Tootfinder

Starcloud, which launched a satellite with a Nvidia H100 chip in November, says the satellite is running and querying responses from Google's Gemma (Pia Singh/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/nvidia-backed-starcloud-tr…

‘Greetings, earthlings’: Nvidia-backed Starcloud trains first AI model in space as orbital data center race heats up
The company's Starcloud-1 satellite is running Gemma, an open model from Google, marking the first time in history that an LLM has been trained in outer space.

On 10 February 2026, the European Space Agency (ESA) signed a contract with OHB Italia for the development of the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses): #Ramses will rendezvous with the asteroid Apophis before its rare close encounter with Earth. RPS and MARIE to investigate asteroid Apophis' passage through Earth's magnetosphere: https://www.dlr.de/en/blog/archive/ramses-mission-rps-and-marie-to-investigate-asteroid-apophis-passage-through-earth-s-magnetosphere

from my link log —
Testing ECC NMI in a cubesat boot loader: intentional flash corruption for STM32 microcontrollers.
https://blog.010.one/Dont-snipe-me-in-space-intentional-flash-corruption-for-stm32-microcontrollers

Don’t snipe me in space - intentional flash corruption for STM32 microcontrollers
Almost one and a half years ago I joined MOVE, the Munich Orbital Verification Experiment, a student club focusing on practical education in the area of satellites at the Technical University of Munich. MOVE has launched three CubeSats to date (First-MOVE in 2013, MOVE-II in 2018 and MOVE-IIb in 2019), and we are currently preparing two future missions. These missions require reliable software, and the ability to update in orbit.

Congrats for the new website @…
I was wondering how you‘re doing the event slugs at @… . Are you setting them manually?
I was just reminded about a

product_space: Atlas of Economic Complexity export network
Two networks of economic products, where a pair of products are connected if they are exported at similar rates by the same countries. The data are a projection from a bipartite network of nations and the products they export. Edges weights represent a similarity score (called "proximity"). Data based on UN Comtrade worldwide trade patterns. SITC network based on the Standard International Trade Classification and HS …

RE: https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/115873350177710539
Alice, bearly dressed 🫣

This is basically the lyrics to 99 Luftballons
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/02/el-paso-airport-closed-after-military-used-new-anti-drone-laser-to-zap-party-balloon/

"According to the 2025 Eurobarometer on food safety, ‘antibiotic, steroid or hormone residues in meat’ is one of the top food safety concerns for over one-third (36%) of EU citizens, albeit 3 percent points less than in the previous survey in 2022."
Veterinary drug residues in food: what’s the latest in the EU?

Veterinary drug residues in food: what’s the latest in the EU?
In EFSA’s yearly report on residues of veterinary medicinal products in live animals and animal products.

Is it just me? Perhaps because I often have only one or two tabs open - I'm a compulsive tab closer. But the new UI in macOS Safari for handling tabs wastes space, is hard to use, and confuses me constantly about where the URL box is and such. I am unsure why it passed muster at product review time.
Perhaps it works well for others. But even if you always have more than one tab open, it still wastes vertical space.

NASA considering bringing astronauts home early from International Space Station due to medical issue (Mike Wall/SPACE.com)
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/international-space-station/nasa-considering-bringing-astronauts-home-early-from-international-space-station-due-to-medical-issue
http://www.memeorandum.com/260108/p9#a260108p9

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
The xx:
🎵 Basic Space
#Thexx
https://ekception.bandcamp.com/track/the-xx-basic-space-ekception-thumpin-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/0G1Lnbm8oXN5Wzn9e729gK

#VomitComet
https://www.twz.com/space/nasa-needs-a-new-vomit-comet

NASA Needs A New Vomit Comet
NASA is looking for new providers to supply low-gravity parabolic flights for spaceflight training and scientific research.

My art, but not my video[1] for #Genuary9 #Genuary2026: Crazy Automata
C-SCAPE (2022), a piece of multiple co-evolving cellular automata, running as a massive projection as part of the ALGORYTHMS group exhibition at Collective, Oslo (August 2023).

