Search
Items tagged with: Science
— C.P. Snow, In The Search (1934)
Question for non-native English speakers: would you say there is enough high-quality scientific information for those with non-science backgrounds in your language? (You can also add your language in the comments and elaborate if you’d like.)
In my native language (Romanian), I’ve noticed there is a vacuum that in recent years has been filled alarmingly fast by pseudoscientific, new agey hogwash. Trying to point people towards high-quality information is quite a daunting task, since there is very little available, so I’m curious how this looks in other languages.
Please consider boosting for reach. Thanks!
#science #SciComm #languages #misinformation
- Yes (35%, 35 votes)
- No (65%, 65 votes)
Born in 1914, Hedy Lamarr was a famous American actress who pioneered the technology that would lead to WiFi, GPS, cell phones & Bluetooth communication.
Lamarr was brilliant. Among many fascinating inventions, she developed a new communication system with composer George Antheil that used “frequency hopping” among radio waves.
Once called the “most beautiful woman in the world," Lamarr is now remembered as "the mother of Wi-Fi."
smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian… #science #history
Thank This World War II-Era Film Star for Your Wi-Fi
As the National Portrait Gallery acquires a film poster of Hedy Lamarr, it’s worth reflecting on her double life as an actress and a pioneering inventorAlice George (Smithsonian Magazine)
Spider pulsars in the globular cluster Omega Centauri 🤩
To learn about this globular cluster & more on the #astronomy of the #constellation #Centaurus check out: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/…
📷 :chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023…
#astrophotography #AstroDon #Chandra #Science #space #astro
Centaurus: Cosmic Background | Starry Time
Join Jordan & Kit as they explore the amazing astronomy of the constellation Centaurus -- the centaur! Episode transcripts: https://www.starrytimepodcast.com/episode-transcripts Website: https://www.starrytimepodcast.starrytimepodcast.podbean.com
NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire
—
A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000.
propublica.org/article/noaa-co…
#News #Seattle #NOAA #Science #Government #USPolitics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 (XT) unter Linux im Test - Deutschland
AMD RDNA 4 hat in Form von Radeon RX 9070 XT und Radeon RX 9070 (Test) unter Windows überzeugt. Aber wie schlägt sich AMD RDNA 4 in Spielen unter Linux?Deutschland
Children explore the ancestry in the stars exhibit that forms part of YOU:MATTER, after the cutting-edge experience opened at the National Science and Media Museum. Created by renowned artist collective Marshmallow Laser Feast, the installation uses cutting-edge immersive technology to take visitors on a journey exploring the connections between our bodies, the planet, and the wider universe, Bradford, #UK
Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA
Do you remember the 2019 study about how we can feed the world’s growing population without causing catastrophic climate breakdown?
"But the backlash was ferocious, with researchers receiving personal threats and insults." Twitter at the front of hate, then came articles. A leaked document shows that actions against the #scientists were a targeted PR-campaign for the #meat lobby: theguardian.com/environment/20…
The original investigation: desmog.com/2025/04/10/meat-ind…
#food #climateCrisis #science #study
PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows
Eat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked onlineGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
#PPOD: This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a wave structure in Saturn's rings known as the Janus 2:1 spiral density wave. As a result of the same process that creates spiral galaxies, spiral density waves in Saturn's rings are much more tightly wound. In this case, every second wave crest is the same spiral arm that has encircled the entire planet multiple times. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/CICLOPS
How did the @ScientistRebellion movement emerge and spread so quickly around the world? My new book, Science in Resistance (out in October with UC Press) documents the evolution of the Scienitist Rebellion movement over the past 5 years. Combining personal stories, interviews with scientist-activists, and insights from research on direct action and academia, I explore the challenges scientists face when taking a stand for climate and ecological justice.
Half of the proceeds will go to SR and allied climate justice groups.
ucpress.edu/books/science-in-r…
#ClimateJustice #ClimateChange #Activism #Science #Academia #Degrowth #Ecology #CivilResistance #Climate
Science in Resistance by Fernando Racimo - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.University of California Press
I don't think such a commentator has a good view of what's going on from the inside.
