How does #ClimateChange threaten where you live?

This region-by-region “guide” isn’t based on new #science, but it does a good job illustrating how climate change is truly local for all of us.
https://grist.org/climate/national-climate-assessment-2023-us-regional-impacts-summary/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily

How does climate change threaten where you live? A region-by-region guide.

We broke down the National Climate Assessment's comprehensive report on the effects of climate change so you don't have to.

^{Grist staff (Grist)}

Mary Anning was born in 1799 in Great Britain. Her family lived in poverty, selling fossils to make ends meet.

Scientists of Anning’s day could not believe that a poor young woman could posses her knowledge & talent. She has been described as 'the greatest fossilist the world ever knew' yet many people are still unaware of her incredible contributions.

The majority of Anning’s discoveries ended up in museums & collections without credit. https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/anning.html #science #history

Hundreds of Ancient Roman Forts Found in Old CIA Spy Surveillance

So Something Good From An Unexpected Source

#Science #CIA #Archaeology #RomanHistory #Syria #Iraq #Dartmouth #ScienceAlert

Hundreds of Ancient Roman Forts Found in Old CIA Spy Surveillance : ScienceAlert

Declassified satellite images from an old CIA spy program in the Cold War have been used to discover 396 undocumented Roman forts and fort-like buildings.

^{Carly Cassella (ScienceAlert)}

Just 600 years ago, nine species of enormous, flightless birds called moas wandered around New Zealand. Some of these magnificent big birds grew up to 12 feet tall, which would tower over Sesame Street’s most famous resident.

Moas had thrived for millions of years. And suddenly - shortly after humans arrived on the islands - they went extinct.

Coincidence? #Science says no. https://www.science.org/content/article/why-did-new-zealands-moas-go-extinct #history

Educator, scientist & writer Ana Roqué de Duprey was born in Puerto Rico in 1853.

Known as the “Flower of the Valley” for her work in botany, Roqué wrote the Botany of the Antilles, the most comprehensive study of flora in the Caribbean & was instrumental in the fight for the Puerto Rican woman’s right to vote.

Roqué founded several girls-only schools & the College of Mayagüez, later the Mayagüez Campus of the University of Puerto Rico. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ana-roque-de-duprey #HistoryRemix #history #science

My 1st cover story! For New Scientist about experiments that are close to telling us if spacetime is quantized. And a Q&A with a physicist who is simulating space-time from scratch!

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034621-500-is-space-time-quantum-six-ways-to-unpick-the-fabric-of-the-universe

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2399292-the-physicist-trying-to-create-space-time-from-scratch

#physics #science #astronomy

🇺🇸 Providence, Rhode Island!

Check out Raspberry #Pi5 at Fabrication Fest, which offers a day of exploration, creativity, and curiosity focused on #design, #science, and #technology.

It's an outdoor event at 195 District Park and there'll be hands-on activities for all ages, crafts vendors, as well as local design-focused companies and schools exhibiting.

It's all happening Saturday 4th November.

https://events.raspberrypi.com/experience-raspberry-pi-5/0e2817ff-9b21-457b-ad70-5d846236d90e

Fabrication Fest 2023

Check out Raspberry Pi 5 at Fabrication Fest, which offers a day of exploration, creativity, and curiosity focused on design, science, and technology.

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A woman. An immigrant. A scientist.
A Nobel Prize winner. And thanks to her pioneering research, a #COVID19 vaccine.

Dr. Katalin Karikó. https://www.statnews.com/2020/11/10/the-story-of-mrna-how-a-once-dismissed-idea-became-a-leading-technology-in-the-covid-vaccine-race/ #HistoryRemix #science #history

Persian mathematician Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī was born ~780. He not only revolutionized algebra, but his contributions in mathematics, astronomy & geography have been central to hundreds of years of scientific advances.

