Pollution alert.

Decline in real time.

Breathing polluted air significantly increases the risk of developing and dying from multiple cancers - including liver and breast cancer - according to a new report calling for stricter air quality standards.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/fsAU

Amnesty International warns that 'predator' leaders seek to impose new 'world order' Certain leaders have rejected the global multilateral system in favor of a 'vision without moral compass,' where 'war, not diplomacy, rules,' a report from the group said.

The leaders of the United States, Israel and Russia are seeking to impose a new "predatory" world order while most countries are too cowardly to stop them, rights group Amnesty International has said.

Reason to doubt.

Apparently they don't really care about security.

‘How worlds are created’: University of Washington astronomers find evidence of planets clashing Anastasios Tzanidakis, a UW doctoral student in astronomy, was looking through data from 2020 when he noticed an otherwise unremarkable star’s light dimming and then fluctuating wildly. What he found was evidence of planets colliding — which could shed light on how planets, like ours, form.

Telescope scans showed the star Gaia20ehk shining steadily about 11,000 light-years from Earth, near the constellation Puppis. University of Washington scientists developed a hypothesis: two planets had collided in front of Gaia20ehk, blocking the star’s light.

When was he ever a nice guy?

Pure evil.

Pregnancy vaccine reduces baby hospital admissions for RSV by 80% A study confirms the vaccine gives excellent protection for babies against life-threatening chest infections.

Vaccines are humanity’s greatest scientific achievement.

Values statement: some states make it easier to kill people, and penalize people who try to protect them.

It's International Dark Sky Week. Reflect Orbital proposes using mirrors mounted on thousands of satellites to reflect sunlight down to Earth at night. Those threats to dark skies would introduce significant ecological, human health, safety, and astronomical risks at a global scale.

FBI And NSA Warnings Ignored—No Fix For Millions Of Phones Check your phone now — before it’s too late.

FBI And NSA Warnings Ignored—No Fix For Millions Of Phones

Stunning new landmark study from #HHMIInvestigator David Reich & team @harvardmed.bsky.social lets us watch human evolution in real time across 10,000 years, & what ~16,000 ancient genomes reveal is striking: Natural selection didn't stop when civilization began — it sped up: bit.ly/4ep7uJI.

What to Know About the Cicada SARS-CoV-2 Variant This JAMA Medical News article discusses the unusual trajectory of BA.3.2, the most recent version of SARS-CoV-2 to be designated a Variant Under Monitoring by the World Health Organization.

Everything known about the hyper-mutated BA.3.2 variant ("Cicada") of #SARSCoV2. While there's no cause for alarm, continued genome surveillance of this virus is essential.
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Trump’s Bottomless Nihilism Is Eating Our Future While a few lucky insiders may be getting rich from this misrule, the rest of us are watching the needless destruction of our collective future.

Because his own desires have no anchor, he cannot conceive others hold wants and needs that can’t be dealt down, negotiated, shifted entirely. Everything is just an opening bid. trib.al/IZyEWST

Evil doubles down on falsely identifying with good.

Trump administration promised 'gold standard science.' Scientists say they got fool's gold The Trump administration says it's returning U.S. science to a golden era. Critics say it's tarnished by political agendas.

Trump administration promised 'gold standard science.' Scientists say they got fool's gold

Federal Reserve: Without tariffs, inflation would have dropped to pre-pandemic levels during 2025 New study finds that tariffs were responsible for the "entirety of the excess inflation in the core goods category."

New study finds that tariffs were responsible for the "entirety of the excess inflation in the core goods category."

The fallacy of fall balance (i.e., “two sides to everything” that has become politicians’ and news media’s excuse for their laziness and lack of thoroughness) is squarely to blame for allowing intellectually lazy nonsense to see the light of day.

#MedSky 🧪

They've still got some bugs to fix.

This is not AI.

It is our world… seen from the Moon.

Credit NASA 💫😎💫💙💫😎💫

A GENTLE REMINDER: we are trying to eliminate fossil fuels because using them kills us.

If fossil fuels were cheap (they're not) or reliable (they're SO NOT), it would still be urgent to get rid of them because their intended use destroys our life support systems.

I think sometimes the reason why Trump contradicts himself so much each day is because he forgot what he said yesterday. The other times it’s because he lies so much he can’t keep the lies straight.

This sums up the situation pretty well.

Iran cyber actors disrupting US water, energy facilities, FBI warns Your PLCs aren't internet-connected, right? Right?! Iranian-affiliated actors have escalated intrusions targeting critical US water and energy facilities, in some cases disrupting operations, the FBI and American cyber defense agencies said on Tuesday.…

Iran cyber actors disrupting US water, energy facilities, FBI warns

A New View of the Moon art002e009287 (April 6, 2026) – Earth sets at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, over the Moon’s curved limb in this photo captured by the Artemis II crew during their journey around the far side of the Mo...

So many gorgeous pics at the NASA Flickr page. More will come! This is my favorite, so far, the small crescent earth behind a looming moon.
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We collaborated with AWorld, the largest app for personal climate action, to examine behavioral patterns, data quality, and the links between users' actions, carbon footprints and psychological factors.

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I have no idea what typhus actually is so I read more about it. Folks working outside in their yards and those with pets need to take more precautions.

Climate change and warmer temperatures are making conditions better for the fleas and the typhus bacteria.

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