@HStiles1
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Cantwara Maegth;
Loves rain, sleet, snow, mist, fog, natural history, Norfolk, Norway, Norwich, Natural Selection, Norse. Did I mention rain? Rain!
(tw)It! 🤪
Loves rain, sleet, snow, mist, fog, natural history, Norfolk, Norway, Norwich, Natural Selection, Norse. Did I mention rain? Rain!
(tw)It! 🤪
hmmm...
Large language models can pass postgraduate medical examinations and help clinicians to make diagnoses, at least in controlled benchmarking tests.
go.nature.com/4awDyZP
go.nature.com/4awDyZP
Cheap AI chatbots transform medical diagnoses in places with limited care
Studies in Rwanda and Pakistan reveal real-world utility of chatbots in underfunded clinics, and not just in benchmark tests.
go.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:40 PM
hmmm...
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Yeah I'm fed up with him but he should absolutely stay as long as the government is functioning and doing what it's been doing.
The problems will come when he needs MPs to unite to get something voted in if the vote is marginal.
The problems will come when he needs MPs to unite to get something voted in if the vote is marginal.
February 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Yeah I'm fed up with him but he should absolutely stay as long as the government is functioning and doing what it's been doing.
The problems will come when he needs MPs to unite to get something voted in if the vote is marginal.
The problems will come when he needs MPs to unite to get something voted in if the vote is marginal.
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The Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are underway, but do the Games risk torching their own future?
By spotlighting corporations such as ENI, Stellantis, and ITA Airways, the Games are driving emissions through sales of carbon-intensive products and services. 🧪
www.wired.com/story/winter...
By spotlighting corporations such as ENI, Stellantis, and ITA Airways, the Games are driving emissions through sales of carbon-intensive products and services. 🧪
www.wired.com/story/winter...
The 2026 Winter Olympics Will Have a Major Impact on the Region’s Snow
A recent report found that carbon emissions caused by the Milano Cortina Olympics could lead to the loss of 5.5 square kilometers of snowpack and millions of metric tons of glacial ice.
www.wired.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
The Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are underway, but do the Games risk torching their own future?
By spotlighting corporations such as ENI, Stellantis, and ITA Airways, the Games are driving emissions through sales of carbon-intensive products and services. 🧪
www.wired.com/story/winter...
By spotlighting corporations such as ENI, Stellantis, and ITA Airways, the Games are driving emissions through sales of carbon-intensive products and services. 🧪
www.wired.com/story/winter...
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How does human-caused climate change threaten the winter Olympics? I'll be talking with Chris Jansing ~12:25pm ET today on @ms.now: www.ms.now/chris-jansin...
Chris Jansing Reports
www.ms.now
February 6, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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"I don’t know how other people react when they get bullied, but I don’t back down when I get bullied. I fight harder. Everyone I see out here is like, What do you think—we’re gonna quit? We live here."
AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA bonus episode, from Minneapolis
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA bonus episode, from Minneapolis
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Democracy Under Occupation
What we’ve learned in Minneapolis
www.theatlantic.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:49 PM
"I don’t know how other people react when they get bullied, but I don’t back down when I get bullied. I fight harder. Everyone I see out here is like, What do you think—we’re gonna quit? We live here."
AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA bonus episode, from Minneapolis
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA bonus episode, from Minneapolis
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
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In 2022, countries agreed to slash global pesticide use - but new research shows it's actually rising!
Insects, worms and fish are bearing the brunt of these toxic chemicals - threatening ecosystems that are already under strain.
But all is not lost. Find out why 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Insects, worms and fish are bearing the brunt of these toxic chemicals - threatening ecosystems that are already under strain.
But all is not lost. Find out why 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Nature is under threat from rapidly rising pesticide use | Natural History Museum
An international target to slash pesticide use by 2030 is unlikely to be met.
www.nhm.ac.uk
February 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM
In 2022, countries agreed to slash global pesticide use - but new research shows it's actually rising!
Insects, worms and fish are bearing the brunt of these toxic chemicals - threatening ecosystems that are already under strain.
But all is not lost. Find out why 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Insects, worms and fish are bearing the brunt of these toxic chemicals - threatening ecosystems that are already under strain.
But all is not lost. Find out why 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
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2/6/1905 — b. Merze Tate, American scholar, historian, professor. The first African-American woman to be enrolled at Oxford University (1932). The first black woman to receive a Ph.D. in #gov from both Harvard University and Radcliffe College #womenshistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #AcademicSky #woc
February 6, 2026 at 1:31 PM
2/6/1905 — b. Merze Tate, American scholar, historian, professor. The first African-American woman to be enrolled at Oxford University (1932). The first black woman to receive a Ph.D. in #gov from both Harvard University and Radcliffe College #womenshistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #AcademicSky #woc
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This reminds me, I must book my ticket to see Henry do his entertaining book-talk thing on 18th Feb at the Norwich Science Festival! norwichsciencefestival.co.uk/whats-on/the...