Arguably this is the promotion of science in America as resources are going toward solid science and being taken away from ineffective or inefficient efforts.
That's positive for science, and we're seeing that on the ground, first hand, even as those who were comfortable with the status quo complain loudly.
We are witnessing the destruction of science in America
If we stay on this administration’s course, future life-saving medicines may never be inventedGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
#Europe records hottest #March as global heat stays above #1.5C
source: independent.co.uk/climate-chan…
Scientists and climate experts say the world is not on track to meet the #Paris #Agreement goal of limiting #warming to well below 2C, or ideally 1.5C, unless immediate and deep #emissions cuts are made.
#news #science #environment #earth #weather #future #temperature #heat #climate #crisis
Europe records hottest March as global heat stays above 1.5C
New data shows global temperatures in March averaged 1.6C above pre-industrial levelsStuti Mishra (The Independent)
Use It or Lose It! How Age Affects Cognitive Skills
Use It or Lose It! How Age Affects Cognitive Skillshttps://www.the74million.org/article/use-it-or-lose-it-how-age-affects-cognitive-skills/BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
ESA links with Japan for speedy and secure communications
People will communicate up to a thousand times faster using high-capacity optical links between satellites, thanks to a partnership agreed today between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Space Compass Corporation in Japan.
#telecommunications #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
posted by pod_feeder_v2
After another explosive start to tornado season, twisters are cropping up in unexpected places around the United States. In a 48-hour period earlier this month, 31 tornadoes were reported across the country. Scientists are baffled. Read more from @sciencefocus:
The largest #measles outbreak by far is in West #Texas, where the #disease is spreading quickly in remote, rural areas where the #vaccination rates are low. The outbreak has also spread across the boarder into #NewMexico, but the outbreak there is moving more slowly due to higher vaccination rates.
#health #PublicHealth #vaccines #science #medicine #Trump #RFKJr #HHS #ConspiracyTheories #eugenics
The US now has >600 #measles cases in 22 states, acc/to the #CDC [& who knows if that’s being accurately reported]. That includes 481 cases in #Texas alone. The country has now reported >2X the number of measles cases this year than were reported in all of 2024.
The CDC says there have been 6 measles #outbreaks so far this year.
#health #PublicHealth #vaccines #science #medicine #Trump #RFKJr #HHS #ConspiracyTheories #eugenics
npr.org/sections/shots-health-…
#Cancer, #Covid, & #Alzheimers #Research Could Be Lost Forever
Days before #RFKJr announced that 10,000 #HHS staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on #NIH research repository sites saying they were "under review."
#Trump #health #science #medicine #AntiIntellectualism #idiocracy #USpol
404media.co/nih-archives-repos…
Massive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost Forever
Days before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 HHS staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on NIH research repository sites saying they were "under review."Samantha Cole (404 Media)
Earth Observation Excellence Award 2025 winners
In recognition of outstanding contributions to scientific advancement and innovation using Earth observation data, the ESA Earth Observation Excellence Award is presented annually to early-career researchers.
#earth #science #space #esa #europeanspaceagency
posted by pod_feeder_v2
The Hubble telescope has spent 20 years staring at Uranus and...
Oh fine, go ahead and snicker. The observations are fascinating all the same. They show that Uranus is a complex, dynamic planet with crazy sideways weather.
hubblesite.org/contents/news-r… #space #science #astronomy #nasa
Hunt for the Oldest DNA videoneat.com/documentaries/26…
Such an amazing documentary!!!
#dna #biology #chemistry #evolution #science #documentary #documentaries
A safe #nuclear #battery that could last a #lifetime
source: acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/20…
Now, researchers are considering radiocarbon as a source for safe, small and affordable nuclear batteries that could last decades or longer without charging.
#science #energy #future #news #research
A safe nuclear battery that could last a lifetime - American Chemical Society
Rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries typically last hours or days between charging. However, with repeated use, batteries degrade and need to be recharged more frequently.American Chemical Society
Songbirds heavily depend on vocal communication for mate choice and territory defense. But what happens if the level of traffic noise renders their song ineffective?
