Robert Partusch
@robpartusch.bsky.social
"As some cells get older and require more energy, the brain reacts by stripping resources from other biological processes, which ultimately results in outward signs of ageing, such as greying hair or a reduction in muscle mass"
www.nature.com/articles/d41... #Science #Aging #Biology
www.nature.com/articles/d41... #Science #Aging #Biology
How your brain controls ageing — and why zombie cells could be key
Research is revealing the cellular mechanisms that link mental well-being and longevity.
www.nature.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"As some cells get older and require more energy, the brain reacts by stripping resources from other biological processes, which ultimately results in outward signs of ageing, such as greying hair or a reduction in muscle mass"
www.nature.com/articles/d41... #Science #Aging #Biology
www.nature.com/articles/d41... #Science #Aging #Biology
"[T]he institute is looking at a likely reduction of around 25 to 35 percent in science operations for JWST"
www.astronomy.com/science/jame... #Science #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #budgetcuts
www.astronomy.com/science/jame... #Science #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #budgetcuts
James Webb, Hubble space telescopes face reduction in operations
Inflation and budget issues are threatening to hobble NASA’s most in-demand telescopes.
www.astronomy.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"[T]he institute is looking at a likely reduction of around 25 to 35 percent in science operations for JWST"
www.astronomy.com/science/jame... #Science #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #budgetcuts
www.astronomy.com/science/jame... #Science #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #budgetcuts
"Axial Seamount also happens to be located on the Juan de Fuca Ridge — an area where two massive tectonic plates (the Pacific and the Juan de Fuca plates) are constantly spreading apart, causing a steady buildup of pressure beneath the planet’s surface." #Science #Geology
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Underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon could erupt soon, scientists say | CNN
One of the Pacific Ocean’s lesser-known volcanoes will blow its vent in the coming months, causing 10,000 earthquakes in one day. Here’s what scientists are saying.
www.cnn.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"Axial Seamount also happens to be located on the Juan de Fuca Ridge — an area where two massive tectonic plates (the Pacific and the Juan de Fuca plates) are constantly spreading apart, causing a steady buildup of pressure beneath the planet’s surface." #Science #Geology
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www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/s...
"The launch kicks off the first installment for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, a plan to create a massive constellation of internet-beaming satellites." #Technology #TechNews #Amazon #ProjectKuiper
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Amazon launches Project Kuiper satellites designed to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX | CNN
Amazon has launched the first installment of its Project Kuiper satellite internet service. It’s aiming to take on the dominance of SpaceX’s Starlink.
www.cnn.com
April 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
"The launch kicks off the first installment for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, a plan to create a massive constellation of internet-beaming satellites." #Technology #TechNews #Amazon #ProjectKuiper
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“Autism is not an infectious disease. So there aren’t preventive measures that we can take,” said Dr. Joshua Anbar, an assistant teaching professor at Arizona State University who helped collect data for the C.D.C. report.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u... #Autism #AutismAwareness #HHS #HealthNews
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u... #Autism #AutismAwareness #HHS #HealthNews
RFK Jr. Calls Autism ‘Preventable,’ Drawing Ire From Researchers
The health secretary said he would prioritize studies into environmental causes while harshly discounting other factors scientists say are likely contributing to rising rates of the condition.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
“Autism is not an infectious disease. So there aren’t preventive measures that we can take,” said Dr. Joshua Anbar, an assistant teaching professor at Arizona State University who helped collect data for the C.D.C. report.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u... #Autism #AutismAwareness #HHS #HealthNews
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u... #Autism #AutismAwareness #HHS #HealthNews
NASA could see a 20 percent cut to its overall 2026 budget. The cuts would, among other impacts, cancel several missions and shut down NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
www.astronomy.com/science/nasa... #NASA #Science #Budget #DOGE
www.astronomy.com/science/nasa... #NASA #Science #Budget #DOGE
NASA faced with massive budget cuts in White House proposal
In a preliminary budget proposal, the agency’s science programs would see a 50 percent reduction, with a 20 percent cut to NASA overall.
www.astronomy.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
NASA could see a 20 percent cut to its overall 2026 budget. The cuts would, among other impacts, cancel several missions and shut down NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
www.astronomy.com/science/nasa... #NASA #Science #Budget #DOGE
www.astronomy.com/science/nasa... #NASA #Science #Budget #DOGE
US stock futures plunged Sunday evening after two sessions of sell-offs that wiped away over $5.4 trillion in market value. Bitcoin joined the declines, too — falling 5.6% to $78,736.93.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/b... #Stocks #Tariffs #TheEconomy #Bitcoin
www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/b... #Stocks #Tariffs #TheEconomy #Bitcoin
Dow futures tumble more than 1,500 points as the massive market sell-off continues | CNN Business
US stock futures declined sharply Sunday evening after two sessions of sell-offs that wiped away over $5.4 trillion in market value.
