An image split between a monochrome vintage photo and dark teal text. The photo shows a man in a lab coat working with scientific equipment. The text reads "Did You Know? Pasteur originally developed pasteurization to protect wine and beer from spoiling. Its later use for milk dramatically reduced foodborne illness and quietly reshaped everyday life worldwide."

#OnThisDay in 1862, Louis Pasteur demonstrated that gently heating liquids could prevent spoilage! This experiment laid the foundation for pasteurization, a process that transformed food safety and continues to protect public health today. 🧪

Introducing Middle School Students to "The Secret Ghost Workers of 'Artificial Intelligence'" — Civics of Technology Upcoming Book Clubs: We’re reading The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms our Kids’ Learning - And How to Help Them Thrive Again by Jared Cooney Horvath. Join us on Wednesday, Ap...

I really appreciate @elizabethwithaz.bsky.social's reflections on how she explored the social impacts of technology with her students by introducing them to the people - the ghost workers - whose labor makes “AI” systems possible.

Read this week’s @civicsoftech.bsky.social and find the lesson at:

Post-doc opportunity in plant immunology!

UCD locals!
My Micro Club is hosting a "Meet the Microbes" exhibit from 11a-1p in the Katherine Esau Science Hall, rooms 2079 & 2087, this Saturday.
Marvel over glow-in-the-dark agar art, get yourself Gram-stained, watch microscopic frens swim or crawl, and more.
Agar art video preview provided!

Yes, I would be happily hug a mossy boulder…just ask my redwoods friends! 🤗 🌲

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That decision is a smooth move 😉

Texas AI data centers drain water supply as residents face drought restrictions and shower limits Texas residents face severe drought and water restrictions while AI data centers consume millions of gallons unchecked. Microsoft’s Stargate campus in Abilene used 463 million gallons in two years, wi...

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Everyone allowing or pushing for AI use should be required to spend a month living next to a data center to experience this sound and a restricted shower schedule due to its water consumption.

These wildlife photos certainly put my minor troubles into perspective!

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Say NO to more data centers! They consume an enormous and unsustainable amount of water and electricity from systems—and a planet—that are already depleted.

Looks like SO much fun!

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Yes, indeed, a network of strangers working to find a phage that could treat someone’s life-threatening infection with a multiple-drug resistant bacterium is a beautiful example of “the “kind” in humankind”

This brilliant truism graced my email signature for years. It might be time to bring it back… ❤️ 💪

Calling on amateur astronomers to document moon impact flashes in coordination with Artemis II

Brilliant idea! (And, after all, they lifted off on April Fool’s day!)

I had no idea cormorant plumage could be so beautifully colorful!

Brilliant simulation. But it makes my heart sink to see how much of the living earth we humans have destroyed and replaced with unsustainable infrastructure.

The true cause does matter because we will shift our prevention strategy accordingly. If we don’t appreciate the risk of new strains arising through natural mechanisms, and instead focus on controlling access or manipulations by researchers, we won’t invest enough resources on global detection.

If I took a selfie right now, it would look a lot like that 😂

Book cover of “Eats, Shoots & Leaves”, by Lynne Truss, that shows a panda bear standing on a ladder to paint a comma in the title.

Part of my transition to digital minimalism is reading paper books again. 📚 I was reading this treasure at the local library and hard pressed to keep my laughter below library decibel limits! If you, too, are a punctuation stickler, get thee to a library or bookstore!

A black-and-white photo shows Dr. Leila Denmark (center), an elderly woman with glasses, seated and smiling while looking at a baby who is laughing and facing her. Another younger woman is also seated to the right, laughing and placing her hand near the baby's midsection. The scene suggests a warm, inter-generational interaction, possibly in a clinical or home setting. Dr. Denmark was a pioneering pediatrician, known as the world's oldest practicing pediatrician upon her retirement at age 103.

Dr. Leila Denmark co-developed the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine in 1932.

She was the world's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (practicing for 73 years). She died a supercentenarian #OTD in 2012 at the age of 114 years and 60 days.

#WomenInSTEM

Time to quash the persistent rumor of a lab leak as the genesis of SARS-CoV-2

This grant tracker data reflects a de-investment not just in science but in human well-being. 😔

For something very different and a little ridiculous (but had me rotflol at the library!) try “Eats, Shoots and Leaves” by Lynne Truss, a self-professed stickler for punctuation. (Game recognizes game!)

The True dwelling of the holy.

@brunlabcaulo.bsky.social Is this the true explanation?