Known as the father of algebra, al-Khwārizmī became one of the most influential thinkers of all time. The terms algebra & algorithm are derived from his name & work. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666184/ #HistoryRemix #history #science #math

Three articles published yesterday in #Science, Science Advances & Nature 🤔

Women remain underrepresented among faculty in nearly all academic fields https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adi2205

Toxic workplaces are the main reason women leave academic jobs https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03251-8

Women faculty feel ‘pushed’ from academia by poor workplace climate
https://www.science.org/content/article/women-faculty-feel-pushed-academia-poor-workplace-climate

For decades, astronomers have dreamed of setting up an observatory on the far side of the Moon. I read about it as a kid. Now it's happening!

The LuSEE-Night radio telescope is under construction, and is scheduled to land on the lunar farside in 2025. It's a pathfinder for a much bigger radio telescope that would follow. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2023/09/26/listening-to-the-radio-on-the-far-side-of-the-moon/ #space #nasa #science

Sugar causes all sorts of health problems, but hyperactivity isn’t one of them.

My own 6yo sugar expert made his PBS debut in this episode of Serving Up Science where I break down the #science behind a popular myth about the sweet stuff. https://youtu.be/TlHOLk-tV7g?si=bj7N6yI8D7T56ziS

Sugar and Hyperactivity: What Does Research Say? | Serving Up Science

Support Serving Up Science: http://bit.ly/ScienceServeGet ready to reevaluate everything you thought you knew about sugar and hyperactivity. From birthday pa...

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Now it would be a good time for journalists, politicians and *scientists* to set up and use an account on #Mastodon

https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-considers-removing-x-platform-europe-over-eu-law-insider-2023-10-18/

#twittermigration #xmigration #chemistry #glycotime #science

@Gargron

Musk considers removing X platform from Europe over EU law - Insider

Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, is considering removing the service formerly called Twitter from Europe in response to a new internet platform regulation in the region, news site Insider reported on Wednesday.

^Reuters

For a new week: I dug into the history of a definition I’ve used my entire career, and discovered… we may not need it?

Don’t ask “When is it coevolution?” — ask “How is it coevolution?”

#evolution #ecology #science

https://www.molecularecologist.com/2023/10/13/when-coevolution-definition-history/

Don’t ask “When is it coevolution?” — ask “How is it coevolution?”

A rough-skinned newt, Taricha granulosa, somewhere on the Marin headlands of California. Rough-skinned newts’ geographically varying arms race with predatory garter snakes has made them a cla…

^{The Molecular Ecologist}

"One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our #science, measured against reality, is primitive & childlike - and yet it is the most precious thing we have."

- Albert Einstein

Source: Albert Einstein: Creator & Rebel by Banesh Hoffmann

Born in 1896, Ida Noddack was the first scientist to suggest the principle behind nuclear fission. But Otto Hahn demonstrated this (with Lise Meitner! & Fritz Strassmann) & he won the Nobel prize.

Noddack also discovered rhenium (atomic #75) & predicted #43, but couldn’t confirm it experimentally, so Segrè & Perrier were later credited.

She tried to speak up that the ideas for fission & #43 began with her, but it lost her credibility. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsnr.2014.0009 #HistoryRemix #history #science

#NASA has a nice website for the upcoming annular solar eclipse: https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2023/

#Science #Eclipse2023 #Space

This season on Serving Up Science, we covered edible insects which are surprisingly good, healthy & sustainable.

Tremendous thanks to Chef Junior Merino of M cantina for sharing outstanding Mexican cuisine. https://youtu.be/t-1q3fcOxJU?si=wHZwgT9zWtoXkkYl #science #food

Shocking story about mRNA pioneer/Nobel winner Katalin Karikó, whose early advisor at Temple tried to have her deported & derailed her career because she dared to look for a better-paying job.

Later, UPenn demoted her, then forced her out, because her research wasn't bringing in enough funding. #NobelPrize #science [HT Paul Novosad]

Born in 1897, Janaki Ammal was a pioneering botanist who studied plant breeding, genetics & cytogenetics.

Ammal overcame both gender & caste discrimination & was the first Indian woman to obtain a Ph.D. in botany in the U.S.

