#RFKJr grilled on #AntiVax policy in
combative #Senate hearing
In a contentious hearing, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his tenure as *#health* secretary, as #Republicans joined #Democrats in questioning his moves to discredit & limit access to #vaccines.
#Trump #PublicHealth #science #medicine #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #BrainWorm
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-9-4-2025?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-09-04-Live+updates
If humans are indeed the most evolved species, why do so many of us suffer from developmental or genetic diseases? Phys.org explains why, unlike our ape ancestors, humans are still paying the price for losing our tails. https://flip.it/DX01o9
#Science #Humans #Biology #Evolution
“Engravings, first in Arabic script, then in Hebrew, tell the story of how knowledge was created, shared & developed by Islamic & Jewish scholars living & working side by side.”
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/05/extraordinary-islamic-and-jewish-science-merge-in-11th-century-astrolabe #history #science
Halley's Comet won't reappear until 2061, but Pons-Brooks is a similar big, long-period comet putting -- and it's putting on a show *right now*.
You'll need good binoculars, but oh is it pretty. Photo taken on Monday by Michael Jäger.
https://theskylive.com/12p-info
#astronomy #space #science #comet #photography
The first published photo of Earth from space was released 77 years ago today (7 March 1947).
It was taken from a captured German V-2 rocket, used by the US Army as part of Operation Paperclip, at an altitude of 101 miles (162km).
https://historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=4722 #space #history #science #tech
#OTD in 1781. The planet Uranus was discovered.
English astronomer William Herschel observed the seventh planet from the Sun, Uranus—first described by him as “a curious either nebulous star or perhaps a comet” and named for the father of the god Saturn. With a homemade 6.2-inch reflecting telescope, Herschel "engaged in a series of observations on the parallax of the fixed stars."
Books about Herschel at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=William+Herschel&submit_search=Go%21
Vegan cheese has a horrible reputation, but engineer Magi Richani, founder of Nobell Foods in San Francisco, and microbiologist Morgan Mitchell, creator of Green Goddess Fromagerie in Guelph, Ontario, say they've nailed it. The Walrus's Nicole Schmidt looked into why it's so tricky to develop dairy-free cheese, and tried a few. It's still a topic of discussion whether you can call a non-dairy item "cheese." What do you reckon?
#Food #Cheese #Culture #Vegan #PlantBased #FoodScience #Science
Oldest human presence in Europe found in Ukraine https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/ukraine-human-ancestors-oldest-europe/ #science via @CosmosMagazine
Did you know we have a remote observatory on Mars?
When NASA's Perseverance rover isn't busy studying the Martian landscape, it turns its gaze upward to do a little skygazing. This is its view of Mars's inner moon, Phobos.
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/status/410/things-that-go-bump-in-the-night-on-mars/ #science #astronomy #astrodon #NASA
Two prominent scientists said in #whistleblower complaints filed late Wednesday that they had been removed from leadership positions at the #NIH after objecting to #Trump admin efforts to undermine #vaccines, flout #CourtOrders, withhold #research money & politicize the #grant-making process.
#RFKJr #PublicHealth #science #medicine #law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/health/nih-whistle-blower-complaints-vaccines-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Absolutely in-fucking-sane
#RFKJr to link #Tylenol use in pregnancy to autism
Tylenol is the just about safest drug in the world
*Health* Secy RFKJr plans to announce that use of Kenvue's popular over-the-counter pain medication Tylenol in pregnant women is potentially linked to #autism, WSJ reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter, WITHOUT including #EVIDENCE for the claims.
#MassHysteria #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #Trump #science #medicine
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/kennedy-hhs-link-use-tylenol-use-pregnancy-autism-wsj-reports-2025-09-05/
Beatrice ‘Tilly’ Shilling was born in 1909 in Hampshire. She became an aeronautical engineer & daredevil motorcycle racer.
In 1936, Shilling joined The Royal Aircraft Establishment. 5 yrs later, she led a team that designed a device to prevent Merlin plane engines from stalling during flight, which helped the Allies win WWII.
Shilling was also the 2nd woman to earn a Brooklands Gold Star for lapping the track at >100mph. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Shilling #science #history
German mathematician Emmy Noether was born #OTD in 1882.
One of her most significant contributions is Noether's Theorem, which establishes a fundamental connection between symmetries & conservation laws in physics. This theorem has had profound implications in fields such as quantum mechanics, particle physics & field theory. Despite facing discrimination as a woman in academia during her time, Noether persevered & made enduring contributions to mathematics and physics.
