
The era of programming as primarily a keystroke activity is over. The era of programming as primarily a thinking and judgment activity has been accelerating for decades and just shifted into a higher gear.”
#AITransition
#
https://addyosmani.com/blog/factory-model/

Different Corners IV ▶️
不同的角落 IV ▶️
📷 ZEISS IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Lucky SHD 400
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Nature: OpenAI's brain implant would use ultrasound to read minds. Does the science stand up? #ultrasound

OpenAI’s brain implant would use ultrasound to read minds. Does the science stand up?
Spin-out Merge Labs aims to rival Elon Musk’s firm Neuralink. But researchers say the technology is still at an early stage.

They’re lovely to look at, but I learnt whilst living in the Blue Mountains that many locals despise them as invasive weeds.
I frequently saw agapanthus burnt or with their heads cut off, and more than once someone had swerved offroad to drive their car through a garden bed and take a few of them out.
It’s a special place. https://

D C Fitzgerald (@tangledwing@ohai.social)
Attached: 1 image Lily of the Nile or African Lily (Agapanthus)...they're not true lilies, they're relatives of the onion and amaryllis...the bright colors evolved to attract bees, butterflies & long-tongued insects. #flowers #biologhy #nature #garden #plants #photo

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Naughty By Nature:
🎵 O.P.P.
#NowPlaying #NaughtyByNature
#radioeins gespielten Titel als #Spotify Playliste: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3hdH98B6uyXilhcWxCA6nv

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Madonna:
🎵 Human Nature
#Madonna
https://ellemaxwell.bandcamp.com/track/human-nature
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Cna7QxOOTNnylVHLtShCi

"For every dollar we spend protecting nature, we spend $30 destroying it: Report"
#Nature #Climate #ClimateChange

For every dollar we spend protecting nature, we spend $30 destroying it: Report
For every US$1 the world invests in protecting nature, it spends US$30 on destroying it. This stark imbalance is the central finding of a new UN Environment Program (UNEP) report released today. It calls for a major shift in global financing of nature-based solutions and phasing out harmful investments to deliver high returns, reduce risk exposure, and enhance resilience.

Orbitofrontal cortex drives predictive filtering of sensory responses (in mice) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-026-02217-z "After daily sound exposure, neural habituation in the primary auditory cortex (A1) was reversed by inactivating the OFC."

Orbitofrontal cortex drives predictive filtering of sensory responses - Nature Neuroscience
Top-down projections from the orbitofrontal cortex carry predictive signals that grow with sound experience and suppress the auditory cortex via inhibitory circuits, revealing a predictive mechanism for sensory habituation.

A study found OpenAI's ChatGPT Health underestimated the severity of medical emergencies 51.6% of the time and overestimated nonurgent cases 64.8% of the time (Kaan Ozcan/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/chat…

ChatGPT Health 'under-triaged' half of medical emergencies in a new study
ChatGPT Health — OpenAI’s new health-focused chatbot — frequently underestimated the severity of medical emergencies, according to a study published last week in the journal Nature Medicine

Climate change’s rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought
because of mistaken research assumptions on how high coastal waters already are, a new study said.
Researchers studied hundreds of scientific studies and hazard assessments,
calculating that about 90% of them underestimated baseline coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot (30 centimeters), according to Wednesday’s study in the journal Natur…

Study says millions more are exposed to rising seas than thought
A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot or about 30 centimeters. The discrepancy stems from widespread reliance on gravitational models that account for Earth’s gravity and rotation but overlook local drivers of sea level including tides, currents and wind. Correcting this suggests a 1-meter or 3-foot rise could inundate up to 37% more land and threaten as many as 132 million more people. And tha…

Pesticides found in 70% of European soils, harming beneficial life: Study https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/pesticides-found-in-70-of-european-soils-harming-beneficial-life-study/

Pesticides found in 70% of European soils, harming beneficial life: Study
For farmers, sometimes the easiest way to save a crop or prevent catastrophic insect damage is to spray a pesticide. But this common practice is wreaking havoc on the soil, according to new research published recently in the journal Nature. The study examined soil from 26 European countries, finding that pesticide contamination is widespread beyond […]

The dramatic transition of the extreme red supergiant WOH G64 to a yellow hypergiant: #stars

Sonnet 127 - CXXVII
In the old age black was not counted fair,
Or if it were, it bore not beauty's name;
But now is black beauty's successive heir,
And beauty slandered with a bastard shame:
For since each hand hath put on Nature's power,
Fairing the foul with Art's false borrowed face,
Sweet beauty hath no name, no holy bower,
But is profaned, if not lives in disgrace.
Therefore my mistress' eyes are raven black,

Audio long read: Many people have no mental imagery. What’s going on in their brains? #aphantasia are offering brain scient…

Audio long read: Many people have no mental imagery. What’s going on in their brains?
Listen to an audio version of a recent Nature Feature.

