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Extremely Rare #citizenScience opportunity for #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #universeodon enthusiasts!
This year, there will be a nova, before or by September, as bright as the North Star.
After peak brightness it will remain bright enough, for several days, to observe with binoculars.
You can help research scientists with observational details.
https://www.seti.org/be-first-see-once-lifetime-stellar-explosion
https://blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skies/2024/02/27/view-nova-explosion-new-star-in-northern-crown/
#Global #education #science #fediScience #scienceMastodon #lifelongLearning
Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel says AI will help scientists understand "most diseases" in three to five years.
@Semafor quotes the executive: “The reason we still have people dying of cancer, people suffering from Alzheimer's, is we do not understand the fundamental biology of those diseases.”
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Disease #Cancer #Health #Science #Biology #Tech
Moderna CEO says AI will help scientists understand ‘most diseases’ in 3 to 5 years | Semafor
AI development could lead to huge advances in the scientific understanding of diseases, Moderna's CEO Stéphane Bancel said at Semafor's World Economy Summit.Caroline Anders (flip.it)
Just saw that #OpenAccess publication charges at some Nature publishing group journals are >$12,000 (!!!)
This is just getting crazy - APCs have really gone off the rails. These fees can't possibly be sustainable in the long term...
50-foot 'king of the serpents' may have been the biggest snake to ever live
#science #paleontology #biology #fossils #animals #reptiles #snakes #india
50-foot 'king of the serpents' may have been the biggest snake to ever live
Researchers discovered the giant snake's 47 million-year-old fossils in India.Jacklin Kwan (Live Science)
“We must have this national conversation. How are we going to deal with long #COVID?”
Featured post: Medical experts and those suffering from this still-mysterious condition are demanding better—more research and healthier air to breathe. https://www.texasobserver.org/long-covid-texas-clearing-the-air/
#LongCovid #Health #news #politics #USpol #science #healthcare #research #CovidIsNotOver #Austin #Texas
Clearing the Air: Long COVID Sufferers Call for a Healthier World
Even young, healthy Texans can suffer for years after COVID infections.Kit O'Connell (The Texas Observer)
Today I've done something I've never done before and written in direct criticism of another trans writer.
Andrea Long Chu, in my opinion, is dangerously undermining the fight for access to transition in the guise of defending trans people's right to do it.
#trans #transgender #science #medicine #journalism
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/andrea-long-chu-gender-affirming-care-youth-freedom
In Defense of the Medical Model for Trans Healthcare
Andrea Long Chu thinks libertarianism will save the trans community. That’s bonkers.Evan Urquhart (Assigned)
English electrical engineer and physicist John Ambrose Fleming died #OTD in 1945.
He is best known for his invention of the vacuum tube diode, which he patented in 1904. The vacuum tube diode, also known as the Fleming valve, was the first practical vacuum tube and allowed for the detection & amplification of electrical signals. It was a crucial component in early radio receivers and telecommunications systems, laying the foundation for the development of modern electronics.
Powerful eruption occurring now at Ruang volcano in Indonesia's North Sulawesi Province. Hundreds evacuated so far.
Photos show the lava flow, huge ash cloud, and volcanic lightning.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hundreds-evacuated-after-indonesias-ruang-volcano-erupts-2024-04-17/ #volcano #science #nature
"Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based #vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a #virus & can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised...
This new strategy... targets a part of the #viral genome that is common to all strains of a virus. The vaccine, how it works, & a demonstration of its efficacy in mice is described in a paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."
https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/04/15/vaccine-breakthrough-means-no-more-chasing-strains
Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains
Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised.News
"“What I want to emphasize about this #vaccine strategy is that it is broad,” said UCR #virologist & paper author Rong Hai. “It is broadly applicable to any number of #viruses, broadly effective against any variant of a #virus, & safe for a broad spectrum of people. This could be the universal vaccine that we have been looking for.”
The new vaccine... relies on small, silencing RNA molecules"
https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/04/15/vaccine-breakthrough-means-no-more-chasing-strains
#Health #Science #Vaccines #Vaccination #Flu #COVID #Covid19 #News #NoPaywall
Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains
Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised.News
Making crops colorful for easier weeding by robots
To make weeding easier, scientists suggest bioengineering crops to be colorful or to have differently shaped leaves so that they can be more easily distinguished from their wild and weedy counterparts.Science X (Phys.org)
I'm so excited about this upcoming space mission.
NASA has just confirmed that the Dragonfly octocopter will launch in July, 2028. When it arrives, it will spend at least two years flying over the organic-rich sands of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
https://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/News-and-Resources/news/20231128.php #space #science #nasa #life #tech
British scientist Rosalind Franklin died #OTD in 1958.
