Marcia Fiamengo
@fiaanaut.bsky.social
science and exploration evangelist
@Filmstacker scicomm
"Why be a star when you can make a constellation?" — Mariame Kaba
@Filmstacker scicomm
"Why be a star when you can make a constellation?" — Mariame Kaba
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Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
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David R. Hagen just solved a small mystery that I mentioned 13 years ago in the mouseover text of a comic drhagen.com/blog/the-mis...
The Missing 11th of the Month - David R Hagen
Personal website of David R Hagen, scientific software engineer
drhagen.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
David R. Hagen just solved a small mystery that I mentioned 13 years ago in the mouseover text of a comic drhagen.com/blog/the-mis...
If you're in #NYC for #Tribeca, you've got a few more chances to see #TheLastDive. Don't miss this gorgeous account of a conservation transformation, and the healing power of finding love in the ocean. moveablefest.com/terry-kenned...
Terry Kennedy & Cody Sheehy on Going Deeper in "The Last Dive"
The renowned diver & the director of a new biodoc discuss a quest to rekindle a friendship with a manta ray and explain their disappearance.
moveablefest.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
If you're in #NYC for #Tribeca, you've got a few more chances to see #TheLastDive. Don't miss this gorgeous account of a conservation transformation, and the healing power of finding love in the ocean. moveablefest.com/terry-kenned...
More manta art!
I think I need to draw an #illustration of a #manta #ray. Can you imagine being friends with a six metre magic carpet?
#thelastdive #mantaray #mantarays 🧪 🦈 🎨 🖌️
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#thelastdive #mantaray #mantarays 🧪 🦈 🎨 🖌️
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Manta man: film profiles unlikely bond between diver and giant sea creature
The Last Dive tells how a relationship with a giant Pacific manta ray turned a big game fish hunter into a conservationist
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
More manta art!
Follow up from yesterday's premiere. For anyone who dives or is into conservation, this is a must-see. #diving
www.outsideonline.com/culture/book...
www.outsideonline.com/culture/book...
Can You Make Friends with a Manta Ray? A New Film Examines an Extraordinary Bond.
A diving legend talks to us about his last chance to see his long-lost friend— a 22-foot giant manta ray—who swam with him for years off Mexico’s Revillagigedo Islands.
www.outsideonline.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Follow up from yesterday's premiere. For anyone who dives or is into conservation, this is a must-see. #diving
www.outsideonline.com/culture/book...
www.outsideonline.com/culture/book...
I'm spending #worldoceansday at the world premiere of The Last Dive, one of my closest friend's spectacular documentary about a remarkable human/manta connection. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Manta man: film profiles unlikely bond between diver and giant sea creature
The Last Dive tells how a relationship with a giant Pacific manta ray turned a big game fish hunter into a conservationist
www.theguardian.com
June 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I'm spending #worldoceansday at the world premiere of The Last Dive, one of my closest friend's spectacular documentary about a remarkable human/manta connection. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Much needed analysis of Clean Air Act impacts.
Study shows 90% metal pollution drop in Adirondack waters five decades after the clean air act
A study published by researchers at the University at Albany has presented the first documented evidence that Adirondack surface waters have made a near full recovery from metal pollution since the en...
phys.org
April 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Much needed analysis of Clean Air Act impacts.
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Ahead of Earth Day on April 22, DIY supplier iFixit and refurbished device retailer Back Market have partnered to launch a marketing campaign that encourages consumers to replace their phones every 5 years instead of the national average of 2.5 to 3 years.
Most People Buy a New Phone Every 2.5 Years. There’s a Better Way
Back Market and iFixit are partnering to encourage consumers to keep their phones in service for at least five years—and to pressure manufacturers to extend smartphone support to 10 years.
wrd.cm
April 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Ahead of Earth Day on April 22, DIY supplier iFixit and refurbished device retailer Back Market have partnered to launch a marketing campaign that encourages consumers to replace their phones every 5 years instead of the national average of 2.5 to 3 years.
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In Science, researchers estimate that as many as 1.4 billion people live in areas with soil dangerously polluted by heavy metals like arsenic and lead.
