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Getting ready for the November (Beaver) super moon

Mosquitos seem to like beer drinkers who recently had sex The Mosquito Magnet Trial got personal.

Bad news, everyone

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Trump couldn't wait to bash Biden, even if he did it in a weird way

What we value in CIVILIZATION: Agriculture, Architecture, the Arts, Transportation, Communication, Health, Wealth, Security.

All pivot on enlightened investments in Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, & Mathematics. "STEAM".

Without them, we descend into the Dark Ages.

Located just a few dozen kilometres from Madrid, the Cebreros ground station was inaugurated in 2005 as the second deep space antenna in ESA’s Estrack satellite tracking network. With its 35-metre dish, it provides routine support to ESA deep-space missions, like: Mars Express, BepiColombo, Juice and Hera.

Observations of our neighbouring galaxy, Andromeda, made using ESA’s Flyeye telescope. Andromeda appears so large in Earth’s sky that in angular size it is six times the diameter of the full Moon and it can be seen with the unaided eye in dark skies.

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope recently imaged the Sombrero galaxy with its NIRCam camera, which shows dust from the galaxy’s outer ring blocking stellar light from stars within the galaxy. In the central region of the galaxy,

This galaxy is called NGC 685 and is classified as a barred spiral because its feathery spiral arms sprout from the ends of a bar of stars at the galaxy’s centre.

📷 This was our #WeekInImages, 2-6 June 2025 👇

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Fighting ‘The New Polio’ In An Era Of Defunded Science Since 2014, a virus related to polio has paralyzed hundreds of children. Amid government cuts, what happens if the outbreaks worsen?

One morning in 2014, 4-year-old Luca’s neck went limp like spaghetti. Soon, he was fully paralyzed with symptoms resembling polio. What’s the new disease that afflicted him, and what can we do about it as health agencies are defunded?

If it weren’t for work having me post on FB & Instagram for them, I might abandon Facebook. I do like the private FB groups, though. Those are about the only places I spend any time on FB.

They definitely don’t enforce harassment / bullying standards from right wing loons. I had one that I reported that kept sending me far right wing bs in Messenger & actually threatening me. Meta said he didn’t violate their standards. Wow! There solution was to just block him. Duh!

I stayed on “double secret probation” for years on Facebook b/c I posted/shared memes that were anti orange man leading up to the 2020 election. They never banned me, tho. You’re higher profile, so they’re probably making an example of you to suppress free speech especially if it is left of center.

My latest Spotify playlist. Some damn good tunes that ya might not be familiar with.

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YouTube video by StarTalk Addressing the NASA Budget Cuts

What a shame! It breaks my heart that my country’s relevance in the world of science appears to no longer be a priority. Other countries will step up to lead I am sure, but watch my country intentionally become anti-science is more than frustrating.

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I wasn’t pleased with my last “pirate” design, so I redesigned it & focused on “old salt”… the “stay salty” is a reference to the gulf of MEXICO! 🤪🤙

My latest T-shirt designs / creations for my love of night sky viewing 🤙

Votes are in, from a 48-hour “X” poll.

While we can surely agree we want to Make America Great Again. To achieve that goal, looks like we need to Make America Smart. But first, we need to Make Lying Wrong Again.

Trump’s team, often accused of spreading misinformation, slashes misinformation research Hundreds of grants axed in a field where the United States was a global leader

Misinformation ranks high among the many research areas President Donald Trump’s administration has targeted for deep cuts. scim.ag/4jBn6K7

Brain region used for speech decoding also supports BCI cursor control – Physics World Clinical case study provides step towards a multimodal brain–computer interface that combines speech decoding with computer control via cursor and click

Clinical study shows that the part of the brain used in a speech brain–computer interface could also support computer cursor control, paving the way towards a multimodal BCI. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/brain-regi...

Supreme Court to decide if Oklahoma religious charter school is constitutional A Catholic school in Oklahoma is asking the Supreme Court to clear the way for it to become the nation's first religious charter school funded directly by taxpayers.

FFRF Co-Presidents Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor are at SCOTUS today as justices hear a case with huge stakes: Should taxpayers be forced to fund religious indoctrination in public charter schools?

We say no — and we’re there to defend true religious freedom.

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“The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion or in politics, but it is not the path to knowledge, and there's no place for it in the endeavor of science.”

- Carl Sagan

This is something many religious people often misunderstand about atheists.

Ten minutes with JD Vance and the pope said, "God? Check, please"

Advances In Brain-Computer Interfaces For People With Paralysis With brain-implanted devices, people with paralysis have been able to command computers to “move” virtual objects and speak for them.

Recent advances in brain-computer interfaces have enabled people with paralysis to move virtual objects and communicate through speech—by thinking. Dr. @matthewwillsey.bsky.social and Dr. @SergeyStavisky join us to discuss the state of this technology and its future.

Today on Science Friday The dangerous lack of science in road design. A project to link cats’ behavior with their genes. Possible signs of life on an exoplanet in our galaxy. Maybe. Brain-computer interfaces for people with paralysis. The first video of a colossal squid swimming in its natural habitat, and more. Listen on your local public radio station 2-4 p.m. Eastern Time.

Today on #SciFri 📻

Albert Einstein died on this day, April 18, 1955.

It is incredible to hear Albert Einstein explain his famous formula, E=mc².

Artist's impression of the exoplanet K2-18b. Credit: A. Smith, University of Cambridge.

𝗡𝗼, 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝟮-𝟭𝟴𝗯'𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲.

K2-18b is back in the news, now with a bold claim that biosignature molecules (DMS and/or DMDS) have been 'detected at 3σ'.

Most exoplanet astronomers are extremely sceptical about these claims, let's see why (1/n).

🔭🧪🪐 #exoplanet

This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 18 – 27 Jupiter, getting lower in the west, is nearly its farthest from Earth. But it still qualifies as the "Little Evening Star" with Venus absent.

This week's sky at a glance, April 18-27. Very useful Sky & Telescope observing guide by Alan MacRobert. 🔭 🧪 skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...

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Clippers owner Steve Ballmer sends open letter for Trump aide Linda McMahon to stop cuts in education Steve Ballmer has his hands full as the Los Angeles Clippers prepare for their first-round matchup against the Denver Nuggets.

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Memory manipulation is the stuff of sci-fi. Someday it could be real Experiments point to how scientists can strengthen or weaken memories, which may eventually lead to treatments for Alzheimer’s disease or PTSD.

Altering people's memories could become possible and even be therapeutic. But is it ethical?

AA NA Secular Recovery Online Meetings for Atheists Agnostics and Freethinkers Bringing the Secular Recovery Community together!

I provide a website for listing online secular recovery meeting. Secular recovery meeting have caught fire since Covid.

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I found a secular therapist through their website in a city about 90 miles east of me. I live in a very southern rural area. We have our sessions online /zoom style. It has been much needed & very beneficial. It has helped me deal with the political climate we currently find ourselves.