I stopped using AI for developing at work, this is my experience
#AI

The Influence of Space Weathering on the Far-Ultraviolet Reflectance of Apollo-Era Soils: #Moon

RE: https://friendica.opensocial.space/display/8ffdf77c-6969-3a3d-1141-084278598904
I need to frame this 😆

RE: https://rivals.space/@Reuillois/115696600482422288
Serš que vamos ter os músicos portugueses a dar uma liçãozinha Š RTP? Serš?
(as-tu un lien pour celles déclarations des candidats portugais, Alexis? Edit: Je les ai déjŠ trouvé)

People saying they are moving their data from clouds to a local hard drive.
I hope they understand cloud isn’t just space but also redundantly stored space and that moving to a drive locally is A fucking stupid idea.

I’d never heard of the “commander’s lock” on the space shuttle program…
#NASA #Space
https://

🪱 Bioinspired Drilling for Extraterrestrial Applications
#space #planets

#MarshallAllen interview (2024):
“the space age is here to stay,
there’s no place you can run away.
Run to the rock to hide your face,
rock cried out ‘no hiding place.’

"So what if, right, what if, we put the data centres in … space!
This idea has a lot of appeal if you’ve read too much sci-fi, and it sounds obvious if you don’t know any practical details."
(Original title: AI data centres — in SPACE! Why DCs in space can’t work)
https://

AI data centres — in SPACE! Why DCs in space can’t work
Spending all the money you have and all the money you can get and all the money you can promise has a number of side effects, such as gigantic data centres full of high-power chips just to run lyin…

⁉️ Hat jemand Bock, Guppe wieder aufleben zu lassen? Es muss sich jemand um Serveraufsetzen und Betrieb kümmern.
https://github.com/immers-space/guppe/issues/119

Guppe(.)org registered: we will donate the domain or will try running the service if some tech folks will help us · Issue #119 · immers-space/guppe
Our nonprofit / NGO runs a very small instance at games(.)ngo. We have benefited from using gup(.)pe over the years to help us engage with other instances more effectively. It is frustrating that s...

A few design decisions for a new chat platform - the sporks space
<https://sporks.space/2026/02/10/a-few-design-decisions-for-a-new-chat-platform/>
– via <

Amazon will invest $35B in India's cloud and AI sector by 2030, adding to the ~$40B it has invested in the country, and says the plan will create 1M more jobs (Dylan Butts/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/amazon-ple

Amazon pledges a massive $35 billion worth of investments in India’s AI space through 2030
Amazon has committed to investing $$35 billion in India’s cloud and AI space by 2030, as hyperscalers race to get a foothold in the market.

2023–2024 El Niño triggered record-breaking sea level spike along African coastlines, study finds #Africa

2023–2024 El Niño triggered record-breaking sea level spike along African coastlines, study finds
Africa's coastlines are under growing threat as sea levels climb faster than ever, driven by decades of global warming caused by human activity, natural climate cycles, and warming ocean waters. Between 2009 and 2024, the continent experienced a 73% increase in sea-level rise, according to a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment.

Aurora as seen from Florida

I've always wondered about the design of Deep Space Nine...
https://www.forgottentrek.com/deep-space-nine/designing-the-deep-space-nine-space-station/

#caturday

@… Ace in Space im Gesundheitswesen? Interessante Spielidee!
#AceInSpace

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Balearic Eric:
🎵 Space Vacation
#BalearicEric
https://mmdiscos.bandcamp.com/track/balearic-eric-space-vacation

The final (8th) #AAS247 presser #Lazuli, described in detail the paper #ArgusArray to the astronomical community: https://carolinastories.unc.edu/developing-the-worlds-largest-sky-survey-telescope/ and https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/eric-schmidt-will-massively-invest-in-private-telescopes-including-hubble-replacement/ and https://www.astronomy.com/science/eric-and-wendy-schmidt-to-fund-space-telescope-three-ground-based-observatories/ and https://www.space.com/space-exploration/former-ceo-of-google-spearheads-4-next-gen-telescopes-3-on-earth-and-1-in-space and https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/schmidt-sciences-announces-plan-for-lazuli-a-private-space-telescope/