The results reveal a global risk, but also a previously unrecognized high-risk, metal-enriched zone in low-latitude Eurasia. scim.ag/42DHZwP
The results reveal a global risk, but also a previously unrecognized high-risk, metal-enriched zone in low-latitude Eurasia. scim.ag/42DHZwP
Global soil pollution by toxic metals threatens agriculture and human health
Toxic metal pollution is ubiquitous in soils, yet its worldwide distribution is unknown. We analyzed a global database of soil pollution by arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, nickel, and lead...
scim.ag
April 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In Science, researchers estimate that as many as 1.4 billion people live in areas with soil dangerously polluted by heavy metals like arsenic and lead.
The results reveal a global risk, but also a previously unrecognized high-risk, metal-enriched zone in low-latitude Eurasia. scim.ag/42DHZwP
The results reveal a global risk, but also a previously unrecognized high-risk, metal-enriched zone in low-latitude Eurasia. scim.ag/42DHZwP
Unsurprising.
Eight of the top 10 online shows are spreading climate misinformation » Yale Climate Connections
Often backed by large advertising budgets, a new breed of climate denial is gaining popularity.
yaleclimateconnections.org
April 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Unsurprising.
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Welcome back to Earth’s gravity Don Pettit! What a brutal way to celebrate your 70th birthday after 220 days off-planet.
April 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Welcome back to Earth’s gravity Don Pettit! What a brutal way to celebrate your 70th birthday after 220 days off-planet.
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faculty and universities need to hammer home the point that these are not “subsidies” but
- competitive contracts
- awarded through an extremely competitive, well vetted process
- subject to a host of legal conditions that benefit American taxpayers
- competitive contracts
- awarded through an extremely competitive, well vetted process
- subject to a host of legal conditions that benefit American taxpayers
April 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
faculty and universities need to hammer home the point that these are not “subsidies” but
- competitive contracts
- awarded through an extremely competitive, well vetted process
- subject to a host of legal conditions that benefit American taxpayers
- competitive contracts
- awarded through an extremely competitive, well vetted process
- subject to a host of legal conditions that benefit American taxpayers
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Someone turned off comments mighty fast and, if they’re really Gen X, has a terrible memory.
The Challenger launch in 1986 was heavily promoted in schools to make them more exciting, with the whole “teacher in space” thing.
They absolutely gathered us to watch it live.
The Challenger launch in 1986 was heavily promoted in schools to make them more exciting, with the whole “teacher in space” thing.
They absolutely gathered us to watch it live.
April 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Someone turned off comments mighty fast and, if they’re really Gen X, has a terrible memory.
The Challenger launch in 1986 was heavily promoted in schools to make them more exciting, with the whole “teacher in space” thing.
They absolutely gathered us to watch it live.
The Challenger launch in 1986 was heavily promoted in schools to make them more exciting, with the whole “teacher in space” thing.
They absolutely gathered us to watch it live.
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If you visit the Upper Peninsula of Michigan & go to the shores of Lake Superior at night, be sure to bring a long-wave UV light source so you can hunt for fluorescent Yooper Stones.
"Yooper" here is a play on 'U.P.' (Upper Peninsula), but they're rocks that contain a fluorescent mineral, sodalite.
"Yooper" here is a play on 'U.P.' (Upper Peninsula), but they're rocks that contain a fluorescent mineral, sodalite.
April 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you visit the Upper Peninsula of Michigan & go to the shores of Lake Superior at night, be sure to bring a long-wave UV light source so you can hunt for fluorescent Yooper Stones.
"Yooper" here is a play on 'U.P.' (Upper Peninsula), but they're rocks that contain a fluorescent mineral, sodalite.
"Yooper" here is a play on 'U.P.' (Upper Peninsula), but they're rocks that contain a fluorescent mineral, sodalite.
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This has only been possible through NIH funding.
Funding biomedical science through the NIH has been one of the greatest accomplishments of the United States of America for America, and for the world.
