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Gongshi (Scholar's rock) in Wenmiao temple, Shanghai. It's a limestone rock on a pedestal with growing grass on it, in front of a temple with ornate roof and some Japanese style columns, shrubs in a line. CREDIT: Christopher, Tania and Isabelle Luna - Flickr

One of the tragedies of growing up is it's apparently no longer "socially acceptable" to carry around a cool rock & show it to people you meet.

So I have to respect the Chinese, Korean & Japanese for having a tradition of finding cool rocks & displaying them.

Let's talk about scholar's stones.

Study Confirms Earth’s Largest Impact Crater Formed In The Past 12,000 Years Researchers confirmed the impact origin of the Jinlin crater: a 900-meter-wide remarkably young impact crater preserved on a hillside in southeastern China.

Researchers confirmed the impact origin of the Jinlin crater: a 900-meter-wide remarkably young impact crater preserved on a hillside in southeastern #China 🇨🇳☄️
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Hey folks, we (the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University) are looking for an Assistant Teaching Professor in microbiology and immunology. Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested, or check it out if you are interested yourself!

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Happy International Mens Day!

If you are a teen, find a role model that exemplifies the honorable virtues of masculinity and strive toward compassion.

If you are an adult, strive to be a pillar of your community...but also go get a colonoscopy and check your prostate please.

I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.

Beard lichen blues
#coloraday #cyantue #bluetue
#photography #eastcoastkin #lichen

Nihari Recipe - Swasthi's Recipes Nihari Recipe, made in the authentic Lucknowi style. This delicious stew is slow cooked with plenty of spices and mutton...

I feel like I have no one to send this particular recipe to (most people I know who cook Indian don't eat beef or have household members who don't) but, made with beef, it absolutely slaps for a cold weather meal www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/nihari/

I lived in CW for a while too. To be fair CW and Balham stations do
look very similar! Regardless it’s a lovely photo 😊

What usually gets lost in the focus on what an evil racist James Watson was is just how colossal of a dumbass he was and just how far he set the field back.

But @sramach.bsky.social and @cbo.bsky.social kept their eye on the ball.

Indeed!

NOT Colliers Wood! 🙄

First U.S. case of human bird flu in 9 months confirmed in Washington state The U.S. has reported its first human case of bird flu since February, with a confirmed infection in Washington state

Health officials in Washington state said they have confirmed the first U.S. human case of bird flu since February, with a strain that has previously been reported in animals but never before in humans.

The Virus That Causes Mono May Also Cause Lupus Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus

Epstein-Barr virus is linked to development of the autoimmune disease lupus in new research

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Listening to music is linked to lower dementia risk, study suggests A new study finds that regularly listening to music or playing a musical instrument may help older adults protect against cognitive decline.

People who listened to music most days slashed their risk of developing dementia by 39 percent compared with those who did not regularly listen to music, a new study of more than 10,000 people age 70 and over found.

attending an international science conference right now is like time traveling to last year's United States 🧪

Maximus Decimus Meridius Snuggles was never quite the same after he had past life regression therapy.

Screenshot of a tweet from Joyce Carol Oates posted on Sunday, November 9th that reads "so curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates--scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. in fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. the poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the "most wealthy person in the world."

Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.

How we’re killing our internal ecosystem – and what we can do to reverse it In this week’s newsletter: Preserving and nurturing the human microbiome has long been linked with improved health. This holistic approach is finally gaining scientific credibility

Nurturing the human microbiome has long been linked with improved health
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just one month of growing plants boosted skin bacteria and the body’s immune response. It was not the act of gardening that was important, but contact with healthy, biodiverse soils

The COVID Pandemic May Have Aged Your Brain—Even If You Never Got Sick Immunologist Zachary Rubin explains how, according to a recent study, living through a pandemic might accelerate brain aging.

Immunologist Zachary Rubin explains how, according to a recent study, living through a pandemic might accelerate brain aging.

The vivid colours of the gemstone ammolite (Placenticeras meeki), perfectly preserved in its original form. Credit: Hiroaki Imai.

A paper in Scientific Reports presents the origins of vivid colours within the gemstone ammolite — a rare type of brightly coloured fossilised ammonite shell. go.nature.com/48OT5DX #Paleosky ⚒️ 🧪

Why we should trust scientists Many of the world's biggest problems require asking questions of scientists -- but why should we believe what they say? Historian of science Naomi Oreskes thinks deeply about our relationship to belie...

Congratulations to the 2025 recipient of the Volvo Prize, @naomioreskes.bsky.social! Naomi's work addresses vital issues such as why we need to trust science; a topic that becomes even more important with every new day.

Read more here: www.environment-prize.com/laureates/na...

Woese’s phylogenetic tree of life diagram.

OTD in 1977 Carl Woese and George Fox redrew the tree of life. They proposed a third “urkingdom”—the “archaebacteria”—in addition to eukaryotes and bacteria. Woese later called this taxon “Archea.”

AFAIK, he didn’t publish his famous tree diagram until the late 80s.

🐋🌱🧪 #HistSTM 🗃️🧠 #evobio 🐡

And folk abroad think British food isn't exotic a double cooked fermented pancake spread with yeast extract to start the day

Excellent work!

All us scientists are gonna see this and be like:

"yeah, that was 100% me when I was a kiddo"

Too much social media gives AI chatbots ‘brain rot’ Large language models fed low-quality data skip steps in their reasoning process.

Garbage in, garbage out.

Your gluten sensitivity might be something else entirely, new study shows A new study shows gluten itself is rarely the cause of gut problems, whatever people think. But symptoms are real. So what’s really going on?

#Gluten sensitivity may actually be FODMAP sensitivity

theconversation.com/your-gluten-...

#glutenfree risks:

> 139% more expensive
> lower in fiber & key nutrients
> reduces diversity in diet
> alters gut microbes
> reinforces anxiety about eating

🧪 #health #science #diet

Carnivorous ‘death ball’ sponge among new species found in depths of Southern Ocean Researchers previously took first confirmed footage of a juvenile colossal squid in scarcely explored habitat

Oh to be a previously unknown
carnivorous sponge in the depths of the southern oceans

Their Professors Caught Them Cheating. They Used A.I. to Apologize. Two professors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign said they grew suspicious after receiving identical apologies from dozens of students they had accused of academic dishonesty.

Two professors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign said they grew suspicious after receiving identical apologies from dozens of students they had accused of academic dishonesty.