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<p>Just a reminder that Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically any genetic tech today, was only possible because of an extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. The value of basic <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> cannot be predicted and often is realized decades after it&#x27;s done.</p><p>How a discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR - Richmond Scientific<br><a href="https://www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discovery-in-yellowstone-national-park-led-to-the-renowned-technique-of-dna-amplification-pcr" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discovery-in-yellowstone-national-park-led-to-the-renowned-technique-of-dna-amplification-pcr"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.richmondscientific.com/how</span><span class="invisible">-a-discovery-in-yellowstone-national-park-led-to-the-renowned-technique-of-dna-amplification-pcr</span></a></p>

<p>South Florida meteorologist John Morales told his viewers live on air that he can no longer accurately predict hurricane season, due to federal government cuts.</p><p><a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#climatechange</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#scicomm</a></p>

<p>I recently visited the ALMA observatory in Chile. While I was poking around the telescopes, ALMA researchers released amazing new views of planet-forming disks around young stars. </p><p>These are the most detailed images yet of new solar systems being born. </p><p><a href="https://public.nrao.edu/news/exoalma/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>public.nrao.edu/news/exoalma/</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a></p>

<p>There were two approaches to dealing with the outbreak of measles that spread through the rural community of Gaines County, Texas earlier this year. Dr. Ben Edwards — himself sick with the virus — handed out cod liver oil and prescribed inhalers, neither of which can prevent or cure measles. Meanwhile the waiting room at the only hospital in Seminole, the county&#x27;s largest town, was virtually empty. On one recent weekday, just four people had come by Gaines County&#x27;s free vaccine clinic. NBC&#x27;s Brandy Zadrozny reports on the spread of misinformation, a child&#x27;s death that brought anti-vaccine activists to town, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&#x27;s involvement, and the situation now that the outbreak has run its course.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/yJzQee" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/yJzQee</a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/rfk/" rel="tag">#RFK</a> <a href="/tags/robertfkennedy/" rel="tag">#RobertFKennedy</a> <a href="/tags/measles/" rel="tag">#Measles</a> <a href="/tags/misinformation/" rel="tag">#Misinformation</a> <a href="/tags/antivax/" rel="tag">#AntiVax</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a></p>

<p>Ham-fisted construction is my favourite 😂 </p><p>@bookstodon @fantasybookstodon @speculativefictioncomedy @bookbubble @humour </p><p><a href="/tags/fantasymemes/" rel="tag">#FantasyMemes</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a><br><a href="/tags/low/" rel="tag">#Low</a> <a href="/tags/high/" rel="tag">#High</a> <a href="/tags/epic/" rel="tag">#Epic</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/comedic/" rel="tag">#Comedic</a> <a href="/tags/whatever/" rel="tag">#Whatever</a> <a href="/tags/givemeallyouvegot/" rel="tag">#GiveMeAllYouveGot</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a><br><a href="/tags/mastobooks/" rel="tag">#Mastobooks</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#BooksofMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a> <a href="/tags/boostingissharing/" rel="tag">#BoostingIsSharing</a></p>

Tabletop particle blaster: How tiny nozzles and lasers could replace giant accelerators <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/30723998">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>Judge deems <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>&#x27;s <a href="/tags/nih/" rel="tag">#NIH</a> grant cuts illegal</p><p>A federal judge in Boston on Monday said the termination of National Institutes of <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/grants/" rel="tag">#grants</a> for <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#research</a> on <a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#diversity</a>-related topics by Trump&#x27;s admin&#x27;s was &quot;void &amp; illegal,&quot; &amp; accused the government of discriminating against minorities &amp; <a href="/tags/lgbt/" rel="tag">#LGBT</a> people.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#medicine</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/federal-judge-says-trump-cuts-nih-grants-are-illegal-politico-reports-2025-06-16/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/federal-judge-says-trump-cuts-nih-grants-are-illegal-politico-reports-2025-06-16/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/business/healt</span><span class="invisible">hcare-pharmaceuticals/federal-judge-says-trump-cuts-nih-grants-are-illegal-politico-reports-2025-06-16/</span></a></p>

<p>Do photons wear out? An astrophysicist explains light’s ability to travel vast cosmic distances without losing energy.</p><p>From <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheConversationUS</span></a></span>: <a href="https://flip.it/oBBjCh" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/oBBjCh</a></p><p><a href="/tags/astrophysics/" rel="tag">#Astrophysics</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#Physics</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#Space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>