We are ALL better for the work that passionate scientists funded by the NIH have been able to do.
Funding biomedical science through the NIH has been one of the greatest accomplishments of the United States of America for America, and for the world.
We are ALL better for the work that passionate scientists funded by the NIH have been able to do.
90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
www.sciencefriday.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This has only been possible through NIH funding.
Funding biomedical science through the NIH has been one of the greatest accomplishments of the United States of America for America, and for the world.
We are ALL better for the work that passionate scientists funded by the NIH have been able to do.
Funding biomedical science through the NIH has been one of the greatest accomplishments of the United States of America for America, and for the world.
We are ALL better for the work that passionate scientists funded by the NIH have been able to do.
Sometimes, I pop over to the wasteland to see what folks are up to. He Jiankui's feed is something else.
March 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Sometimes, I pop over to the wasteland to see what folks are up to. He Jiankui's feed is something else.
NASA's "town hall" last night. Skip to 1:18:39 for Q&A with scientists. #space #science m.youtube.com/live/Ns4sVQ8...
Plenary Session: NASA Headquarters Briefing
YouTube video by Lunar and Planetary Institute
m.youtube.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
NASA's "town hall" last night. Skip to 1:18:39 for Q&A with scientists. #space #science m.youtube.com/live/Ns4sVQ8...
Absolutely reprehensible conflict of interest.
The conflict of interest declarations for the preprint from Iwasaki & Krumholz that explores the possibility of long-term symptoms following Covid vaccination has been update to reflect some key information about two of the authors.
February 28, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Absolutely reprehensible conflict of interest.
Just a reminder that Don Pettit is a national treasure. www.instagram.com/reel/DGacZyo...
February 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Just a reminder that Don Pettit is a national treasure. www.instagram.com/reel/DGacZyo...
If Rob Pattinson was cast as Abe Lincoln instead of Edward Cullin.
Mayor: You finish that statue of Lincoln for the federal courthouse?
Sculptor: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.
Mayor: what
Sculptor: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.
Mayor: what
February 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If Rob Pattinson was cast as Abe Lincoln instead of Edward Cullin.
We lost an amazing human being. Liane Ryan was a passionate, enthusiastic, empathetic educator. I am deeply inspired by her adventurous spirit and dedication to Alaskan students. She's been an incredible asset to a number of #NASA education programs and will be sorely missed. Ad astra, Liane.
February 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
We lost an amazing human being. Liane Ryan was a passionate, enthusiastic, empathetic educator. I am deeply inspired by her adventurous spirit and dedication to Alaskan students. She's been an incredible asset to a number of #NASA education programs and will be sorely missed. Ad astra, Liane.
February 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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🚨 The Trump administration is attempting to seize power beyond what the Constitution allows—giving Elon Musk, an unelected billionaire, unchecked influence.
As a federal scientist, expert, or civil servant, you have rights. Don’t let them bully you.
These resources can help: act.ucsusa.org/4hqSJoz
As a federal scientist, expert, or civil servant, you have rights. Don’t let them bully you.
These resources can help: act.ucsusa.org/4hqSJoz
February 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🚨 The Trump administration is attempting to seize power beyond what the Constitution allows—giving Elon Musk, an unelected billionaire, unchecked influence.
As a federal scientist, expert, or civil servant, you have rights. Don’t let them bully you.
These resources can help: act.ucsusa.org/4hqSJoz
As a federal scientist, expert, or civil servant, you have rights. Don’t let them bully you.
These resources can help: act.ucsusa.org/4hqSJoz
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I have run out of patience with the apparent silence of most US science institutions (and not just US) in the face of Trump & Musk's rampage. There are of so many facets of that, but in this column for @chemistryworld.com I talk about the assaults on inclusion.
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
Scientific institutions have a long history of anticipatory obedience
Societies should learn from this and speak up to support inclusion
www.chemistryworld.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I have run out of patience with the apparent silence of most US science institutions (and not just US) in the face of Trump & Musk's rampage. There are of so many facets of that, but in this column for @chemistryworld.com I talk about the assaults on inclusion.
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...