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College dropout, lagging behind in life. Math and science enthusiast. Linux user.
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I fear there is deep truth here.

🌊🐋 Whale Poop: The Ocean’s Micronutrient Booster? Organic ligands in whale feces help keep iron available & reduce copper toxicity in the ocean. By recycling nutrients, whales support marine ecosystems, something industrial whaling disrupted by 90% 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43... #SciComm 🧪

🎶 Music calms the womb? A study finds that classical music exposure makes foetal heart rhythms more stable and predictable in late pregnancy, with effects lasting after the music stops. This suggests music may influence early heart development before birth. 🔗 doi.org/10.1063/5.02... #SciComm 🧪

✈️ Tracking Pandemics via Airport Wastewater A new study shows that monitoring aircraft wastewater at 10–20 key airports can act as an early warning system for global disease spread. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm #Pandemic 🧪

Turning methane into the world's strongest material. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In 2004, it took the world a year to add a gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day

I think this is being misconstrued as me thinking I am better than people. I am annoyed by calling it 'elitism' when someone is mad that you are not taking their completely out of pocket statements as just as valid as the combined expertise from hundreds of people over hundreds of years.

🧠💬 Can regulating emotions in a few people shift an entire group’s mindset? A new study finds emotion regulation contagion can reduce negative intergroup emotions. When 40% of a group used cognitive reappraisal, even untreated members showed change. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm 🧪

The incidence of early-onset colorectal #cancer is surging By 2030, 1/3 of all CRCs will occur before the typical recommended screening age of 50 years In this #Cell commentary, Mauri et al. discuss the potential causes 🧪- and the importance of determining "tumor age" www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

The goal is to wear everyone down. Remember that.

It would hardly be a new thought to say "we need to work on our critical thinking skills" but I do think it might be worth clarifying that the *point* of critical thinking skills is to be able to create your own meaning out of the things going on in the world.

Imagino que le iniciarán una causa por traidor a la patria... mínimo incumplimiento de los deberes de funcionario público? No? Tampoco? Ah, claro, la derecha no rinde cuentas, mala mía@

My new years resolution is to start drinking so I can quit and experience such wonders as blissful sleep, greater focus, and deep connection

“An experimental screening method that paired the dogs with artificial intelligence was able to detect the odor of cancer carried on patients’ breaths.” #scicomm #cancersmell #neuroskyence #earlystagecancer #laterstagecancer #detection #screening www.sciencenews.org/article/dogs... 🧪 🧠 👃🏻 🐶 🦊

🎄 New comic! "The magic of Christmas " A short tale for the holidays, I hope you'll like it! 🎁 → www.peppercarrot.com/en/webcomic-... #webcomic #krita #ArtWithOpensource #CreativeCommons

Sesame Street premiered in 1969, declaring its target audience “the four-year-old inner-city Black youngster.” It tackled poverty, disability, death, and difference with understanding and respect. It is foundational to millions of us, and should be to millions more.

Ozone hope? The 2024 ozone hole closer to the historical average in size and duration than the previous years. Does this signal progress towards recovery? Read the article atmosphere.copernicus.eu/ozone-hope-2... #CAMS

Advent SciFact 13: Chicks can identify objects at first sight! Chicks hatched in darkness, who imprint on an object via touch, can then identify it by sight, despite never seeing it before. Showing cross-sense recognition doesn’t rely on experience. Paper: tinyurl.com/2843demc #SciComm 🌍🧪 #cognition

For a while I've been thinking about how humidity may affect plants growth. Supposedly, humidity should make plants grow faster; but I theorize that a low humidity air with a high humidity soil is better than simply a high humidity environment.