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👣🦴 Scientists at White Sands National Park have found 23,000-year-old fossilized footprints that rewrite human #history in the Americas, pushing back the timeline nearly 10,000 years.
#fossils #paleoanthropology #archaeology #newmexico #pleistocene #science
The U.S. has long lagged behind other wealthy countries in reducing its stillbirth rate.
Now a new five-year, $37 million NIH consortium will prioritize this public health issue. “There’s no question that the ProPublica reporting was intimately tied to this,” one expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/nih-stillbirth-prevention-consortium?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #NIH #Pregnancy #Health #Women #PublicHealth #Science #Research
On Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, at 7 pm (PT), Dr. Steven Kahn (UC Berkeley) will give a free, illustrated, non-technical lecture entitled:
"The New Vera C. Rubin Observatory: Surveying the Universe"
in the Smithwick Theater at Foothill College, in Los Altos (see directions at the link below).
The talk is part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series, now in its 26th year.
Learn more: https://www.seti.org/events/the-new-vera-c-rubin-observatory-surveying-the-universe/
A seven-meter megalosaurid named Joaquinraptor casani was described this week by Lucio M. Ibiricu and his colleagues. Apart from consisting of one of the most complete megalosaurid skeletons, we also know what it was feeding on! A truly impressive discovery.
#joaquinraptor #paleontology #newspecies #dinosaurs #patagonia #argentina #nature #science #fossils
https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2025/09/joaquinraptor-casani-novy-velky.html
Sharp rise in US whale entanglements after NOAA cut-backs https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/sharp-rise-in-us-whale-entanglements-after-noaa-cut-backs/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Bycatch
The World's Newest Whale Species Is Critically Endangered With Only 50 Individuals Left https://www.iflscience.com/the-worlds-newest-whale-species-is-critically-endangered-with-only-50-individuals-left-80965 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science
EPA tells some scientists to stop publishing studies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/20/epa-scientists-research-publications/
#HackerNews #EPA #Scientists #Research #Publications #Environment #Science #Policy
Headline: Why Bill Nye the Science Guy was special guest of Celtics star Jaylen Brown at team's media day
Me: Y'all know JB is my favorite player, right?
ONE WEEK FROM NOW: You're invited to join our Publisher and Editor @alexip718 for a virtual walkthrough and discussion of our new analysis on H-1B skilled workers in America's land-grant, sea-grant, and R1 research institutions.
Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1744237444149?aff=oddtdtcreator
#h1b #visa #research #education #highered #science #health #environment #climate #innovation #data #news #journalism #webinar
RIP 😢 Jane Goodall Dead: Eminent Chimpanzee Expert Was 91. Via @nytimes #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑🔬 #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature
Jane Goodall Dead: Eminent Chi...
A mysterious visitor from beyond the stars zipped through our solar system, no tail, strange speed, bizarre shape. Was it just a rock… or something more?
Read More: https://t.co/qmhNO5xmuR
#Oumuamua #SpaceMystery #NASA #Alien #aliens #astronomy #science #Space #astrology
