<p><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough-scientists-create-universal-kidney-to-match-any-blood-type" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough-scientists-create-universal-kidney-to-match-any-blood-type"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.sciencealert.com/breakthro</span><span class="invisible">ugh-scientists-create-universal-kidney-to-match-any-blood-type</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>
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<p>Simple oxygen tweaks could curb 'laughing gas' emissions from wastewater systems <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-05-simple-oxygen-tweaks-curb-gas.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="phys.org/news/2025-05-simple-oxygen-tweaks-curb-gas.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-05-simple-o</span><span class="invisible">xygen-tweaks-curb-gas.html</span></a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>
<p>Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.<br>—</p><p>The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/noaa-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/noa</span><span class="invisible">a-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/michigan/" rel="tag">#Michigan</a> <a href="/tags/ohio/" rel="tag">#Ohio</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/noaa/" rel="tag">#NOAA</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#Water</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> mag editorial</p><p>The new reality for American academia</p><p><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady7672" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady7672"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sc</span><span class="invisible">ience.ady7672</span></a></p>
<p>Study reveals 'supply and demand' constraints on body's protein-making ability <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-05-reveals-demand-constraints-body-protein.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="phys.org/news/2025-05-reveals-demand-constraints-body-protein.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-05-reveals-</span><span class="invisible">demand-constraints-body-protein.html</span></a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>
<p>Onwards & Upwards for Perseverance rover.</p><p>Judging by the wheel tracks in this roughly processed post-drive tiled-NavCam from Sol 1342, the drive direction to site 62.2066 appears to be close to west-southwest. The updated map and drive data (JSON) are unlikely to be released until after the holiday weekend, so I'll share the drive data and map as soon as they are available. </p><p>Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech</p><p><a href="/tags/mars/" rel="tag">#Mars</a> <a href="/tags/perseverance/" rel="tag">#Perseverance</a> <a href="/tags/marsrover/" rel="tag">#MarsRover</a> <a href="/tags/nasa/" rel="tag">#NASA</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#Space</a> <a href="/tags/exploration/" rel="tag">#Exploration</a> <a href="/tags/solarocks/" rel="tag">#Solarocks</a></p>
<p>as she keeps going up the route leading to the summit, Perseverance sends us new visions of the crater rim and beyond </p><p><a href="/tags/mars/" rel="tag">#Mars</a> Nov. 30, 2024 (Sol 1344)<br>Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech</p><p><a href="/tags/perseverance/" rel="tag">#perseverance</a> <a href="/tags/rover/" rel="tag">#rover</a> <a href="/tags/sol1344/" rel="tag">#Sol1344</a> <a href="/tags/perseverancerover/" rel="tag">#PerseveranceRover</a> <a href="/tags/picoturquino/" rel="tag">#PicoTurquino</a> <a href="/tags/jezerocrater/" rel="tag">#JezeroCrater</a> <a href="/tags/jezerocraterrim/" rel="tag">#JezeroCraterRim</a> <a href="/tags/rimcampaign/" rel="tag">#RimCampaign</a> <a href="/tags/rimscience/" rel="tag">#RimScience</a> <a href="/tags/navcam/" rel="tag">#Navcam</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a> <a href="/tags/geology/" rel="tag">#geology</a> <a href="/tags/landscape/" rel="tag">#landscape</a> <a href="/tags/mars2020/" rel="tag">#Mars2020</a> <a href="/tags/solarocks/" rel="tag">#solarocks</a> <a href="/tags/astrodon/" rel="tag">#Astrodon</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>
<p>Beautiful, totally new, long-distance vistas captured 12 hours ago by Perseverance with her Mastcam Zoom camera, after her latest move up the slopes of the crater</p><p><a href="/tags/mars/" rel="tag">#Mars</a> Dec. 5, 2024 (Sol 1349)<br>Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU</p><p><a href="/tags/perseverance/" rel="tag">#Perseverance</a> <a href="/tags/rover/" rel="tag">#rover</a> <a href="/tags/sol1349/" rel="tag">#Sol1349</a> <a href="/tags/perseverancerover/" rel="tag">#PerseveranceRover</a> <a href="/tags/jezerocrater/" rel="tag">#JezeroCrater</a> <a href="/tags/astrodon/" rel="tag">#Astrodon</a> <a href="/tags/geology/" rel="tag">#geology</a> <a href="/tags/mars2020/" rel="tag">#Mars2020</a> <a href="/tags/rimcampaign/" rel="tag">#RimCampaign</a> <a href="/tags/rimscience/" rel="tag">#RimScience</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/martian/" rel="tag">#Martian</a> <a href="/tags/landscape/" rel="tag">#landscape</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>
<p>Under <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>, <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> scientists say managers encouraged them to delete evidence of chemicals’ harms, including <a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#cancer</a>, miscarriage and neurological problems, from their reports. And in some cases, they said, their managers deleted the information themselves.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p><p>(Published Sept. 2024) <a href="https://propub.li/3Zx4ljp" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/3Zx4ljp</a></p>