Her most famous contribution to science came from her X-ray diffraction images of DNA, particularly Photo 51, which provided crucial evidence for the double helix structure of DNA. Her photo was shared without her knowledge with J. Watson & F. Crick, who used it as a basis for their model of DNA's structure. Their work overshadowed her contribution, & she was not fully recognized for her role until after her death.
Can you debunk the “living in a #simulation” theory right now for anyone that believes it? Simulation #theory is not a falsifiable hypothesis.
ESA accelerates the race towards clean energy from space
ESA accelerates the race towards clean energy from space
#news #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
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The #EPA Has Done Nearly Everything It Can to Clean Up This Town. It Hasn’t Worked.
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Despite years of air monitoring, inspections and millions in penalties for petrochemical plants, the air in Calvert City, #Kentucky, remains polluted.
The EPA’s inability to fix it is an indictment of the laws governing clean air, experts say.
#Pollution #Environment #Climate #CleanAir #CleanWater #Cancer #News #Science #Law
Why EPA Efforts to Clean Up Kentucky Town Haven’t Worked
Despite years of air monitoring, inspections and millions in penalties for petrochemical plants, the air in Calvert City, Kentucky, remains polluted. The EPA’s inability to fix it is an indictment of the laws governing clean air, experts say.ProPublica
I've held off publishing anything on the Cass Report until today because I didn't want any of the coverage on Assigned to be based on partial or second-hand knowledge.
There will be more to come, but my first entry into reporting on this divisive, emotional, and politically charged Report just seeks to give people a basic understanding of what the heck is in the thing. #trans #transgender #news #science #journalism
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/whats-in-the-cass-report
What’s in the Cass Report?
The final report of the Cass Review of gender-affirming care for youth is being taken as vindication from anti-trans activists.Evan Urquhart (Assigned)
#Science #Space #Hubble #HubbleTension #Universe #JWST
James Webb telescope confirms there is something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe
Depending on where we look, the universe is expanding at different rates. Now, scientists using the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes have confirmed that the observation is not down to a measurement error.Ben Turner (Live Science)
Is #ChatGPT corrupting peer review? Telltale words hint at #AI use
Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01051-2
Out of more than 1,600 scientists who responded to a 2023 Nature survey, nearly 30% said they had used generative AI to write papers and around 15% said they had used it for their own literature reviews and to write grant applications.
#technology #science #news #future
Is ChatGPT corrupting peer review? Telltale words hint at AI use
A study of review reports identifies dozens of adjectives that could indicate text written with the help of chatbots.Singh Chawla, Dalmeet
My @Flipboard account is now federated!
Thanks to @marci and the team for upgrading my account.
Follow this account, @thekenyeung@flipboard.com, to receive a firehose of everything I curate in #tech, #science, #news, #photography, and more!
The material, discovered in 2004, was meant to be revolutionary. But only now is the technology coming of age
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/13/could-graphene-finally-transform-our-world
#graphene #technology #materials #science
Crabs, kelp and mussels: Argentina’s waters teem with life – could a fish farm ban do the same for Chile?
While the ecosystem is thriving off the coast of Argentina, the proliferation of salmon farms in Chile’s waters is threatening marine life, say critics
#News #Oceanography #Fisheries #Food #Conservation #Science
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/09/crabs-kelp-and-mussels-argentina-waters-teem-with-life-can-a-fish-farm-ban-do-the-same-for-chile
#PPOD: The Moon's shadow, or umbra, is pictured covering portions of the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick and the American state of Maine in this photograph from the International Space Station as it soared into the solar eclipse from 420 kilometers above the surface of Earth. The diameter of the shadow is 160 km. Credit: NASA
#eclipse #photography #space #science #scicomm
How Genome Mapping Can Transform Sugarcane Into Green Fuel
https://scitechdaily.com/how-genome-mapping-can-transform-sugarcane-into-green-fuel/
#science #biology #genetics #botany #agriculture #farming #energy #environment #biofuels
How Genome Mapping Can Transform Sugarcane Into Green Fuel
Unveiling sugarcane's genome, scientists set the stage for innovative breeding and renewable carbon sourcing, heralding a new era in agricultural research and sustainability.Mike O'Neill (SciTechDaily)
#Science #PacificOcean #EasterIsland #MarineBiology #Animals #SeaLife
Underwater mountain range off Easter Island hosts creatures unknown to science, expedition reveals
An expedition to the Salas y Gómez Ridge off Rapa Nui in the Pacific Ocean documented 160 species that were not previously known to inhabit the region, including 50 that are new to science.Sascha Pare (Live Science)
As a reporter, I've followed the science of gender-affirming care from before the current political moment. I have always committed to following the evidence, whether I like it or don't like it.
Today on Assigned, I've published a piece by a freelancer who did her master's on the informed consent model of gender affirming treatment. She wrote us a digest version.