“This is really its own illness, lots of times affecting young, healthy people.”
Millions of Texans have already come down with long #COVID symptoms, and many more could be at risk in the future if we don't make changes. For this @TexasObserver magazine feature, I interviewed both sufferers and medical experts about solutions we can take: https://www.texasobserver.org/long-covid-texas-clearing-the-air/
#news #politics #USpol #healthcare #health #disability #HumanRights #Texas #Austin #pandemic #science
Thirty years after the first exoplanets were discovered, hundreds of additional exoplanets have been identified within the “habitable zone,” a place where liquid water and maybe even life may exist. The MIT Press Reader asks, could a self-sustaining starship carry humans to distant worlds? https://flip.it/0q093h
#Science #Space #SolarSystem #Planets #Humans #SpaceExploration
When I post about #science & #history, I tend to highlight the trailblazers we don’t usually read or hear about in #HistoryRemix.
But tonight I want to share this beautifully composed piece about Nikola Tesla.
While his inventions are legendary, you may not know how Tesla’s OCD shaped his approach to science & ultimately led to his world-changing ideas. It also left him isolated & alone. But he still experienced deep connection by caring for birds. https://nautil.us/teslas-pigeon-460446/
Only three humans have ever witnessed an eclipse of the Sun by the *Earth*. It happened while the Apollo 12 crew was returning home from the Moon, on November 21, 1969.
Fortunately, the astronauts filmed the moment so you can share in the experience.
https://archive.org/details/Apollo1216mmOnboardFilm [at the 4:50 mark] #space #science #nasa #eclipse
Huzzah! 🥳
We've reached 10,000 followers. Thanks to all the scientists, students, teachers and science nerds who contribute to this community. We just love sharing interesting science news with you.
What would you like to see more of?
#Science #Space #ClimateChange
British scientist Rosalind Franklin died #OTD in 1958.
Her most famous contribution to science came from her X-ray diffraction images of DNA, particularly Photo 51, which provided crucial evidence for the double helix structure of DNA. Her photo was shared without her knowledge with J. Watson & F. Crick, who used it as a basis for their model of DNA's structure. Their work overshadowed her contribution, & she was not fully recognized for her role until after her death.
As a reporter, I've followed the science of gender-affirming care from before the current political moment. I have always committed to following the evidence, whether I like it or don't like it.
Today on Assigned, I've published a piece by a freelancer who did her master's on the informed consent model of gender affirming treatment. She wrote us a digest version.
The narrative is the narrative. The evidence tells another story. #trans #science #news #journalism
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/informed-consent-what-does-evidence-tell-us
The #EPA Has Done Nearly Everything It Can to Clean Up This Town. It Hasn’t Worked.
==
Despite years of air monitoring, inspections and millions in penalties for petrochemical plants, the air in Calvert City, #Kentucky, remains polluted.
The EPA’s inability to fix it is an indictment of the laws governing clean air, experts say.
#Pollution #Environment #Climate #CleanAir #CleanWater #Cancer #News #Science #Law
There is something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe. Scientists using the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes have triple-checked and confirmed that depending on where we look, the universe is expanding at bafflingly different rates. Live Science explains more, including how scientists are ruling out a measurement error as the cause of the “Hubble Tension.” https://flip.it/VDvM6g
#Science #Space #Hubble #HubbleTension #Universe #JWST
French astronomer Charles Messier died #OTD in 1817.
He is best known for his catalog, the Messier Catalog (contains 110 objects), which lists various astronomical objects, including nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. Messier was primarily interested in comet hunting, and his catalog was created to help him and other astronomers differentiate between permanent celestial objects and comets, which could easily be mistaken for new discoveries.
#OTD in 1885.
Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog. This vaccine bwas produced by growing the virus in rabbits, and then weakening it by drying the affected nerve tissue. The vaccine had been tested in 50 dogs before its first human trial. The treatment's success laid the foundations for the manufacture of many other vaccines.
Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, & inventor who is regarded as a key figure in the Scientific Revolution Christiaan Huygens was born #OTD in 1629.
He developed the wave theory of light, proposing that light propagates as a wave rather than a stream of particles, which was a revolutionary idea at the time. Huygens also invented the pendulum clock, which greatly improved timekeeping accuracy and became widely used in scientific experiments and everyday life.
