In the entire universe, we know of only a single planetary biosphere in which life can thrive… and now, a tiny cabal of greedy capitalist idiots is wantonly destroying that precious biosphere.

This sounds like the plot of a bad science fiction movie. But it's not fiction. It's reality.

#Science#Environment#Climate #ClimateChange#Capitalism

Fields by Purity always makes me laugh.
Source: https://xkcd.com/435/ #science #art

@j12t That's a good example for #university #universities #science #academic#Fediverse#Mastodon ⬆️ @ScienceDesk @academicchatter @academics

This week, we've featured several amazing tech and science voices from the Mastodon community on Flipboard!

In case you missed the news, you can now follow anyone from the fediverse in the Flipboard app. We're excited to introduce our readers to people in the Mastodon community, including @alyssam_infosec, @annaleen, @pomarede, @HelenBranswell, @lisamelton, @percepticon, @parismarx, @TatianaIlyina, @skrishna and @zackwhittaker.

To follow these accounts on Flipboard, download the app and visit the Tech & Science tab in Explore. You'll see posts from the fediverse accounts you follow in the new Fediverse Activity carousel in the For You feed.
https://about.flipboard.com/download-flipboard/

#Tech#Science#Flipboard#Mastodon#Fediverse#SocialMedia#Technology

Arecibo Observatory Reveals New Explanation for the Wow! Signal

https://phl.upr.edu/wow/summary

> The Arecibo Observatory Reveals New Explanation for the Wow! Signal Researchers from the Planetary Habitability Laboratory at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo have proposed a compelling explanation for one of the most enigmatic radio signals ever detected—the Wow! Signal. Originally

#space #astronomy #science

@pluralistic Potassium batteries - #science and engineering being delivered in the real world! https://www.notebookcheck.net/First-ever-potassium-ion-18650-battery-unveiled-outperforms-Li-ion-counterparts-and-is-cobalt-free.871727.0.html

Which side are you on in the war?

#Science#Environment#Climate #ClimateChange#Economics#Capitalism

Remember doing projects with drosophila (fruit flies) in high-school biology? These scientists are going a little beyond sorting the different phenotypes! In @thetransmitter’s story, Laura Dattaro writes about how researchers are mapping the neurons in the drosophila’s ventral nerve cord. Creating these “connectomes” could help them understand how to map the systems of more complicated organisms.

https://www.thetransmitter.org/connectome/new-connectomes-fly-beyond-the-brain/

#Biology#Neurology#Science#Newstodon#NewstodonFriday#FollowFriday

Project 2025 Plan for Trump Presidency Has Far-Reaching Threats to Science

These days it seems that no one wants to talk about policies, but just focus on personalities, image and age. The outcomes could be devastating.

#Science#Politics #USA #Canada

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/project-2025-plan-for-trump-presidency-has-far-reaching-threats-to-science/

What is it like to attend a predatory conference?
“Predatory conferences often remain under the radar,”…A key reason that they persist…is that “researchers, especially those eager to strengthen their publication records, are sometimes lured by the promise of subsequent publication indexed in reputable citation databases”, such as in conference proceedings or in journals published by the conference organizer.”
#PredatoryConferences#HigherEd#Academia#Science

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02358-w