Groundwater is heating up, threatening life below and above the surface.
Under your feet lies the world’s biggest reservoir. Groundwater makes up a whopping 97% of all usable freshwater. Where is it? In the voids between grains and cracks within rocks. We see it when it rises to the surface in springs, in caves, or when we pump it up for use. #ClimateChange#Science
I’ve been blogging recently, mostly writing about papers I published before because I realised I’ve not really blogged about them. But also funders seem to like blogs and websites as a way to disseminate research.
In any case, here’s my website and blog: https://manabusakamoto.uk/ #blogging#science#Palaeontology
Some planets are born alone, live alone, and die alone. The ESA's Euclid space telescope just found a nest of these loners in the constellation Orion.
At least the rogue planets have chosen a gorgeous spot to go about their business: This is where the newfound worlds are hanging out (toward the top of the image).
From the ancient Greeks to the modern space age, we continue our cosmic exploration, forever hopeful that ET will answer our call. Cupertino TV Productions' Grace Trafton interviews the Deputy Director of the SETI Institute's Carl Sagan Center, Simon Steel.
Autonomic and hedonic response to affective touch in autism spectrum disorder
Capiotto et al., 2024, Autism Res.
"Our results reveal a noteworthy discrepancy in ASD population between the subjective experience, characterized by amplified hedonic but also unpleasant responses, and the physiological response, marked by a lack of autonomic activation related to affective touch. "
White-nose syndrome is sending bat populations in #Colorado toward a major decline that could cause ecological disruptions across the state. And even if they do recover, rebuilding populations takes a long time 🦇
My partner pointed out that I have a case of schrodinger’s good/bad dog. I have an English Cocker Spaniel named Miles. He loves walks in the forest. Loves chasing things (rabbits, birds) off into the undergrowth and also loves rolling in dead birds.
Now if he rolls in a dead bird while in the undergrowth and I don't see him is he a good dog or a bad dog? We don't know unless I go into the undergrowth to find out.
"In his first public testimony since stepping down from [U.S.] government office at the end of 2022, Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday fended off a variety of attacks from Republican politicians at a fiery hearing called to discuss lessons learned during the pandemic."
NBC News reports: "Fauci has emerged as one of the people most vilified by supporters of former President Donald Trump, with many blaming him for the pandemic based on a wide array of false or misleading claims. Calls to prosecute Fauci for unspecified crimes have become common on the right."
In 2018, a biologist wrote a paper based on the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Threshold" (one of the silliest episodes in Star Trek history) and submitted it to 10 open-access journals to expose their predatory practices:
"charging authors publication fees without providing the editorial services associated with legitimate journals, such as careful peer review and vetting of the paper's claims."
INCREDIBLE images from China's Chang’e 6 lander, which landed on the far side of the moon late on June 1 and lifted off in an ascent vehicle with the first lunar samples from the far side of the moon yesterday.