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2026-07-22 17:30:04 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🤖🧠 #Computer scientist Peter J. Denning argues that Alan Turing’s 1950 framing sent #AI #research in the wrong direction by suggesting #human #intelligence could exist without the body.
👉 https://scitechdaily.com/why-ai-may-never-reach-human-intelligence/
#artificialintelligence #philosophy #computerscience #alanTuring #criticalthinking #science #technology #tech #culture

2026-07-22 11:30:02 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐋📹 Scientists attached small cameras to #whalesharks in #WesternAustralia to see what the #fish do when nobody is watching.
Researchers identified 36 distinct behaviors and found #whale #sharks spend most of their time low-effort snacking throughout the #water column, not just at the surface.
👉 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/whale-shark-camera-krill-study-b3018644.html
#marine #science #ocean #ningaloo #marinebiology #biology #animals #wildlife #krill #conservation #ocean #research #australia

2026-07-17 15:30:05 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧬🦗 A genomic study from the Institute of Evolutionary #Biology analyzed 745 ancient dental calculus samples and chitinase genes across #Eurasia.
Northern populations rarely ate #insects and carry mutations reducing their ability to digest insect exoskeletons, a trait persisting since the dawn of #agriculture. #Neanderthals and #tropical populations show more insect #DNA and better adapted #genes.
👉 https://scitechdaily.com/why-you-hate-eating-bugs-dna-reveals-a-9000-year-old-legacy/
#science #entomophagy #evolution #genetics #nutrition #archaeology #food #sustainability #bugs

2026-07-12 10:00:03 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🎨🗽 Using more than 1,800 hand-painted celluloids, this animated #film brings five of sculptor Isamu Noguchi's unbuilt #NYC playground #designs to life.
The abstract, surreal concepts were rejected by #urban planners, but they established his pioneering #philosophy of open-ended, non-directive #play.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/noguchis-new-york-animated-playgrounds
#20thcentury #animation #architecture #art #city #community #design #exploration #handmade #ideas #innovation #kids #museum #newyorkcity #tksst #video
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2026-07-08 15:30:07 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧬🤔 An archaeologist unpacks the #science and #ethics of #cloning extinct #humans like #Neanderthals.
The piece explains why Colossal Biosciences’ widely reported #direwolf de-extinction was actually a genetically tweaked gray #wolf, not a true clone. It walks through how real cloning works, why intact ancient #DNA simply doesn’t exist for Neanderthals, and whether we should even try.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/clone-neanderthals/
#deextinction #genetics #science #paleontology #archaeology #evolution #homosapiens #colossalbiosciences #direwolf

2026-07-03 21:30:01 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🗽🎆 #France is preparing to illuminate the #StatueofLiberty for #America’s 250th anniversary.
The light show will highlight the #statue’s origins as a French gift after the #CivilWar and the #abolition of #slavery. Designed by #Bartholdi and engineered by #Eiffel, the #monument shipped to #NYC in 350 pieces.
👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/as-france-prepares-to-light-up-the-statue-of-liberty-for-americas-250th-peek-into-the-history-of-the-symbol-of-translatlantic-friendship-180989047/
#america250 #fourthofjuly #july4th #engineering #history #immigration #symbolism #independenceday #freedom

2026-07-02 21:30:00 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL:🍜👩‍🍳 A #Bangkok noodle shop called Wattana Panich has served #beef #soup from the same continuously simmered broth since 1974.
The third generation owner tends the 5 ft (152 cm) pot daily, adding fresh ingredients while straining and boiling the #broth each night. The story raises an interesting question: can a #liquid remain the same #soup after 52 years of molecular turnover?
👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/07/the-thai-beef-noodle-soup-that-has-been-continuously-simmering-for-52-years.html
#thailand #noodles #stew #food #science #cooking #tradition #fermentation #history #culinary #chemistry

2026-06-22 17:19:00 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🪂🦫 In 1948, #wildlife manager Elmo W. Heter of #Idaho needed to relocate #beavers flooding #farms without killing them during transport by #horse and #mule.
He built special crates with parachutes and dropped 76 beavers from #airplanes into #ChamberlainBasin where 75 survived to found new colonies that helped restore the region’s #watersheds.
👉 https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a71613267/parachute-beavers/
#conservation #history #science #nature #animals #1940s #20thcentury #ecology

2026-06-11 14:30:13 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🌊🔥 #Japan’s Meteorological Agency declared El Niño’s arrival, with #NOAA estimating an 82% chance it forms this month.
Scientists track #Pacific sea surface temperatures already rising toward record levels, driving early #tropicalstorm activity off #Mexico.
👉 https://gizmodo.com/japan-calls-it-the-dreaded-el-nino-has-arrived-2000769995
#elnino #weather #climate #climatechange #jma #ocean #meteorology #science #atmosphere #hurricane #globalwarming

