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<p>PRESS RELEASE: <a href="https://www.seti.org/news/seti-institute-launches-discovery-and-futures-lab-to-explore-the-human-dimensions-of-life-beyond-earth/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.seti.org/news/seti-institute-launches-discovery-and-futures-lab-to-explore-the-human-dimensions-of-life-beyond-earth/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.seti.org/news/seti-institu</span><span class="invisible">te-launches-discovery-and-futures-lab-to-explore-the-human-dimensions-of-life-beyond-earth/</span></a></p><p>The SETI Institute announced the launch of the Discovery and Futures Lab, a new interdisciplinary initiative dedicated to understanding the global scientific, philosophical, and societal dimensions of discovering life beyond Earth.</p><p>The Discovery and Futures Lab’s mission is to anticipate and explore humanity’s responses to the discovery of life beyond Earth by connecting science with other kinds of research. </p><p><a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/lifebeyondearth/" rel="tag">#lifebeyondearth</a></p>

<p>Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth<br>---</p><p>The vitamin K shot, a lifesaving injection given to newborns to prevent uncontrollable bleeding of the brain and intestines, has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/more-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/more-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mor</span><span class="invisible">e-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/parenting/" rel="tag">#Parenting</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a></p>

<p>***PLEASE SPREAD IF YOU CAN***</p><p>my Physics &amp; Astro department in Bologna (Italy) just opened a call <br>for 2 contracts for 1 year (24kE) for young researchers from <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a>:</p><p><a href="https://bandi.unibo.it/ricerca/incarichi-di-ricerca?id_bando=162" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bandi.unibo.it/ricerca/incarichi-di-ricerca?id_bando=162"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bandi.unibo.it/ricerca/incaric</span><span class="invisible">hi-di-ricerca?id_bando=162</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ricercatm.unibo.it/incarichiricerca_segretari/_bandi/2008/ProceduraSelettiva162[227]TutorColloquio_eng.htm" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ricercatm.unibo.it/incarichiricerca_segretari/_bandi/2008/ProceduraSelettiva162[227]TutorColloquio_eng.htm"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ricercatm.unibo.it/incarichiri</span><span class="invisible">cerca_segretari/_bandi/2008/ProceduraSelettiva162[227]TutorColloquio_eng.htm</span></a></p><p>Deadline: 15/06/2026</p><p>Eligibility: young scholars in Physics/Geo/Astro citizens of Palestine, refugees from Palestine, refugees residing in Palestine, or holders of a permanent residence permit or international protection in Palestine </p><p><a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/astrophysics/" rel="tag">#astrophysics</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/newspecies/" rel="tag">#NewSpecies</a>!<br>New mantis shrimp from <a href="/tags/australia/" rel="tag">#australia</a> just hit us:</p><p>Gonodactylus roycaldwelli</p><p>Treatment: <a href="https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD9B1B-4576-FE2B-FF6B-FC8CFBC1BDEF" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD9B1B-4576-FE2B-FF6B-FC8CFBC1BDEF"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD9B1</span><span class="invisible">B-4576-FE2B-FF6B-FC8CFBC1BDEF</span></a><br>Publication: <a href="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5845.3.3" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5845.3.3"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5845.</span><span class="invisible">3.3</span></a><br><a href="/tags/zootaxa/" rel="tag">#Zootaxa</a> <a href="/tags/gonodactylusroycaldwelli/" rel="tag">#GonodactylusRoycaldwelli</a></p><p><a href="/tags/fairdata/" rel="tag">#FAIRdata</a><br><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/oa/" rel="tag">#OA</a> <a href="/tags/openaccess/" rel="tag">#openaccess</a> <a href="/tags/biology/" rel="tag">#biology</a> <a href="/tags/taxonomy/" rel="tag">#taxonomy</a> <a href="/tags/ecology/" rel="tag">#ecology</a> <a href="/tags/biodiversity/" rel="tag">#biodiversity</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#wildlife</a> <a href="/tags/conservation/" rel="tag">#conservation</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#animals</a> <a href="/tags/fauna/" rel="tag">#fauna</a> <a href="/tags/invertebrates/" rel="tag">#invertebrates</a> <a href="/tags/arthropods/" rel="tag">#arthropods</a> <a href="/tags/crustacea/" rel="tag">#crustacea</a> <a href="/tags/crab/" rel="tag">#crab</a> <a href="/tags/mantisshrimp/" rel="tag">#mantisshrimp</a></p>