February 4, 2026 at 5:23 PM
This reminds me, I must book my ticket to see Henry do his entertaining book-talk thing on 18th Feb at the Norwich Science Festival! norwichsciencefestival.co.uk/whats-on/the...
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Here is artist Raxenne Maniquez showing us how she created her fabulous illustrations for our book THE WONDER OF LIFE ON EARTH - which goes on sale TOMORROW! www.instagram.com/reel/DUVTS0O...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Here is artist Raxenne Maniquez showing us how she created her fabulous illustrations for our book THE WONDER OF LIFE ON EARTH - which goes on sale TOMORROW! www.instagram.com/reel/DUVTS0O...
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Tomorrow is the next edition of Pasts Imperfect 🔔 We welcome medievalist & historian of race @profcwhit.bsky.social to discuss the NPS' removal of plaques documenting the enslaved persons held in the President's House in Philadelphia. We also have art from Roberto Lugo, new ancient journals & more.
Pasts Imperfect
A Newsletter Supporting a Global Antiquity
pasts-imperfect.ghost.io
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Tomorrow is the next edition of Pasts Imperfect 🔔 We welcome medievalist & historian of race @profcwhit.bsky.social to discuss the NPS' removal of plaques documenting the enslaved persons held in the President's House in Philadelphia. We also have art from Roberto Lugo, new ancient journals & more.
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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
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Lost the page, MMU? Don’t worry, it’s there on the Wayback Machine! web.archive.org/web/20251209...
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Lost the page, MMU? Don’t worry, it’s there on the Wayback Machine! web.archive.org/web/20251209...
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This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source
Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:26 PM
This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Think about your breakfast this morning. Can you imagine the pattern on your coffee mug? The sheen of the jam on your half-eaten toast?
go.nature.com/3ZiHLtN
go.nature.com/3ZiHLtN
Many people have no mental imagery. What’s going on in their brains?
People with aphantasia are offering a window into consciousness.
go.nature.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Think about your breakfast this morning. Can you imagine the pattern on your coffee mug? The sheen of the jam on your half-eaten toast?
go.nature.com/3ZiHLtN
go.nature.com/3ZiHLtN
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... but beyond that its affinities are unknown. The possibility that it's referable to the (maybe carcharodontosaurian) Altispinax exists, but can't be tested without better remains. This is one of _numerous_ theropod remains that reveal diversity greater than that demonstrated by good remains...
February 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
... but beyond that its affinities are unknown. The possibility that it's referable to the (maybe carcharodontosaurian) Altispinax exists, but can't be tested without better remains. This is one of _numerous_ theropod remains that reveal diversity greater than that demonstrated by good remains...
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In 2003, I published a paper on an incomplete large theropod tibia recovered from the Lower Cretaceous Hastings Group (part of the Wealden). It likely belongs to a member of the Allosauridae + Carcharodontosauria clade within Allosauroidea rather than to a metriacanthosaurid... cont #dinosaurs
February 3, 2026 at 3:08 PM
In 2003, I published a paper on an incomplete large theropod tibia recovered from the Lower Cretaceous Hastings Group (part of the Wealden). It likely belongs to a member of the Allosauridae + Carcharodontosauria clade within Allosauroidea rather than to a metriacanthosaurid... cont #dinosaurs
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Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in the museum?
You’re invited for a peek into the fossil mammals collection to see just some of the amazing animals we look after ⬇️
You’re invited for a peek into the fossil mammals collection to see just some of the amazing animals we look after ⬇️
February 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in the museum?
You’re invited for a peek into the fossil mammals collection to see just some of the amazing animals we look after ⬇️
You’re invited for a peek into the fossil mammals collection to see just some of the amazing animals we look after ⬇️
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“A few days ago, sunspot 4366 didn't exist. Now it is a behemoth almost half the size of the great Carrington sunspot. Rapid growth is making the sunspot unstable. It has unleashed dozens of solar flares in past 24 hours, including a powerful X8-class flare” www.spaceweather.com
SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids
www.spaceweather.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:58 PM
“A few days ago, sunspot 4366 didn't exist. Now it is a behemoth almost half the size of the great Carrington sunspot. Rapid growth is making the sunspot unstable. It has unleashed dozens of solar flares in past 24 hours, including a powerful X8-class flare” www.spaceweather.com
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Stop saying underage women.
They are children.
They are children.
February 3, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Stop saying underage women.
They are children.
They are children.
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Great pre-loved Tarot reading. Really looking forward to the rest of 1993
February 2, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Great pre-loved Tarot reading. Really looking forward to the rest of 1993