Her research was crucial for developing high-yield varieties of sugarcane, eggplant & magnolias. Ammal also promoted conservation & was a pioneer of indigenous approaches to the environment. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/pioneering-female-botanist-who-sweetened-nation-and-saved-valley-180972765/ #HistoryRemix #science #history #plants

So true – it's nigh impossible to weigh the impact of research but years afterwards. Ask the microbiologists who were studying extremophile bacteria in a Yellowstone pond whether they thought their work would lead to the sequencing of the human genome and modern medicine as we know it. Or ask the zoologists who pulled out bioluminescent and fluorescent jelly fish out of the sea whether they thought scientific research in developmental biology, neuroscience and biology as a whole, remarkably even DNA sequencing, would be so thoroughly transformed. And these are just two examples in biology.

PCR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction#History

GFP: jellyfish Aequorea victoria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_fluorescent_protein#Wild-type_GFP_(wtGFP)

#academia #science

Protein that converts blue and ultraviolet light ranges to green light.

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The "Lost Women of Science" podcast just did a 2 part episode about her, part of their "Lost Women of the Manhattan Project" series.

(transcripts available)

Part 1: https://www.lostwomenofscience.org/season-6-episodes/lise-meitner

Part 2: https://www.lostwomenofscience.org/season-6-episodes/why-did-lise-meitner-never-receive-the-nobel-prize-for-splitting-the-atom-part-2

#Science #History #Women #Podcast #ManhattanProject

Why Did Lise Meitner Never Receive the Nobel Prize for Splitting the Atom?

New translations of Meitner’s letters show that antisemitism before and after World War II robbed Meitner of the 1944 Nobel Prize that went to her long-time collaborator chemist Otto Hahn.

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Very pleased to see NYT acknowledge Lise Meitner.

Meitner developed the theory of nuclear fission & newly translated letters show she was barred from sharing credit for the Nobel Prize-winning discovery because she was Jewish & a woman. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/science/lise-meitner-fission-nobel.html?unlocked_article_code=JGbPgv1zYxrgU0vMDkmURf0UPTTjuLHgCJ7dTnWeFmWslaXwaWhZQ2CW6dr-HuF0MeGqXSfyQV0XyOgw7VTABLw9yJxUG8Jd9xQMrPqsNiNcVd3g1GwsxckwQMW5awE4g9aTqtT-TQbgs1PG5BpMDmUsqcAuapMB798_kyVYaEEXUwILTeojASGJ6ZvwXa5e-LpMvbl3o47_ZtX4JPzngzAvKys52S_L9v2O8h3vH0JYmLSlYmeokZCyl1NmKI_ZXmKyeExgLGB165ODtBkLtFvRRkCofN7uTN2imyfz20LJtbVEy1RdwZ6hqJZf8pvRMlD8yz-OjfYq7wLSbNw5k4zs0hAs&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #science #history #HistoryRemix

Nobel Prize Awarded to #Covid Vaccine Pioneers Katalin Karikó & Drew Weissman

Their discovery “contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/health/nobel-prize-medicine.html?unlocked_article_code=iUAj0_yZAUTdlXConGyZDD1BKUUbjLWd72fXp2lwr7CZNjJviOfsU4pnDJvidOBNqf19B284AyDwoFajkEt3akPvAkBRJyHqx6OZcLesY0ogZYqZ0MZylqwae36mmITQxMZFKyrcQm7GsGWF6s_0vWJ2hyUietTxtX8l2gJiRd8nX_eb33dWigtlpN-8SB-tscHDQtTP6eAniNGvpawBfDxxWVconeKmqUfIlsVKOpBXwSp8M8LfI1LjJhkwmd8WEzFTMByCY8t_bgQ_2bF2ruDmJE5WKF3aQH-pnw-FXEto2IENzXsmQgBL3q71R6gA0x9AFTVXffaiQ5DLCJ0&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #science

"New data released Thursday by the National Science Foundation show the exodus of young life scientists from the Ivory Tower to industry has reached the highest level in nearly three decades, deepening concerns about the future of academic science in the U.S....Ph.D. graduates are now pursuing postdocs at the lowest rate since at least 1995, based on STAT’s review of NSF data available online."

https://www.statnews.com/2023/09/28/scientists-exodus-from-academia-historic-levels/

#science #research #academia #industry

Data show record exodus of life scientists from academia - STAT

Ph.D. graduates are pursuing postdocs at the lowest rate since at least 1995; conversely, 47% of 2022 life science grads had a job lined up.

