East coast humpback numbers are now higher than pre-whaling levels
Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia’s east coast has bounced back and is now greater than before whaling. ⌘ Read more
Harvest moon kicks off a season of supermoons. Here’s how to see them
Our skies will be graced by up to four consecutive supermoons over the next months. Here’s why they happen, and how we can end up with multiple supermoons in a row. ⌘ Read more
vacas pintadas de zebra e morcegos bêbados…
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/09/meet-the-2025-ig-nobel-prize-winners/
Vacas pintadas de zebra e morcegos bêbados…
…também conta que os nenês curtem o leita materno quando a mãe comeu alho.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/09/meet-the-2025-ig-nobel-prize-winners/
Vacas pintadas de zebra e morcegos bêbados…
…também conta que os nenês curtem o leite materno quando a mãe comeu alho.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/09/meet-the-2025-ig-nobel-prize-winners/
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@lyse that's an amazing way to teach, and one many old school (I remember my father telling me "schools need to teach both theoretical and practical skills!") people will agree with. The fact that graduates need to learn on the job after they graduate exemplifies the importance of hands on.
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@bender@twtxt.net Absolutely. My computer science teacher was really great and in a lot of aspects very similar. Especially combining the theoretical and practical parts. He’s also the main reason I ended up where I am today. I’m very grateful to him. Mr. Burger, however, takes this on a whole new level.
Gut fossil from Aussie dinosaur ‘Judy’ first to show what sauropods ate
The first reported fossilised stomach contents from a sauropod, belonging to a Diamantinasaurus that lived 95 million years ago, has confirmed a long-held theory of herbivorous behaviour. ⌘ Read more
World-first footage shows Antarctic sea floor scoured by cruise ship anchors
Damage to sensitive sea floor ecosystems sparks calls for tighter regulation of the tourist ship industry in the Antarctic region. ⌘ Read more
Sci-Fi-Klassiker: Ben Stiller inszeniert Twilight-Zone-Film
Es gab mehrere Serien und einen Kinofilm in den Achtzigerjahren. In nicht allzu ferner Zukunft soll Twilight Zone wieder ins Kino kommen. ( Science-Fiction, Film)
Star Wars: Wie das Imperium den zweiten Todesstern so schnell baute
Andor zeigte, dass das Imperium fast 20 Jahre für den Bau des ersten Todessterns brauchte. Wieso gelang der Bau des zweiten so schnell? ( Star Wars, Science-Fiction)
Doctor Who: Staffel 2 sollte ursprünglich ganz anders enden
Das Finale von Staffel 2 war für viele überraschend - und war gar nicht so geplant. ( Science-Fiction, Disney)
Council cans peer-reviewed flood study, questioning ‘supposed science’
An independent flood study flagging high-risk areas in Victoria’s south-west is abandoned after councillors decide they do not trust the data. ⌘ Read more
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for June 5, 2025
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
Front: OpenH264 in Fedora; Wallabag; Safety certification; 6.16 Merge window; Bounce buffering; Hardening repository problems; Device-initiated I/O; Faster networking; OSPM 2025; Free software in science.
Briefs: Kea vulnerabilities; Alpine Linux 3.22.0; Fedora strategy; Quotes; …
Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, securi … ⌘ Read more
Age of Dead Sea Scrolls pinned down with the help of AI
A new study has used AI to decipher the age of the Dead Sea Scrolls, potentially rewriting what we know about when some of the world’s most precious biblical texts were created. ⌘ Read more
[$] The importance of free software to science
Free software plays a critical role in science, both in research and in
disseminating it. Aspects of software freedom are directly relevant to
simulation, analysis, document preparation and preservation, security,
reproducibility, and usability. Free software brings practical and specific
advantages, beyond just its ideological roots, to science, while
proprietary software comes with equally specific risks. As a practicing
scientist, I would like to help others—scientists or not—see the … ⌘ Read more
Clever cockies not only open bins, they can use water fountains too
The behaviour has spread among a mob of more than 100 sulphur-crested cockatoos that roost in the Western Sydney Parklands. ⌘ Read more
[$] Cory Doctorow on how we lost the internet
Cory Doctorow wears many hats:
digital activist, science-fiction author, journalist, and more. He has
also written many books, both fiction and non-fiction, runs the Pluralistic blog, is a visiting
professor, and is an advisor to the Electronic\
Frontier Foundation (EFF); his Chokepoint Capitalism
co-author, Rebecca Giblin, gave a [2023 keynote\
in Australia](https://lw … ⌘ Read more
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@thecanine @movq So I actually agree with you! I think Dustin is taking a bit of a "deep and dark" path here (depression), and there are many parallels to other types of activities that we can all talk to. "AI" or "LLM"(s) here should be no different. Use them, Don't use them. I don't really see how it takes away our creativity or critical thinking.