"Ocean Conservation Debt-for-Nature Bonds Unlocks $1.4B for Marine Protection"
#Oceans #Conservation #Nature

Ocean Conservation Debt-for-Nature Bonds Unlocks $1.4B for Marine Protection | Happy Eco News
Ocean conservation debt-for-nature bonds have unlocked more than $1.4 billion for marine protection across multiple nations.

Martian ionospheric response during the may 2024 solar #superstorm: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-69468-z -> ESA’s Mars orbiters watch solar superstorm hit the Red Planet: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/ESA_s_Mars_orbiters_watch_solar_superstorm_hit_the_Red_Planet

Chronic 40 Hz light flicker mitigates epileptogenesis through a visual pathway associated with the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus shell (in epileptic mice) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64269-2

Chronic 40 Hz light flicker mitigates epileptogenesis through a visual pathway associated with the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus shell - Nature Communications
Whether and how gamma entrainment using sensory stimuli (GENUS) has a role in antiepileptogenesis is not fully understood. Here authors show that GENUS reduces seizure susceptibility in male mice. These effects are mediated via specific visual neural pathway.

🤦‍♂️ Tipping points and ecosystem collapse are the real geopolitical risk (commentary)
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/tipping-points-and-ecosystem-collapse-are-the-real-geopolitical-risk-commentary/

Tipping points and ecosystem collapse are the real geopolitical risk (commentary)
The focus of experts in global security tends to orbit familiar threats. War in Europe and the Middle East. Trade disruption and financial volatility. Technology shocks and threats to information integrity. But the most consequential driver of instability is unfolding under our feet and over our heads. The world’s climate system is edging toward tipping points and nature is […]

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116154392095967818
The collision detection in nature isn’t the best so they’re on top of each other

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #StreetSounds
Naughty by Nature:
🎵 Feel Me Flow
#NaughtybyNature
https://djmaars.bandcamp.com/track/naughty-by-nature-feel-me-flow-maars-reggae-re-fix
https://open.spotify.com/track/4dbZObCjUs95HtmEHfKbnU

"Paying attention to birdsong while walking in nature can boost wellbeing, my research shows"
#Nature #Environment

Paying attention to birdsong while walking in nature can boost wellbeing, my research shows
Listening to birdsong while walking in nature reduced both psychological and physiological markers of stress.

Why cutting down rainforests may be driving 28,000 heat deaths a year #environment

Why cutting down rainforests may be driving 28,000 heat deaths a year
Tropical forests are hot, steamy places. But when large numbers of trees are cut down, they get even hotter. Our recent research in Nature Climate Change shows that clearing large areas of the rainforest exposes hundreds of millions of people to higher temperatures, increasing heat stress (when the body's way of controlling temperature fails) and, in some cases, contributing to death.

Thousands of early-career NIH researchers forming union for first time
The push for better pay and benefits among US scientists arrives at world’s largest biomedical funder.
-- Nature [paywall]
-- But 'crickets' in the mainstream media
@…

Thousands of early-career NIH researchers forming union for first time
Push for better pay and benefits among US scientists arrives at world’s largest biomedical funder.

"Reducing aircraft soot might not actually reduce the climate effects of contrails"
#Aviation #Emissions #Climate

Reducing aircraft soot might not actually reduce the climate effects of contrails
Reducing aircraft soot emissions may not reduce contrail clouds, according to in-flight observations of emissions from a passenger jet with modern "lean-burn" engines, reported in Nature. Contrails from aircraft contribute to the climate-warming impacts of aviation. The findings demonstrate that more work is needed to understand and reduce the climate impact of jet engine emissions.

A language processing time window of around three seconds https://www.nature.com/articles/s44159-026-…

Discovery of the most compact 3 1-type quadruple star system TIC 120362137: #StarSystem Yet: https://gizmodo.com/4-body-problem-astronomers-spot-the-most-tightly-packed-quadruple-star-system-yet-2000728811

"‘A celebration for the bugs’: Flowers burst into colour after southern Spain’s record rainfall"
#Spain #Environment #Nature

Vibrant wildflowers transform arid southern Spain after heavy rains
While beautiful, the swathes of invasive yellow flowers are an environmental concern.