<p>This story is amazing.</p><p>Giant octopuses of the Cretaceous were up to 19 meters (60 feet) long. </p><p>They were the apex ocean predators of their day, eating up plesiosaurs and mosasaurs.</p><p>And they were apparently quite intelligent. </p><p>Sorry we missed you!</p><p><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea6285" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea6285"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sc</span><span class="invisible">ience.aea6285</span></a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

<p>Absolutely nuts. <br><a href="/tags/nsf/" rel="tag">#NSF</a><br><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p><p>Trump fires NSF&#x27;s oversight board | Science | AAAS<br><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-fires-nsf-s-oversight-board" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.science.org/content/article/trump-fires-nsf-s-oversight-board"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.science.org/content/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/trump-fires-nsf-s-oversight-board</span></a></p>

<p>NASA &amp; Katalyst Space are attempting to rescue the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a powerful gamma-ray telescope that&#x27;s on a death-spiral toward Earth. </p><p>A booster spacecraft, called Link, is now on its way. It will attempt to grab Swift &amp; lift it to safety. If successful, the same technique could be applied to the Hubble telescope. </p><p><a href="https://spacenews.com/pegasus-launches-swift-reboost-mission/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="spacenews.com/pegasus-launches-swift-reboost-mission/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spacenews.com/pegasus-launches</span><span class="invisible">-swift-reboost-mission/</span></a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a></p>

<p>“The latest stupid move made by a president who continues to harm <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> and American innovation.” That is exactly right :( <a href="https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-04-26/trump-purges-national-science-board-scientists-warn-of-ai-shift" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-04-26/trump-purges-national-science-board-scientists-warn-of-ai-shift"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.latimes.com/world-nation/s</span><span class="invisible">tory/2026-04-26/trump-purges-national-science-board-scientists-warn-of-ai-shift</span></a></p>

<p>35.1 C in Stratford, Ontario, Canada 1830h UTC.</p><p>From when I visited this place regularly decades ago as a student, I recall zero 3-4 day stretches of such weather.</p><p>Meanwhile, our PM coddles an-oil-industry-intoxicated Alberta toward adding a million barrels a day to our contribution.</p><p>To an atmosphere so thin, it looks like a lightly drawn pencil-line from space -- our last shield against death by radiation.</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/alberta-bc-oil-pipeline-9.7253528" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/alberta-bc-oil-pipeline-9.7253528"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british</span><span class="invisible">-columbia/alberta-bc-oil-pipeline-9.7253528</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/wx/" rel="tag">#wx</a> <a href="/tags/weather/" rel="tag">#weather</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#climatechange</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

<p>Hey, <a href="/tags/bloomscrolling/" rel="tag">#bloomscrolling</a>, how would you like an intricate tour of one of nature’s most fascinating flowers, the labyrinth of the pitcher plant bloom? I also break down the way this carnivorous beauty hunts insects, along with a gallery of their lovely, flowery looking deadly traps. Check it out on YouTube :)</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/2LiCBO89bBA" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/2LiCBO89bBA</a></p><p><a href="/tags/carnivorousplants/" rel="tag">#carnivorousPlants</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/gardening/" rel="tag">#gardening</a> <a href="/tags/botany/" rel="tag">#botany</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>

<p>His Research on Pregnant Opioid Users Was Widely Celebrated. Auditors and Experts Found Major Flaws.<br>---</p><p>Dr. Craig Towers was hailed as a hero for his research on detoxing pregnant opioid users. After he published a study that found naltrexone could help patients stay off drugs, addiction specialists started asking if his work was too good to be true. <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/craig-towers-knoxville-tennessee-newborn-withdrawal-study?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/craig-towers-knoxville-tennessee-newborn-withdrawal-study?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cra</span><span class="invisible">ig-towers-knoxville-tennessee-newborn-withdrawal-study?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/pregnancy/" rel="tag">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>