40 years ago tonight, the #GratefulDead close their east coast touring for the year in #NewJersey, the 2nd of 2 nights at the meadowlands. fall ’85, show #13.
soundboard:

Space Forge erhitzt erstmals Fertigungsofen im Weltall auf 1000 Grad
Das Unternehmen Space Forge aus Cardiff konnte zum ersten Mal Plasma im Fertigungsofen ihres Satelliten ForgeStar-1 erzeugen.
https:/…

Space Complexity Dichotomies for Subgraph Finding Problems in the Streaming Model
Yu-Sheng Shih, Meng-Tsung Tsai, Yen-Chu Tsai, Ying-Sian Wu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.08002 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.08002 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.08002
arXiv:2602.08002v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We study the space complexity of four variants of the standard subgraph finding problem in the streaming model. Specifically, given an $n$-vertex input graph and a fixed-size pattern graph, we consider two settings: undirected simple graphs, denoted by $G$ and $H$, and oriented graphs, denoted by $\vec{G}$ and $\vec{H}$. Depending on the setting, the task is to decide whether $G$ contains $H$ as a subgraph or as an induced subgraph, or whether $\vec{G}$ contains $\vec{H}$ as a subgraph or as an induced subgraph. Let Sub$(H)$, IndSub$(H)$, Sub$(\vec{H})$, and IndSub$(\vec{H})$ denote these four variants, respectively.
An oriented graph is well-oriented if it admits a bipartition in which every arc is oriented from one part to the other, and a vertex is non-well-oriented if both its in-degree and out-degree are non-zero. For each variant, we obtain a complete dichotomy theorem, briefly summarized as follows.
(1) Sub$(H)$ can be solved by an $\tilde{O}(1)$-pass $n^{2-\Omega(1)}$-space algorithm if and only if $H$ is bipartite.
(2) IndSub$(H)$ can be solved by an $\tilde{O}(1)$-pass $n^{2-\Omega(1)}$-space algorithm if and only if $H \in \{P_3, P_4, co\mbox{-}P_3\}$.
(3) Sub$(\vec{H})$ can be solved by a single-pass $n^{2-\Omega(1)}$-space algorithm if and only if every connected component of $\vec H$ is either a well-oriented bipartite graph or a tree containing at most one non-well-oriented vertex.
(4) IndSub$(\vec{H})$ can be solved by an $\tilde{O}(1)$-pass $n^{2-\Omega(1)}$-space algorithm if and only if the underlying undirected simple graph $H$ is a $co\mbox{-}P_3$.
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What an insightful 20min interview with Mike Score of A Flock of Seagulls about "Space Age Love Song"!
▶️ It Took Us 40 Years, But WE Now REALIZE This Maybe the Best Song of 1983... - Professor of Rock
https://youtube.com/watch?v=P80s5TCnLnY&si=hzWIS9YXvN6…

lol WHAT THE FUCK
The fact that these dipshits aren't in prison, my god..
https://www.404media.co/government-loses-hard-drives-it-was-supposed-to-put-ice-detention-center-footage-on/

"Space Advent Calendar"
https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/2025/12/2025-space-telescope-advent-calendar/685096/?g…

2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Welcome to the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar, featuring remarkable images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope. Every day until December 25, this page will present a new image of our universe.

Updated at 11:55 a.m. ET on December 6, 2025

None of your business, Clippy.

In the olden days when I was a young 'un, I used not to wear a scarf, because "whatever for?!"
Nowadays I'm thinking of it as a seal, and therefore it is obligatory. Even in bed, where it seals the space between my head and the blanket *.
* But more seriously, it's helping when I'm on the verge of throat infection.

Someone loved walnuts
#renovation #project25

Series A, Episode 02 - Space Fall
BLAKE: What went wrong?
AVON: I relied on other people. Why all the questions? Or is it merely a thirst for knowledge? [Puts note away]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/102/102 B7B4

Work space ambiance
https://youtu.be/zU9Ui2p5vEQ

Can I turn off all those garbage "summary" dropdowns under YouTube videos on iOS? They're a waste of screen space.
#enshittification #ai #youtube

Comics and Film: A Space Odyssey https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/02/07/comics-and-film-a-space-odyssey

This simple diet shift cut 330 calories a day without smaller meals #nutrition

This simple diet shift cut 330 calories a day without smaller meals
People who switch to a fully unprocessed diet don’t just eat differently—they eat smarter. Research from the University of Bristol shows that when people avoid ultra-processed foods, they naturally pile their plates with fruits and vegetables, eating over 50% more food by weight while still consuming hundreds fewer calories each day. This happens because whole foods trigger a kind of built-in “nutritional intelligence,” nudging people toward nutrient-rich, lower-calorie options.

In Antarctica, balloon lands after 23-day search for particles from outer space: #PUEO caught a ride aboard a NASA #balloon in search of high-energy #neutrinos.

The "let's build datacenters in space!" thing is so obviously an investment scam that it's not even funny

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Hannah Frances Ft. Daniel Rossen:
🎵 The Space Between
#HannahFrancesFtDanielRossen
https://hannahfrances.bandcamp.com/track/the-space-between-ft-daniel-rossen
https://open.spotify.com/track/6pdbsf3L7iqDwqRe6VNHeu

Animals dying in Kenya as drought conditions leave many hungry https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/02/animals-dying-in-kenya-as-drought-conditions-leave-many-hungry/

Animals dying in Kenya as drought conditions leave many hungry
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Drought conditions have left over 2 million people facing hunger in parts of Kenya, with cattle-keeping communities in the northeast the hardest hit, according to the United Nations and others. In recent weeks, images of emaciated livestock in the arid area near the Somali border have shocked many in a region […]

Oh hey deleting those snapshots got a bunch of disk space back... who knew!? (I do now.)
#TrueNAS

#Genuary10 #Genuary2026: Polar coordinates
Circular Fold (2022), an animated circle inversion loop. Made with #ThingUmbrella.

A smooth filament origin for distant prolate galaxies seen by JWST and HST: #DarkMatter in ways never before possible.

Access to trees and greenspaces in English cities lags behind other nations #England

Access to trees and greenspaces in English cities lags behind other nations
Access to trees and greenspaces is consistently low across English cities, according to a new study led by the University of Leeds. Researchers used a recognized three-part framework for measuring tree and greenspace access in urban neighborhoods in Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, York, Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent and Plymouth, and found that at best, only 2% of buildings in any city region met all three components of the rule.

🪢 Morphing 3D-printed structures from flat to curved—in space
#space

Morphing 3D-printed structures from flat to curved—in space
Because it's costly and cumbersome to transport large structures such as satellite dishes into space, aerospace Ph.D. student Ivan Wu and his advisor, Jeff Baur, at The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, developed a creative and efficient energy-saving method to morph 2D structures into curved 3D structures while in space.

from my link log —
An orbital house of cards: frequent satellite megaconstellation close conjunctions.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09643
saved 2025-12-11 https://

An Orbital House of Cards: Frequent Megaconstellation Close Conjunctions
The number of objects in orbit is rapidly increasing, primarily driven by the launch of megaconstellations, an approach to satellite constellation design that involves large numbers of satellites paired with their rapid launch and disposal. While satellites provide many benefits to society, their use comes with challenges, including the growth of space debris, collisions, ground casualty risks, optical and radio-spectrum pollution, and the alteration of Earth's upper atmosphere through rocket e…

Q&A with investor Gavin Baker of Atreides Management on the economics of AI, data centers in space, mistakes SaaS companies are making in adopting AI, and more (Patrick O'Shaughnessy/Invest Like The Best on YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmUo4841KQw

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/115701455735167062
In a stunning surprise move that no one could have expected, the scariest and deadliest thing in space is what other humans do there.

