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🔥😷 Wildfire smoke fuels indoor outbreaks? New research shows that wildfire smoke boosts indoor activity – and with it, the spread of respiratory diseases like flu and RSV. But even 10% more mask use indoors could cut transmission risks. 🔗 doi.org/10.1371/jour... #SciComm #Wildfires 🧪 #Health

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⛵Today’s haiku: paint-slicked tide rises anchored hearts in red hulls rest - gulls call through salt light 🎨 Inspired by Harbour Scene with Boats (c. 1970) by John Bellany. #Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets

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🧪🌊 Ocean plastic and your heart A new study links very high microplastic levels in ocean waters to increased rates of diabetes, stroke, and heart disease in nearby U.S. coastal counties. 🔗 newsroom.heart.org/news/living-... #SciComm #Microplastics #CardioHealth

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🍸🧪 A breath test that could save lives Researchers in Australia have developed a tiny, low-cost methanol breathalyser that detects deadly alcohol contamination in drinks or breath. 🔗 www.theguardian.com/environment/... #PublicHealth #SciComm

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🍄🧠 Fungi-inspired engineering? A new study models how mushroom networks adapt their strength by changing filament angles – opening pathways to design tuneable, bioinspired materials. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/adem... #Biomaterials #Fungi #SciComm 🧪

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📚💔 War and education: the hidden toll A new study finds that 1 in 3 Ukrainian high school seniors in 2022 were displaced or dropped out due to Russia’s invasion – a stark reminder of war’s long shadow on learning. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Ukraine #Russia #SciComm 🧪 #Education

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🌍⚖️ What is a 'fair' climate target? A new study unpacks the messy politics behind national emissions goals – showing how equity choices can shift trillions in responsibility by 2030. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #ClimateJustice #NetZero #SciComm 🧪

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🌾🦠 Trade, war, and viral rice A new study traces how Rice yellow mottle virus spread across Africa via caravan trade, seed exchange – and even WWI troop movements. Plant virus history is human history too. 🔗 doi.org/10.1371/jour... #PlantPathology #Rice #SciComm 🧪

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🧪 Science Poem 🖋️ Research published in @jama.com has found that living within proximity to a golf course increases the risk of Parkinson’s disease. Here's my poetic interpretation: scienceblog.com/thepoetryofs... #SciComm 🍎 🐡 #Poetry #Golf #Parkinsons

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🌍🔥 Extreme weather on repeat? A new study finds a 3x increase in planetary wave resonance events since 1950 – helping explain why summer heatwaves and floods keep happening. 🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas... #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #SciComm 🧪

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🌊 Today’s haiku: lamb-clouds skiff the loch – mainland leans through air and sea, Skye forgets to speak. 🎨Inspired by Mainland from Skye (1950) by Flora Lovell Masson. #Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets #Scotland

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🦟🍄 Can fungi STDs kill mosquitos A new study shows transgenic mosquito-killing fungi can spread during mating – turning mosquitoes into agents of their own destruction. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm #Malaria #VectorControl 🧪

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🦠🌍 Antibiotic resistance differs by gender A global study of 14,000+ gut samples found women in high-income countries have 9% more antibiotic resistance genes than men. In lower-income countries, patterns flip – but context matters. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm #AMR 🧪

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🌡️😴 Heat and Sleep Apnea A new study shows hotter nights increase the risk of obstructive sleep apnea – with a 45% rise on the hottest nights. By 2100, warming could triple the global burden, affecting health & productivity worldwide. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm #ClimateHealth 🧪

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🏠💔 Loneliness and Mortality in Home Care In Canada, Finland & Aotearoa NZ, loneliness is widespread among older adults receiving home care – but it was not linked to higher death risk after adjusting for health. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #SciComm #Ageing 🧪

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🐦🌅 Why do birds sing at dawn? A study in India’s Western Ghats finds it is not light or sound conditions that drive early bird song – but territoriality and diet. Highly territorial and omnivorous birds are the loudest at dawn. 🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rstb... #SciComm #Birds 🧪