Disentangling the functional roles of pre-stimulus oscillations in crossmodal associative memory formation via sensory entrainment https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-33761-6#Sec7 "externally induced pre-stimulus alpha entrainment boosts audiovisual associative encod…

Disentangling the functional roles of pre-stimulus oscillations in crossmodal associative memory formation via sensory entrainment - Scientific Reports
The state of neural dynamics prior to the presentation of an external stimulus significantly influences its subsequent processing. This neural preparatory mechanism might be of particular importance for crossmodal memory formation. The integration of stimuli across different sensory modalities is a fundamental mechanism underlying the formation of episodic memories. However, the causal role of pre-stimulus neural activity in this process remains largely unclear. In this preregistered study, we …

"Analysis: Half of nations meet UN deadline for nature-loss reporting"
#UN #UnitedNations #Nature #Environment

Analysis: Half of nations meet UN deadline for nature-loss reporting - Carbon Brief
Half of nations have met a UN deadline to report on how they are tackling nature loss within their borders, Carbon Brief analysis shows.

"Even a Few Scattered Trees on Farmland Can Be a Boon for Wildlife"
#Trees #Environment #Nature

Even a Few Scattered Trees on Farmland Can Be a Boon for Wildlife

Exploring the association between mental imagery, sensory sensitivity, and autistic traits in autistic and non-autistic adults https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-38574-9

Homogeneous accretion of the #Earth in the inner Solar System: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02824-7 -> The Earth formed from local building blocks: https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2026/03/the-earth-formed-from-local-building-blocks.html - planetary scientists at ETH Zurich have shown that the material that makes up the Earth originates exclusively from the inner solar system.

"Grasslands and wetlands are being lost to agriculture four times faster than forests"
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Grasslands and wetlands are being lost to agriculture four times faster than forests
Wild ecosystems such as grassland savannas, bush and open wetlands are losing ground worldwide to make way for large pastures and grain fields. A new study found these ecosystems are being converted at a rate four times higher than for forests.   Over a 15-year period, from 2005-2020, researchers found that 190 million hectares (470 […]

"Australia claims it is ‘on track’ to save nature. We disagree"
#Australia #Environment #Nature

Australia claims it is ‘on track’ to save nature. We disagree
The federal government needs to drop the spin and get on with the hard work of addressing biodiversity loss.

Nature: China approves brain chip to treat paralysis — a world first #Neuracle

China approves brain chip to treat paralysis — a world first
Chip allows people with paralysis to control a soft robotic hand.

"Marine National Park Bigger Than Texas Created by Departing Chilean President Around Pacific Islands"
#Chile #Environment #Nature

Marine National Park Bigger Than Texas Created by Departing Chilean President Around Pacific Islands
Under several administrations, Chile has been a strong supporter of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework since its inception.

"Peatland restoration can deliver climate mitigation benefits within a few decades"
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Peatland restoration can deliver climate mitigation benefits within a few decades
New research indicates that restoration of peatlands can result in climate mitigation within just a few decades. In Finland, some 60,000 hectares of previously forestry-drained peatlands have already been restored, comprising mainly nutrient-poor sites with weak tree growth. In such cases, peatland plants remain viable and react rapidly to restoration, resulting in the formation of a thick new layer of Sphagnum moss.

Causal inference shapes crossmodal postdiction in multisensory integration https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-36884-6 on how we integrate multisensory information backward in time.

Causal inference shapes crossmodal postdiction in multisensory integration - Scientific Reports
In our environment, stimuli from different sensory modalities are initially processed within a temporal window of multisensory integration spanning several hundred milliseconds. During this window, stimulus processing is influenced not only by preceding and current information, but also by input that follows the stimulus. The computational mechanisms underlying crossmodal backward processing, which we refer to as crossmodal postdiction, are not well understood. We examined crossmodal postdictio…

"Second wild beaver spotted living at Norfolk nature reserve"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Norfolk

"AI for Nature Restoration Tools: How Companies are Transforming Ecosystem Recovery Projects"
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AI for Nature Restoration Tools: How Companies are Transforming Ecosystem Recovery Projects | Happy Eco News
AI for nature restoration tools are transforming environmental protection as companies deploy sensors, predictive models, and machine learning systems. Nearly 350 cities use AI to map tree coverage and combat heat, while organizations monitor wildlife and detect wildfires.

"Denmark secures €1bn to subsidise farmers for nature restoration"
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"England must destine 7% of land to nature and renewables to hit green targets, data shows"
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