A new theoretical framework stitches the assorted Mpemba effects together.
It explains how, in each case, a system that’s pushed farther from equilibrium can find a quicker path back to a steady state. https://scim.ag/4tfpVVz
🧵The Covid Inquiry’s latest reports have made one thing brutally clear: the first year of the pandemic - and especially the second Covid wave in winter 2020/21 - was devastating.
Much of that devastation was avoidable.
This 🧵: impact on NHS, impact on bereaved, and avoidable harm. 1/19
Yesss, do it! I ate one two weeks ago. Chocolate never sits about for long in this house!!
Some more reporting on the study released last week from Dr. Vishal Gajjar and colleagues, which they also shared during the IAU symposium on "Advancing the Search for Technosignatures" hosted by Blue Marble Space.
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Scientists affiliated with the SETI@home project identified 92 incoming radio signals that could potentially be from alien technology. The 4th in our series of articles for IAUS 404: Advancing the Search for Technosignatures!
#SciComm #SciNews
sciworthy.com/has-earth-re...
Sciworthy has covered research from Sara Seager, the first keynote speaker in this week's IAUS404 symposium!
sciworthy.com/these-gases-...
Art. Astronomy. April 13.
Join us for "Envisioning Joint Futures in Art & Astronomy," a one-day virtual workshop sponsored by @aas.org!
Learn more and register here: forms.gle/k8Y5xd3NyAcN...
New economic research: "We estimate that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time."
Brunner Guild Hall could get new lease of life after plans approved
Link to read more 👉 www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/2583347...
We uncovered decades of previously unknown all-sky radio data from the Big Ear telescope, collected during a much quieter radio-era with active interference cancellation. Here are the projects, receivers, and the methods used to record the data. #AreciboWow #RadioAstronomy
New planet just dropped and it
1) is almost exactly Earth-sized
2) has a year that's almost exactly 1 Earth year.
3) orbits a star that is not a 💢temperamental little shit M-dwarf 💢but is instead a 🧡 good orange boi 🧡
Me for @science.org based on results presented at #RockyWorlds4: 🔭🧪
My textbook on SETI is published!
I hope you like it!
Please see if your libraries offer a free download—mine does!
iopscience.iop.org/book/mono/97...
🧪🔭
Miso, a 6-year-old male border collie from Canada, that knows the names of about 200 toys.
A group of “gifted word learner” dogs can learn new words that label objects by overhearing their owners talking with each other, according to a new study in Science. https://scim.ag/3L3mhha
Five years after the collapse of the Arecibo Telescope, a radio telescope is back online. The signal is back. 😀 #AreciboWow phl.upr.edu/wow/outreach #RadioAstronomy #Outreach
Artist's impression of rocks on a barren ocean floor, devoid of life, tectonism, or volcanic activity. Europa's seafloor is probably a bit like this, but in absolute darkness (which doesn't make for all that compelling a picture).
New paper alert!
tl;dr: the seafloor of Europa is probably tectonically inert, meaning little to no active fracturing that could expose fresh rock to seawater.
Without such water–rock reactions the prospect for there being life within Europa just took a big hit.
A thread:
Just discovered that Lonely this Christmas is not in fact an Elvis song and is by Mud 😲
Just opened a packet of After Eights.
On the back there's a joyless reminder that 2 mints equals 1 serving.
For an ant maybe.
Two mints is just the beginning.
After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
Dr. Jessica Werthmann and Dr. Fritz Renner receive one of ten Ig-Nobel Prizes for their study “Dutch Courage.”
“Dutch Courage” study wins the Ig Nobel Prize
uni-freiburg.de/en/dutch-cou...
"[..] they investigated whether a small amount of alcohol can improve pronunciation in a foreign language."
#ignobelprize #language #langsky
A Deep SETI Search For Technosignatures in the TRAPPIST-1 System with FAST
astrobiology.com/2025/09/a-de... #astrobiology #exoplanet #astronomy #SETI
After nearly a decade of saying which JWST result I was most excited about, it's here:
JWST SPECTRA OF THE HABITABLE TRAPPIST-1 PLANETS!
TRAPPIST-1 E!!!
IT'S ... A FLAT LINE!
BUT NOT AS FLAT AS IT COULD BE!?
IS THERE AN ATMOSPHERE?!?!?
WE STILL DON'T KNOWWWWW.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/s...
Thanks for sharing this Vijaya Nath
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Pretty striking for the BMJ to run this piece.
“[Immunity debt’s] explanatory power has faded as the number of non-covid infections has kept rising each year.”
Don't forget to look up tonight! 👁️ 🌃
The annual Perseid meteor shower is reaching its peak, with the ideal time to see it from midnight until 5.30am tomorrow.
⤵️
How Airports Could Help Aliens Spot Earth
astrobiology.com/2025/07/how-... #astrobiology #SETI #Technosignatures
#AI systems are built on English – but not the kind most of the world speaks
theconversation.com/ai-systems-a...
via @theconversation.com
#english #language #langsky
Astrobiologically Interesting Stars Within 10 Parsecs Of The Sun
astrobiology.com/2025/05/astr... #astrobiology #astronomy #stellarcartography
Right, everyone! On WEDNESDAY I am giving the last of my @greshamcollege.bsky.social lectures, a story of golden mirrors & little red dots. Free tickets in person or online here: www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/new...
Study begun pre-COVID finds remote work increased sleep by 1/2 hr/night, decreased commute by 4.5 hr/week replaced with work, family & leisure and led to healthier eating. Remote and hybrid employees report higher job satisfaction and well-being. farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/16/s...