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Study reveals 'supply and demand' constraints on body's protein-making ability https://phys.org/news/2025-05-reveals-demand-constraints-body-protein.html #science
Onwards & Upwards for Perseverance rover.
Judging by the wheel tracks in this roughly processed post-drive tiled-NavCam from Sol 1342, the drive direction to site 62.2066 appears to be close to west-southwest. The updated map and drive data (JSON) are unlikely to be released until after the holiday weekend, so I'll share the drive data and map as soon as they are available.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
#Mars #Perseverance #MarsRover #NASA #science #Space #Exploration #Solarocks
as she keeps going up the route leading to the summit, Perseverance sends us new visions of the crater rim and beyond
#Mars Nov. 30, 2024 (Sol 1344)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
#perseverance #rover #Sol1344 #PerseveranceRover #PicoTurquino #JezeroCrater #JezeroCraterRim #RimCampaign #RimScience #Navcam #photography #space #science #STEM #geology #landscape #Mars2020 #solarocks #Astrodon #news
Beautiful, totally new, long-distance vistas captured 12 hours ago by Perseverance with her Mastcam Zoom camera, after her latest move up the slopes of the crater
#Mars Dec. 5, 2024 (Sol 1349)
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
#Perseverance #rover #Sol1349 #PerseveranceRover #JezeroCrater #Astrodon #geology #Mars2020 #RimCampaign #RimScience #science #STEM #news #Martian #landscape #photography
Under #Trump, #EPA scientists say managers encouraged them to delete evidence of chemicals’ harms, including #cancer, miscarriage and neurological problems, from their reports. And in some cases, they said, their managers deleted the information themselves.
#News #Science #Environment #Health #Government
(Published Sept. 2024) https://propub.li/3Zx4ljp
The Latest Trump and DOGE Casualty: Energy Data
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The Energy Information Administration has long provided reliable data on everything from oil and gas to alternative energy. Now one of its signature reports has been slashed and a second one canceled entirely amid sweeping job reductions and turmoil.
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-latest-trump-and-doge-casualty-energy-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #DOGE #Energy #Data #Oil #Gas #Research #Science
Deep-sea scientists filmed something astonishing and very rarely seen swimming over the seafloor in Chile
The Python Software Foundation has rejected a $1.5 million government grant because of the anti-DEI requirements imposed by the Trump administration.
The Python programming language empowers actual science all over the world. Let's support their mission and their integrity. *We can all of us* make up for the short fall!
[https://www.python.org/psf/donations/](https://www.python.org/psf/donations/).
The Drake Awards are less than two weeks away! Did you know that you can attend virtually? You'll see the awards presentations, plus you'll have access to our fantastic host, Marco Larsen, and two of our scientists as guests: Laurance Doyle (CETI) and Ann Marie Cody (astrophysics). Tickets are only $15! Get yours today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/drake-awards-2025-tickets-1251126907259
Astronomers have a love-hate relationship with the atmosphere: it's great for, you know, not dying, but it blurs astronomical images. In the latest episode of Chasing Starlight we tell you the inner workings of adaptive optics, a technique where we use powerful lasers and fast shape-shifting mirrors to measure and correct atmospheric turbulence:
Trump’s anti-green agenda could lead to 1.3 million more temperature-related deaths.
Most of the people expected to suffer live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-climate-rollbacks-heat-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Climate #ClimateChange #Trump #Data #Science #Politics
in the #arXiv
A New Strategy for the Exploration of Venus
by the VEXAG Exploration Strategy Study Analysis Workgroup
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.06830
#Venus #PlanetaryScience #Astrodon #Science #STEM #planet #planets #solarsystem #engineering #news
读过 Science Comics: Frogs 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕
这本好好看！青蛙原来是这么奇特（神奇）的动物啊！
Britain's oldest tree says fuck you to JK Rowling and, after being a male for thousands of years, began producing female fruit.
#science #sex #jkrowling #terfs #sexisnonbinary #TransRightsAreHumanRights
#Introduction Hi #fediverse ! We’re the European Southern Observatory, and we design, build and operate ground-based telescopes.
One of them is our Extremely Large Telescope, currently under construction in #Chile. It will have a 39 m mirror, and its rotating enclosure will weigh 6100 tonnes, or about 700 mastodons!
We’re looking forward to chatting with all of you about #astronomy
📷 ESO/G. Vecchia
Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show
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A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump’s executive orders.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-cuts-transgender-research-grants?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #NIH #Science #Research #Funding #Trump #Law #Transgender
TIL: males have 25% more neurons in the visual cortex than... #science #sexes #hormones
#Science video accounts to follow:
(If an account looks blank, read this: https://fedi.tips/why-does-someones-account-page-look-completely-blank-is-it-really-blank/)
➡️ @ruth_mottram - Climate scientist, glaciers, ice sheets, polar climate
➡️ @adam_steer - Former polar researcher, polar exploration
➡️ @makingwaves - Marine ecologist, life in the sea
➡️ @nicemicro - Scientist on chemistry, FOSS, tech
➡️ @kirk - Scientist, engineer, open hardware for energy conversion & storage
➡️ @europlanet_media - European org for planetary scientists
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Give #Musk the heave-ho: "It has been more than 150 years since a fellow has been expelled from the society, according to the spokesperson." He's earned it.
Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually
Economic analysis suggests that the rate of return of public investment, to the US economy, is 140%-210%.
#Science is one of the few "good deals" with long-term prospects (measured on scales from years, even to decades, to centuries) for human beings.
But that is not why I do science. I do science because I am curious. I am grateful this is a net positive for society.
🦝 Raccoons Are Showing Early Signs of Domestication
City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals
#Science #Research #Wildlife
#Nature
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/raccoons-are-showing-early-signs-of-domestication/
Martian Memories
Special-Effects Spirit Silhouetted on "Jibsheet"
Created using a photorealistic model of the rover and a false-color mosaic captured at sunset by its panoramic camera on May 19, 2005 (Sol 489). Credit: NASA/JPL-Solar System Visualization Team
📷 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia03232-special-effects-spirit-silhouetted-on-jibsheet/
#Mars #Spirit #Sol489 #Jibsheet #sunset #GusevCrater #Gusev #crater #rover #SpiritRover #Martian #solarsystem #memories #space #science #history #STEM #astrodon #geology #SpecialFX #FX #visualization #NASA #JPL