2026-06-05 17:45:05 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ NEW: 🐅🐾 Two #tiger mothers live on a small #island in western #Nepal.
One rests in the tall #grass with five cubs around her while the other takes a break. #Drones captured this rare cooperative moment of communal babysitting that #humans have never documented on #camera before.
👉 Learn more https://seethis.tv/post/tiger-island-nepal-mothers-babysitting-cubs-video
#animals #predators #asia #babies #bbc #bigcats #biology #cats #community #discovery #nature #parenting #science #tech #technology #womeninstem #tigers #tksst #video
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2026-06-05 16:30:02 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🏛️⚽ Students at #Rome’s Cavour High School, just steps from the #Colosseum, had long whispered about hidden rooms beneath the gym floor. 🤫
After they explored the #tunnels and alerted #Latin teacher Claudia Marino, archaeologists confirmed a 2nd century Roman villa called #Domus Liceo Cavour with frescoed walls, #mosaics, and even older #graffiti. 🏠
👉 https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/italian-teenagers-discover-1-800-year-old-roman-luxury-house-underneath-their-high-school-gym
#archaeology #history #ancientrome #teens #excavation #italy #highschool #discovery

2026-06-03 18:30:04 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: In #Banda, #UttarPradesh, a week-long #heatwave hit 47-48°C. 🌡️
BBC reports how residents like farmers, masons, road workers, and rickshaw drivers reshape their days around the #heat. Researchers link tree loss, sand #mining, and groundwater depletion to rising local temperatures. 🥵
👉 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmp0krp98ro
#india #climate #climatechange #farm #work #health #water #deforestation #southasia #geography #environment #extremeweather #weather

2026-06-03 09:30:02 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: Between the 13th and 18th centuries, European courts prosecuted #animals for murder and crop damage. 🌾
#Pigs were arrested, jailed, and executed. Lawyers defended #rats by arguing they feared #cats. A #rooster was burned for laying an #egg. Historians say the #trials helped communities restore order after a tragic event. 🐓
👉 https://www.livescience.com/animals/animals-were-imprisoned-in-jails-where-humans-were-incarcerated-the-bizarre-trials-of-the-late-middle-ages-and-surprising-lack-of-criminal-cats
#medieval #history #justice #france #switzerland #law #middleages #europe #culture #philosophy

2026-06-01 12:01:00 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦉🪶 When this great horned #owl was rescued from a cement mixer, the concrete left its #wings and tail #feathers damaged and unusable.
To get this apex #predator back into the wild, the rehabilitation team performed an ancient art of feather-mending called #imping.
👉 Learn more https://seethis.tv/post/concrete-owl-imping-feathers-wings-best-friends-animal-sanctuary
#animals #biology #birds #ornithology #conservation #flying #jobs #owls #physics #raptors #rescue #sanctuary #science #sound #work #tksst #video
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2026-05-28 12:00:30 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: ⛰️🪓 After 70 years of #construction of the #CrazyHorse #Memorial in #SouthDakota, the Oglala #Lakota warrior's face, at a towering 26.5 m (87 ft), is complete.
Conceived by Chief Henry Standing Bear as a #NativeAmerican tribute, the project has drawn #Indigenous criticism for shifting focus to the sculptor's family and the #ethics of #carving natural #rock.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/crazy-horse-memorial-black-hills-video
#USA #history #americanhistory #design #explosions #geology #monuments #museum #nature #northamerica #rocks #sculpture #stone #tech #technology #tksst #video
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2026-05-27 21:30:01 UTC

📜✍️ #Enheduanna (2285–2250 BCE), daughter of King Sargon of #Akkad, was high priestess of the moon god at #Ur in modern-day #Iraq. She wrote hymns to the goddess Inanna and 42 temple hymns, signing her name – something no known #writer had done before.
👉 https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/history-and-humanities/people/enheduanna-sumerian-first-author-history/
#sumer #mesopotamia #ancient #history #poetry #cuneiform #archaeology #literature #writing #princess

2026-05-27 20:33:40 UTC

⛰️🪓 After 70 years of #construction of the #CrazyHorse #Memorial in #SouthDakota, the Oglala #Lakota warrior's face, at a towering 26.5 m (87 ft), is complete.
Conceived by Chief Henry Standing Bear as a #NativeAmerican tribute, the project has drawn #Indigenous criticism for shifting focus to the sculptor's family and the #ethics of #carving natural #rock.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/crazy-horse-memorial-black-hills-video
#USA #history #americanhistory #design #explosions #geology #monuments #museum #nature #northamerica #rocks #sculpture #stone #tech #technology #tksst #video
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2026-05-27 12:00:31 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🧸🎁 Hand-carved from cottonwood root, #Hopi kachina #dolls are gifts that teach. Passed from elders to #children, they carry lessons about #spirituality, the natural world, and ancestral connection – from simple forms for the youngest to richly detailed katsintihu for older #kids.
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/kachina-doll-hopi-katsina-carving-tayron-polequaptewa
#arizona #art #history #carving #community #creativity #design #indigenous #museums #nativeamericans #nature #tksst #video
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2026-05-26 20:36:46 UTC

