EB
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Tassie nature lover. Gardens, bush, butchery, hatchery, home. Time for fam, this is the real life.
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“They said steel needed fire.” Panatere said: “Try sunlight.” Switzerland just built a solar furnace that melts metal at 2,642°F. recycling stel without fossil fuels. what next, powering cars with sunlight! www.sustainability-times.com/energy/they-...
“They Said Steel Needed Fire”: This Swiss Solar Furnace Melts Metal With Pure Sunlight (and It’s Shattering an Entire Industry)
In a groundbreaking development, the Swiss company Panatere has unveiled the world’s first solar-powered furnaces designed to recycle luxury steel. These
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October 13, 2025 at 4:08 AM
“They said steel needed fire.” Panatere said: “Try sunlight.” Switzerland just built a solar furnace that melts metal at 2,642°F. recycling stel without fossil fuels. what next, powering cars with sunlight! www.sustainability-times.com/energy/they-...
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New research found that lithium deficiency causes dementia in mice, suggesting that the element could play a role in both causing and treating Alzheimer’s. A 2017 study in Denmark that looked at lithium levels in drinking water and rates of dementia seems to back this connection.
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August 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
New research found that lithium deficiency causes dementia in mice, suggesting that the element could play a role in both causing and treating Alzheimer’s. A 2017 study in Denmark that looked at lithium levels in drinking water and rates of dementia seems to back this connection.
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In most of the world day-to-day weather variations are still much larger than long-term global warming.
As a result, both daily record highs and daily record lows remain common.
However as the world warms, new daily record highs consistently far outnumber new daily record lows.
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As a result, both daily record highs and daily record lows remain common.
However as the world warms, new daily record highs consistently far outnumber new daily record lows.
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July 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
In most of the world day-to-day weather variations are still much larger than long-term global warming.
As a result, both daily record highs and daily record lows remain common.
However as the world warms, new daily record highs consistently far outnumber new daily record lows.
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As a result, both daily record highs and daily record lows remain common.
However as the world warms, new daily record highs consistently far outnumber new daily record lows.
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Stunning! An 8-hour time-lapse to show the Earth is rotating while capturing the Milky Way.
July 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Stunning! An 8-hour time-lapse to show the Earth is rotating while capturing the Milky Way.
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June 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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The Netherlands holds a grim and unique place in European history.
June 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The Netherlands holds a grim and unique place in European history.
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This is a view from the surface of Comet 67P.
The busy particles in the foreground are cosmic rays or bits of dust and ice.
The dots moving in the background are stars.
The busy particles in the foreground are cosmic rays or bits of dust and ice.
The dots moving in the background are stars.
May 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is a view from the surface of Comet 67P.
The busy particles in the foreground are cosmic rays or bits of dust and ice.
The dots moving in the background are stars.
The busy particles in the foreground are cosmic rays or bits of dust and ice.
The dots moving in the background are stars.
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These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.
May 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.
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‘Squirrelled,’ as in “squirrelled away,” can be pronounced “SKWERLD.”
‘Squirrelled’ has 11 letters, making it the longest one-syllable word in English.
‘Squirrelled’ has 11 letters, making it the longest one-syllable word in English.
May 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
‘Squirrelled,’ as in “squirrelled away,” can be pronounced “SKWERLD.”
‘Squirrelled’ has 11 letters, making it the longest one-syllable word in English.
‘Squirrelled’ has 11 letters, making it the longest one-syllable word in English.
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As the world faces an urgent need to act in the face of the climate crisis, we've developed a new, free online short course to empower participants with science-backed knowledge and tools to make a difference.
Learn more: utas.au/ClimateCourse
Learn more: utas.au/ClimateCourse
Free climate change course offers tools for real-world action
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May 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
As the world faces an urgent need to act in the face of the climate crisis, we've developed a new, free online short course to empower participants with science-backed knowledge and tools to make a difference.
Learn more: utas.au/ClimateCourse
Learn more: utas.au/ClimateCourse
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Did you know four Earths could fit inside Saturn's North Polar Hexagon?
This intriguing false-color image was recorded by Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera in late 2012.
➡️ photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA1...
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI
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Did you know four Earths could fit inside Saturn's North Polar Hexagon?
This intriguing false-color image was recorded by Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera in late 2012.
➡️ photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA1...
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI
🔭 🧪 #planetsci #HistSci
May 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Did you know four Earths could fit inside Saturn's North Polar Hexagon?
This intriguing false-color image was recorded by Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera in late 2012.
➡️ photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA1...
