Science ed. @mental_floss, also in @nytimes, @NatGeo, @washingtonpost. Writing a bio of polar pioneer William Scoresby, Jr. 19th C #Arctic enthusiast
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A hellbender but give it an 80s department store studio portrait.
ALT A graphic shows two hellbender amphibians posing for a portrait. A colorful laser show is in the background.
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We broke the world record in ancient DNA today! 2-million-year-old DNA from plants and animals were retrieved from geological deposits and show that North Greenland was once home to an open boreal/arctic community incl. mastodon. nature.com/articles/s41586-0… natureasia.com/en/research/h…
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the appalachian mountains are older than saturn’s rings. the appalachian mountains are older than dinosaurs. the appalachian mountains are older than trees. the appalachian mountains are literally older than BONES. the appalachian mountains should be regarded with pure terror.
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If there's one feature you should read from @sciam's October issue, it's this gorgeous, rigorously reported story by @josh_sokol about the latest research on the devastating ecological effects of light pollution.
The sky needs its 'Silent Spring' moment.
scientificamerican.com/artic…
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Thank you @ElonkaDunin and @ajjacobs for doing the lord's work i.e. cracking codes from encrypted Victorian newspaper ads (!??!!??!) and telling me all about it mentalfloss.com/posts/victor…
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The Alps' glaciers are on track for record losses following two early season heatwaves and little snowfall this past winter. @REUTERSFARGE and I have the exclusive on the meltdown. reuters.com/business/environ…
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I'd been asking myself the question that led to this story, the final piece in @PopSci's 150th anniversary month, for years: Who is Eliza Youmans? Until now, most have only known her as a footnote in PopSci's founding story, but she's much more than that: popsci.com/science/eliza-you…
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Mary Gartside adapted Newtonian ideas of colour, putting them into art. But her legacy has long been forgotten. bbc.com/culture/article/2022…
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Hello, I am your neighbor now. My house is sticks nycmicroseasons.com/the-morn…
ALT A Mourning Dove sits on a nest perched atop the door of a Brooklyn brownstone.
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"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives." - Carl Sagan
On this day in 1990, Voyager 1 took the iconic Pale Blue Dot image.
ALT Pale Blue Dot image that shows Earth as a very small dot in a vertical color band
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The National Geographic documentary of our ice-penetrating radar survey of Camp Century is now broadcasting worldwide.
The animation team clearly invested a tremendous amount of time to bring our 3D radar data — and Camp Century — to life.
Here's a little snippet:
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It is the season to Admire the Bones of our Great Trees. Pause to appreciate the intricacies of their trunks & branches before the return of spring leaves nycmicroseasons.ghost.io/adm…
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Edgar Allan Poe, born on this day in 1809, is remembered for his writing. But unbeknownst to most, he has a cameo in the history of science, appearing in the first known photograph taken inside a museum during his days researching mollusks themarginalian.org/2012/04/1…
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Sometimes it's hard to make people read about climate change. Gotta find the pressure points--what they care about. Why it's about them, why it's about all of us.