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🌌 Where are the Universe’s missing atoms? By tracking fast radio bursts, astronomers have found the ‘missing’ matter between galaxies – revealing a gas-rich cosmic web that matches what simulations predicted. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm 🔭 🧪

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⚖️🏙️ Laws, rights & emissions in BRICS-T Stronger property rights and legal systems help cut CO₂ emissions – but urbanisation, income, and deregulation push them up. Smart climate policy needs more than tech: it needs good governance. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm #ClimatePolicy 🧪

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📚 A kind review! Thank you to Matt O’Connor for this thoughtful @aldinhe.bsky.social review of my book 'Bridging Scholarship and Practice in Higher Education' "An excellent new guide for anyone undertaking scholarship work in higher education” 🔗 doi.org/10.47408/jld... #SoTL #HigherEd 🍎

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🪨 Today’s haiku: Still water, grey stone cloud-thinned morning over peat - echoes wait for light 🎨 Inspired by Lough Beagh, County Donegal (c. 1841) by John Noah Gosset. #Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets

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🎨🌞 Cool paint – literally New paint keeps buildings cooler by reflecting sunlight and releasing water. It even works on walls in humid places like Singapore. Less heat, less energy use – smart and simple. 🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scie... 🧪 #ClimateAction #SciComm

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🌱🏙️ Green roofs trap tonnes of microplastics New research shows green roofs can block over 97% of airborne microplastics during rainfall. In Shanghai, that's 56 tonnes a year. Nature-based design could clean our city air. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43... #Microplastics 🧪 #SciComm

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🕳️ Black holes might bounce, not collapse A new study suggests that quantum rules could stop total collapse inside black holes – causing a bounce and rapid expansion instead. This could help explain dark energy and how the universe grew. 🔗 doi.org/10.1103/Phys... #BlackHoles 🔭 #SciComm 🧪

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🔋🌍 Big EV dreams, not enough lithium China, the US, & Europe all want more electric vehicles – but none can meet lithium demand alone. Unchecked trade competition could stall climate goals unless we boost efficiency & rethink battery use. 🔗 www.cell.com/cell-reports... #EVs #Lithium #SciComm 🧪

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🥦💪 Do plant-based diets hurt muscle strength? A new meta-analysis of 8 trials finds no difference in muscular strength between plant-based and omnivorous diets. 🔗 sportsmedicine-open.springeropen.com/articles/10.... #SciComm 🧪 #Nutrition

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🌿🔥 Soybeans secretly emit air-changing gases New research shows soybeans release isoprene – a key atmospheric chemical – when stressed by heat or damage. Once thought non-emitters, they may play a bigger role in climate chemistry than we realised. 🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas... #Plants #SciComm 🧪

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🧠⚡ Brain stimulation can cut suicide risk A new study found that ECT (a type of brain stimulation) lowers suicide risk by 34% and death rates by 30% in people with hard-to-treat depression. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #MentalHealth #SuicidePrevention #SciComm 🧪

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🌲🏡 Today’s haiku: tree-dark silhouettes frame paths to white-walled shelter – fields pulse gold and green 🎨 Inspired by Tree Architecture (1953) by John Elwyn #Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets #Landscape

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🧪 Toxic exposure before birth affects teen blood pressure Children exposed to PFAS chemicals in the womb had higher blood pressure through childhood – especially boys, teens, and Black children. 🔗 doi.org/10.1161/JAHA... #HeartHealth #PFAS #SciComm

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🎧🤖 AI podcasts make science more accessible – but are they accurate? A new study found AI-generated podcasts help share research with the public, but trust issues remain: misused terms, exaggerated tone, and lack of nuance. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/eurj... #SciComm #AI #Podcasts 🧪

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🧠💾 Is gravity just data compression? A new paper argues gravity may not be a fundamental force, but a result of the universe minimising information entropy – like a cosmic optimisation algorithm. In this view, mass attracts to simplify code. 🔗 doi.org/10.1063/5.02... #SciComm 🧪 #Simulation