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI
🔭 🧪 #planetsci #HistSci
Did you know four Earths could fit inside Saturn's North Polar Hexagon?
This intriguing false-color image was recorded by Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera in late 2012.
➡️ photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA1...
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI
🔭 🧪 #planetsci #HistSci
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Just got a message from a mate: “Can Peter Dutton get a ‘Goodbye From Country’?”
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May 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Just got a message from a mate: “Can Peter Dutton get a ‘Goodbye From Country’?”
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Australia’s population of Southern right whales has grown substantially since the late 1970s but a new study reveals troubling signs in the numbers visiting Australia’s coastline.
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Australia’s Southern Right Whale population recovery has stalled, new study reveals
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May 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Australia’s population of Southern right whales has grown substantially since the late 1970s but a new study reveals troubling signs in the numbers visiting Australia’s coastline.
utas.au/southern_rig...
utas.au/southern_rig...
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Most people haven’t heard of this test, which is available in the US. It accurately predicts Alzheimer’s (not just if there’s a risk, but when). It is modulated by exercise and likely other lifestyle factors.
Here’s (almost) everything we know about it
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-breakt...
Here’s (almost) everything we know about it
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-breakt...
April 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Most people haven’t heard of this test, which is available in the US. It accurately predicts Alzheimer’s (not just if there’s a risk, but when). It is modulated by exercise and likely other lifestyle factors.
Here’s (almost) everything we know about it
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-breakt...
Here’s (almost) everything we know about it
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-breakt...
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The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds
April 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds
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One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica’s deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what’s driving its ice loss writes @czhao-ice.bsky.social in @aunz.theconversation.com: utas.au/gJ
April 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica’s deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what’s driving its ice loss writes @czhao-ice.bsky.social in @aunz.theconversation.com: utas.au/gJ
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The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - Nature
Using a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of...
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April 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
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Red handfish are amongst the rarest fish on the planet, found near Hobart and nowhere else.
This pair of red handfish juveniles were born as part of our conservation efforts in partnership with the Foundation for Australia's Most Endangered Species: youtu.be/sWDOju_3A-Q
📷: Ness Delpero, IMAS
This pair of red handfish juveniles were born as part of our conservation efforts in partnership with the Foundation for Australia's Most Endangered Species: youtu.be/sWDOju_3A-Q
📷: Ness Delpero, IMAS
Handfish feeding
YouTube video by University of Tasmania
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March 27, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Red handfish are amongst the rarest fish on the planet, found near Hobart and nowhere else.
This pair of red handfish juveniles were born as part of our conservation efforts in partnership with the Foundation for Australia's Most Endangered Species: youtu.be/sWDOju_3A-Q
📷: Ness Delpero, IMAS
This pair of red handfish juveniles were born as part of our conservation efforts in partnership with the Foundation for Australia's Most Endangered Species: youtu.be/sWDOju_3A-Q
📷: Ness Delpero, IMAS
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For the first time, scientists say, they have evidence that using a biologic drug to remove sticky beta amyloid plaques from the brains of people destined to develop Alzheimer’s dementia can delay the disease.
Read more: cnn.it/4iHjzJj
Read more: cnn.it/4iHjzJj
March 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
For the first time, scientists say, they have evidence that using a biologic drug to remove sticky beta amyloid plaques from the brains of people destined to develop Alzheimer’s dementia can delay the disease.
Read more: cnn.it/4iHjzJj
Read more: cnn.it/4iHjzJj
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Are there any other examples of times when reality breaks grammar and we just have to deal with it?
Example: Zero...it's a number so it has to be singular or plural, but since it isn't singular or plural, we just made it plural. "There are zero marbles."
Example: Zero...it's a number so it has to be singular or plural, but since it isn't singular or plural, we just made it plural. "There are zero marbles."
March 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Are there any other examples of times when reality breaks grammar and we just have to deal with it?
Example: Zero...it's a number so it has to be singular or plural, but since it isn't singular or plural, we just made it plural. "There are zero marbles."
Example: Zero...it's a number so it has to be singular or plural, but since it isn't singular or plural, we just made it plural. "There are zero marbles."
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Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
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March 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
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Every second, the Sun ejects 1.5 million tons of material into space at hundreds of miles per second, but Earth's magnetic field protects it from the solar wind.
Credit: NASA Goddard
Credit: NASA Goddard
March 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Every second, the Sun ejects 1.5 million tons of material into space at hundreds of miles per second, but Earth's magnetic field protects it from the solar wind.
Credit: NASA Goddard
Credit: NASA Goddard
