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Watching a nation gaslight itself in real-time: where psychopathy is policy, humanity is collateral damage. It’s a masterclass in cosmic horror-the monsters won, and now they wear suits and demand your applause.
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🧵 This is a solar prominence! Using the Goode Solar Telescope (GST) at Big Bear Solar Observatory and the new coronal adaptive optics system Cona, a team of scientists has observed the solar corona in unprecedented details. ➡️ nso.edu/press-releas... 🔭 🧪 #science #stellarastro ⚛️

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22 years ago I pivoted from working on antibiotic resistance to pandemic viruses. Since then, I've argued that if we care about saving US lives in expectation, advance capacity for producing bird flu vaccine offers by far the greatest expected return on investment. ... We were so goddamn close.

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Meet "Nimbus", aka SARS-CoV-2 variant NB.1.8.1. (Thread) 1/

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And now for something completely different.. Helena Sofia Schjerfbeck 1862-1946 Finnish modernist known for realist works, self-portraits, landscapes, still lifes. Her work evolved dramatically, from realism & plein air to portraits & still life Finnish-Girl reading 1904 gouache paint on paper

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Here’s how Trump’s war on science is going. NSF funding is at the lowest level in decades. We’ll lose knowledge, generations of scientists, and US competitiveness. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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These are a couple of native species I grow in my yard instead of the grass that was there when we arrived. 🧪🐡 This is a hard carved, hand printed Lino print with collaged Japanese washi papers of a clump of black-eyed susans (Rudbeckia hirta) with a cone flower (Echinacea) and a monarch butterfly.

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Researchers have developed a new, targeted means of inserting entire genes into human DNA. The new tool is called evoCAST and uses a CRISPR complex and transposase enzyme to insert whole genes into human DNA at targeted locations. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky🧪 #biosky

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you guys ever wonder if we’re in the twilight zone

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Nature reports on Michael Running Wolf’s work leading artificial-intelligence initiatives to revive lost languages and empower Indigenous people. 🏺 🧪

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Kids find things.

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🧬🧠 NRTIs may lower Alzheimer's risk A new study finds people taking nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) - used for HIV & hepatitis B - had lower Alzheimer's rates, likely by blocking inflammasome activation. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/alz.... #Alzheimers #SciComm 🧪

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#Aigne In this region there is Neolithic evidence and evidence that pre-human ancestors have inhabited what is now France since 1.6 million years ago. Taken in #France in 2025 by #©SteveC #Photography #notAI

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"I don’t know if I’m extremely sensitive or life is unbearable.” Vincent Van Gogh

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You've seen countless pics of them but have you ever wondered just what *exactly* is a galaxy? Astronomers have wondered that too, and it's not so easy to define. www.scientificamerican.com/article/what... 🔭 🧪

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This was posted by a FB friend of mine. See how easy it is.

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Just a neverending cavalcade of stupid

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Beautiful image by Robert Fesen & collaborators showing a Wolf-Rayet star (WR8) -- a massive star violently letting go its outer layer (blue) against a background of glowing gas. #astronomy #astroedu #astrophotography #space #spacephotography #astroimages #sciencephotos #spacephotos #astrophotos

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Force of nature 🐺

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Good morning everyone except those that don't appreciate otters.

submitted 37 days ago • 19 comments

I would like for stupid people to stop making important decisions that affect my life

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Watch as this visualization reveals the stars of the Orion constellation in three dimensions. The familiar pattern on the sky distorts into a whole new perspective. The sequence begins with a view of Orion in our sky. Featured in this scene are some of the brightest stars, like Betelgeuse. 🔭 🧪

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Pink Moon rising over downtown from Saturday night.

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