<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.social/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt2119396" rel="nofollow">Britain&#x27;s Greatest Codebreaker</a> 8/10</p><p>Rewatched this as a result of having recently seen THE IMITATION GAME and deeming it severely lacking in its approach--historical and thematic--to Alan Turing&#x27;s work. On technical levels this film could use some improvement in its cinematography and editing, but given that it bills itself as a made-for-tv docudrama it comes across as both insightful and competent.What I appreciated most about the film was its construction and the way it dramatized the interactions between two people--Turing (Ed Stoppard) and his therapist, Franz Greenbaum (Henry Goodman). We get a bit of backstory of both, of course, but the interaction between the two allow us to get a better sense of the inner-workings of Turing&#x27;s mind before, during, and after his service at Bletchley Park.This back-and-forth is complemented by the more traditional style of sit-down interviews, which include relatives and descendants of Turing and Greenbaum. More importantly to me, though, was the way in which the film perfectly contextualizes his general thinking about the computability of life with his discoveries of and contributions to computer science, artificial intelligence, and biological mathematics.What I appreciated most about this was the way in which it positions the sciences (and universities, really) as places of interdisciplinary study. Wozniak for the most part stresses the integral nature of his contributions to computer science and machine learning, but it is left to the professors to explicate how his genius would influence later thinkers and both postulate (and shape) the theories, philosophies, and extent(s) of artificial intelligence.The film isn&#x27;t solely about his mind, however, it&#x27;s also about his heart. And here the film also gets it right. We learn about the loss in his youth of his childhood friend Christopher and, perhaps masterfully, the philosophical question of immortality through AI is raised while at the same time Turing&#x27;s conception of a means of discerning true intelligence--his eponymous test--comes into form.At nearly the same time his love for Queen and country is tested when, following a burglary at his residence, law enforcement are called, but are more interested in his sexual proclivities than in meting out justice to the thieves. What&#x27;s interesting about the recollection of this event is how it&#x27;s used to color Turing. We learn from various sources about how open he was about his sexuality, even with these officers, and also that he was aware that he bore some social privileges as an academician.Charged with gross indecency and offered the choice between jail and chemical castration, the film shows us how Turing&#x27;s disillusionment and anger with the world and British society began. What he didn&#x27;t count on was that his mind might become just as addled and confused as his heart. The idea that the country he helped save from Nazi Germany&#x27;s atrocities could visit the same upon its own citizens would eventually drove him to his death. The film captures this reality with little to no effort and it doesn&#x27;t shy away from it. It can&#x27;t.CODEBREAKER is a film that is as much about genius as it is about the social contexts and relationships that inform and constrain it. What this film does right is depict a man wronged by society simply because he could be wronged. It is a tale about villainy and state violence, but it&#x27;s also a story about a boy who wanted to give something back to the world and vindicate the worth of an adolescent friendship. It&#x27;s a glimpse into a time characterized by secrets and surveillance. Deeply human despite its flaws, it passes the test.</p>

