Abundant Eocene fossils of plants and animals are found in the Green River Formation of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. This fossil Pseudosalix Hanleyi, with stems, leaves and flowers preserved, is harder to find than a T-rex tooth!

Abundant Eocene fossils of plants and animals are found in the Green River Formation of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. This fossil Pseudosalix Hanleyi, with stems, leaves and flowers preserved, is harder to find than a T-rex tooth!

15ish years ago I got politely asked to leave an outdoor farmer's market because I didn't realize I couldn't walk a dog through it for health code reasons, these days I've seen multiple dogs inside grocery stores and not even with the fig leaf of fake service-dog vests. I like dogs but what.

'It’s going to be huge': The 'diabolical' molecule poised to become biotech's next gold rush In the early 1960s, Norwegian physician Kåre Berg, M.D., was trying to identify new blood types when he accidentally discovered a lipoprotein with perplexing properties. | In the early 1960s, Norwegian physician Kåre Berg, M.D., was trying to identify new blood types when he accidentally discovered a lipoprotein with perplexing properties.

Lp(a) is a dastardly, many-headed monster of a molecule that remains shrouded in mystery and seems to do nothing of value in the human body. But this much we do know: if lowering it reduces cardiovascular risk the way data suggest, it could be medicine's next big thing 🧪💊 I loved writing this story!

I don't remember seeing an image of Earth before that captures the (thin, fragile, tiny layer of) atmosphere so clearly. I mean, look at that.

Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame

Tehran's got a population of 15 million and is in the middle of a severe resource crisis. A conventional strike can kill millions of people in very slow and painful ways and I wish we could talk about that instead of jumping to the worst thing we can think of and getting freaked out about it.

My patient would rather take a peptide than a statin. That reveals an uncomfortable truth in medicine “The volume of evidence behind a therapy has become inversely correlated with public trust in it,” writes Vikas Patel.

“My patient is refusing a drug studied in 170,000 people because of side effects that a 124,000-person analysis just confirmed do not exist — while injecting a compound studied in 14 humans, from unregulated sources, based on the recommendation of someone who profits from selling it.”

Random stranger solidarity, it's so hard and it's a free-for-all on the school computers. We just had a serious tween problem with this in our house, too.

The front of a sheer white crinoline gown consisting of a short bodice embellished with a triangle of whitework embroidery that finishes at a point centre front of the waist. The skirt has festoons of whitework in loops around the hem

Back view of the white gauze 1860s dress showing the long full sleeves, the triangular shape of embroidery at the back of the bodice and the continuation of the whitework around the hem of the broad skirt

This is not a black and white photograph but is, in fact, the sheerest of white gauze #1860s crinoline gowns, pictured over a black form to showcase the whitework embellished fabric. It is ghostly and gorgeous. Sold via #daguerreauctions #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines Let us know if you see more.

this is completely insane: since when is it acceptable for a tech company to rewrite news outlets' headlines without their consent? especially at a time when audiences are sensitive to how stories are framed in headlines? (ie Israel/Palestine, the Trump admin, ICE)

www.theverge.com/tech/896490/...

A screaming little taxidermied numbat

How your email finds me:

A personal favorite ❤️

every time someone in my field writes articles in support of these AI chatbots

An excellent longread.

Anyone wanna join me in some light panic-gibbering?

Our research study's recruitment flyer. The flyer reads, "Call for Research Participants! Caregivers Challenging Ed-Tech in Schools. Across the United States, caregivers are pushing against educational technologies (ed-tech) in K-12 schools. We want to know why and how caregivers are questioning technology in the classroom. Who can participate? Caregivers with one or more children attending K-12 school in the United States, who...Currently and/or in the past worked to challenge the purposes and roles of ed-tech in your children's K-12 schooling. What is involved? Complete one ~15-minute survey. Participate in one ~60-minute recorded Zoom interview (optional). Questions? Contact our Research Team. Dr. Charles Logan. Northwestern University. charles.logan1@northwestern.edu. Dr. Tony Talbert. Baylor University. Tony_Talbert@baylor.edu. Allie Thrall. Baylor University. Allie_Thrall@baylor.edu. To participate, please complete our survey here: https://tinyurl.com/CaregiversEdTech

Are you a caregiver concerned about ed-tech in K-12 schools in the United States and engaging in work to challenge how your child’s school uses ed-tech?

If so, Tony Talbert, @alliethrall.bsky.social, and I invite you to participate in our new project. Join the study at tinyurl.com/CaregiversEd...

It’s official: this was Colorado’s warmest winter on record, and it wasn’t close.

Average statewide Dec-Feb temperature of 33.6° was almost 2° warmer than the previous record of 32.0° (1980-81).

La Niña + warming climate to blame (notice linear temp increase below).

#COwx

Agaricocrinus is a common Mississippian crinoid, but very beautiful. This specimen is from the Edwardsville Fm of Indiana near Crawfordsville. Each arm has delicate pinnules that would filter water for food.

#FossilFriday

It took 12,000 years for us to give wolves anxiety, so I see this as a testament to the unrivaled creative power of the human imagination.

I love her.

A sphinx moth came to slurp at a desert lily as we were watching the sunset over the Anza Borrego badlands.

Totally, from what I've heard talking to peds is that the fear is on both sides - fear of the vaccines + fear of the disease. So just saying the disease is scary is not necessarily effective alone - tho antivaxxers tend to play down disease risk so that's not to say the facts aren't important.

I think this is a mess not just for disclaimer reasons but also because afaik, fear-based motivation is pretty limited in changing vaccine hesitancy. Does anything we write (in the Atlantic no less) matter when www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
I am really asking.

Don't get me wrong, we do spend a horrible amount on groceries these days currently, but I would not call $525/week affordable

You made me think about it for a second, but then I remembered I like rice too much. But question, is this $15 per meal on a per-person basis? Bc I'd also like to see this challenge for a family and that's $525/wk for my family of 5 not including the AMPLE SNACKS my children require for survival

Zircon crystals are nearly indestructible, and are some of the only things to survive the hellish pressure and heat of the Haldean Eon, when the earth was formed. The oldest zircons are found in Jack Hills, Australia, where our specimen was found. It may be small, but it's 4.4 billion years old!

Zircon crystals are nearly indestructible, and are some of the only things to survive the hellish pressure and heat of the Haldean Eon, when the earth was formed. The oldest zircons are found in Jack Hills, Australia, where our specimen was found. It may be small, but it's 4.4 billion years old!

Me Too started in the Year of Our Lord 2017, not 1582!

Sorry, but in what universe was adults having sex with 16-year-olds accepted before Me Too? We were all alive then and have memories, it was absolutely not considered okay??

I *love* freelancing. I have done the best work of my career as a freelancer. But the idea that several hundred new freelancers, newsletter writers, and worker-owned co-ops is remotely feasible, much less a replacement for The Washington Fucking Post, is insane.

Happy Penguin Day everyone!

Kennedy, obsessed with vaxxed/unvaxxed studies that would not be approved by US ethical review boards, planned to fund one in West Africa — one that would have caused unnecessary disease and death for extremely vulnerable children. After negative media attention, it was canceled. Coverage matters.