**The More Scientists Work With AI, the Less They Trust It**
🔗 https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-research-scientists-hype.
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"I would say keep your options open…or move to Canada or France or England. Right now, it looks like America is getting out of this business." #NASA #SpaceExploration #PlanetaryScience #Science #Astronomy #USPol #Astrodon @space https://www.planetary.org/articles/4000-gone-inside-nasas-brain-drain
The viral ' #Chicago Rat Hole' wasn't actually made by a rat, scientists claim.After researching the rodent indent, scientists are over 98% sure it came from a squirrel. Via @live_science #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑🔬
The viral 'Chicago Rat Hole' w...
Men are losing their Y chromosomes - and it's accelerating the ageing process
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15-Oct-2025
Did lead (#Pb) limit #brain and #language #development in #Neanderthals
and other extinct hominids?
Ancient human relatives were exposed to lead up to two million years ago, according to a new study. However, a #gene #mutation may have protected modern human brains, allowing language to flourish.
A ladybird beetle spreading its wings captured with a high-speed camera. In real-time wing deployment from the fully folded state takes less than 0.1 seconds.
Video credit: University of Tokyo / Saito et al. 'Investigation of hindwing folding in ladybird beetles.' DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1620612114.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1620612114
Salut le fediverse !
En ce début d'année 2026 qui commence mal, je vous invite à rejoindre le projet Science United qui utilise (via le logiciel BOINC créé par l'Université de Berkeley) la puissance de calcul de votre ordinateur (processeur, et carte graphique si vous en avez une) pour des projets de recherche universitaire : médecine, astronomie, mathématiques...
#BOINC #fediBOINC #ScienceUnited #CPU #GPU #science #DistributedComputing #médecine #astronomie #mathématiques
OK, this is a long (36 min) but really good Hank Green video. All about why we are farked in terms of recycling plastic. If you can stand his hyper-kinetic delivery (he's the ONLY YouTuber I slow down the playback speed on), well worth a watch
@NichEherVielleicht
For a couple years duuring my youth Carl Sagen, Fred Rodgers & Bob Ross were a daily watch for me growing up.
#Cosmos was a cool show that convinced me at a young age that exploring outer space is a worthwhile endeavor.
I'll Share a little musical bit with ya all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc
Peace 
People with genetic variants for red hair may have special cells that can convert an excess amino acid into pigment, researchers in Spain have found. Read more from @ScienceAlert:
40% of New England EPA employees furloughed amid government shutdown, union says
Neanderthals could be brought back within 20 years — but is it a good idea? Via @live_science #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑🔬 #paleontology
Neanderthals could be brought ...
Why Are So Many Millennials Getting Cancer?
https://studyfinds.org/why-are-so-many-millennials-getting-cancer/
PBS News Hour - Segments https://flex2.acast.com/s/pbs-newshour-segments/u/d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2025/10/braindrain.mp3
US scientists appear to be giving serious consideration to fleeing to other places as #science remains under serious threat there.
Astronomers sure do conjure up a lot of spooky images when they look out into deep space. A short Halloween thread:
Let's start with the Cosmic Bat Nebula (LDN 43).
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241027.html #space #science #art #halloween
Dogs In Chornobyl are Mysteriously Turning Blue, But Radiation Is Not to Blame. Via @discover.magazine #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑🔬
Dogs In Chornobyl are Mysterio...
Great white sharks are perhaps the most feared predators in the ocean. But what might they fear? Probably orcas. In the Gulf of California, the killer whales have been spotted hunting young great whites by flipping them over before eating their energy-filled liver. Blech. It’s wild out there. @CBSNews has the story:
Three Chinese astronauts who have been living on China's Tiangong space station since April 24 were set to return to Earth Wednesday when a piece of suspected “space junk” struck their return capsule — just hours ahead of departure. Looks like they’re going to be there for a while. Read more from @LiveScience:
1) Why do you love plants and how do you interact with plants in your life (intentionally/background)?
2) What makes learning about plants/ecology accessible/inaccessible to you (ie compare with birding)?
3) Do you prefer a formal or informal teaching environment, and why?
4) What are some subtopics relating to native plants that are of interest to you?
5) Would you prefer to learn to ID plants with or without phone apps?
6) How many plants would you be comfortable learning to ID in a 1 hour session?
#Plants #Ecology #Education #Gardening #AskFedi #Conservation #Teaching #Environment #Science
Next time you catch yourself saying: 'Fuck. That was stupid. Why did I do that?'
--- rewrite it: ---
'Fuck. That was thoughtless. Why did I do that?'
Then it becomes a problem you can work on vs. a reprimand from a shitty boss.
Be kind to yourself.
#kindness #selfcare #health #mentalhealth #psychology #science #alttext #art #photography
Fascinating #documentary on the #Challenger space shuttle #disaster. Apparently #NASA withheld quite a bit of #information from the #public for decades.
While it was true the rubber O rings failed due to subfreezing temperatures, NASA ignored engineers warnings and proceeded with the launch. What isn't true is the #astronauts vaporizing due to the #explosion. Withheld #evidence showed not only were they aware, they activated #emergency air tanks and were passengers trapped in a cabin on a #terrifying high speed freefall which slammed into the ocean.