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In response to the emergence of H5N1 influenza A viruses as a novel pathogen of cattle, a study in Nature Communications shows that pasteurisation of cows’ milk should effectively inactivate the virus, but that it remains infectious in unpasteurised milk. https://go.nature.com/3WRQ8fb 🧪

submitted 19 days ago • 6 comments

What could we say about it? Congratulations, mankind. We’re going to pay for our stupid attitude. Business, nations and politicians pulling down on climate change commitments will be our doom. youtube.com/watch?v=I3sg... 🧪

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

🧵 Un aspetto tragicomico dei dazi di Trump è che gli elettori repubblicani credono che a pagarli saranno i paesi colpiti, cioè i contribuenti canadesi, messicani, cinesi e, prossimamente, quelli europei. Mi dispiace, non funziona così. #EconSky 👇 1/27

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

If only MAGA fans and the like would open their ears for once, perhaps we would not deal with certain politicians… #climatechange

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

A new preprint is out! 🚨 We show that trace metal availability directly controls microbial metabolism, forcing cells to shift to less efficient energy pathways—even when better electron acceptors are available! ⚡🔬1/6 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Ignorance begets hate begents ignorance… many Trump voters doesn’t even know they are going to pay more for stuff they paid less till last year. I wonder who they are going to blame for the price increase in the coming months. Immigrants I suppose. youtube.com/watch?v=1Fpb...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Some 6 reasons why climate change is due to human activities rather than… any other fantasy explanation that climate change deniers come up with. #science 🧪 #climatechange youtube.com/watch?v=J1KG...

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

I don't want to start the year RT-ing every nasty thing Musk says. But this, plus his post about Jess Phillips, are national security issues for the UK and deserve to be dealt with accordingly by @ukparliament.parliament.uk.

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Bad news don’t stop: current climate models too optimistc and the blame will go to the scientists of course. Low lying clouds being affected by heat might be the reason behind 2023 heat surge. This is bad indeed. #climatechange #science 🧪https://youtube.com/watch?v=P6EMJlt_Dsw

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

Many many people still underestimate the risks and don’t grasp the expanse of their own ignorance. They are ready to put the blame on some not yet defined “class” of people, though. It’s always someone else’s fault, right? #climatechange #future

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

This is my Scholar statistics from 2015. I left my post-doc position in late 2020 and… it seems that ~89% of citations arrived in the 2020-2024 break. After I left academia. Numbers are falling and will continue to do so, of course, but I expected they would fall to zero within 2-3 years… #research

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

The use of AI getting out of control is one of the most predictable and saddest news. All of this for what, precisely? Saving money?

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

Poor Santa. #christmas2024

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

After the idiotic post “only AfD could save Germany”, I believe I reached the limit of my patience. I am a no one for sure, but I can’t bear to be on a platform managed by such a d*mbass. Enough is enough.

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

So disappointed this movie did not become for astronomy and physics what Jurassic Park became for paleontology. This scene is incredible. #movie #science youtube.com/watch?v=u-El...

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

Par🇮🇹le n°1071 4/6 ⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Last book read: The Last Days of the Dinosaurs by Riley Black. Some negative reviews made me kinda nervous, but Riley has written another good book about dinosaurs. For Dino enthusiasts like me, it’s a solid entry. 📚💙🧪 #science #paleontology #life #evolution www.goodreads.com/book/show/65...

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

Indeed. #education #school

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

Just finished rewatching “Don’t Look Up”. I stand my case, it is the most faithful representation of our society and my fear is that our future will be far more bleak than our past. After all we take decisions mainly on the base of economic convenience. Hold on to your butts.

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

#thanksgiving

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

Nobody really wants to act. #COP29

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

One of my students draw a funny, 1 page, comic about me and them during my classes. Sometimes you see you've got the affection of your students by the way they consider your as part of their life. The more I think about that drawing, the more I am happy about my job.