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<p>THE AWFUL STUFF SHOUTS.<br>THE GOOD STUFF CREATES THE FUTURE. 💎</p><p>I went looking around the internet this morning for things happening in the world that are actually fantastic. Not catastrophe. Not outrage. Not another reason to be frightened before breakfast.</p><p>AND LOOK WHAT HUMANS ARE UP TO.</p><p>China is preparing to send its Chang’e-7 mission toward the Moon’s south pole, where it will search for water ice.</p><p>WATER. ON THE MOON.</p><p>Finding it could matter enormously for future exploration because water can support life and can also be broken down into hydrogen and oxygen for fuel.</p><p>Meanwhile, researchers in Adelaide are developing water-based zinc-iodine batteries, a different kind of energy storage aimed at making large-scale renewable power safer, more stable and more practical. As we produce more electricity from sun and wind, storing that energy when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing becomes one of the great practical problems of the future.</p><p>AND THEN THERE IS THE HUMAN BRAIN.</p><p>Scientists are testing cell therapies for Parkinson’s disease that aim to replace some of the dopamine-producing brain cells the disease destroys. Not merely managing symptoms, but asking whether damaged function can actually be restored.</p><p>Researchers are also taking skin cells from children with a rare form of childhood dementia, turning them into brain-like cells in the laboratory, watching the disease unfold, and testing existing medicines against it. Several drugs have already improved the health of those cells in laboratory studies.</p><p>That is not a cure, but the very fact that we can now take a skin cell, turn it into something resembling a brain cell and ask, “WHAT CAN WE DO TO STOP THIS?” would have sounded like science fiction not very long ago.</p><p>The same peculiar little ape that loses its glasses while they are sitting on its head is searching for water on the Moon, inventing better ways to store sunlight and trying to repair the human brain. Yes, we still burn things, break things, frighten one another and behave like complete idiots. But that is not the whole story.</p><p>THE AWFUL STUFF SHOUTS.</p><p>It dominates our attention because disaster demands attention. The good stuff often looks like somebody quietly going to work in the morning: a scientist, an engineer, a surgeon, a researcher looking at a damaged brain cell and wondering whether it can be fixed.</p><p>And perhaps that is the lesson.</p><p>If we keep staring at the pointing finger, we may never notice the Moon.</p><p>Every day, alongside all the stupidity, wars and destruction, human beings are quietly learning, repairing, inventing and creating the future.</p><p>Perhaps hope is not something we have to manufacture. Perhaps sometimes we only have to notice what is already happening. The future is being built quietly while the headlines are shouting about something else entirely.</p><p>And frankly, I find that rather wonderful.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@3goodthings" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>3goodthings</span></a></span>
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<p>🏆️ Alessandro Volta Prize: Call for nominations<br> <br>The award, intended to promote excellence in research, will be given in recognition of outstanding research and achievements in physics.<br> <br>Nominate now!<br>📅 Deadline 30th October 2026<br><a href="https://eps.org/alessandro-volta-prize-2026-call-for-nominations/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="eps.org/alessandro-volta-prize-2026-call-for-nominations/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eps.org/alessandro-volta-prize</span><span class="invisible">-2026-call-for-nominations/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/physik/" rel="tag">#physik</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/awards/" rel="tag">#awards</a> <a href="/tags/call/" rel="tag">#call</a></p>

<p>🌙☀️ Would you like to find out more about eclipses? Here’s an interview with Rafael Bachiller, an expert on the subject! </p><p>The Spanish Eclipses and Beyond 👉 <a href="https://eps.org/the-spanish-eclipses-and-beyond/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="eps.org/the-spanish-eclipses-and-beyond/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eps.org/the-spanish-eclipses-a</span><span class="invisible">nd-beyond/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a> <a href="/tags/physik/" rel="tag">#physik</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/eclipse/" rel="tag">#eclipse</a> <a href="/tags/outreach/" rel="tag">#outreach</a> <br>📷 NASA</p>

<p>The proliferation of AI tools in science risks introducing a phase of scientific enquiry in which we produce more but understand less.<br></p>From <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07146-0" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07146-0"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nature.com/articles/s41586</span><span class="invisible">-024-07146-0</span></a><br><br>There are good points in this article, but the framing of the risk above is broken, to my way of thinking. In adopting the economic metaphor of production, it&#x27;s taking for granted that there is a scientific process that leads to products, and that we can quantify how many of these products are produced. &quot;We produce more&quot;.<br><br>I would argue that if we do not understand whatever is coming out of this process, then they are not products in any reasonable sense of that word. In fact I&#x27;d say this of any putative commodity: if a factory spits out a widget nobody knows how to use, then the factory has not produced a commodity, it has made an object. Commodities are commodious, adapted to a use or purpose, and human beings are the entities that have uses and purposes.<br><br>So, if we create machines that make knowledge-objects resembling the products of science that fewer and fewer people understand, we are not engaging in &quot;scientific enquiry&quot; or &quot;knowledge production&quot;. In this view the phrase quoted above ought to be re-cast as &quot;The proliferation of AI tools in science risks science&quot;. What exactly is enquiry for if not understanding more?<br><br><a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/genai/" rel="tag">#GenAI</a> <a href="/tags/generativeai/" rel="tag">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="/tags/llm/" rel="tag">#LLM</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a><br>