Find out in my new article for Beaks & Bones:
beaksandbones.substack.com/p/t…
#birds #birdsofmastodon #science #scicomm #ornithology #biology
Traffic noise increases aggressive behavior in territorial songbirds
Background traffic noise impairs vocal communication and increases aggressive behavior in yellow warblers on the Galápagos Islands.Beaks & Bones
Rendez vous le 3 avril pour une nouvelle journée de mobilisation!
#standupforscience #LibertéAcadémique #science #paris #ParisIledeFrance
Stand up.
Today I join with >1900 members of the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine signing this letter, as individuals, decrying the assault on #science by the GOP and Trump administration.
docs.google.com/document/d/13g…
Public Statement on Supporting Science for the Benefit of All Citizens
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE We all rely on science. Science gave us the smartphones in our pockets, the navigation systems in our cars, and life-saving medical care. We count on engineers when we drive across bridges and fly in airplanes.Google Docs
Drugmakers sink after key #FDA official ousted as #Trump plans *#health* overhaul
Shares of US drugmakers fell on Monday after reports that the FDA's top #vaccine official, Peter Marks, had been forced to resign, the most high-profile exit at the regulator as the Trump admin undertakes an overhaul of federal health agencies.
#law #science #medicine #RFKJr #HHS #PublicHealth #economy #Trumpcession
reuters.com/business/healthcar…
You read that right. 75% of scientists are considering leaving the US. Forgive me (not really) if I'm struggling to understand exactly how this is making the US anything other than diminished, stupid, and ill.
nature.com/articles/d41586-025…
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.Witze, Alexandra
You read that right. 75% of scientists are considering leaving the US. Forgive me (not really) if I'm struggling to understand exactly how this is making the US anything other than diminished, stupid, and ill.
nature.com/articles/d41586-025…
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.Witze, Alexandra
Can We Bottle a Star? Breakthrough Fusion Device Could Hold the Key
scitechdaily.com/can-we-bottle…
#science #space #energy #renewableenergy #fusion
Can We Bottle a Star? Breakthrough Fusion Device Could Hold the Key
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory are harnessing the power of computers to enhance the performance of fusion devices known as stellarators.Colin Collins (SciTechDaily)
Antarctic Iceberg Breaks Away to Reveal a Never-Before-Seen Ecosystem
sciencealert.com/antarctic-ice…
#science #ecology #environmentalscience #environment #earthscience #earth #antarctica
Antarctic Iceberg Breaks Away to Reveal a Never-Before-Seen Ecosystem : ScienceAlert
A colossal iceberg the size of Chicago has broken from a floating glacier in Antarctica, and like a retractable roof at a stadium, the drifting structure has opened up a hidden habitat to the elements.Carly Cassella (ScienceAlert)
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
nature.com/articles/d41586-025…
You are welcome in the #EU 😎
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.Witze, Alexandra
The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
—
The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.
propublica.org/article/measles…
#News #CDC #RFKJr #Health #Measles #Medicine #PublicHealth #Vaccines #Science
Daylight savings time and myocardial infarction
source: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/…
There was no difference in the total weekly number of PCIs performed for AMI for either the fall or spring time changes in the time period analysed. After adjustment for trend and seasonal effects, the Monday following spring time changes was associated with a 24% increase in daily AMI counts (p=0.011), and the Tuesday following fall changes was conversely associated with a 21% reduction (p=0.044). No other weekdays in the weeks following DST changes demonstrated significant associations.
#science #health #time #news #problem
Daylight savings time and myocardial infarction - PMC
Prior research has shown a transient increase in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) after daylight savings time (DST) in the spring as well as a decrease in AMI after returning to standard time in the fall. These findings have not ...pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
#boycottusa #science #buyeuropean #buycanadian #maga
A new detention of a scientist. This time a woman who worked for Harvard Medical School. She was detained in Louisiana and may be deported to Russia, where her life may be in danger for having opposed war.
independent.co.uk/news/world/a…
Harvard scientist who fled Russia due to anti-war views faces deportation back to Putin’s regime, friends say
Kseniia Petrova has been in U.S. detention since mid-February after having her visa revoked, according to friends and independent Russian mediaIo Dodds (The Independent)