www.cnn.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
US stock futures plunged Sunday evening after two sessions of sell-offs that wiped away over $5.4 trillion in market value. Bitcoin joined the declines, too — falling 5.6% to $78,736.93.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/b... #Stocks #Tariffs #TheEconomy #Bitcoin
www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/b... #Stocks #Tariffs #TheEconomy #Bitcoin
Experts contend that the government is in a worse financial position to find additional funds to support farmers.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04... #Farmers #TradeWar #USDA #Agriculture #DOGE #Economics #TheEconomy
www.politico.com/news/2025/04... #Farmers #TradeWar #USDA #Agriculture #DOGE #Economics #TheEconomy
Farmers are no strangers to trade wars. But this time may be worse.
Facing higher inflation and economic uncertainty, farmers have less cushion to face tariffs than they did during the first Trump administration.
www.politico.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Experts contend that the government is in a worse financial position to find additional funds to support farmers.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04... #Farmers #TradeWar #USDA #Agriculture #DOGE #Economics #TheEconomy
www.politico.com/news/2025/04... #Farmers #TradeWar #USDA #Agriculture #DOGE #Economics #TheEconomy
This is sad and Infuriating!
"President Donald Trump is extending his efforts to influence American cultural and artistic institutions to the Smithsonian Institution"
www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/p... #History #AmericanHistory #Museums #TheArts #Science
"President Donald Trump is extending his efforts to influence American cultural and artistic institutions to the Smithsonian Institution"
www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/p... #History #AmericanHistory #Museums #TheArts #Science
Trump targets ‘improper ideology’ at the Smithsonian in latest effort to reshape the arts and history | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump is extending his efforts to influence American cultural and artistic institutions to the Smithsonian Institution – a sprawling organization that encompasses the National Zoo and...
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March 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This is sad and Infuriating!
"President Donald Trump is extending his efforts to influence American cultural and artistic institutions to the Smithsonian Institution"
www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/p... #History #AmericanHistory #Museums #TheArts #Science
"President Donald Trump is extending his efforts to influence American cultural and artistic institutions to the Smithsonian Institution"
www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/p... #History #AmericanHistory #Museums #TheArts #Science
The halt in deliveries comes after the Trump administration separately slashed $1 billion for schools and food banks to buy food from farms. #Food #foodinsecurity #USDA #Trump www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
USDA halts millions of dollars worth of deliveries to food banks
The halt in deliveries comes after the Trump administration separately slashed $1 billion for schools and food banks to buy food from farms.
www.politico.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The halt in deliveries comes after the Trump administration separately slashed $1 billion for schools and food banks to buy food from farms. #Food #foodinsecurity #USDA #Trump www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
The tug-of-war between quantum computers and classical computers is intensifying #Technology www.sciencenews.org/article/quan...
A quantum computing milestone is immediately challenged by a supercomputer
A quantum processor solved a problem in 20 minutes that would take a supercomputer millions of years. A supercomputer then did a part of it in about 2 hours.
www.sciencenews.org
March 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The tug-of-war between quantum computers and classical computers is intensifying #Technology www.sciencenews.org/article/quan...
Fears are rising that infectious diseases such as measles could make a comeback now that the anti-vaccine advocate is in charge of the US public-health system #RFKjr #Science www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Will RFK Jr’s vaccine agenda make America contagious again?
Fears are rising that infectious diseases such as measles could make a comeback now that the anti-vaccine advocate is in charge of the US public-health system.
www.nature.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Fears are rising that infectious diseases such as measles could make a comeback now that the anti-vaccine advocate is in charge of the US public-health system #RFKjr #Science www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Researchers are using this knowledge to find ways to protect healthy cells during cancer treatments. www.sciencealert.com/tardigrade-p... #Science #Medicine #Cancer
Tardigrade Protein Could Soon Make Cancer Patients More Radiation Proof
When it comes to surviving radiation, tardigrades really know their stuff, shrugging off doses that would annihilate most other life forms.
www.sciencealert.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Researchers are using this knowledge to find ways to protect healthy cells during cancer treatments. www.sciencealert.com/tardigrade-p... #Science #Medicine #Cancer
"The researchers say the record-hot 2024 indicates Earth is passing the 1.5°C limit, beyond which scientists predict catastrophic harm to the natural systems that support life on Earth."