<p>Some serendipitous space beauty to start your weekend. </p><p>NASA&#x27;s new PUNCH mission, designed to study the solar wind, just took this ethereal image of the Moon passing the (blocked out) Sun. The Moon&#x27;s night side is facing us, but it&#x27;s beautifully lit by Earthshine.</p><p><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/punch/2025/05/12/nasas-punch-catches-first-rainbow-and-other-new-images/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="science.nasa.gov/blogs/punch/2025/05/12/nasas-punch-catches-first-rainbow-and-other-new-images/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">science.nasa.gov/blogs/punch/2</span><span class="invisible">025/05/12/nasas-punch-catches-first-rainbow-and-other-new-images/</span></a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a></p>

The Doctor&#x27;s Eyes<br><br>Curious minds never grow old. Their fear isn&#x27;t aging, but running out of time to learn.<br><br><a href="https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/02/16/the-doctors-eyes/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="my-notes.dragas.net/2026/02/16/the-doctors-eyes/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">my-notes.dragas.net/2026/02/16</span><span class="invisible">/the-doctors-eyes/</span></a><br><br><a href="/tags/mynotes/" rel="tag">#MyNotes</a> <a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#Blogging</a> <a href="/tags/life/" rel="tag">#Life</a> <a href="/tags/reflections/" rel="tag">#Reflections</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a><br><br>

<p>You only die twice:</p><p>Recent theoretical models suggested that some stars could destroy themselves in two, successive supernova explosions. Now we have direct visual evidence that such doubled stellar deaths really happen. </p><p><a href="https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2511/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.eso.org/public/news/eso2511/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.eso.org/public/news/eso251</span><span class="invisible">1/</span></a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a></p>

Bury it, don’t burn it: turning biomass waste into a carbon solution – Physics World <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.eco.br/post/13792070">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>Dr. Wael Farah is a radio astronomer interested in studying the universe on short timescales. Interestingly, the cosmos exhibits activity across various timescales ranging from milliseconds to seconds, hours, and days. Wael is the project scientist for the Allen Telescope Array and is actively involved in upgrading the instrument and maximizing its scientific throughput. </p><p><a href="/tags/sometimesaliens/" rel="tag">#sometimesaliens</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#scicomm</a></p>

<p>Radio interferometry is a technique in radio astronomy where signals from two or more radio telescopes are combined to simulate a much larger telescope, allowing astronomers to achieve higher resolution than a single dish could provide.</p><p>Here’s how it works, in simple terms: <a href="https://www.seti.org/signal-and-image-processing-foundations-radio-interferometry" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.seti.org/signal-and-image-processing-foundations-radio-interferometry"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.seti.org/signal-and-image-</span><span class="invisible">processing-foundations-radio-interferometry</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/radioastronomy/" rel="tag">#radioastronomy</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#scicomm</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/ppod/" rel="tag">#PPOD</a>: Two large, pale discs can be seen in today&#x27;s PPOD: one of them in the Atacama Desert, the other orbiting the Earth 384,000 km away. The latter is our ever-present Moon, faintly hanging in the clear blue sky. Next to it is the real star of the image: one of the antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Credit: Y. Villalon/ESO </p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#scicomm</a></p>

<p>In this in-depth interview, Camille Bergin dives into humanity’s quest to discover intelligent life beyond Earth with SETI Institute CEO Bill Diamond. From scanning the skies for distant radio signals to unpacking the origins of life, this conversation covers the science, the tech, and the human urge to figure out if we’re alone in the universe. </p><p>Watch: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQasqnKWZMM&amp;ab_channel=CamilleBergin" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQasqnKWZMM&amp;ab_channel=CamilleBergin"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQasqn</span><span class="invisible">KWZMM&amp;ab_channel=CamilleBergin</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/seti/" rel="tag">#seti</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#scicomm</a></p>

<p>PRESS RELEASE: <a href="https://www.seti.org/press-release/whaleseti-curious-humpback-whales-approach-humans-and-blow-bubble-smoke-rings" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.seti.org/press-release/whaleseti-curious-humpback-whales-approach-humans-and-blow-bubble-smoke-rings"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.seti.org/press-release/wha</span><span class="invisible">leseti-curious-humpback-whales-approach-humans-and-blow-bubble-smoke-rings</span></a> </p><p>A team of scientists from the SETI Institute and the University of California at Davis documented, for the first time, humpback whales producing large bubble rings, like a human smoker blowing smoke rings, during friendly interactions with humans. This previously little-studied behavior may represent play or communication. </p><p>IMAGE: Bubble ring created by a humpback whale named Thorn. CREDIT: © Dan Knaub, The Video Company</p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#scicomm</a></p>