<p>The Latest Trump and DOGE Casualty: Energy Data<br>—</p><p>The Energy Information Administration has long provided reliable data on everything from oil and gas to alternative energy. Now one of its signature reports has been slashed and a second one canceled entirely amid sweeping job reductions and turmoil.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/the-latest-trump-and-doge-casualty-energy-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/the-latest-trump-and-doge-casualty-energy-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/the</span><span class="invisible">-latest-trump-and-doge-casualty-energy-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>
Deep-sea scientists filmed something astonishing and very rarely seen swimming over the seafloor in Chile
<p>The Python Software Foundation has rejected a $1.5 million government grant because of the anti-DEI requirements imposed by the Trump administration.</p><p>The Python programming language empowers actual science all over the world. Let's support their mission and their integrity. *We can all of us* make up for the short fall!<br>[<a href="https://www.python.org/psf/donations/](https://www.python.org/psf/donations/)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.python.org/psf/donations/](https://www.python.org/psf/donations/)"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.python.org/psf/donations/]</span><span class="invisible">(https://www.python.org/psf/donations/)</span></a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/python/" rel="tag">#python</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>
<p>The Drake Awards are less than two weeks away! Did you know that you can attend virtually? You'll see the awards presentations, plus you'll have access to our fantastic host, Marco Larsen, and two of our scientists as guests: Laurance Doyle (CETI) and Ann Marie Cody (astrophysics). Tickets are only $15! Get yours today: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/drake-awards-2025-tickets-1251126907259" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.eventbrite.com/e/drake-awards-2025-tickets-1251126907259"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.eventbrite.com/e/drake-awa</span><span class="invisible">rds-2025-tickets-1251126907259</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/drakeawards2025/" rel="tag">#DrakeAwards2025</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/seti/" rel="tag">#seti</a></p>
<p>Astronomers have a love-hate relationship with the atmosphere: it's great for, you know, not dying, but it blurs astronomical images. In the latest episode of Chasing Starlight we tell you the inner workings of adaptive optics, a technique where we use powerful lasers and fast shape-shifting mirrors to measure and correct atmospheric turbulence:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_QC2cLroDc" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_QC2cLroDc"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_QC2c</span><span class="invisible">LroDc</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/astrophysics/" rel="tag">#astrophysics</a> <a href="/tags/astrodon/" rel="tag">#astrodon</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a></p>
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<p>in the <a href="/tags/arxiv/" rel="tag">#arXiv</a></p><p>A New Strategy for the Exploration of Venus</p><p>by the VEXAG Exploration Strategy Study Analysis Workgroup<br><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.06830" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>arxiv.org/abs/2412.06830</a></p><p><a href="/tags/venus/" rel="tag">#Venus</a> <a href="/tags/planetaryscience/" rel="tag">#PlanetaryScience</a> <a href="/tags/astrodon/" rel="tag">#Astrodon</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a> <a href="/tags/planet/" rel="tag">#planet</a> <a href="/tags/planets/" rel="tag">#planets</a> <a href="/tags/solarsystem/" rel="tag">#solarsystem</a> <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#engineering</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>
<p>读过 <a href="https://neodb.social/search?r=1&q=https://neodb.social/book/0aP0DInM41Pu8Px7oeqhxn" rel="nofollow">Science Comics: Frogs</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 <br>这本好好看！青蛙原来是这么奇特（神奇）的动物啊！</p><p><a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#comics</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/科普/" rel="tag">#科普</a><br></p>
<p>Britain's oldest tree says fuck you to JK Rowling and, after being a male for thousands of years, began producing female fruit.</p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britain-s-oldest-tree-the-fortingall-yew-is-undergoing-a-sex-change-a6717796.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britain-s-oldest-tree-the-fortingall-yew-is-undergoing-a-sex-change-a6717796.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/</span><span class="invisible">home-news/britain-s-oldest-tree-the-fortingall-yew-is-undergoing-a-sex-change-a6717796.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/sex/" rel="tag">#sex</a> <a href="/tags/jkrowling/" rel="tag">#jkrowling</a> <a href="/tags/terfs/" rel="tag">#terfs</a> <a href="/tags/sexisnonbinary/" rel="tag">#sexisnonbinary</a> <a href="/tags/transrightsarehumanrights/" rel="tag">#TransRightsAreHumanRights</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a> Hi <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> ! We’re the European Southern Observatory, and we design, build and operate ground-based telescopes.</p><p>One of them is our Extremely Large Telescope, currently under construction in <a href="/tags/chile/" rel="tag">#Chile</a>. It will have a 39 m mirror, and its rotating enclosure will weigh 6100 tonnes, or about 700 mastodons!</p><p>We’re looking forward to chatting with all of you about <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p><p>📷 ESO/G. Vecchia</p><p><a href="/tags/astrodon/" rel="tag">#astrodon</a> <a href="/tags/astrophysics/" rel="tag">#astrophysics</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>
