Search
Items tagged with: science
#childrensbooks #kidlit #reading #science #ecology #Evolution
#science #climate
The world is interconnected - oceans, food, #climate, energy, health, security, biodiversity & on.
When more of us, all around the world, consider how the pieces fit together & influence each other, we’ll be better equipped to meet global challenges.
Book recommendation: https://donellameadows.org/systems-thinking-book-sale/ by the inspiring scholar Donella Meadows
Systems Thinking Book Sale - The Donella Meadows Project
Thinking in Systems Written by Donella Meadows and edited by Diana Wright This is a primer that brings you to a tangible world and shows you how to develop systems thinking skills.The Academy for Systems Change
On #Twitter, I loved the common practice of writing threads explaining new #preprints and #papers in an understandable way.
I uttered my concern that through the chronological timeline here people might miss interesting science. A solution would be to agree on names for hashtags and/or a.gup.pe groups to ease tracking these "paper threads".
Following tags were named more then once: #newPaper #paperThread #preprint #researchPaper #mastoPrint #tootPrint.
Also, there was #tootorial, but that might be a slightly different category?
I heard people like participation - so let's do a poll! What's your favourite tag for threads explaining research articles? 📊 Multiple choices possible!
#twitterMigration #scienceTwitter #scientist @academicchatter @neuroscience @cognition @psychology @phdstudents
Leon Lotter (@LeonDLotter@neuromatch.social)
On #scienceTwitter, my favourite thing was reading and, on rare occasions, writing "paper/preprint threads". From the researchers I followed and through the #Twitter algorithm, this became my most important source for new #research.Neuromatch Social
- #newPaper (26%, 67 votes)
- #paperThread (37%, 93 votes)
- #preprint (27%, 68 votes)
- #researchPaper (34%, 85 votes)
- #tootPrint (9%, 23 votes)
Plants dominate accounting for >82% of biomass, followed by bacteria at 13%. The entire animal kingdom only makes up 0.4% & humans alone are just 0.01%. https://ourworldindata.org/life-on-earth #science #nature
Credit: Our World in Data using research by Bar-On et al. (2018). Biomass is measured in tonnes of carbon.
Humans make up just 0.01% of Earth’s life – what’s the rest?
How is life on Earth distributed across the taxonomic kingdoms? Humans make up just 0.01% of life: but we’ve had much larger impacts on shaping the animal kingdom. Livestock now outweighs wild mammals and birds ten-fold.Our World in Data
Climatematch Academy is a wide-reaching, inclusive and approachable program aimed to introduce computational methods for climate science.
You can find more information about us on our website https://academy.climatematch.io/
Follow us for the latest update on our upcoming online course on July 17-28, 2023.
cc @neuromatch
#climate #climatematch #science #earthscience #environment #academia #Neuromatch
About
What is Climatematch Academy? Climatematch Academy (CMA) is a wide-reaching, inclusive and approachable program aimed to introduce computational methods for climate science.academy.climatematch.io
With #ValentinesDay around the corner, would fellow #science & #culture nerds on #Mastodon be interested in a few facts & stories from the book?
#nola #neworleans #Louisiana #science #education #space #nasa #blackhistorymonth
Born in 1883, Elmer Samuel Imes was the 2nd Black American to receive a physics PhD in the U.S.
His pioneering experimental work measured of the rotational–vibrational spectra of diatomic molecules.
Imes faced many obstacles bc of his race & blazed trails in science for many who followed. He was also interested in how science & culture intersect & married Nella Larsen, a great writer of the Harlem Renaissance. He passed away in 1941. https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/PT.3.4042 #history #science #HistoryRemix
Bring on Climate Change Chuck!
If prophets for planetary change must come in the form of rodents, then that is what me must do.
#science #GroundHogDay #climatechange #globalwarming
#bacteria #science #IttyBittyBees
This video shows the bacteria in only about 0.001 ml of water from my jar. At the beginning the focus is on the upper plane, and then I slowly move the focus down into the seething mass. This is terrifying. #horror #science #bacteria #OhMyGodWhatHaveIDone
@MatthewToad42
“Only in America do we accept weather predictions from a rodent but deny #ClimateChange evidence from scientists.”
* I share this meme every year on February 2. Source unknown. #science
According to #science, the answer is yes. At the 10:15 mark of this video mentions a parasitic protozoan that replaces mammels fear of #cats with a love for cats (or at least their scent.
https://youtu.be/jM5jf-8ekVA
I guess this explains why #Caterday is so popular online (regardless of the social platform used).
