Researchers use ultrasound to create light inside the body
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This weird new metal’s heat-conduction powers challenge fundamental physics
Mylena Masache and the #frog #species she discovered *while an undergrad* at Pontificia Universidad Católica del #Ecuador in #Quito
She and her colleagues named the frog after Neisi Dajomes, the first Ecuadorian woman to win Olympic gold at the Tokyo 2020 Games: Nymphargus dajomesae
The species is a glass frog (you can see through it from underneath) and is a sign of a much larger #amphibian hotspot in the Cordillera del Cóndor
Mylena is now in grad school
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0345097
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In the fifth and final episode of the third season of The Climate Chronicles, Professor Dagomar Degroot explores the most frightening concept in climate science and archaeology: collapse. First, he explains how the Bronze Age transformed the agricultural communities of the Levant and contributed to the advent of new systems of domination that culminated in the world’s first empire.
Listen to the full episode, "Megadrought in Mesopotamia," here: https://theclimatechronicles.com/2026/04/07/episode-16-megadrought-in-mesopotamia/
Happy Birthday Dorothy Hodgkin!
"I first met the subject of X-ray diffraction of crystals in the pages of the book W. H. Bragg wrote for school children in 1925, Concerning the Nature of Things."
The collected works of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
~Dorothy Hodgkin (12 May 1910 – 29 July 1994)
Concerning the Nature of Things will be available at PG pretty soon!
On April 28, GOP Rep. Jim Jordan accused environmental law scholars of bias, conspiracy and colluding to influence the U.S. judiciary.
The next day, free-market conservatives kicked off a multiday climate skepticism event for more than 150 judges.
https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-science-oil-gas-fossil-fuel-judges-jim-jordan?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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Dr. Milan Gošić is a solar physicist who has been working on the spatio-temporal evolution of the solar magnetic fields using multi-instrument, multiwavelength observations. His field of expertise is space and ground solar observations, data processing, and data analysis.
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How teaching the history of science can help equip students to face polarized times
For decades, science educators have been encouraged to “stick to the science” and leave politics at the classroom door. But as disinformation spreads online and public trust in science seems to erode in some contexts, this advice is no longer realistic.
By Cristiano Barbosa de Moura
History of Science at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/688
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#ScienceFiction is informed by #Science
And Science in turn stares at Science Fiction, nods, and smiles broadly
"On ‘ #StarWarsDay’, researchers more than double the number of potential known ‘circumbinary’ planets like the fictional Tatooine, home to Luke Skywalker"
A circumbinary planet is a planet that orbits two suns
More than half of all stars exist in binary star systems or star systems with even more than two stars
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/04/scientists-discover-27-potential-new-planets
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Meet your hosts:
Molly Bentley and Seth Shostak of Big Picture Science will take the stage at this year’s #DrakeAwards, bringing their signature curiosity and storytelling to a night you won't want to miss! Get your tickets today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/drake-awards-2026-tickets-1984512295698?aff=oddtdtcreator
May 14 • Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA
When the Librarians Fought the Archivists Over Who Gets the Declaration of Independence
Michael Auslin on the Final Battle to Control the Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence at PG (our first ebook, published in December 1, 1971):
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1
Astronomers pin down the origins of a planetary odd couple
New measurements of a hot Jupiter and its mini-Neptune companion suggest both planets formed surprisingly far away from their host star.
by Jennifer Chu
https://news.mit.edu/2026/astronomers-pin-down-origins-planetary-odd-couple-0505
astronomy at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/101
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
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The vitamin K shot, a lifesaving injection given to newborns to prevent uncontrollable bleeding of the brain and intestines, has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/more-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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What happens on a planet where rock melts into oceans?
SETI Live returns with Moiya McTier and Claire Marie Guimond discussing K2-141 b—a lava world with extreme heat, rock vapor atmospheres, and possible nightside volcanism.
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The #Pentagon will begin releasing never-before-seen files containing unidentified anomalous phenomenon, or #UAPs, on a dedicated website, the agency announced Friday morning.
At the direction of Trump, the files & photos will be released to the public on a rolling basis at War.gov/ufo.
…Also referred to as #UFOs, UAPs have been in conversation among whistleblowers in government, sparking interest among the public.
#space #science
https://wgntv.com/news/pentagon-publishes-ufo-file-collection-online-tells-public-to-make-up-their-own-minds/
#Trump admin shutting key #US researchers out of #global #virus response talks, documents & sources reveal
Key officials responsible for leading US #research on #InfectiousDisease threats have been #barred from speaking directly with the #WorldHealthOrganization [#WHO] — effectively shutting some of them out of the global discussions on virus #outbreaks, according to documents & multiple sources.
#nationalism #BrainDrain #medicine #science #health #PublicHealth #NIAID
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/25/politics/global-virus-response-trump-administration
How Dante's Inferno modeled a planetary impact 500 years before modern science
edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-dante-inferno-planetary-impact-years.html
The Inferno by Dante Alighieri & Cosmology at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41537
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/7398
Cosmic Rays Are Quantum Computers' Kryptonite—Software might just solve the problem https://lobste.rs/s/2doxzd #hardware #performance #science
https://spectrum.ieee.org/quantum-computing-cosmic-rays
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❝ Too many in our world refuse to acknowledge what both science and the Church plainly teach,” he said, “that we bear a solemn responsibility for the stewardship of our planet and for the welfare of those who dwell upon it, especially the most vulnerable, whose lives are imperilled by the reckless exploitation of both people and the natural world.” ❞
#RFKJr Is Driving a Vast Inquiry Into #Vaccines Despite Recent Public Silence
“Health” Secy Robert F Kennedy Jr has toned down his public criticism of vaccines, under orders from the White House. But inside the #HHS, a sprawling “research” effort is top priority.
#Trump #ConspiracyTheories #AntiVax #eugenics #disinformation #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #SocialCleansing #HealthInsurance #EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy #PublicHealth #Health #science #medicine #policy #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/health/kennedy-vaccine-safety.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share