<p>Vera Rubin Was a Pioneering Female Astronomer. Her Federal Bio Now Doesn’t Mention Efforts to Diversify Science.<br>—</p><p>The edits to the webpage offer a glimpse into how far the Trump administration will go in refusing to acknowledge today’s inequalities as it purges federal initiatives promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/vera-rubin-astronomer-dei-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/vera-rubin-astronomer-dei-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ver</span><span class="invisible">a-rubin-astronomer-dei-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/dei/" rel="tag">#DEI</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#Astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#Space</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p>The historic first Earthrise photo from the Moon was received 60 years ago today. It was shot on film, developed onboard the Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft, scanned, transmitted home...and then meticulously restored decades later.</p><p><a href="https://www.lpi.usra.edu/features/lunarOrbiter/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.lpi.usra.edu/features/lunarOrbiter/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.lpi.usra.edu/features/luna</span><span class="invisible">rOrbiter/</span></a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a></p>

<p>For the first time, astronomers have detected sugar molecules (erythrulose, to be precise) in deep space, floating near the center of our galaxy. It adds to the evidence for complex prebiotic carbon chemistry in interstellar clouds, even before planets form.</p><p><a href="https://cen.acs.org/physical-chemistry/astrochemistry/astronomers-detect-first-sugar-in-interstellar-molecular-clouds/104/web/2026/07" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="cen.acs.org/physical-chemistry/astrochemistry/astronomers-detect-first-sugar-in-interstellar-molecular-clouds/104/web/2026/07"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cen.acs.org/physical-chemistry</span><span class="invisible">/astrochemistry/astronomers-detect-first-sugar-in-interstellar-molecular-clouds/104/web/2026/07</span></a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a></p>

<p>Die geologische Tiefenzeit – neue Blogserie, illustriert mit eigenen Fotografien aus Schwarzwald und Vogesen. </p><p>Einstieg in die ersten drei Teile der Serie: <a href="https://www.silberspur.de/blogs/read/115" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.silberspur.de/blogs/read/115"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.silberspur.de/blogs/read/1</span><span class="invisible">15</span></a></p><p>(wird fortgesetzt)</p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="/tags/geologie/" rel="tag">#Geologie</a> <a href="/tags/tiefenzeit/" rel="tag">#Tiefenzeit</a> <a href="/tags/schwarzwald/" rel="tag">#Schwarzwald</a> <a href="/tags/vogesen/" rel="tag">#Vogesen</a> <a href="/tags/landschaftsfotografie/" rel="tag">#Landschaftsfotografie</a> <a href="/tags/fotografie/" rel="tag">#Fotografie</a> <a href="/tags/natur/" rel="tag">#Natur</a> <a href="/tags/erdwissenschaften/" rel="tag">#Erdwissenschaften</a> <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#Blog</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/naturephotography/" rel="tag">#NaturePhotography</a> <a href="/tags/blackforest/" rel="tag">#BlackForest</a> <a href="/tags/vosges/" rel="tag">#Vosges</a> <a href="/tags/altersdatierung/" rel="tag">#Altersdatierung</a> <a href="/tags/wissenschaft/" rel="tag">#Wissenschaft</a> <a href="/tags/wissenschaftskommunikation/" rel="tag">#Wissenschaftskommunikation</a> <a href="/tags/forschung/" rel="tag">#Forschung</a> <a href="/tags/naturwissenschaften/" rel="tag">#Naturwissenschaften</a> <a href="/tags/zeit/" rel="tag">#Zeit</a></p>

