Astrix Starlit
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A being that appreciates the little things and desires to help others. I also repost good news!
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Despite the bitter cold and threats of violence, thousands of Americans in the country's restive Minnesota region protested en masse against regime security forces' crackdown on immigrants and dissidents.
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 30, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Despite the bitter cold and threats of violence, thousands of Americans in the country's restive Minnesota region protested en masse against regime security forces' crackdown on immigrants and dissidents.
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A novel artificial lung could help keep people whose lungs no longer function alive long enough to get an organ transplant
Doctors keep patient alive using ‘artificial lungs’ for two days
A novel artificial lung could help keep people whose lungs no longer function alive long enough to get an organ transplant
www.scientificamerican.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:59 PM
A novel artificial lung could help keep people whose lungs no longer function alive long enough to get an organ transplant
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Engineer & astronaut Christina Koch was born #OTD in 1979
+ December 28, 2019: she broke the record for longest continuous time in space by a woman, ultimately returning from space on Feb. 6, 2020, after 328 days.
+ October 18, 2019: Participant, all-female spacewalk
#WomenInSTEM #AstronautEnvy 🚀
+ December 28, 2019: she broke the record for longest continuous time in space by a woman, ultimately returning from space on Feb. 6, 2020, after 328 days.
+ October 18, 2019: Participant, all-female spacewalk
#WomenInSTEM #AstronautEnvy 🚀
January 30, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Engineer & astronaut Christina Koch was born #OTD in 1979
+ December 28, 2019: she broke the record for longest continuous time in space by a woman, ultimately returning from space on Feb. 6, 2020, after 328 days.
+ October 18, 2019: Participant, all-female spacewalk
#WomenInSTEM #AstronautEnvy 🚀
+ December 28, 2019: she broke the record for longest continuous time in space by a woman, ultimately returning from space on Feb. 6, 2020, after 328 days.
+ October 18, 2019: Participant, all-female spacewalk
#WomenInSTEM #AstronautEnvy 🚀
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"A federal judge on Friday ruled the Energy Department violated the law when Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers who reject the scientific consensus on climate change to work in secret on a sweeping government report on global warming."
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A Secret Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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🌱 Frontiers in Environmental Science: Early ecovoltaic grassland restoration under solar panels boosts soil moisture and accelerates carbon and nitrogen gains, especially in runoff microsites. (Noah Z. Krasner, Rebecca R. Hernandez)
▶️ www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...
#PlantScience #SoilScience
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#PlantScience #SoilScience
Frontiers | Soil surface properties and implications for soil carbon sequestration in early-stage ecovoltaic grassland restoration
Large, ground-mounted photovoltaic solar energy (GPV) development is expanding rapidly, but its impact on soils and ecosystem services is unresolved. The co-...
www.frontiersin.org
January 29, 2026 at 5:10 PM
🌱 Frontiers in Environmental Science: Early ecovoltaic grassland restoration under solar panels boosts soil moisture and accelerates carbon and nitrogen gains, especially in runoff microsites. (Noah Z. Krasner, Rebecca R. Hernandez)
▶️ www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...
#PlantScience #SoilScience
▶️ www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...
#PlantScience #SoilScience
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Thank you to all the Virginia Indivisibles who visited DC to demand our Senators get ICE Out For Good. And thank you to Indivisible NOVA West for organizing this powerful Senate day of Action. We’re grateful that our WofA members stand up for the safety of our communities every single day.
January 30, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Thank you to all the Virginia Indivisibles who visited DC to demand our Senators get ICE Out For Good. And thank you to Indivisible NOVA West for organizing this powerful Senate day of Action. We’re grateful that our WofA members stand up for the safety of our communities every single day.
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The world feels like its on fire, but things like this is why im thankful to be born in this day and age with science advancing like it has been. These are heroes
www.unilad.com/news/health/...
www.unilad.com/news/health/...
Scientists successfully achieve 'permanent disappearance of pancreatic cancer' in new study for cure
The team searching for a pancreatic cancer cure included the ‘renowned Dr Mariano Barbacid,' a legend in the cancer research field
www.unilad.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:31 PM
The world feels like its on fire, but things like this is why im thankful to be born in this day and age with science advancing like it has been. These are heroes
www.unilad.com/news/health/...
www.unilad.com/news/health/...