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Do aliens exist? We studied what scientists really think
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Do aliens exist? We studied what scientists really think
Only 10.2% of astrobiologists disagree with the claim that intelligent aliens likely exist.
theconversation.com
January 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Do aliens exist? We studied what scientists really think
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"Trump won the crucial blue wall states... by 231,000 votes? So if just 116,000 voters across those three swing states – or 0.7% of the total – had switched from Trump to Harris, it is the vice-president who would have won the electoral college … and the presidency" - me for the Guardian:
Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi Hasan
In 2024, we have a new post-election lie – Trump didn’t just win, Republicans say, but he won big. He won a landslide. That’s false
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:33 PM
"Trump won the crucial blue wall states... by 231,000 votes? So if just 116,000 voters across those three swing states – or 0.7% of the total – had switched from Trump to Harris, it is the vice-president who would have won the electoral college … and the presidency" - me for the Guardian:
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Abhorrent behavior.
Woman Kicked Off United Airlines Shuttle Bus After Hurling Racist Insults At Family
Abhorrent behavior.
www.comicsands.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Abhorrent behavior.
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"Earlier this year, a little gray cat called Rayne Beau (pronounced rainbow) embarked on an epic adventure, traveling 1,448 kilometers (900 miles) from Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming back home to California."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #news www.iflscience.com/intrepid-cat...
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #news www.iflscience.com/intrepid-cat...
Intrepid Cat Journeys 1,450 Kilometers Home From Yellowstone To California
Cat-astrophe averted.
www.iflscience.com
December 3, 2024 at 11:18 PM
"Earlier this year, a little gray cat called Rayne Beau (pronounced rainbow) embarked on an epic adventure, traveling 1,448 kilometers (900 miles) from Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming back home to California."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #news www.iflscience.com/intrepid-cat...
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #news www.iflscience.com/intrepid-cat...
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Just FYI evidently the vaccine has antennas and is about to be activated.
2024 would make the dark ages jealous
2024 would make the dark ages jealous
December 3, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Just FYI evidently the vaccine has antennas and is about to be activated.
2024 would make the dark ages jealous
2024 would make the dark ages jealous
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"In brief: In what is certainly one of the quirkiest science demonstrations we've seen, researchers have taken inspiration from a phenomenon observed in Cheerios to create tiny robots powered by vodka."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #news www.techspot.com/news/105784-...
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #news www.techspot.com/news/105784-...
Vodka-powered robots harness Cheerios-inspired physics for movement in bizarre experiment
The bots were developed by a team led by Jackson Wilt at Harvard University. As reported by New Scientist, they experimented with 3D-printed plastic pucks around a...
www.techspot.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:05 PM
"In brief: In what is certainly one of the quirkiest science demonstrations we've seen, researchers have taken inspiration from a phenomenon observed in Cheerios to create tiny robots powered by vodka."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #news www.techspot.com/news/105784-...
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #news www.techspot.com/news/105784-...
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Well played. And frighteningly accurate.
November 29, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Well played. And frighteningly accurate.
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Alexander Vindman is a patriot. Elon Musk, himself an oligarch, is drunk on power and out of control.
November 28, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Alexander Vindman is a patriot. Elon Musk, himself an oligarch, is drunk on power and out of control.
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The Blue Dragon River, Portugal - seen from space
November 29, 2024 at 2:03 PM
The Blue Dragon River, Portugal - seen from space
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There is a genre of tweet on this site that is just re-writing the sentence “Remember, the people you don’t like are bad people and you’re a good person for hating them” and it always gets over 10,000 likes but then this person gets 10 likes on their amazing nudibranch and I do worry about us…
November 29, 2024 at 2:06 PM
There is a genre of tweet on this site that is just re-writing the sentence “Remember, the people you don’t like are bad people and you’re a good person for hating them” and it always gets over 10,000 likes but then this person gets 10 likes on their amazing nudibranch and I do worry about us…
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They will halt on January 20, 2025 when Trump takes office, noting the “threat to democracy and freedom of expression posed by the cooperation between the president of the most powerful country in the world, Donald J. Trump, and the richest man in the world, Elon Musk…”
November 29, 2024 at 10:56 AM
They will halt on January 20, 2025 when Trump takes office, noting the “threat to democracy and freedom of expression posed by the cooperation between the president of the most powerful country in the world, Donald J. Trump, and the richest man in the world, Elon Musk…”
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A Missouri judge permanently struck down four provisions of the state’s sweeping voter suppression law, House Bill 1878, that criminalized civic engagement activities like voter registration and the distribution of absentee ballot applications. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Missouri Judge Strikes Down Four Provisions of Voter Suppression Law
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 29, 2024 at 1:07 PM
A Missouri judge permanently struck down four provisions of the state’s sweeping voter suppression law, House Bill 1878, that criminalized civic engagement activities like voter registration and the distribution of absentee ballot applications. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇
November 28, 2024 at 7:07 PM
New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇
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The James Webb Space Telescope's first image of Saturn
November 28, 2024 at 2:17 PM
The James Webb Space Telescope's first image of Saturn
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"The menace of Adolf Hitler has been greatly exaggerated.... There is an innocence almost childish about the detailed fashion un which he sets out to be blood-curdling."
--New York Times, Sept. 27, 1930
--New York Times, Sept. 27, 1930
November 28, 2024 at 2:55 PM
"The menace of Adolf Hitler has been greatly exaggerated.... There is an innocence almost childish about the detailed fashion un which he sets out to be blood-curdling."
--New York Times, Sept. 27, 1930
--New York Times, Sept. 27, 1930
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even in academia/wonk land it really still boils down to this
People who think “the markets” will save us from climate change do not understand that capitalism created climate change.
November 27, 2024 at 9:35 PM
even in academia/wonk land it really still boils down to this
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Anyway here’s a cheerful piece about how the Sun will eventually destroy all life on Earth (but not by exploding, so, you know, there’s that)
Here’s how the Sun will end all life on Earth
Our home star won't go supernova, but the end of its life will be no less spectacular.
www.sciencefocus.com
November 27, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Anyway here’s a cheerful piece about how the Sun will eventually destroy all life on Earth (but not by exploding, so, you know, there’s that)
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The Helix Nebula is a planetary nebula in the Aquarius constellation that's visible in visible light, near-infrared, and mid-infrared.
November 24, 2024 at 4:33 AM
The Helix Nebula is a planetary nebula in the Aquarius constellation that's visible in visible light, near-infrared, and mid-infrared.
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neptune from jwst ✨
November 23, 2024 at 3:36 AM
neptune from jwst ✨
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Clyde would swallow this stuff whole
www.the-sun.com/money/129478...
www.the-sun.com/money/129478...
KFC launches 'first ever' chicken flavored lickable Christmas wrapping paper
CALLING all KFC lovers – the fast food chain has some finger-lickin’ good news. Luckily for all fast food fans, KFC’s new holiday product is sure to be hot on your lips – literally. The…
www.the-sun.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Clyde would swallow this stuff whole
www.the-sun.com/money/129478...
www.the-sun.com/money/129478...
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The Cat's Eye Nebula in Optical and X-ray captured by Hubble
November 23, 2024 at 9:26 PM
The Cat's Eye Nebula in Optical and X-ray captured by Hubble