Chocolate Cream Pie (Dairy-Free Raw Dessert) #plantbased

Chocolate Cream Pie (Dairy-Free Raw Dessert)
Interested in raw vegan desserts? Try this chocolate cream pie made with avocados, dates, nuts, and cocoa for an easy treat

Factory Farming is the Primary Driver of U.S. Water Pollution #AnimalRights

Factory Farming is the Primary Driver of U.S. Water Pollution - Inside Animal Ag
For decades, our society and our government have failed to address nutrient pollution from the factory farming and feed crop system despite an understanding among some EPA scientists that this is the central water pollution issue in the country.

My art, but not my video[1] for #Genuary9 #Genuary2026: Crazy Automata
C-SCAPE (2022), a piece of multiple co-evolving cellular automata, running on vertical aspect ratio LCD screen.
Also see:

xAI all-hands meeting: Elon Musk tells staff that xAI needs a factory on the moon to build AI satellites and a massive catapult to launch them into space (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/technology/elon-musk-lunar-factory.html

Try This Firecracker Broccoli For A Taste Explosion #plantbased

Try This Firecracker Broccoli For A Taste Explosion
This crunchy and spicy firecracker broccoli is a great dish to be eaten with rice or your choice of plant-based sides

Radar-based observation of a lava tube on Venus: #Venus may have an underground tunnel carved by volcano eruptions: https://www.space.com/astronomy/venus/venus-may-have-an-underground-tunnel-carved-by-volcano-eruptions

Roads can become more dangerous on hot days—especially for pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists #environment

Roads can become more dangerous on hot days—especially for pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists
During heat waves, everyday life tends to feel more difficult than on an average day. Travel and daily movement are no exception.

What Really Happens When You Go Plant-Based #plantbased

What really happens when you go plant based
Research shows that a whole-food, plant-based diet can rapidly improve inflammation, blood sugar, cholesterol, circulation, and heart health

Sources: Blue Origin has worked for over a year on tech for orbital AI data centers; SpaceX plans to use upgraded Starlink satellites for AI computing payloads (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-and-musk-ra

The Arctic has entered a new era of extreme weather, study suggests #Arctic

The Arctic has entered a new era of extreme weather, study suggests
Extreme weather events have become significantly more common in the Arctic over recent decades, posing a threat to vital polar ecosystems, according to new research by an international team of scientists.

Tree bark microbes also clean the air by removing greenhouse and toxic gases #environment…

Tree bark microbes also clean the air by removing greenhouse and toxic gases
Australian researchers have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. Their bark harbors trillions of microbes that help scrub the air of greenhouse and toxic gases.

The oceans just keep getting hotter #ocean

The oceans just keep getting hotter
For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025.

Q&A with Elon Musk on launching 1TW of space GPUs, Grok and human consciousness, Optimus, xAI's business plan, China's manufacturing win, DOGE, and more (Cheeky Pint)
https://cheekypint.substack.com/p/elon-musk-on-space-gpus-ai-optimus

Elon Musk on Space GPUs, AI, Optimus, and his manufacturing method
Timecodes

The western US is in a snow drought. Here's how a storm made it worse #UnitedStates

The western US is in a snow drought. Here's how a storm made it worse
Much of the western U.S. has started in 2026 in the midst of a snow drought. That might sound surprising, given the record precipitation from atmospheric rivers hitting the region in recent weeks, but those storms were actually part of the problem.

Sleeping less than 7 hours could cut years off your life #health

Sleeping less than 7 hours could cut years off your life
Sleep isn’t just about feeling rested—it may be one of the strongest predictors of how long you live. Researchers analyzing nationwide data found that insufficient sleep was more closely tied to shorter life expectancy than diet, exercise, or loneliness. The connection was consistent year after year and across most U.S. states. The takeaway is simple but powerful: getting seven to nine hours of sleep may be one of the best things you can do for long-term health.

