Curiosity is reporting organics on Mars again. The experiment is the neat part though. The Sample Analysis on Mars experiment took ~70 sample cups with it and 9 were for wet chemistry experiments , and this one used up 1 of 2 with a strong alkaline base 🧵1/4
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
🔭🧪 #planetsci
Wilson et al. have found a system of four #exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star, in the sequence: rocky - gaseous - gaseous - rocky again.
This spans the radius valley within a single system, and distinguishes between two different planet formation theories. ☄️🔭🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. A feature in Nature explores why AI chatbots were telling people the condition was real. #medsky 🧪
This is blowing my biology mind.
Sifa means credential or merit in Swahili. I wonder if this is where the name for this AT came from. Looks good as replacement for LinkedIn.
Thunderbolt, an open source AI client by Mozilla. Sweet 🤘🏽
https://www.thunderbolt.io/
#ai #llm #mozilla
Screenshot of the Among Us game on Google Play, with 1B+ downloads
yooooooooooooooo we recently hit 1 BILLION downloads on Google Play??? ❤️🔥
that's so many Crewmates... thank u for playing... i'm gonna barf in a vent this is so cool... 🥲🥲🥲
Artemis II in Eclipse. Captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, this image shows the Moon fully eclipsing the Sun. credit: NASA
We uploaded our co-authored paper to arXiv.
Using a total solar eclipse image from the Artemis II lunar flyby, we studied the optical F-corona over a wide field. Our result hints that dust near the Sun may be more extended than standard models predict.🔭
arxiv.org/abs/2604.13908
image credit: NASA
Comment and control: how to gain control of GitHub agents in GitHub actions, and get them to leak secrets. Using nothing but a normal PR.
Anthropic, Google, Microsoft paid AI bug bounties – quietly • The Register
www.theregister.com/2026/04/15/claude_gemini...
Comment and control: how to gain control of GitHub agents in GitHub actions, and get them to leak secrets. Using nothing but a normal PR.
Anthropic, Google, Microsoft paid AI bug bounties – quietly • The Register
www.theregister.com/2026/04/15/claude_gemini...
This view was acquired three days ago by the Mars rover Curiosity June 5, 2024 (Sol 4206) Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
Le temps, ce grand sculpteur !
— Victor Hugo, Voix Intérieures
Highly recommended to zoom into this haunting image, from the Mars Curiosity rover, Summer 2024.
I like this. I like it a lot!
AI won’t entirely replace engineers, but it’s ratcheting up the pressure on the futures of the 1.5 million computer science grads India churns out each year. bloom.bg/4vxa4DJ
📷️: Gayatri Ganju for Bloomberg Businessweek
A wide view of the Martian surface seen from above. The landscape is split into two contrasting halves: the left side is lighter, sandy beige with faint ridges and cracks, while the right side is darker, reddish-brown and more heavily cratered. The boundary between the two regions is uneven and gradual, creating a striking colour contrast across the scene.
Mars Express has captured a blanket of dark ash creeping across the Red Planet.
It has spread hundreds of kilometres in less than 50 years.
🔭 🧪
#planetsci
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Credit: Irene Martignon
Met-12 GeoColour RGB, 13 April 06:00UTC
Lots of dust in the air currently, as seen in this spectacular photo of Etna peaking through dust layer this morning (thanks to Irene Martignon) versus the same area from space - Met-12 GeoColour RGB, via Jochen Kerkmann.
The Total Solar Eclipse from Artemis II
This image sequence was captured by a modified GoPro on the solar array of the Orion spacecraft while the Artemis II mission flew around the farside of the moon.
Credit: NASA/Simeon Schmauß
🔭🧪 #Artemis
😂🤣🤣🤣
CW: Trump Vs Pope Vs Italy
#uspol
CW: Trump Vs Pope Vs Italy
There is a good chance the Trump administration will implode before the end of his term if he keeps this up.
Trump lashes out at European ally Meloni amid tensions over pope and NATO
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-15/trump-me...
Stauch Trump supporters are now asking if he's the Antichrist.
CW:
I swear you cannot make this stuff up. It's like we're living out someone's rapture fever dream. Post from the Wired.
On the other hand, I'm curious to see how Peter Thiel is going to bend over backwards to accommodate this interpretation. Or not. Who knows with these people.
#uspol
Meet Gauss: Our in-house designed and built electric propulsion system.
Designed for high volume production to meet constellation demand. The production line is already established, ready to pump out 200+ Gauss propulsion systems every year.
Read more: bit.ly/3OnUCJ9
Glaciers had one of their worst years in 2025:
👉 408 billion tonnes of ice mass lost
👉 ≈1.1 mm added to global sea levels
👉 6 of the 7 worst years have happened in the past 7 yrs
Since 1975: ~9,600 billion tonnes gone (≈26.4 mm SLR)
This isn’t a gradual change...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Push ups
CW: Auspol: One Nation is dangerous
#auspol #aussie #australia
CW: Auspol: One Nation is dangerous
It will hurt all of us.
Former One Nation candidates accuse Pauline Hanson, James Ashby of ignoring concerns about employment of Sean Black
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-14/former-o...
CW: Auspol: One Nation is dangerous
I can already see One Nation shaping up to be Aussie's MAGA movement. I will be watching them carefully as I'm now completely invested in my life in Aussie. I suggest others do so as well. We cannot allow this sort of ideology go unchallenged.