<p>Turns out, boredom may have some advantages. <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@ScienceAlert" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ScienceAlert</span></a></span> explains in more detail, including how we all need to “embrace the pause.”</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/45xE9H" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/45xE9H</a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/brain/" rel="tag">#Brain</a> <a href="/tags/neurology/" rel="tag">#Neurology</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/humans/" rel="tag">#Humans</a></p>

<p>A new atomic clock in space could help us measure elevations on Earth.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://threads.net/@technologyreview/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>technologyreview</span></a></span> reports: &quot;The European Space Agency’s ACES mission could ultimately pave the way for a global network of atomic clocks that make these measurements far more accurate.&quot;</p><p>Subscription may be required: <a href="https://flip.it/dbCEJp" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/dbCEJp</a></p><p><a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#Space</a> <a href="/tags/esa/" rel="tag">#ESA</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/geology/" rel="tag">#Geology</a></p>

<p>An object called 2017 OF201 is shaking up our ideas about the outer zone of our solar system. <br>It follows an extreme, 25,000-year orbit.<br>It may be one of a hundred or so similar bodies filling a seemingly vacant region.<br>And its existence casts doubt on searches for Planet 9.</p><p><a href="https://www.ias.edu/news/extreme-cousin-pluto-possible-dwarf-planet-discovered-solar-systems-edge" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ias.edu/news/extreme-cousin-pluto-possible-dwarf-planet-discovered-solar-systems-edge"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ias.edu/news/extreme-cousi</span><span class="invisible">n-pluto-possible-dwarf-planet-discovered-solar-systems-edge</span></a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p>

<p>American <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> is under siege. It&#x27;s such a difficult position for people inside government agencies trying to balance between blocking dangerous lunacy and also letting the public know it is happening.</p><p>Many, many books will be written about this. Just a small preliminary look here:<br><a href="https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-nih-staff-cant-tell-youand-why" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-nih-staff-cant-tell-youand-why"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">elizabethginexi.substack.com/p</span><span class="invisible">/what-nih-staff-cant-tell-youand-why</span></a></p>

<p>My niece, almost 2, showed me a couple of her books today. 😁</p><p>My sister and her husband are definitely raising a nerdling!</p><p>The qubits were represented by rainbow-coloured large dots, so she flipped through the pages, pointed at them in turn, and said: &quot;Ball! Ball! Ball!&quot; 😊</p><p><a href="/tags/childrensbooks/" rel="tag">#ChildrensBooks</a> <a href="/tags/coding/" rel="tag">#Coding</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>

<p>The light beyond sight</p><p>Only a tiny sliver of the Universe’s light can be seen by human eyes. But today we’re catching glimpses of the invisible</p><p>By Corey S Powell</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/william-herschels-sensors-let-us-see-the-invisible-universe?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=180c8189f5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_29&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/william-herschels-sensors-let-us-see-the-invisible-universe?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=180c8189f5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_29&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/william-hersche</span><span class="invisible">ls-sensors-let-us-see-the-invisible-universe?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=180c8189f5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_29&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>Herschel at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=william+herschel" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=william+herschel"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=william+herschel</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/ppod/" rel="tag">#PPOD</a>: JWST&#x27;s NIRCam captured this picture of the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. JWST identified carbon dioxide on the icy surface of Europa, which likely originated in the moon’s subsurface ocean. This discovery has important implications for the potential habitability of Europa’s ocean. The moon appears blue primarily because it is brighter at shorter infrared wavelengths. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, G. Villanueva (NASA/GSFC), S. Trumbo (Cornell Univ.), A. Pagan (STScI)</p><p><a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/silentsunday/" rel="tag">#SilentSunday</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/pnw/" rel="tag">#PNW</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/nlc/" rel="tag">#NLC</a> <a href="/tags/clouds/" rel="tag">#Clouds</a> <a href="/tags/night/" rel="tag">#Night</a> <a href="/tags/wawx/" rel="tag">#WaWx</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#Nature</a> <a href="/tags/photo/" rel="tag">#Photo</a> <a href="/tags/photooftheday/" rel="tag">#PhotoOfTheDay</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#Astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#Space</a> <a href="/tags/spaceweather/" rel="tag">#SpaceWeather</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/sciencemastodon/" rel="tag">#sciencemastodon</a></p>