Up to 4,700 metric tons of litter flows down the Rhine each year #Europe

Up to 4,700 metric tons of litter flows down the Rhine each year
The river Rhine is estimated to carry between 3,000 and 4,700 metric tons of macrolitter—pieces of litter larger than 25 millimeters in size—towards the North Sea every year, according to research published in Communications Sustainability.

This newly processed image from the NASA/ESA #Hubble Space Telescope is the clearest view yet of the #EggNebula: #PreplanetaryNebula, a structure of gas and dust created as a Sun-like star approaches the end of its life. The Egg that we see now will eventually hatch, revealing a white dwarf at its centre and leaving its shell to become a spectacular planetary nebula.

Frequent Arctic wildfires could cut snow cover by 18 days, impacting global climate and ecology #Arctic

Frequent Arctic wildfires could cut snow cover by 18 days, impacting global climate and ecology
The correlation between Arctic wildfires and abnormal snow cover under global warming is of growing concern. A comprehensive quantitative assessment by researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has shown that increasingly frequent seasonal wildland fires across the Arctic in recent years have delayed snow cover formation by at least five days and could lead to a future 18-day reduction of snow cover duration, with implications for global ecosystems.

"Every year, thousands of people across Europe fall ill after eating contaminated food, with eggs, meat and ready-to-eat (RTE) food products among the most frequent sources of infection. "
Serious Listeria infections rising in Europe, EU report warns https://www.efsa.…

Serious Listeria infections rising in Europe, EU report warns
Every year, thousands of people across Europe fall ill after eating contaminated food, with eggs, meat and ready-to-eat (RTE) food products among the most frequent sources of infection. The report shows that while food safety standards in Europe remain high, foodborne diseases continue to affect people across all age groups – especially those most vulnerable to severe illness – even though many of these diseases are preventable.Listeria: a rare but serious infectionIn 2024, Listeria caused …

Governments need to prepare for more frequent large floods #environment

Governments need to prepare for more frequent large floods
Flood management is a priority for many governments around the world. Recent floods have led to hundreds of deaths and caused significant damage in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Albania, Kenya and elsewhere.

Brazilian Amazon’s most violent city tied to illegal gold mining on Indigenous land https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/brazilian-amazons-most-violent-city-tied-to-illegal-gold-mining-on-indigenous-land…

Brazilian Amazon’s most violent city tied to illegal gold mining on Indigenous land
Violence has escalated in the small Brazilian town of Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade as illegal gold mining on the nearby Sararé Indigenous Territory has exploded over the last two years, according to the 2025 Amazon Violence Atlas. Located in Mato Grosso state near the Bolivian border, Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade recorded the highest […]

The #Crew12 NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will hold a live interview at the top of the hour from Astronaut Crew Quarters inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of their mission to the International Space Station: stream at https://www.youtube.com/live/3CuHCROAwRI

4 Festive Cookie Recipes For The Holidays #plantbased

4 Festive Cookie Recipes For The Holidays
Love some festive baking? Then you'll love these four festive cookie recipes made for the holidays. They're all simple, tasty, and vegan

New mapping reveals hidden mining boom in Laos that threatens the Mekong https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/new-mapping-reveals-hidden-mining-boom-in-laos-that-threatens-the-mekong/

New mapping reveals hidden mining boom in Laos that threatens the Mekong
BANGKOK — A new satellite analysis from U.S. think tank the Stimson Center has identified 517 suspected mines along rivers in Laos, including major tributaries of the Mekong, Southeast Asia’s longest river, heightening concerns about contamination of waterways that sustain local communities. Stimson has not ground-truthed the mine sites identified through satellite imagery, but Mongabay spoke […]

Why ultra-processed foods make teens eat more when they aren’t hungry #nutrition

Why ultra-processed foods make teens eat more when they aren’t hungry
A Virginia Tech study shows that ultra-processed foods may influence adolescents differently from slightly older young adults. Participants aged 18 to 21 ate more at a buffet and snacked even when not hungry after two weeks on an ultra-processed diet. Because eating without hunger predicts future weight gain, these findings hint at a heightened vulnerability during late adolescence.