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🧬 Losing the Y chromosome worsens cancer outcomes New research finds that men with loss of the Y chromosome (LOY) in both tumour and immune cells face worse survival – especially when LOY affects cancer and T cells at the same time. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Cancer #SciComm 🧪

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🌍🔒 Feeling threatened makes people back 'strong' leaders A huge study in 59 countries shows that when people feel real-world threats, they are more likely to support authoritarian rule – especially in richer, Western nations & on political right 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/jopy... #SciComm #Politics 🧪

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🌊🪸 Ancient reefs reveal sea level surprises Coral reefs in the Seychelles show that sea levels during the Last Interglacial (~129–116k years ago) rose in bursts – not smoothly This suggests polar ice is more sensitive to warming than we thought. 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #SciComm 🧊 🧪

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🧪 New Science Poetry Podcast 🖋️ "Line Decay" Research published in ‪‪@jama.com‬‬‬ has found that removing fluoride from US water would cost $9.8 billion. scipoetry.podbean.com/e/episode-30... #SciComm 🍎 🐡 #Poetry #OralHealth #PublicHealth #Fluoride

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🧩🎓 New paper out in @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social Can a board game change how university staff understand international students? We think so Far From Home fosters empathy through roleplay and reflection – exploring bias along the way 🔗 www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15... #SciComm #HigherEd #Games 🧪

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🍂⛪ Today’s haiku: sunlit chapel face shadow cleaves the painted wood— autumn’s clasp divides 🎨 Inspired by Autumn at Stourhead (1939) by John Piper, #Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets

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🐧📉 Emperor penguin decline worse than predicted A new study finds a 22% drop in emperor penguins (2020–2023) in part of Antarctica – far steeper than climate models expected. This highlights urgent risks from sea ice loss 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43... #SciComm #ClimateChange #Penguins 🧪

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📲💬 Who sees climate ads on Facebook? A new study shows Facebook's ad algorithm can reinforce political divides in climate messaging. Ads calling for action tend to reach liberals – while contrarian ads are cheaper in conservative areas. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415... #Facebook #SciComm 🧪

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🧫💊 Fighting drug resistance needs better models This study shows that to predict how bacteria evolve resistance, we need to track how drug effects change over time – not just in fixed doses. Early dosing matters most. And more mutations = more risk. 🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scia... #AMR #SciComm 🧪

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🧪🎙️ How did COVID affect scientific communication? The COVID-19 pandemic changed scientists’ willingness to engage with the public. Some withdrew after facing hostility – others doubled down. Fear and duty now shape who still speaks out. 🔗 doi.org/10.1057/s415... #SciComm #COVID19

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🧬 Shared roots in body building A new study finds sea anemones use mobile signals to shape their bodies – just like humans do. This hints that key body-planning tools evolved long before complex animals appeared. 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #Evolution #SciComm 🧪

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🌫️🗺️ Tiny particles, big impact A new study shows how the smallest air pollutants (PM1) changed across the US from 1998 to 2022. These tiny particles fell over time, mostly thanks to cleaner fuel use – but still pose major health risks. 🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #AirQuality #SciComm 🧪

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🧠💪 Healthy habits can protect your brain People with shorter telomeres – a sign of faster ageing – are more likely to have stroke, dementia, or depression later in life. But those with healthier lifestyles had much lower risk, even with short telomeres. 🔗 doi.org/10.1212/WNL.... #SciComm 🧪

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🌊Today’s haiku: salt wind from the west – a gull threads stillness through cliffs red earth holds its line 🎨 Inspired by Trevean Cliffs (1993) by Bob Vigg. #Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets #LandscapeArt #Cornwall

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🧪 Toxic winds at the Salton Sea A new study shows hydrogen sulphide levels near California’s Salton Sea often exceed state limits – especially in summer and when winds blow toward vulnerable communities. 🔗 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... #SciComm #AirQuality

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