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Stimulating individual photoreceptor cells on the retina elicits a colour never before seen by the human eye. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/retinal-st...

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April 14 has been designated World Quantum Day in honour of Planck’s Constant which can be rounded to h~ 4.14×10−15 eV·s (and some folks write April 14 as 4/14*). 🐡🧪🎢 Planck’s constant comes up a lot in quantum mechanics; for instance a photon’s energy is h times its frequency). So I thought I 🧵

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Deeply appreciate the Betty White Summoning Circle I noticed at a USPS counter this week. 🕯

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Everich rose hath its þ

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Photographer over the moon with lunar mountain shot. 🔭 🧪 #astrophotographer www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Our local manufacturing capacity is increasing. We’ve produced a similar but sturdier Cybertruck, named the Bergerblock (Left Photo.) We’ve also produced a facsimile of the humans we expect to purchase our Bergerblocks. Our artisan designer named it “Fragilis Masculinis” which is Latin, we think.

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This year, we launched a database to explore detailed demographic information about thousands of private schools across the country. Here’s how to use it.

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Adobe one hour after making a Bluesky account

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FrostPoint Dynamics has won a Gov Grant to continue R&D on anti-human encroachment capabilities. Overt and clandestine technology will allow Heard Island’s growing military to defend and even pre-empt any interference with our Sub-Antarctic island Sovereignty.

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About 250M years ago, 90% of species on Earth died during the Permian extinction. All of that loss created a lot of vacant niches to fill.  Not long after, the first mammals, our ancestors, appeared.  Life on this pale blue dot will be resilient - whether we’re part of it or not. #science #history

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Vanessa Barragão, Portuguese textile artist known for large-scale hangings inspired by ecosystems like coral reefs, using upcycled waste materials from the textile industry #WomensArt

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you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos

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Regrets NOTHING!

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Another detail of my pollinator garden piece made of collaged prints, for Manufactured Ecosystems. 🐡🧪 This shot shows my tiny sweat bee, Agapostemon virescens (Toronto’s official bee). I took a little liberty with scale so I could actually get some details & yet show the bee in context of the

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Defence Ministry: Shoreline defence force Gentoo’s prepare mortars. Our Navy Seals conduct clandestine training, and teach tactical camouflage and concealment to juveniles. We stand ready. Flippers Up.

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And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?' And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'

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Two views of the Milky Way centre 🌌 A recent image of the Sagittarius C stellar nursery from the MeerKAT radio telescope spans 1,000 light-years, putting in context an image covering 44 light-years from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Read more 👉 esawebb.org/images/Sagit... 🔭 🧪

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Employing the same methodology originally used for birthstones, I have derived this authoritative list: Jan - Camembert Feb - Feta Mar - Cheddar Apr - Monterey Jack May - Cotija Jun - Brie Jul - Mozzarella Aug - Provolone Sep - Parmigiano-reggiano Oct - Colby Nov - Gouda Dec - Ricotta

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Maximum of the Partial Solar Eclipse. 1107UT 29 March 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

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Nicely timed bit (lot) of cloud let me see the solar eclipse with my phone camera. #eclipse #eclipsesolar

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A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt via Smithsonian Magazine

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Here's a link to watch coverage of today's Partial Solar Eclipse. Provided by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. 🔭 🧪 www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/onl...

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A tale of how a mining company wants to rush along mining the deep because of <check notes> money.

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Brittany, France early 20thc, women making 'picot bigouden' a form of intricate and complex crochet linking to Irish crochet #WomensArt

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A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security with 100% of their income. A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income. Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?

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A great paper, albeit with a bleak message, that recovery in the deep sea, if possible at all, will occur on decadal to century scales. #deepsea #marinelife #science www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Keep swimming. Be brave in the face of seemingly impossible obstacles. Find strength in the vision of a new future birthed from each deed of courage. Keep swimming. Keep fighting.

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Heilung | LIFA - Full Show “Remember, that we all are brothers All people, beasts, trees and stone and wind We all descend from the one great being That was always there Before people lived and named it Before the first seed sprouted” #tunes #heilung www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1Bs...

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Trent Reznor ys doinge a jukebox musical about a 17th centurye cavalier poet who delighted yn rural lyfe: Prettye Herrick Machyne

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Just made a quick annotated version of that brilliant new JWST image that @science.esa.int just shared. I’m so impressed by this object! Don’t think I’ve ever seen such clear detail in an Einstein Lens before?! The light of Valinor!

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Sculpture by contemporary US artist Alicia Eggert #WomensArt

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The final commands have been sent to Gaia. This is the last time that the spacecraft will ever hear from its team on Earth. The final commands include those to shut down the spacecraft's communication systems and central computer.

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We've all been lost, we've all been called Everyone rise to a brethren code We got your back, we all been low Let's all rise to the brethren code #metal #thehu #wolftotem www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv29...

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All I got now is today, tomorrow ain't here And yesterday is gone dead on me anyway I've been right, I've been left I've been wrong, I've been left behind I've been up, but mostly down #tunes #middleclassrut #newlow www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5GY...

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Astronomers have identified powerful hydrogen emission in one of the most distant galaxies known — a probable sign that we are seeing some of the first hot stars from the dawn of the Universe ✨ All thanks to the NASA/ESA/CSA James #Webb Space Telescope. Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭🧪☄️

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As a long-time Neptunophile, anticipation of these images was one of the key reasons I became a JWST 🔭 Interdisciplinary Scientist. Kudos to the team for realizing my dream! webbtelescope.org/contents/new...

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