Although it usually infects mice 🐁, this parasite can affect humans as well, as it wants us to be eaten by cats (even big cats like lions). From #ScienceFiction to science fact. Crazy if you ask me!
Could the Cordyceps Fungus Really Take Over?
Use code REALSCIENCE14 for up to 14 FREE MEALS across your first 5 HelloFresh boxes plus free shipping at https://bit.ly/3mtUJku!Watch this video ad-free on ...YouTube
Why? If candidates addressed #science issues, they should be more likely to arrive in office with a plan for how to deal with challenges related to health, tech & the environment. https://open.substack.com/pub/sheril/p/science-and-the-candidates?utm_source=direct&r=1j872&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web #politics
Pioneering geologist & oceanographer Marie Tharp changed our understanding of the ocean.
When Tharp sought a geology job at Columbia in 1948, women couldn’t go on research ships. So, she was hired to assist male grad students.
Back then, many scientists still assumed the bottom of the ocean was featureless. Tharp figured out how to use data to create sketches of the ocean floor. Her hand-drawn maps helped develop plate tectonic theory. https://theconversation.com/marie-tharp-pioneered-mapping-the-bottom-of-the-ocean-6-decades-ago-scientists-are-still-learning-about-earths-last-frontier-142451 #science #history #HistoryRemix
Marie Tharp pioneered mapping the bottom of the ocean 6 decades ago – scientists are still learning about Earth's last frontier
Born on July 30, 1920, geologist and cartographer Tharp changed scientific thinking about what lay at the bottom of the ocean – not a featureless flat, but rugged and varied terrain.The Conversation
If you are looking for a great resource to teach virus diversity, look at this.
"Virus Explorer" will not disappoint your students.
#Science
#education
#teaching
#Biology
⏯️https://media.hhmi.org/biointeractive/click/virus-explorer/
At no more than 8mm, these tiny ocean critters graze on algae & keep chloroplasts in their bodies for up to 10 days. They supplement their diet through photosynthesis to create energy, which is why they’re sometimes referred to as “solar-powered sea slugs.” https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210324-the-odd-sea-creature-powered-by-the-sun #nature #science #SharedPlanet
Part 1: https://www.npr.org/2022/03/09/1085428338/a-physics-legend-part-one-how-chien-shiung-wu-changed-physics-forever
Part 2: https://www.npr.org/2022/03/09/1085434443/a-physics-legend-part-two-chien-shiung-wus-granddaughter-reflects
#Science #History #Women #NPR
Her research tested the fundamental laws of nuclear & quantum physics. She was the first Chinese-American elected to the National Academy of Sciences & the first female president of the American Physical Society.
Wu was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1975 & the Wolf Prize in Physics in 1978. She passed away in 1997.
https://theconversation.com/new-postage-stamp-honors-chien-shiung-wu-trailblazing-nuclear-physicist-154687 #HistoryRemix #science
New postage stamp honors Chien-Shiung Wu, trailblazing nuclear physicist
Chinese American physicist Wu worked on the Manhattan Project and performed groundbreaking experiments throughout her long career.The Conversation
"Epochs ahead of the modern environmental movement, a century before Rachel Carson cautioned that 'the real wealth of the Nation lies in the resources of the earth — soil, water, forests, minerals, and wildlife,' Marianne North sorrowed to see the quarrying & chemicalizing of #nature." /3
Turning Loss and Loneliness into Wonder: How the Victorian Visionary Marianne North Revolutionized Art and Science with Her Botanical Paintings
A vibrant foray into “a perfect world of wonders” fueled by the bittersweet dimension of life.The Marginalian
A couple of years ago, Tianyi Yu recognized 14 new-to-science species of bright-blue fruited rainforest shrubs.
One specimen was first collected in 1973, but it turns out, North painted it ~100 years earlier in 1876.
Here’s her painting beside “Chassalia northiana T.Y. Yu” - which became the 5th plant species named in Marianne North’s honor. https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/marianne-north-borneo-coffee #art #history #nature #science #HistoryRemix /2
Painted by Marianne North in 1876, named in 2021
Fourteen new species to science of bright-blue fruited rainforest shrub have been discovered, including one painted by Marianne Northwww.kew.org
Artificial lighting that escapes into the sky causes it to glow, preventing humans and animals from seeing the #stars. Citizen scientists reported global rapid reductions in the visibility of stars. Trends in the data showed that the average night sky got brighter by 9.6% per year from 2011 to 2022, which is equivalent to doubling the sky brightness every 8 years.
🔗 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abq7781
#science #OpenScience #OpenAcess #CitizenScience
North depicted over 1,000 scientifically accurate pitcher plants, orchids, ferns & more. Her oil paintings introduced botanists to multiple previously unidentified species & several are named after her.
