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We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.
― John Archibald Wheeler
#Quote #Science #Physics

New #OMB rule could break #science in the United States
What a new proposed rule from OMB could mean, and how you can help

New OMB rule could break science in the United States
What a new proposed rule from OMB could mean, and how you can help

A nice campus press release about the lab's new #NSFfunded project, modeling plants' reproductive activity in response to environmental variation across space and time
#science #ecology

The Arietids peak on June 10! 🌠🧪
This meteor shower lasts from May 29 until June 17, and is famously most visible during the daytime.
#Astronomy #MeteorShower #Space

Museum of Science (@museumofscience.bsky.social)
The Arietids peak on June 10! 🌠🧪 This meteor shower lasts from May 29 until June 17, and is famously most visible during the daytime. #Astronomy #MeteorShower #Space #Science #Astrophotography

How #science finally solved #hallucigenia’s weirdness after 84 years: https://youtu.be/WY3GqbjjrdY

Veritasium: This equation will change how you see the world (the logistic map)
#science

RE: #science,

#Science
If you dropped an average bowling ball in the ocean...how long for it to reach the bottom?
The answer might surprise you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYoHYq8VRt0

Frickin' love Neil deGrasse Tyson.
▶️ When Neil deGrasse Tyson Outsmarts Everyone
#science

Whilst retagging 600 books in my library application, I noticed basically all recent Science Fiction I read is in some way dystopian. Does anyone have recommendations for not-dystopian science fiction?
#askfedi #bookrecommendations

GODDAMMIT #vaccines #science

RE: #ScienceSaru

Those busy (and very not-picky!) squirrels! Archivists of nature!
"Who would have imagined that ground squirrel droppings preserved in Yukon permafrost could provide such detailed insights into ecosystems and evolutionary history stretching back hundreds of thousands of years? It is both scientifically important and genuinely fascinating."
#Science #Nature #Yukon #Arctic #Mammoth #Masotodon

It's as official as it can be: The Yoder Lab has been very fortunate to receive NSF funding, in a project that will develop our TARDIS method of modeling plants' flowering activity in varying environments. Keep an eye out for grad (Master's) opportunities in Fall 2027, and a postdoc position hiring as soon as I manage the paperwork
#science

Meteor strikes active volcano!
#Science #Nature #Cosmic

What if everyone pointed a laser at the moon?
#Science

To amuse myself I'm evaluating baits for mosquito-killing buckets: oak leaves, straw, log, and beetroot skins. Leaves and straw are standards but I'm curious whether I can attract tree-hole species (e.g., Aedes triseriatus) with the partially submerged wood. And beets are packed with geosmin (a sesquiterpenoid), a known oviposition attractant. Stay tuned. #mosquitoes #science #biology #entomology

Zimmerman’s Law of Complaints:
Nobody notices when things go right. (M. Zimmerman)
#Printing #Computers #Research #Science

What does a balloon popping sound like?
Not what you think. Popping a balloon in a full sound dampened room
#Science #Cool

The factors that determine whether something becomes of mainstream scientific interest are only marginally scientific. #science #fashion #funding #prestige

#climatechange #environment #ecology #science

Next up at #2MR:
17.00 – 17.30: Science Communications & foundations – best practices with:
· @… von der @…
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· Martina Behrens, @… stiftungen.social
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· Jessica Staschen, @…
🔴 Livestream DE with various subtitles:
👉 #Wissenschaft #WissKomm #Science #Scientists #SciComm #Bibliothek #Bildung #Wissen #education #Kommunikation #SocialMedia #Universität #Hochschule

#Science #Solar #Railroad
Apparently this prototype proved successfully.
I would have figured they'd get too dirty to be useful
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/switzerland-train-tracks-solar-panels

Here are the Houdini fly traps attached to my insect hotel. The malbec, grape vinegar, and water cups are all attached in a slightly haphazard way, but hopefully will be useful in assessing whether Nicole Kenney's idea (use malbec to attract them) works on the east coast, too. My big concern is that I only saw one Houdini fly today so I might be setting it up too late. #BeeHotel #InsectHole #osmia #flies #science #biology #diptera

#Science #Cancer #Cure #Frogs
When people decry the cost of saving a species or environmental studies before construction...or hell mitigating climate change before it kills off so many species.
the Japanese Tree Frog has a bacteria that literally kills cancer.
And beyond that, it teaches the body to attack any future re-occurrence of that cancer.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VGvuEc_tLQY

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#2MR-Session »#Wissenschaftskommunikation & Stiftungen«, stiftungen.social:
👉 #wiblio
🔹Wunderbar moderiert von: Jessica Staschen, @…
#Science #WissKomm #SciComm #SaveSocial #Wissen #Bildung #Universität #education

OK, I'm off to the garage to make Houdini fly traps. Learned via reddit that Nicole Kenney of Portland, Oregon, has been busy testing attractants for several years and THE WINNER IS MALBEC. Brilliant. #MasonBees #BeeHotel #InsectHotel #HoudiniFly #cacoxenus #science #diptera #wine #malbec #drosophilidae #flies #portland

#Science #Vision #Restoration
Scientists engineered a virus to reverse age related vision loss.
Just need to stick a needle in your eye....zoinks!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/k49bGcbOKwg

🔴#2MR live
17.30 – 18.00 next up: #democracy-strenghening #SocialMedia Technologies for Tomorrow
Livestream:
👉 #3QVideo
· host: @… #science communicator at @…
Program:
👉 #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #Tech #CivicTech #fedidev

How to make health systems climate-resilient? I am pleased to announce:
Climate-Resilient Health Systems for Sustained Value Chains, Healthcare Access and Services
#health systems can be made climate resilient, with two novel conceptual frameworks on
• sustained access to #healthcare
• maintaining healthcare provision
for identifying failures & guiding #adaptation.
#ClimateChangeAdaptation #PublicHealth #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Research #Science

RE: #2MR event for democracy-strengthening #SocialMedia on Monday, 4 May, at 9.30 a.m.– there will be subtitles in English, French and other languages.
🔴 #business #politics #journalism #academia, the #arts and #culture!
#democracy #communication #MayThe4th #MayTheForth #SciComm #science #BigTech #meta

Judith Curry is possibly the most confusing and infuriating scientist in the entire climatological arena. She contributed to major understandings around the changes in the jet stream, the Arctic, and other processes that helped explain the impact climate change has already had on our day to day weather.
But then she left academia and essentially became a mouthpiece for Neo-denialism, claiming others were being “alarmist” and that while CO2 was the main cause, we really shouldn’t be spending money on reducing emissions.
Her final blog announcing its retirement is an interesting combination of declaring victory, mostly thanks to Trump and his acolytes (like Carney) who have pivoted fully into the arms of the fossil fuel industry, and declaring she was tired of it all and just wants to be in her garden and stop the flow of now $16,000 (!!) to maintain her Wordpress blog for the past 15 years.
She has done real damage to efforts to stop CO2 emissions. But another part of me wonders if this is an admission of guilt. Very often people come to a point, even subconsciously, where they realize they’re in with the wrong crowd.
I wonder if she has had that moment with Trump. She probably thinks it’s all irrelevant and out of her hands now. Other players, namely the oil industry, Trump, Putin, etc. will decide what happens and scientists like her will have no impact.
I am glad she is tapping out, as so many deniers inevitably do, but it is clear she is doing it because she thinks she’s won, and that is very very bad for the world.
#climateChange #carney #cdnpoli #canpoli #climateEmergency #climateDenial #science #JudithCurry #theAmericanFascist