<p>IF WE CAN SURVIVE ON MARS, <br>WE CAN THRIVE ON EARTH 💎</p><p>I&#x27;ve just watched a fascinating video about something that doesn&#x27;t get nearly as much attention as getting humans to Mars.</p><p>GETTING SAFELY HOME AGAIN.</p><p>Mars isn&#x27;t the Moon. A return journey means launching a substantial spacecraft from the Martian surface, which means an enormous amount of fuel. Carrying all that fuel from Earth adds enormous mass. Making fuel on Mars means sending machinery capable of producing rocket fuel, along with a large, extraordinarily reliable power supply, and having the whole system operate autonomously before the astronauts even arrive.</p><p>Then there is what a multi-year Mars mission might do to the human body. Months in weightlessness. Long exposure to radiation. More than a year potentially living in 38% of Earth&#x27;s gravity. Then another long journey home to Earth.</p><p>And you can&#x27;t simply leave Mars whenever you&#x27;ve had enough. The useful alignment between Earth and Mars comes around only about every 26 months.</p><p>This is difficult stuff.</p><p>But towards the end, the video makes the familiar argument for doing it anyway.</p><p>HUMANITY NEEDS A BACKUP PLANET.</p><p>An asteroid crashing into Earth. A nuclear war. A supervolcano darkening the skies. Another pandemic. Some unforeseen catastrophe that makes Earth uninhabitable.</p><p>SO WE ESTABLISH A SELF-SUSTAINING CIVILISATION ON MARS.</p><p>And that&#x27;s where something occurred to me.</p><p>HAVE WE GOT THIS BACKWARDS?</p><p>Mars is already catastrophically hostile to human life.</p><p>It is freezing. Its atmosphere is almost entirely carbon dioxide and less than 1% of Earth&#x27;s atmospheric pressure. There is dangerous radiation at the surface. No breathable air. No forests or plants of any kind. No oceans, lakes or rivers. No farms.</p><p>And no functioning biosphere is waiting for us.</p><p>To establish a genuinely independent civilisation there, we would have to become extraordinarily good at creating and maintaining habitable, fully enclosed environments.</p><p>We&#x27;d need to recycle our water and air and grow all of our food. We&#x27;d need to generate enormous amounts of reliable energy, protect ourselves from radiation, manufacture what we need and keep a closed human ecosystem functioning for generations.</p><p>So here&#x27;s the question I can&#x27;t get past.</p><p>IF WE BECOME GOOD ENOUGH AT KEEPING HUMAN BEINGS ALIVE ON MARS, HOW BADLY WOULD WE HAVE TO DAMAGE EARTH BEFORE MARS BECAME THE EASIER PLACE TO LIVE?</p><p>Even a badly damaged Earth still starts with something Mars doesn&#x27;t have.</p><p>A BIOSPHERE.</p><p>Perhaps Mars really will become humanity&#x27;s second home one day. I hope we go. Exploration is one of the things human beings do magnificently.</p><p>But I&#x27;m not convinced Mars is our lifeboat.</p><p>Perhaps the technologies required to survive there will teach us something considerably more urgent.</p><p>How to look after the astonishing planet we&#x27;re already standing on.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/ahrj83jWl-I?si=xCpgTx42MVXZFs_l" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="youtu.be/ahrj83jWl-I?si=xCpgTx42MVXZFs_l"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/ahrj83jWl-I?si=xCpgTx</span><span class="invisible">42MVXZFs_l</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@3goodthings" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>3goodthings</span></a></span>
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<p>🌕 Is this the first exomoon?</p><p>Astronomers have detected evidence of a Jupiter-mass object orbiting a brown dwarf that itself orbits a star.</p><p>Moon? Planet? Exosatellite?</p><p>Join Dr. Franck Marchis and lead author Kevin Hoy on SETI Live to unpack this wonderfully weird system. </p><p>📅 Wednesday, August 26<br>⏰ 2:30 p.m. PDT<br>📺 Live on SETI Institute channels</p><p><a href="/tags/setilive/" rel="tag">#SETILive</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/exoplanets/" rel="tag">#exoplanets</a></p>

<p>🍁 Canada recruits dozens of foreign scientists, researchers, poaching many from U.S.</p><p>｢ The hiring of the 64 new recruits is being funded over eight years by $504 million from the federal government ｣</p><p><a href="https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/27/canada-recruits-dozens-of-foreign-scientists-researchers-poaching-many-from-u-s/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/27/canada-recruits-dozens-of-foreign-scientists-researchers-poaching-many-from-u-s/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/</span><span class="invisible">27/canada-recruits-dozens-of-foreign-scientists-researchers-poaching-many-from-u-s/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#research</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a></p>

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