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Will Brennan
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Bangkok-based science teacher.
Reformed pharmacist.
All things science, health, climate, astronomy & anthropology with a dash of sport agus rud ar bith is fiú a roinnt as Éirinn.
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Happy June Solstice!

It happens in an instant for everyone on our planet.

Precisely, the June Solstice 2025 will happen today, 21 June, at 02:42 UTC.

Animation credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Source➡️ svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14366/

The June Solstice marks the

🔭 🧪 #Science #Astronomy
June 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Usual Sunday afternoon traffic... 😬

600m from home & it'll probably be another 20 minutes...
May 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Such a shame - 'twas a great educational attraction in Inishowen.
A fire has destroyed two thirds of the iconic Doagh Famine Village on the Inishowen peninsula, one of the north west's most famous tourist attractions
Fire devastates iconic Donegal tourist attraction
A fire has destroyed two thirds of the iconic Doagh Famine Village on the Inishowen peninsula, one of the north west's most famous tourist attractions.
www.rte.ie
May 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
May 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Essential climate change thread ⬇️
Scientists who study climate don't automatically attribute all changes to human activity. Rather, we carefully investigate every possible natural factor that could explain the planet's warming.

Could these be the real culprits?

The evidence is in--and the answer is NO.

This thread explains! 🧵
May 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Move over mitochondria, a new organelle called the nitroplast is here.

In a Science study last year, researchers reported that a nitrogen-fixing organelle has been identified in a marine alga.

Learn more in this #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/49GjClc #ScienceMagArchives
The nitroplast: A nitrogen-fixing organelle
A bacterial endosymbiont of marine algae evolved to an organelle
scim.ag
April 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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NGC 6302, also known as the Butterfly Nebula, is a remarkable example of how stars, as they age, can take on some nice shapes sometimes resembling flowers or insects.

➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22112...

This #Hubble image has been processed to highlight incredible

🔭 🧪 #stellarastro #galactic
April 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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The US constitution: a guide

From the new Private Eye, out now.
April 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I see Vicky is still staging her sit-in on Somkid
April 16, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Someone decided Songkran would be a good time to go through old photos this was taken when Jomtien was a tiny village - mid 90s?
April 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Fascinating study highlighting the link between viral exposure & cognitive decline.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
BTs is empty... at 9pm. on Saturday night 🤔
March 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
USGS map of the epicentres of 14 recorded earthquakes in the last 25 hours along the Sagaing Faultline. The bigger the circle the greater the magnitude.
March 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
First view after climbing the stairs...
March 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Enough already 😔
March 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Message from condo 😊
March 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
had to leg it down the stairs very quickly
leg.it
March 28, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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The first randomised controlled trial of microdosing LSD as a treatment for ADHD found the psychedelic drug wasn’t any more effective than a placebo in alleviating symptoms.
Microdosing LSD is not an effective ADHD treatment
The first randomised controlled trial of microdosing LSD as a treatment for ADHD found the psychedelic drug wasn’t any more effective than a placebo in alleviating symptoms
www.newscientist.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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🧪 Meet Lise Meitner: The nuclear physicist who explained atomic fission in 1939, revolutionizing science. Despite her groundbreaking work, her male colleague Otto Hahn received the 1944 Nobel Prize while she was excluded. #womenshistorymonth #STEM
March 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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This incredible composite image by multiple observatories (including Hubble, Chandra, Webb) shows NGC 346, a young open star cluster with the associated nebula.

It is located some 200,000 ly away in the nearby

Image source and credit➡️ chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/c...

🔭 🧪 #extragalactic 🧵 1/
March 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Kitchen cupboard clear out time... 🤭
March 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The Sirat carpark - only ฿50
March 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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My Canadian family send me the latest must have accessory.
March 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The development of bispecific antibodies is potentially huge for virology therapeutics and how we treat mutating pathogens.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Bispecific antibodies targeting the N-terminal and receptor binding domains potently neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
Bispecific antibodies incorporating a cross-reactive NTD-specific antibody are resilient to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern.
www.science.org
March 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM