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Left: Cassini image of Enceladus showing its geysers. Right: This illustration shows the process of light, soluble and reactive organic compounds making their way onto ice grains emitted in jets of water from Saturn's moon Enceladus, where they were detected by the Cassini spacecraft.

Data from the Cassini spacecraft shows that there is complex organic chemistry happening in the ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus.

It took 17 years to get the result! The finding boosts the case that life could possibly exist inside this little ice-covered world. 🧪🔭

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Did RFK just take away your cancer treatment? mRNA promised to help turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.

Did RFK Jr just take away your cancer treatment?

mRNA promised to help turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.

a nation on edge holds its breath as the former host of celebrity apprentice huddles with his advisors, the wrestlemania ceo and the former co-host of fox & friends weekends

If the founders wanted the President to have "inherent authority" they wouldn't have spelled out his actual authority in detail in the U.S. Constitution - or created two other branches of government for that matter.

Standing Up for Science Why we must defend science, and the text from my national rally speech

I am furious — incandescently furious — over the attacks on science by Trump and his regime, especially the actions of RFK Jr., which, *as history has plainly show us*, result in deaths upon deaths.

You want the receipts? I've got the receipts.

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Elon Musk getting in a little snit and threatening to pull the rockets essential to supplying the humans on the International Space Station is why the government should NOT award him critical contracts, like SpaceLink proving Internet access in war/disasters.

Trump threatens to eviscerate NASA The Presidential budget proposal is a death sentence for the space agency

I am furiously, flamingly, incandescently, *supernova-levels* of angry right now.

Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.

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"We can't do what we've been doing for 50 years."

Yes, a half-century of prosperity, victory in the Cold War, and massive military supremacy needs to be unspooled pronto

This is painful, and saddening, and embarrassing. I feel like we're losing a member of the family - and for no good reason other than that some Americans wanted another season of the worst reality TV show in history.

There will probably be an election. It may not have any more legitimacy than those held in Russia, however.

From a bored and affluent middle class who wanted another season of reality TV.

In the space of a few minutes, he left behind Afghan allies who fought terrorists alongside American soldiers and let 1500 domestic terrorists out of jail.

If I “inadvertently” rendered a Nazi salute, I’d be sick to my stomach.

I’d be devastated about the bedtime conversations I forced Jewish parents to have, trying to reassure frightened kids.

I wouldn’t laugh it off, and if I could laugh it off, it would mean it wasn’t inadvertent at all.

I did as well.

Man who supports a far right authoritarian party in America and the German AfD party does "nazi like salute."

Trump's right hand man (literally) just casually giving the Nazi salute... twice.

The Hegseth Hearing Was a National Embarrassment America’s allies and enemies watched as Trump’s pick for the secretary of defense failed to quell concerns about his character and qualifications.

America’s allies should be deeply concerned about Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing. America’s enemies, meanwhile, are almost certainly laughing in amazement at their unexpected good fortune.
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Navigating the Nonsense and Propaganda of Clownish Authoritarianism Ignoring what Trump says won’t work. Constant outrage is not a viable strategy either. We must find a more productive way to engage Trump’s dangerous outlandishness

"There is, unfortunately, no law of nature that says democracy can’t be brought down & wars can’t be started by a bunch of clowns if they have enough support from people, parties, & institutions who enable them. It’s all just a farce – until the goons & buffoons are in power. That’s where we are."

The New Rasputins Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.

The Rasputin Effect: Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe, Anne Applebaum writes.

It’s only a victory for constitutional democracy when both parties recognize the legitimacy of the other side winning elections. Not when one does and the other doesn’t.

They are women. The fact that some people either lose or are born without a leg doesn't throw into question the fact that humans are a bipedal species.

A biological woman is someone who ( in the absence of a congenital abnormality or medical intervention) produces eggs and has the organs necessary to gestate a pregnancy.

Parker Solar Probe - NASA Science On a mission to “touch the Sun,” NASA's Parker Solar Probe became the first spacecraft to fly through the corona – the Sun’s upper atmosphere – in 2021. With every orbit, the probe faces brutal heat a...

Happening right now (11:53 GMT)! The #Parker solar probe has just passed within 3.8 million miles of the surface of our Sun 🥵 We'll need to wait until Friday before we know if it withstood the heat! 🧪🔭
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So it's based on a subjective belief around rigid gender stereotypes? Short hair makes you less of a woman; long hair less of a man?

When I first opposed the populist, economic, forgotten-man arguments (years ago), and then wrote a book about it, I got a lot of pushback because the economic narrative was firmly lodged among both right and left. It was always a red herring.

Syrian government appears to have fallen in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family The Syrian government appeared to have fallen early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a lightning rebel offensive.

Syrian government appears to have fallen in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family apnews.com/article/syri...

Trump breaks laws, lies, flip flops and the entire GOP lines up behind him… and voters reward the GOP with the White House, Senate, House. Biden reverses himself on Hunter — he refuses to sacrifice his son to Trump’s DOJ — and Dems line up to condemn Biden.

The Mystery of Food Deserts They didn’t materialize around the country for no reason. Something happened.

18. In the 1980s, policymakers dismissed small, independent retailers as unimportant. The lesson of food deserts is that these small businesses are, in fact, pivotal — a keystone species. When they thrive, it changes the whole ecosystem for the better. Please read and share the piece!

It goes without saying that this is stupid, and I wonder what set it off. Was there a segment on Fox News? But I thought it might be worth a thread explaining what Trump (and, to be fair, some other international leaders) don't get about international money 1/