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Most climate science is done with satellites, sensors & computer models.
But it began with 2 glass tubes & a woman doing experiments in her backyard
Today, we talked to @DrKWilkinson & Annaritta Mariotti about what Eunice Foote still has to teach us
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Two period experts share how they would give the period talk. Here are 6 of their biggest pieces of advice (@NPRLifeKit & @NPRShortWave): n.pr/3zbFHH1
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the only appropriate follow-up to this thread ... a pie chart (sorry its a day late)
When I asked Team @NPRShortWave:
"What's your favorite kind of pie?"
Their answers were most revealing.
"Humble," said @travlinscientst, who produced this episode.
How typical Berly. Humble-seeming, but secretly abundant. Kind of medieval. Also, answers in pun.
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When I asked Team @NPRShortWave:
"What's your favorite kind of pie?"
Their answers were most revealing.
"Humble," said @travlinscientst, who produced this episode.
How typical Berly. Humble-seeming, but secretly abundant. Kind of medieval. Also, answers in pun.
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In the past couple of months lecanemab has gotten a lot of attention for potential side effects and a large price tag, but @egaly sees another problem: the racial & ethnic makeup of its clinical trial (1/3)
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I had a chance to chat with the good folks of @NPR about Roman concrete. It ends up that this material made long ago had a secret ingredient, which gave it a super power. This ancient concrete stopped itself from cracking. @NPRShortWave
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I even got to see the amazing @NPRShortWave in action live (and try some yummy perennial rice). Everyone on the podcast is so nice including @ScienceRegina !
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.@AsiyaGusa, a postdoc at @DukeMGM & member of ASBMB's #NIHMOSAIC cohort, studies stress adaptation in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus. She sat down w/@NPRShortWave's @aaronscottNPR to discuss the science behind HBO's "The Last of Us." Check it out!
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"Equity is not an end goal; it's a process"
Desiré Whitmore (@DarthScience) uses optical illusions to explain social blind spots — part of a generation of scientists transforming STEM education👏🏼for👏🏾all👏🏿@explo_lab
I love this convo w/ @ScienceRegina
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What wonders lurk at the bottom of the ocean? How about the bony-eared assfish! A blobby, spiny, unfortunately named marvel of evolution, says @FishGuyKai, who took us on a tour of some of the creatures they discovered at the bottom of the #IndianOcean. 1/
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Hosted by journalists @emilykwong1234 ’12CC and @aaronscottNPR ’09JRN, the @NPRShortWave science podcast breaks down everything from the physics of sandcastles to the biology of sweating. magazine.columbia.edu/articl…
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To be living in the parallel universe where:
🥯 I lived to see this movie?
🥯 My teenage self found healing?!
🥯 I got to directly ask directors @dunkwun and Daniel Scheinert about the science that inspired them?!!?
Is...🤯/1
@allatoncemovie @a24 @NPR
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California's recent floods made clear - the water system is still being built for the climate of last century. But there are 3 big innovations happening that could change that.
On the @NPRShortWave podcast today w/ @emilykwong1234
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Come learn about some of the world's most fascinating creatures--ice worms (!!)--and the mountain glaciers they call home on today's @NPRShortWave with me, @pwimbo, @emilykwong1234, and Nell Greenfieldboyce. (cc @USU_WATS @QCNRUSU)
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I had a great conversation with @aaronscottNPR for the awesome science podcast @NPRShortWave
Check out the episode to hear about how increased melting affects how they move podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Did you know outlawed housing laws from the 1930s affect wildlife today?!!!
Big thanks to @chloology & @ColinGarroway for searching the data & showing how science can verify uncomfortable truths. Great editing & producing by @rebeccalramirez & @ggrayson npr.org/2022/12/22/114499118…
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It was a joy and honor to sit down and chat with @margaretcirino for one of my fave science podcasts @NPRShortWave!!
If you want to learn more about periods. Tune in!
@ThruZim @BleedRead
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I was riveted by this conversation between @astro_josh and @ScienceRegina abt life aboard the world's only floating laboratory: the @Space_Station!
There are potlucks, lettuce gardens, and pizza. They are detecting dark matter and the edges of humanity.
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Each cry is a little different, and on @NPRShortWave, we can’t just sit in our feelings we have to know why!? @emilykwong1234 and I bring you this encore story as the last 😢 in this week’s series of episodes that give us joy. Yippeee! 🏐🏝️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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It was an honor to sit down and chat with @emilykwong1234 for one of my fave science podcasts @NPRShortWave!! If you want to learn a little something about chipmunks and climate change, give it a listen!
Steps for catching a #chipmunk in the wild FOR #SCIENCE:
1. Set a trap
2. Put a dollop of 🥜 butter in it
3. Cross fingers you get a chipmunk and not a squirrel or a 🐻
Oh, and then study its #stress response by stealing its poop then put it the 🐿️in a portable arena!
ALT A screenshot from a video behavioral assay showing a top down view of a 1m x 1m white arena with a single chipmunk exploring the space.