Oldest human presence in Europe found in Ukraine https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/ukraine-human-ancestors-oldest-europe/ #science via @CosmosMagazine
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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
An exploding, green “devil comet” is zooming past the Andromeda Galaxy as it races toward Earth, creating some astonishing nighttime photo opportunities. Live Science has more: https://flip.it/by8-I9
#Science #Space #Comet #Earth
James Webb telescope confirms there is something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe
Depending on where we look, the universe is expanding at different rates. Now, scientists using the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes have confirmed that the observation is not down to a measurement error.
A mission to Mars will put unprecedented stress on the team of astronauts.
The trip will bring more psychological and interpersonal pressures from being away from home for multiple years and being confined with a small group of people for a long period of time.
More from a psychologist who’s been working with astronauts for decades:
https://theconversation.com/ive-been-studying-astronaut-psychology-since-apollo-a-long-voyage-to-mars-in-a-confined-space-could-raise-stress-levels-and-make-the-journey-more-challenging-221960
#space #mars #science
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.
An Expert Who Has Testified in Foster Care Cases Across #Colorado Admits Her Evaluations Are Unscientific
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Diane Baird labeled her method for assessing families the “Kempe Protocol” after the renowned University of Colorado institute where she worked for decades.
The school has yet to publicly disavow it.
#news #kids #families #FosterCare #law #legal #parents #science
“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
New on Assigned, I found out earlier today that Jonathan Haidt, the author of the splashy new pop-psych book about how smartphones are bad for kids, believes and is promoting a fringe theory that kids are becoming #trans due to social media as well.
Haidt told PBS that "clusters of girls" are developing gender dysphoria when they never had it before.
The problem, of course, is that there's no research whatsoever backing that up. #science #news
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/jonathan-haidt-social-contagion-rogd-pbs
On March 28, Earth was hit by a powerful solar flare that caused a radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean. Live Science has more on the explosion that came “on the heels of a double X-class flare that occurred Monday [March 25], triggering the most powerful geomagnetic storm on our planet in six years.” https://flip.it/Qcz25T
#Science #Space #Sun #Earth #SolarFlare
Invaders from underground are coming in cicada-geddon. It’s the biggest bug emergence for North America in centuries.
AP reports: "Crawling out from underground every 13 or 17 years, with a collective song as loud as jet engines, the periodical cicadas are nature’s kings of the calendar."
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
Here's a beautiful oddity: This nebula was created by a very rare type of supernova that HALF-exploded 800 years ago.
Two white dwarf stars collided & detonated, lighting up Earth's skies. Somehow one of the white dwarfs survived, leaving behind the hottest star in our galaxy.
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2024/03/Marvel_at_stunning_echo_of_800-year-old_explosion?rand=771654 #space #science #astronomy #nature
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/
Today I've done something I've never done before and written in direct criticism of another trans writer.
Andrea Long Chu, in my opinion, is dangerously undermining the fight for access to transition in the guise of defending trans people's right to do it.
#trans #transgender #science #medicine #journalism
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/andrea-long-chu-gender-affirming-care-youth-freedom
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
Eclipse news from 3,246 years ago:
The earliest well-established observation a solar eclipse was recorded on March 5, 1222 BCE. It was inscribed in a clay tablet from Ugarit, a city in modern-day Syria.
https://theconversation.com/archeoastronomy-uses-the-rare-times-and-places-of-previous-total-solar-eclipses-to-help-us-measure-history-222709 #space #science #astronomy #eclipse
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In the New York Times last week a pair of reactionaries argued against the term "assigned sex at birth" in an impossibly dumbed-down discussion that ignored the existence of intersex people, the reason the term exists in the first place.
On Assigned, we hold ourselves to higher standards for both scientific accuracy and thoughtfulness.
Therefore, please enjoy this opinion essay by a medical doctor arguing assigning sex is harmful and unnecessary. #trans #science #news
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/assigned-sex-new-york-times-doctor-perspective
Johannes de Sacrobosco ("John of Hollywood") published detailed geometric descriptions of a solar eclipse in the year 1230. People in the "dark ages" were not so dumb!
I dig through 5000 years of eclipse investigations in my latest Invisible Universe column:
https://invisibleuniverse.substack.com/p/how-we-learned-to-love-the-invisible #science #nature #history #eclipse
Physicist Peter Higgs has died. He theorized the subatomic particle that gives mass to matter. One of the great joys of my career was waking up at 3am on July 4, 2012, to report on the announcement of the discovery of the Higgs boson.
CERN: Oh sorry Americans is that early for you???
Peter Higgs, Nobel-winning physicist on a subatomic hunt, dies at 94
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/04/09/peter-higgs-boson-scientist-dead/
Ben Barres was a trailblazing transgender neurobiologist who promoted equity & diversity.
His pioneering research on glial cells changed science & he became the 1st #trans person admitted into the National Academies of Science.
Barres was a strong advocate for women, early career scientists & the #LGBTQ+ community at a time when few people openly discussed gender identity. https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2017/12/28/mourning-ben-barres-the-transgender-scientist-who-changed-neuroscience/ #history #science
Excerpt from his autobiography: https://stanmed.stanford.edu/ben-barres-autobiography-transgender-scientist/
Even with all the eclipse photos circulating right now, this one made my eyes pop. Great shot of jet contrails breaking up the edge of the eclipsed Sun. Quick calculation: The Sun is about 30,000,000 times wider than the jet.
(Photo by Bobby Goddin, Bloomington, IN) #eclipse #nature #science #photography