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

Anti-toxicity features on Bluesky #EduSky bsky.social/about/blog/0...

submitted 107 days ago • 25 comments

It’s a shame I never finished reading this book years ago. Being caught in a maelstrom of events that changed my life, I put this book away and almost forgot it. It might be dated, but it’s unfortunately still valid. I have started to read it - actually, to study it - again from the beginning. 📚💙

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

Who hasn’t followed @juliancribb.bsky.social yet?

submitted 104 days ago • 2 comments

Music time: the new LP song, "Two Faced", is an authentic throwback which will, I suppose, please old fans. I wonder, though, if its style will charm current listeners. youtu.be/kivUsDGWojU?... #music #rock

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

Exodus from X could potentially enhance polarization among platforms, with X definitely becoming a digital dump of disinformation, racism, fascism and anti-science. Kind of a closed realm, a vortex of self-sustained idiocy. I wonder if that might have consequences on society at large.

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

Make your feed worth the time spent scrolling it.

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

Pale Blue Dot! Quelli siamo noi. A 1.3 miliardi di chilometri. Visti dagli anelli di Saturno dalla sonda Cassini. #astronomy 🔭

submitted 104 days ago • 24 comments

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology... Finishing the day with a little Dickinsonia model, built for MUSE Museum, Trento, Italy, in 2018. This is one of my favourite Ediacaran fossils. #PaleoArt #SciArt #SciComm #Dinosaurs #Dickinsonia #JurassicWorld #JurassicPark

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

The beauty of the cosmos! 🧪🔭

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

A new book from paleontologist David Hone: “Uncovering Dinosaur Behaviour”! Must read it! 🧪 💙📚 #science #paleontology #evolution

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

“The first lesson of #economy is scarcity. There is never enough of everything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of #politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics” [T. Sowell]

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

Legit. #AI

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments

Upchurch & Chiarenza. A brief review of non-avian dinosaur biogeography: state-of-the-art and prospectus. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #science #paleontology #dinosaurs #evolution

submitted 121 days ago • 0 comments

The concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are humanity’s “most accurate measure” of progress. “The data shows, again, we are not making much progress on reducing emissions.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 122 days ago • 3 comments

The last book about WWI on the Eastern Front. After some 1000 (and more) pages of history as never read before, this last entry will describe the ruinous end of three dynasties and the events that shaped the trembling democracies of East Europe of the 20s and 30s. 💙📚

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

As a teacher, I am slowly losing faith in the goodwill of my students towards learning. I believe this due to lack of interest/enthusiasm, in general. It’s sad. Love for knowledge is what pushes us forward, it’s characteristic of us as a species. Leave that and what remains? I am worried.

submitted 125 days ago • 0 comments

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology... Into 2017 with "The Constant Threat," featuring Borealopelta, for the Royal Tyrrell Museum. This press release piece was an honour to create but a perfect storm of obstacles to overcome. It was a tough one. #PaleoArt #SciArt #SciComm #Dinosaurs #JurassicWorld

submitted 133 days ago • 1 comment

Is the Atlantic Overturning Circulation approaching a tipping point? You can watch my 1-hour lecture at noon Iceland time, 1 pm London time, 2 pm Berlin time, 8 am New York time. The announcement below has a link to the live stream. english.hi.is/events/is_th...

submitted 134 days ago • 6 comments

Using AI to write scientific paper is unacceptable!

submitted 157 days ago • 0 comments

"There is only one way this war ends. Last man standing". 1917 is one of the most important movies about WWI, not so much for the story itself, but because of the cinematography in general, and the acting in particular. A gem, in an epoch of mediocre Hollywood trash. youtu.be/YROAHcWiTpA?...

submitted 157 days ago • 0 comments

Godzilla Minus One is a gem. Not a fan on monster movies, but geez, this one is quite a ride. Budget was low, but visually the it is wonderful. Great story, great characters. I love everything of this movie! #movie

submitted 165 days ago • 0 comments