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Hail is very non-uniformly distributed around the world.
For much of the world, you almost never see hail large enough to damage solar panels. The central USA does have some issues though.
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
For much of the world, you almost never see hail large enough to damage solar panels. The central USA does have some issues though.
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Hail is very non-uniformly distributed around the world.
For much of the world, you almost never see hail large enough to damage solar panels. The central USA does have some issues though.
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
For much of the world, you almost never see hail large enough to damage solar panels. The central USA does have some issues though.
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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I came across this wondrous image of a giant strangler fig on the Samoan island of Upolu — drawn in 1841 by Alfred T. Agate. Look how small the people are in comparison. If strangler figs entice you, check out Planet Ficus for stories about these mind-bending plants. planetficus.substack.com 🧪🌏
October 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I came across this wondrous image of a giant strangler fig on the Samoan island of Upolu — drawn in 1841 by Alfred T. Agate. Look how small the people are in comparison. If strangler figs entice you, check out Planet Ficus for stories about these mind-bending plants. planetficus.substack.com 🧪🌏
We don't have the language for the current moment
How good (or bad) are good (or bad) words? @yougov.co.uk includes comparing how Americans and British people hear these words
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
October 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We don't have the language for the current moment
For example, Hume's genius with the problem of induction was in simply *asking* the question: does anything justify it?
(Fortunately he isn't right, since philosophy is not about questions that come naturally to children. Some questions do, but most of them don't. And not all philosophy is about questions. QED)
September 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
For example, Hume's genius with the problem of induction was in simply *asking* the question: does anything justify it?
The Problem of Induction hobs.
Fascinated by the market research that tells manufacturers of induction hobs that what people desperately want is more touchscreens and fewer knobs, when I feel like the number one anti-induction opinion on social media is “I don’t want to have a touch hob”.
April 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The Problem of Induction hobs.
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Just published: The new edition of my newsletter for journalists (and anyone else) interested in biodiversity, the ecological crisis and nature-based solutions to climate change. It has news, resources, jobs, great stories, and more. 🌏🧪 open.substack.com/pub/thenatur...
Nature Beat #59
Updates, stories, resources and opportunities
open.substack.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Just published: The new edition of my newsletter for journalists (and anyone else) interested in biodiversity, the ecological crisis and nature-based solutions to climate change. It has news, resources, jobs, great stories, and more. 🌏🧪 open.substack.com/pub/thenatur...
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Just published: The new edition of my newsletter for journalists (and anyone else) interested in biodiversity, the ecological crisis and nature-based solutions to climate change. It has news, resources, jobs, great stories, and more. 🌏🧪 thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/nature-bea...
Nature Beat #56
Updates, stories, resources and opportunities
thenaturebeat.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Just published: The new edition of my newsletter for journalists (and anyone else) interested in biodiversity, the ecological crisis and nature-based solutions to climate change. It has news, resources, jobs, great stories, and more. 🌏🧪 thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/nature-bea...
Bread and salt
It is the worst. But what just strikes me – it may seem trivial but it really isn't – is that Trump broke the age old custom of hospitality. He invited someone into his home and publicly ambushed him there with the aim of destroying his credibility. This breaks a taboo in ALL human cultures.
February 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Bread and salt
Risk of Doom is currently 2.3%
But don't worry, that figure has a 97.7% probability of going to zero.
Because that is 100-2.3.
But don't worry, that figure has a 97.7% probability of going to zero.
Because that is 100-2.3.
For people fretting that the chance of an impact from the asteroid 2024 YR4 has gone up a bit in the last few days, I wrote about why you shouldn't worry in last week's Scientiifc American.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
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www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
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February 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Risk of Doom is currently 2.3%
But don't worry, that figure has a 97.7% probability of going to zero.
Because that is 100-2.3.
But don't worry, that figure has a 97.7% probability of going to zero.
Because that is 100-2.3.
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Not gonna lie, this is an amazing achievement! 🔭
International team captures direct high-definition image of the 'cosmic web'
Matter in intergalactic space is distributed in a vast network of interconnected filamentary structures, collectively referred to as the cosmic web. With hundreds of hours of observations, an internat...
phys.org
February 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Not gonna lie, this is an amazing achievement! 🔭
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Welcome to this network Quentin Ruyant @qruy.bsky.social: Excellent philosopher of science, language, metaphysics.
Follow @alisabokulich.bsky.social for insightful info on bluesky for philosophers of science.
#philsci #philsky
Follow @alisabokulich.bsky.social for insightful info on bluesky for philosophers of science.
#philsci #philsky
November 18, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Welcome to this network Quentin Ruyant @qruy.bsky.social: Excellent philosopher of science, language, metaphysics.
Follow @alisabokulich.bsky.social for insightful info on bluesky for philosophers of science.
#philsci #philsky
Follow @alisabokulich.bsky.social for insightful info on bluesky for philosophers of science.
#philsci #philsky
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Just published: Unloved amphibians. Dangerous earthworms. The biodiversity finance gap. 30x30 in India. Dams and fishes. Forestry robots. And more.
My round-up of new research: thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/new-resear... 🧪🌏
My round-up of new research: thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/new-resear... 🧪🌏
February 9, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Just published: Unloved amphibians. Dangerous earthworms. The biodiversity finance gap. 30x30 in India. Dams and fishes. Forestry robots. And more.
My round-up of new research: thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/new-resear... 🧪🌏
My round-up of new research: thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/new-resear... 🧪🌏
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New blog post: Why Effect Sizes Selected for Significance are Inflated daniellakens.blogspot.com/2024/02/why-... I tried to explain this important topic as clearly as I can. I also explain why bias adjusted estimates are somewhat useful, but Type M errors are not, and how to prevent bias.
February 9, 2024 at 7:42 AM
New blog post: Why Effect Sizes Selected for Significance are Inflated daniellakens.blogspot.com/2024/02/why-... I tried to explain this important topic as clearly as I can. I also explain why bias adjusted estimates are somewhat useful, but Type M errors are not, and how to prevent bias.
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Illegal wildlife trade in Bali. Seagrass restoration. Conservation funding in South America. Polar biodiversity. Species moving out of Brazil’s protected areas. Nature’s best protectors. Invasive species — where next? Why plants work harder at weekends.
thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/new-resear...
thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/new-resear...
New Research on Biodiversity and Nature
A round-up of recent work published in scientific journals
thenaturebeat.substack.com
November 23, 2023 at 1:35 PM
Illegal wildlife trade in Bali. Seagrass restoration. Conservation funding in South America. Polar biodiversity. Species moving out of Brazil’s protected areas. Nature’s best protectors. Invasive species — where next? Why plants work harder at weekends.
thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/new-resear...
thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/new-resear...
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There once was a snarky old bore,
Who found using tw***er a chore.
He joined the new forum,
For sense and decorum.
Let's see if he'll post any more.
Who found using tw***er a chore.
He joined the new forum,
For sense and decorum.
Let's see if he'll post any more.
November 20, 2023 at 2:55 PM
There once was a snarky old bore,
Who found using tw***er a chore.
He joined the new forum,
For sense and decorum.
Let's see if he'll post any more.
Who found using tw***er a chore.
He joined the new forum,
For sense and decorum.
Let's see if he'll post any more.
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A collection of my mildly insulting analogies for philosophical writing over recent years
October 28, 2023 at 3:09 PM
A collection of my mildly insulting analogies for philosophical writing over recent years
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Never forget we inhabit an ocean planet!
October 4, 2023 at 6:56 PM
Never forget we inhabit an ocean planet!