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@prologic@twtxt.net What I meant, is that I will not say that someone is not really a writer, if they choose to have what they wrote, ran through some spelling and sentence structure checker, like the one included in MS Word, the average phone keyboard, or on reverso.net - given that they look over the output and make sure the corrections make sense.
Similarly, I won’t complain much, if someone uses AI, to remove backgrounds from images, where the AI can preform this task, as well as a human would and makes sure to check it afterwards, or use ai as a way to sort large quantities of images - usually done for science. An example of this, would be having terabytes of plant photos, from some cities camera system and having an AI analyse them, in an attempt to detect notable changes, like mold, parasites, or the plants needing more water.
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Watched the third installment of Andor for last night. That was some intense story telling. When it finished I was shaking from how much it had brought me into it all. Just wow.
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@xuu@txt.sour.is a Star Wars series, eh? Never been a fan. I am Trekkie instead; it comes across as more science fiction, less fantasy. Still, I would see it if only we had Disney+. 😩
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Cool, Hubble turns 35 today! https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasa-celebrates-hubbles-35th-year-in-orbit/ Happy birthday little space telescope and thanks for all the lovely photos! :-)
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@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org I am surprised our King hasn’t shut it down already. After all, science is woke. /s
Cool, Hubble turns 35 today! https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasa-celebrates-hubbles-35th-year-in-orbit/ Happy birthday little space telescope and thanks for all the lovely photos! :-)
Science of the Gaps
Mainstream science is overrated.
Most of the reason it feels so effective and all-explaining is a cognitive illusion.
Most people overestimate how solvent scientific consensus actually is.
I saw Joe Rogan’s recent interview of Mel Gibson.
Gibson said that he was a creationist and didn’t believe in evolution.
Joe pushed back a bit, saying that mainstream science had found remnants of putatively proto-humans.
Here is a snippet of Mel’s response and the back and forth:
Mel: Yeah maybe t … ⌘ Read more
The Science of Illusions with Teller ⌘ Read more
Are we in the Matrix?😎 Neil deGrasse Tyson & Laurence Fishburne reveal the Science Behind the Matrix ⌘ Read more
The Science of the Matrix with Laurence Fishburne ⌘ Read more
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Heck yeah, that's really cool! Let's hope for a clear sky: "On the evening of 28 February 2025, all seven of the other planets in the Solar System will appear in the night sky at the same time, with Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter, and Mars all lining up in a neat row – a magnificent sky feast for the eyes known as a great planetary alignment." https://www.sciencealert.com/a-rare-alignment-of-7-planets-is-about-to-take-place-in-the-sky
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@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org /Me throws his keyboard off to the side, grabs his camera just in case and runs upstairs screaming “Yeah! Science B_ !”
The Science of Hypnosis with David Spiegel ⌘ Read more
The Science of Star Trek with Dr. Charles Liu ⌘ Read more
Discussing the Science of Interstellar with the Science Advisor, Kip Thorne ⌘ Read more
Neil deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye! 🪐 Science’s dynamic duo are back in action! ⌘ Read more
Scientists Discuss The Science of Perception & AI ⌘ Read more
Apple Opens Extensive Research Lab in Shenzhen, China
Apple has opened a new applied research laboratory in Shenzhen, China, marking a significant expansion of its research and development capabilities in the world’s largest smartphone market. The facility, which began operations on Thursday, is located in the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong tech cooperation zone.
_Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science a … ⌘ Read more
Extraterrestrial life on Enceladus? 🌌 Sounds like sci-fi, but it’s science! ⌘ Read more
Siphon science! 🍷 watch “colored water” defy gravity! ⌘ Read more
The Surprising Science of Siphons ⌘ Read more
Play the Classic Sci-Fi Shooter “Marathon Infinity” Free on Steam
The classic science fiction FPS (First Person Shooter) game “Marathon Infinity” is now available to play for free from Steam, for Mac and Windows. Marathon Infinity, originally released in 1996, is the third game in the Marathon series, and continues the theme of battling hostile aliens in unusual settings. Marathon Infinity introduced some intriguing and … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/202 … ⌘ Read more
Can a sandworm really zoom like that in Dune? 😂 Had to set Colbert straight on the science ⌘ Read more
hard to believe black holes went from “forbidden topic” to “frontier of space science!” 🚀 ⌘ Read more
Adorava conseguir escrever como este senhor, que torna o comportamento de uma substância perigosa em algo que dá vontade de ler até ao fim
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-work-dimethylcadmium
Hello twtxt! I’m James (or @falsifian@www.falsifian.org). I live in Toronto. Recent interests include space complexity, simple software, and science fiction.
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I've been thinking about a new term I've come across whilst reading a book. It's called "Complexity Budget" and I think it has relevant in lots of difficult fields. I specifically think it has a lot of relevant in the Software Industry and organizations in this field. When doing further research on this concept, I was only able find talks on complexity budget in the context of medical care, especially phychiratistic care. In this talk it was describe as, complexity:
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This reminds me of this video: The Biggest Gap in Science: Complexity
However you might end up with more questions (complexity?) than answers (simplicity?)
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Miracles and Black Swans
The BlindspotThe standard modern scientific worldview cannot admit miracles and cannot admit the paranormal.
That’s not the same as saying the scientific worldview disbelieves in miracles or the paranormal (although most modern science fans do).
Nor is it the same as saying that the scientific worldview refutes or disproves miracles or the paranormal.
People get all of these confused, but to state it clearly:
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John Searle and Daniel Dennett on Consciousness
Below I am here giving voice to a conversation in articles on the subject of consciousness originally published by the New York Review of Books and in John Searle’s book The Mystery of Consciousness.
I find these hilarious.
Here, Searle’s adversary, well-known and now late “philosopher” Daniel Dennett follows the logical train of verificationist modern science to its logical conclusion: the denial of the subjective—the consciousness itself—the thing, the … ⌘ Read more
Neil deGrasse Tyson and Richard Dawkins Discuss Science, Religion & Evolution ⌘ Read more
** books, the end of winter, video games and javascript **
Since my last update I’ve read a handful of books. Some standout reads include Tales from Earthsea, The Other Wind and The Left Hand of Darkness, all by Ursula K. Le Guin. I’d read them all before, accepted for The Other Wind. I thought I’d read The Other Wind, but hadn’t! Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick was also a fun read. I liked it for the rabbit holes it invited me down; I’ve been thinking a lot … ⌘ Read more
Simplifying the Science of Rocket Fuel, X-Rays, & Airplanes with Neil deGrasse Tyson ⌘ Read more
What You Might Not Know About Campfires #science href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23neildegrassetyson”>#neildegrassetyson** ⌘ Read more
This is what happens when you let StarTalk fans ask Neil questions 😂 #astrophysics href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23science”>#science** ⌘ Read more
How DNA helps in cracking animal cruelty cases
Researchers at the University of Florida’s Veterinary Forensic Sciences Laboratory use some of the latest tools to find breakthroughs in animal cruelty investigations. ⌘ Read more
Mondays with Mike – February 26, 2024
What’s the deal with “leap years”? The history and science behind it is complicated, but fascinating. ⌘ Read more
Meningitis warning after Florida student dies
The Volusia County School District is offering grief counseling support for students at Burns Science and Technology Charter School after one of their students died. Parents later received a text warning them that their students may have been exposed to meningitis. ⌘ Read more
How To Spot Anti-Science 👀 ⌘ Read more
Immunizing Against Anti-Science with Neil deGrasse Tyson & Peter Hotez ⌘ Read more
The Intersection of Science and Religion with Neil deGrasse Tyson ⌘ Read more
Science SARU работает над аниме-адаптацией манги Dandadan — тизер
Сериал о девушке с психокинетическими способостями, которую похитили пришельцы, стартует в 2024 году.
SpaceX во второй раз запустила космический корабль Starship — пуск окончился взрывом
Но полёт Starship продлился гораздо дольше, чем при первой попытке в апреле.
Cosmic Queries – Science of Survival with Neil deGrasse Tyson & Dr. Teimojin Tan ⌘ Read more
Deconstructing the Science in Popular Films with Neil deGrasse Tyson | Podcast Highlights ⌘ Read more
Invisibility: The Science of How Not To Be Seen with Neil deGrasse Tyson & Greg Gbur ⌘ Read more
Climate Science You Need to Know for Earth Day | StarTalk 101 ⌘ Read more
Slippery Science: The Physics of Ice with Neil deGrasse Tyson ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, National Science Fiction Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/01/02/scifi.html #programming #project #devjournal
** I read some books in 2022, and have some thoughts about computer science writing **
At the start of this year I set out to revive my long dead reading habit. After having kids it fell by the wayside. I’ve read 41 books so far this year. Mostly a mix of science fiction and nonfiction computer science books. Here’s the complete list of everything I’ve read. I’ve got mixed feelings about keeping track and sharing cou … ⌘ Read more
Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Science of Steve-O’s… Fart Bubble? ⌘ Read more
Neil deGrasse Tyson Breaks Down the Science in Marvel Movies ⌘ Read more
the right level for solving the hard problem of consciousness is within existing science/within philosophy/within meta- or pre-philosophy/needs a fully new paradigm of thought
good hobbyist internet science writers & scientists are afflicted by a peculiar disease: they produce some (or a lot of) good output, and then someone gives them enough money to start an organization, and they never write anything interesting again.