^{Jonathan Wosen (STAT)}

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.”

- Albert Einstein, 1919

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/einstein-famous-quote-misunderstood/ #science #history

Is mammals’ time on Earth half over?

A new model suggests that in 250 million years, all land will collide into a supercontinent that boosts warming & pushes mammals to extinction. @Carl_Zimmer has the details.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/25/science/future-earth-warming-mammal-extinction.html?unlocked_article_code=VuDSM7PIFbX1WwTvJFJf4D4CT3If1tMXw44QLcVN_z_ZUZkSB-aBK4T2idjVHzAEXB5xWrbRdZpVaog-jbUpBHZZGQO6tl6V-tB6U6BL9KMnY3KmakhEDteT38KbIKoXex5hVWwSbodGEuns5Uvaq5YWaicv7o07VL-BnLt3BegqYIhg5fugV-tzkAPwE4Lf0NDXkPINzJJDUXev5jgsslC6APVVy95EnpO4mxFVzOYYsHcreGcXxWTRV0cNaNdkwueevy_uNJoC8yp6afXFBeJ-ZTQ5CivBi90D3EyxGXBao2xl-XEyADaUHghdj4zKSudM9SJZB8X7V6mfz6KA6dybMCBH54MO_2UMSKPvVHRI&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #science

Physicist John Tyndall is often credited w discovering the greenhouse effect, which he wrote about in 1859.

But Eunice Foote published a paper - 3yrs earlier - demonstrating how atmospheric water vapor & CO2 affected solar heating. She theorized that heat trapping gases in Earth’s atmosphere warm its climate.

Tyndall was widely read. And Foote, being a woman, wasn't even permitted to present her own work. http://www.climate.gov/news-features/features/happy-200th-birthday-eunice-foote-hidden-climate-science-pioneer #history #science #ClimateChange

Born in 1910, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin perfected X-ray crystallography, a type of imaging using X-rays to determine a molecule’s three-dimensional structure.

She determined the structures of insulin, penicillin & vitamin B12, leading to tremendous advances in medicine.

Hodgkin was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964. She also advocated for world peace, campaigning against both the Vietnam War & nuclear weapons. https://www.nobelprize.org/womenwhochangedscience/stories/dorothy-hodgkin #HistoryRemix #science #history

Disrupting palm oil’s dominance? Scientists develop eco-friendly alternative targeting bakery applications

PALM-ALT is a palm fat replacer that scientists claim can reduce industry’s dependence on #palmOil, which is often linked to #deforestation and for many consumers is considered an ingredient to avoid.

https://www.foodingredientsfirst.com/news/disrupting-palm-oils-dominance-scientists-develop-eco-friendly-alternative-targeting-bakery-applications.html

#PalmOilKills
#science #scotland

Disrupting palm oil’s dominance? Scientists develop eco-friendly alternative targeting bakery applications

21 Sep 2023 --- A team of scientists in Scotland have discovered what they are hailing as a high-class alternative to the popular yet controversial palm oil which is abundantly used throughout the F&B industry.

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Does it really matter what eggs you buy?

https://youtu.be/jG5RnW_yPCU?si=-RcFONZY5JU4sS9x

Season 4 of Serving Up Science is out today & this episode covers what terminology like "cage-free," "pasture-raised," "organic" & more really means. #food #science

Does it really matter what eggs you buy?

Support Serving Up Science: http://bit.ly/ScienceServe Decode the diverse world of egg labels, from conventional to cage-free, free-range, organic, and pastu...

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I'm in Appledore in Devon, to give a talk later about Blue Machine and I've just discovered that they have a KNITTED OCEAN outside their church. And this is the Best Thing Ever.

#science #knitting #ocean