<p>Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show<br>—</p><p>A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump’s executive orders.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-cuts-transgender-research-grants?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-cuts-transgender-research-grants?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-nih-cuts-transgender-research-grants?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/nih/" rel="tag">#NIH</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/funding/" rel="tag">#Funding</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#Transgender</a></p>
TIL: males have 25% more neurons in the visual cortex than... #science #sexes #hormones
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<p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> video accounts to follow:</p><p>(If an account looks blank, read this: <a href="https://fedi.tips/why-does-someones-account-page-look-completely-blank-is-it-really-blank/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedi.tips/why-does-someones-account-page-look-completely-blank-is-it-really-blank/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.tips/why-does-someones-ac</span><span class="invisible">count-page-look-completely-blank-is-it-really-blank/</span></a>)</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://tilvids.com/a/ruth_mottram/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://tilvids.com/a/ruth_mottram', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://tilvids.com/accounts/ruth_mottram', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ruth_mottram</span></a></span> - Climate scientist, glaciers, ice sheets, polar climate<br>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/a/adam_steer/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/a/adam_steer', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/accounts/adam_steer', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>adam_steer</span></a></span> - Former polar researcher, polar exploration<br>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://video.katehildenbrand.com/c/makingwaves/videos', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://video.katehildenbrand.com/c/makingwaves', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://video.katehildenbrand.com/video-channels/makingwaves', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>makingwaves</span></a></span> - Marine ecologist, life in the sea<br>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://tilvids.com/a/nicemicro/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://tilvids.com/a/nicemicro', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://tilvids.com/accounts/nicemicro', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nicemicro</span></a></span> - Scientist on chemistry, FOSS, tech<br>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://spectra.video/a/kirk/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://spectra.video/a/kirk', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://spectra.video/accounts/kirk', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kirk</span></a></span> - Scientist, engineer, open hardware for energy conversion & storage<br>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://solarsystem.video/a/europlanet_media/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://solarsystem.video/a/europlanet_media', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://solarsystem.video/accounts/europlanet_media', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>europlanet_media</span></a></span> - European org for planetary scientists</p><p>🧵 1/3</p><p><a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a></p>
<p>Give <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> the heave-ho: "It has been more than 150 years since a fellow has been expelled from the society, according to the spokesperson." He's earned it.</p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00486-5" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00486-5"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nature.com/articles/d41586</span><span class="invisible">-025-00486-5</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/royalsociety/" rel="tag">#RoyalSociety</a><br><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>
<p>Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually</p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/johndrake/2025/05/19/trumps-nih-and-nsf-cuts-could-cost-the-us-economy-10-billion-annually/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.forbes.com/sites/johndrake/2025/05/19/trumps-nih-and-nsf-cuts-could-cost-the-us-economy-10-billion-annually/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.forbes.com/sites/johndrake</span><span class="invisible">/2025/05/19/trumps-nih-and-nsf-cuts-could-cost-the-us-economy-10-billion-annually/</span></a></p><p>Economic analysis suggests that the rate of return of public investment, to the US economy, is 140%-210%. </p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> is one of the few "good deals" with long-term prospects (measured on scales from years, even to decades, to centuries) for human beings. </p><p>But that is not why I do science. I do science because I am curious. I am grateful this is a net positive for society.</p>