The Science of Outscoring Steph Curry ⌘ Read more
Indigenous Science with Neil deGrasse Tyson & Dr. Jessica Hernandez ⌘ Read more
looking from afar, the quality of science there looks quite abysmal, while the field is very important (finding out how to make humans learn things better! come on!)
power is wasted without science
Sticky Science: The Force Be With You with Neil deGrasse Tyson ⌘ Read more
Science Pioneers with Neil deGrasse Tyson & Danni Washington ⌘ Read more
The Science in “Don’t Look Up” with Adam McKay and Dr. Amy Mainzer ⌘ Read more
How open source is supporting NASA’s new eyes in space
With the successful liftoff of the James Webb Space Telescope, we ask our very own Arfon Smith about the history of open source and space science. ⌘ Read more
The Science of Ted Lasso with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jason Sudeikis, and Brendan Hunt ⌘ Read more
the bright sessions. a science fiction podcast [[https://www.thebrightsessions.com/season-one]] #links
🙌 Liked: Hallucinating Facts: Psychedelic Science and the Epistemic Power of Data, by Emma Stamm ⌘ Read more
The Science of Scary with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Mathias Clasen, & Heather Berlin ⌘ Read more
🙌 Liked: Single bee is making an immortal clone army thanks to a genetic fluke | Live Science ⌘ Read more
mathematics is the science of the infinite, computer science is the science of the finite
Reefer Madness: The Science of Marijuana with Neil deGrasse Tyson and Dr. Staci Gruber ⌘ Read more
How to Win Gold with Science - Neil deGrasse Tyson and Olympic GOAT Edwin Moses ⌘ Read more…
Neil deGrasse Tyson & Richard Dawkins On Science Communication, Social Media, and Persuasion ⌘ Read more…
Zachary Quinto on Science Fiction, Star Trek, and Playing Spock ⌘ Read more…
Combatting Anti-Science with Richard Dawkins ⌘ Read more…
Climate Science! with NASA’s Gavin Schmidt ⌘ Read more…
The Science of Learning with Heather Berlin ⌘ Read more…
The Fragility of Physics
Physics has a reputation of being a uniquely “scientific” field.In other fields, you might hear of the concept of “Physics Envy” which is supposed to be a deep-seated desire of academics of other disciplines for the rigorousness and elegance of physics.Only physics, so the popular understanding goes, is truly able to abstract away from the messiness of detail and create truly beautiful and solvent models of their subject matters.Physics is thus the queen of the “hard sciences.”
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Academic
Here are some old academic papers that I mostly wrote as term papers and such in graduate school. People occasionally ask out of interest.
By the time I got a year or so into my Ph.D. at Arizona, I had pretty much not intention on continuing in t … ⌘ Read more
Science vs. Soyence
There’s nothing necessarily wrong with science, reason, knowledge etc. To some degree, they’re fundamental for survival in this world in one way or another. But one of the more worrisome problems which have arisen since the Enlightenment, and especially in the past several years, is the fact that whenever scientific knowledge has increased, human arrogance has accelerated even faster. This isn’t a metaphysical, moral arrogance; it’s one that is more and mor … ⌘ Read more
The Joy of Techno Science with Rayvon Fouché ⌘ Read more…
How Facebook, Twitter and other data troves are revolutionizing social science ⌘ Read more…
Viral Visualizations : How Coronavirus Skeptics Use Orthodox Data Practices to Promote Unorthodox Science Online ⌘ Read more…
StarTalk Podcast: The Science of Happiness with Laurie Santos ⌘ Read more…
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I'm busy, but here's an 1+ Christmas Tree
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@adi@twtxt.net @prologic@twtxt.net using regex. which can be a rather inexact science ;)
“Subreddits could achieve this without a schism” heh (https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/v7c47vjta3mavY3QC/is-science-slowing-down?commentId=e9T3hF9957pT5h2ex), two years ago