As NASA moves closer to launch of the #Artemis II test flight, the agency soon will roll its #SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft to the launch pad for the first time at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin final integration, testing, and launch rehearsals: #VehicleAssemblyBuilding to Launch Pad 39B.

2025 on track to tie second hottest year on record: EU monitor #EU

2025 on track to tie second hottest year on record: EU monitor
The planet is on track to log its second hottest year on record in 2025, tied with 2023 after a historic high in 2024, Europe's global warming monitor said Tuesday.

Poland Enacts National Ban on Fur Farming, Operations to Cease by 2033 https://vegconomist.com/society/poland-enacts-national-ban-fur-farming-operations-cease-by-2033/

Poland Enacts National Ban on Fur Farming, Operations to Cease by 2033 - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine
Poland has enacted a nationwide ban on fur farming, requiring all existing operations to cease by 2033 and prohibiting the establishment of new facilities.

The 39 satellites of the Twilight mission are now in orbit, after the launch at 13:44 UTC: see https://www.spacex.com/launches/twilight for the deployment timeline (Pandora should be the last of the three space observatories, at 16:12 UTC).

In four hours the webcast #PSLV-C62 - a return to flight for this rocket after a launch failure a while ago - carrying EOS-N1 and 15 co-passenger satellites into Sun Synchronous Orbit from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India should begin: see https://www.isro.gov.in/media_isro/pdf/PSLVC62/PSLV_C62_Brochure090125.pdf and https://www.isro.gov.in/Mission_PSLV_C62.html for details.

ALMA Reveals an Eccentricity Gradient in the #Fomalhaut Debris Disk: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/adfadc -> A Planet Carving the Fomalhaut Debris Disk? https://aasnova.org/2025/12/09/michelangelo-in-space-a-planet-carving-the-fomalhaut-debris-disk/

‘We’ve lost everything’: anger and despair in Sicilian town collapsing after landslide https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/09/anger-despair-sicilian-town-crumbles-landslide-niscemi

Washington state overestimates climate law's emission reductions by a long shot #Washington

Washington state overestimates climate law's emission reductions by a long shot
Projects funded by Washington's Climate Commitment Act have not been nearly as effective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions as previously thought, state officials acknowledged this week.

Endangered Whales & Dolphins Are Threatened by a JPMorgan Chase-Funded Gulf of California Project https://www.idausa.org/campaign/cetacean-advocacy/latest-news…

Endangered Whales & Dolphins Are Threatened by a JPMorgan Chase-Funded Gulf of California Project
 

Australia heat wave stokes risk of catastrophic bushfires #Australia

'Hectic' bushfires threaten rural towns in Australian heat wave
Bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in southeast Australia on Friday, firefighters said, as hot winds fanned "hectic" conditions in the tinder-dry countryside.

Global study reveals widespread burning of plastic for heating and cooking #environment

Global study reveals widespread burning of plastic for heating and cooking
A new Curtin University-led study has shed new light on the widespread number of households in developing countries burning plastic as an everyday energy source, uncovering serious international health, social equality and environmental concerns.

World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/10/world-richest-used-fair-share-emissions-2026-oxfam

‘Profound impacts’: record ocean heat is intensifying climate disasters, data shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/09/profound-impacts-record-ocean-heat-intensifying-climate-disasters

60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/05/african-penguins-starve-to-death-south-africa-sardine-population-aoe

‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/09/food-fossil-fuel-production-5bn-environmental-damage-an-hour-un-geo-report-<…

Caribbean reefs have lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/09/caribbean-reefs-have-lost-48-of-hard-coral-since-1980-study-finds

It’s the world’s rarest ape. Now a billion-dollar dig for gold threatens its future https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/09/tapanuli-orangutan-ape-indonesia-sumatra-martabe-gold-mine-aoe