theconversation.com/earth-is-alr.... #climatechange #Science #Nature #Earth
theconversation.com/earth-is-alr.... #climatechange #Science #Nature #Earth
Earth is already shooting through the 1.5°C global warming limit, two major studies show
Earth is crossing the 1.5°C limit outlined in the Paris Agreement, beyond which scientists predict catastrophic harm to systems supporting life on our planet.
theconversation.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"The researchers say the record-hot 2024 indicates Earth is passing the 1.5°C limit, beyond which scientists predict catastrophic harm to the natural systems that support life on Earth."
theconversation.com/earth-is-alr.... #climatechange #Science #Nature #Earth
theconversation.com/earth-is-alr.... #climatechange #Science #Nature #Earth
"The odds of the asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 have increased to 1 in 43. Despite this, you still shouldn't worry about the potential impact of this asteroid." www.space.com/asteroid-202... #Earth #Space #Science
Odds of an asteroid impact in 2032 just went up. Here's why experts say you shouldn't worry
"We are still at 97.7% chance of a miss from this asteroid."
www.space.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
"The odds of the asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 have increased to 1 in 43. Despite this, you still shouldn't worry about the potential impact of this asteroid." www.space.com/asteroid-202... #Earth #Space #Science
The US government has ordered states to retract their plans to build hundreds of federally funded EV charging stations
www.wired.com/story/feds-h... #Infrastructure #ElectricVehicles
www.wired.com/story/feds-h... #Infrastructure #ElectricVehicles
Feds Halt the National Electric Vehicle Charging Program
The US government has ordered states to retract their plans to build hundreds of federally funded EV charging stations, according to a memo obtained by WIRED.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The US government has ordered states to retract their plans to build hundreds of federally funded EV charging stations
www.wired.com/story/feds-h... #Infrastructure #ElectricVehicles
www.wired.com/story/feds-h... #Infrastructure #ElectricVehicles
Reposted by Robert Partusch
"You may be unfamiliar with that part of our history since you weren’t yet an American citizen."
'Damn right': Liz Cheney hits back at Elon Musk on his own site
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) found herself in the crosshairs of MAGA allies again Wednesday and clapped back at Elon Musk who promoted a right-winger's post surfacing her past work in the U.S. Agency...
www.rawstory.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"You may be unfamiliar with that part of our history since you weren’t yet an American citizen."
“Elon Musk and his DOGE hackers are ransacking their way through the federal government, unlawfully gaining unfettered access to Americans’ private information and gutting programs people depend on" thehill.com/policy/energ... #NOAA #Science #Weather #DOGE #ElonMusk
Democrats accuse DOGE of going after NOAA
Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday accused Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) of improperly inserting itself into the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In a…
thehill.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover"
www.wired.com/story/elon-m... #USAID #ElonMusk #DOGE
www.wired.com/story/elon-m... #USAID #ElonMusk #DOGE
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover"
www.wired.com/story/elon-m... #USAID #ElonMusk #DOGE
www.wired.com/story/elon-m... #USAID #ElonMusk #DOGE
"Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X."
www.nature.com/articles/d41... #Bluesky #Science #socialmedia
www.nature.com/articles/d41... #Bluesky #Science #socialmedia
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
www.nature.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X."
www.nature.com/articles/d41... #Bluesky #Science #socialmedia
www.nature.com/articles/d41... #Bluesky #Science #socialmedia
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket on maiden flight
www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-be... #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn1 #Space
www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-be... #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn1 #Space
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket on maiden flight
Despite losing its booster during a landing attempt, the upper stage reached orbit as planned.
www.cbsnews.com
January 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket on maiden flight
www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-be... #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn1 #Space
www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-be... #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn1 #Space
The Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander liftoff to the Moon January 15, 2025
www.astronomy.com/space-explor... #Space #TheMoon #spaceexploration #spacerace #Science
www.astronomy.com/space-explor... #Space #TheMoon #spaceexploration #spacerace #Science
Blue Ghost Mission 1 will send the first U.S. lander to Mare Crisium
With 10 instruments and technology tests, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
www.astronomy.com
January 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander liftoff to the Moon January 15, 2025
www.astronomy.com/space-explor... #Space #TheMoon #spaceexploration #spacerace #Science
www.astronomy.com/space-explor... #Space #TheMoon #spaceexploration #spacerace #Science