The narrative is the narrative. The evidence tells another story. #trans #science #news #journalism
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/informed-consent-what-does-evidence-tell-us
The Evidence Supports Informed Consent
Two models of gender-affirming care provision are currently in conflict. What does the research say?Assigned
Such a shame the total solar eclipse was not visible in Europe...but well you can see some super amazing photos on https://tromnews.com/photos/ :) - here is my favorite:
I love our TROMnews website...I visit it every single day.
Today's dose of cosmic beauty: Comet Pons-Brooks, photographed from southern Spain by Fritz Helmut Hemmerich.
The eerie green glow is from diatomic carbon. The ripples show the flow of the solar wind.
https://www.facebook.com/fritzhelmut.hemmerich/ #space #science #astronomy #nature
Fritz Helmut Hemmerich
Fritz Helmut Hemmerich is lid van Facebook. Word lid van Facebook om met Fritz Helmut Hemmerich en anderen in contact te komen. Facebook geeft mensen de kans om te delen en maakt de wereld...www.facebook.com
Even with all the eclipse photos circulating right now, this one made my eyes pop. Great shot of jet contrails breaking up the edge of the eclipsed Sun. Quick calculation: The Sun is about 30,000,000 times wider than the jet.
(Photo by Bobby Goddin, Bloomington, IN) #eclipse #nature #science #photography
Ben Barres was a trailblazing transgender neurobiologist who promoted equity & diversity.
His pioneering research on glial cells changed science & he became the 1st #trans person admitted into the National Academies of Science.
Barres was a strong advocate for women, early career scientists & the #LGBTQ+ community at a time when few people openly discussed gender identity. https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2017/12/28/mourning-ben-barres-the-transgender-scientist-who-changed-neuroscience/ #history #science
Excerpt from his autobiography: https://stanmed.stanford.edu/ben-barres-autobiography-transgender-scientist/
Mourning Ben Barres, The Transgender Scientist Who Changed Neuroscience
“Ben was a remarkable person. He will be remembered as a brilliant scientist who transformed our understanding of glial cells and as a tireless advocate who promoted equity and diversity at every turn,” said Marc Tessier-Lavigne, PhD, president of St…Matthew Herper (Forbes)
Physicist Peter Higgs has died. He theorized the subatomic particle that gives mass to matter. One of the great joys of my career was waking up at 3am on July 4, 2012, to report on the announcement of the discovery of the Higgs boson.
CERN: Oh sorry Americans is that early for you???
Peter Higgs, Nobel-winning physicist on a subatomic hunt, dies at 94
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/04/09/peter-higgs-boson-scientist-dead/
1) Radio signals get messed up, and we don’t quite know why
2) You’ll see the best ‘sunset’ of your life
3) Animals get seriously confused
4) Stars and planets visible during the day
5) If you’re lucky, you’ll see a corona rainbow
6) Mysterious ‘shadow bands’ appear
7) Microbes get muddled
8) The wind changes direction
9) It will suddenly get chilly
10) Baily’s beads
https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/bizarre-solar-eclipse
Johannes de Sacrobosco ("John of Hollywood") published detailed geometric descriptions of a solar eclipse in the year 1230. People in the "dark ages" were not so dumb!
I dig through 5000 years of eclipse investigations in my latest Invisible Universe column:
https://invisibleuniverse.substack.com/p/how-we-learned-to-love-the-invisible #science #nature #history #eclipse
How We Learned to Love the Invisible Sun
Eclipse edition special: looking back on 5,000 years of the human relationship with solar eclipsesCorey S Powell (Invisible Universe)
From the archives: While you're considering the dark skies today, let's look back at our visit to the subdivision of #Texas that's kept deliberately dim, every night, so residents and researchers can look at the stars. By former TXO Editor Gayle Reaves ... https://www.texasobserver.org/limpia-crossing-astronomy-stargazing/
#astronomy #eclipse #culture #Science #astronomy #WestTexas
A Subdivision for Stargazers: Limpia Crossing Residents Look Aloft
In this tiny subdivision in the Davis Mountains near McDonald Observatory, dark skies are a precious resource.Gayle Reaves (The Texas Observer)
In the New York Times last week a pair of reactionaries argued against the term "assigned sex at birth" in an impossibly dumbed-down discussion that ignored the existence of intersex people, the reason the term exists in the first place.
On Assigned, we hold ourselves to higher standards for both scientific accuracy and thoughtfulness.
Therefore, please enjoy this opinion essay by a medical doctor arguing assigning sex is harmful and unnecessary. #trans #science #news
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/assigned-sex-new-york-times-doctor-perspective
A Doctor’s Case Against Assigning Sex at Birth
Doctors assign their best guess at sex based on a cursory visual examination of an infant’s genitals. But, what if they didn’t?Assigned
A Giant Explosion in Space Will Happen This Year, And You Can See It : ScienceAlert
Sometime between now and September, a massive explosion 3,000 light years from Earth will flare up in the night sky, giving amateur astronomers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to witness this space oddity.AFP (ScienceAlert)