Her art has its own gallery at Kew Royal Botanical Gardens. https://artsandculture.google.com/story/marianne-north-an-unsung-pioneer-of-botanical-art-kew-royal-botanic-gardens/OQVB7c9EslEtHQ?hl=en #HistoryRemix #history #art #science
Marianne North: an unsung pioneer of botanical art
More than 800 remarkable paintings cover the walls of the Marianne North Gallery. But who was she and why did her art matter?Google Arts & Culture
“The data show that women are systematically denied the chief currencies of scientific credit: publications & citations.”
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674919297&fbclid=IwAR1n_I15VP9IWil1uOoFjUwcxvrm_k9tKfxaAQExVUeaL7kYVGsB4b1zC9w&mibextid=Zxz2cZ #women #science #books
Equity for Women in Science — Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Vincent Larivière
Equity for Women in Science is the first large-scale empirical study of the global gender gap in science.www.hup.harvard.edu
Getting hotter 🔥 / colder ❄️
... or what ever I want?
Check out this neat illustrated thread on why "it hasn't warmed in 8 years" based on climate satellite data ... and what this claim has to do with cherry picking by @andrewdessler
👉 https://mastodon.world/@andrewdessler/109694618857038411
#Science #ClimateChange #Statistics #OpenData
Andrew Dessler (@andrewdessler@mastodon.world)
Attached: 1 image A short 🧵 to explain why "it hasn't warmed in 8 years" is consistent with humans driving large warming over the century. To begin, let's consider the monthly satellite temperature record:Mastodon
Augusta “Ada” Lovelace was born in 1815. Her notes include an algorithm designed to be carried out by a machine & she envisioned that computers could go beyond calculations. Lovelace described “how individuals & society relate to technology as a collaborative tool.”
Lovelace passed away in 1852 at just 36. https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/ada-lovelace-the-first-tech-visionary #HistoryRemix #history #science
Ada Lovelace, the First Tech Visionary
Lovelace, known as the earliest computer programmer, has been recognized annually on October 15th to highlight the contributions of women to math and …Betsy Morais (The New Yorker)
The word “invasivore” is a portmanteau combining “invasive Species” with the Latin root “devorare” meaning to swallow (as in "herbivore" or “carnivore”). Thus, #invasivore = one who eats invasive species, those organisms that have been introduced around the world and cause massive environmental and economic damages.
Our website https://www.invasivore.org/ serves a buffet of knowledge about #invasivespecies. At the core of our approach are #recipes featuring invasive ingredients, but we also provide species profiles describing notorious invaders, harvesting tips, exposition and commentary on related topics, summaries of relevant #science and #research, and roundups (#InvasionBites!) of the latest #news and other media about invasive species.
We believe that #education and #awareness can decrease the impacts of invasions by controlling existing populations and preventing new introductions.
invasivore.org | consuming invasive species and invasion science
The word “invasivore” comes from combining “Invasive Species” with the latin for “devour” as in “carnivore”. Thus invasivore = one who eats invasive species and invasion science.invasivore.org
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing precise DNA-editing technology, CRISPR.
#genetics #science #scientists #womeninscience #illustration #mastoart #art #portrait #ciencia #divulgacion #digitalart
I’ll be drawing some portraits and illustrating the research and discoveries of some interesting scientists✨
Let’s start!
🧬Nettie Stevens. American geneticist who discovered chromosomes X/Y by studying Mealworms (Tenebrio molitor)
#science #womeninstem #womeninscience #molecularbiology #genetics #mastoart #portrait #research #art #ciencia
Molecular biologist. She researched chemical communication between bacteria, also called ‘quorum sensing’.
#microbiology #science #womeninscience #art #mastoart #ciencia #digitalart #portrait
Over 50,000 years ago, our ancient cousin, Homo floresiensis, lived on the Indonesian island Flores. Popularly referred to as "hobbits,” adults were ~3 ft tall.
Soaring the skies above them, a giant carnivorous bird, Leptoptilos robustus, measured 6 ft tall with a long, sharp beak.
Did they interact? Newspapers around the world have run sensationalized headlines claiming the #birds ate hobbit babies, but scientists just don’t know. Yet. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/legend-of-the-killer-storks?loggedin=true&rnd=1671358177754 #science #history #SharedPlanet
Legend of the Killer Storks
What makes a monster? Godzilla, Medusa, Frankenstein’s monster, Fáfnir, the Alien: All these fictional fiends have disparate origins, attributes, and motivations, but they are tied together by their disregard for what we perceive as the natural order…Riley Black (National Geographic)