🧸🎁 Hand-carved from cottonwood root, #Hopi kachina #dolls are gifts that teach. Passed from elders to #children, they carry lessons about #spirituality, the natural world, and ancestral connection – from simple forms for the youngest to richly detailed katsintihu for older #kids.
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/kachina-doll-hopi-katsina-carving-tayron-polequaptewa
#arizona #art #history #carving #community #creativity #design #indigenous #museums #nativeamericans #nature #tksst #video
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2026-05-22 09:30:00 UTC

🦫🏗️ Researchers in #Ealing, #London, are tracking a family of five #beavers that moved into a former golf course.
The #animals build wooden #dams that hold back #rain, preventing local neighborhoods from #flooding. Their work creates #wetlands that attract #birds and #insects while helping the city adapt to changing #weather.
👉 https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/nx-s1-5738979/beavers-britain-climate-change-flooding
#ecology #nature #science #climate #engineering #wildlife #england #uk #hydrology #conservation #biodiversity

2026-05-21 15:30:08 UTC

🐍💉 Tim Friede spent nearly 20 years gradually immunizing himself against #venom from over a dozen deadly #snakes, including #cobras and black #mambas.
Scientists used #antibodies from his blood to create an experimental #antivenom that protected #mice from 13 types of snake venom. The work could lead to a single broad-spectrum antivenom.
👉 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/antivenom-snakebite-tim-friede#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=8c2b5212-1894-4d71-8f8a-03d5c1aa0300
#science #immunology #biology #wildlife #medicine #research #nature #wisconsin #newyork #biotech

2026-05-21 09:30:01 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🤝📚 Aaron visits his family's local #library and finds James and the Giant Peach missing, along with dozens of others.
He learns about book banning and the principle that people have the right to read widely and form their own opinions. The #FirstAmendment protects authors' rights to write what they want and readers' rights to read those #stories.
👉 Learn more https://seethis.tv/post/book-bans-censorship-first-amendment-kids-video
#animation #books #civics #communication #community #culture #literacy #ethics #government #humanrights #ideas #journalism #literature #kids #reading #religion #school #stopmotion #teaching #writing #constitution #USA #tksst #video
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2026-05-20 18:30:02 UTC

🐝👑 Researchers at #PennState discovered that worker #bumblebees control which #larvae become queens by feeding them juvenile hormones.
When workers received the hormone, they passed it into larval #food, producing heavier larvae that grew into queens. The finding shifts our understanding of #bee colonies from a strict hierarchy to a more decentralized system where caregivers shape the colony’s future.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/worker-bees-pick-queen/
#bees #entomology #biology #insects #nature #science #hormones #research #pollinators #evolution

2026-05-20 17:39:12 UTC

🤝📚 Aaron visits his family's local #library and finds James and the Giant Peach missing, along with dozens of others.
He learns about book banning and the principle that people have the right to read widely and form their own opinions. The #FirstAmendment protects authors' rights to write what they want and readers' rights to read those #stories.
👉 Learn more https://seethis.tv/post/book-bans-censorship-first-amendment-kids-video
#animation #books #civics #communication #community #culture #literacy #ethics #government #humanrights #ideas #journalism #literature #kids #reading #religion #school #stopmotion #teaching #writing #constitution #USA #tksst #video
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2026-05-19 18:03:50 UTC

🥁🦜 Many #birds use tools, but the palm #cockatoo, a native #parrot of northern #Queensland, #Australia, and #NewGuinea, is the only animal on #Earth known to make #music with a tool.
Male palm cockatoos craft drumsticks from branches and use them to drum on their prepared tree hollows in the tops of old-growth #trees. Each male has its own rhythmic style, sometimes drumming 200 beats in a row.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/palm-cockatoos-only-animal-tool-use-drumming-video
#ornithology #wildlife #science #biology #evolution #ecology #research #animals #conservation #drums #endangeredspecies #forest #instruments #mating #nature #rainforest #sound #trees #tksst #video
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2026-05-18 12:30:11 UTC

🏛️🧬 Researchers at University College #London found that visiting #museums and attending #concerts may slow biological #aging by 4%.
Analyzing #data from 3,500 adults, the #study suggests weekly cultural engagement reduces #stress and inflammation. The #health benefits are comparable to regular exercise, potentially leading to future "arts prescriptions" for healthy #aging.
👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/visiting-museums-may-slow-your-biological-aging-study-finds
#science #health #museum #biology #research #culture #wellness #art #lifestyle

2026-05-14 13:30:05 UTC

🦗🔬 University of #Sydney researchers found that house #crickets perform "flexible self-protection" by nursing specific injuries, suggesting they experience pain-like states rather than simple reflexes.
The directed behavior indicates a level of conscious experience previously underestimated in #invertebrates. The findings could challenge our approach toward #insects, supporting a growing scientific consensus on their complex cognitive capabilities.
👉 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/insects-feel-pain-research
#insects #biology #science #entomology #nature #research #evolution #neuroscience #discovery #ethics #fruitflies

2026-05-14 10:30:03 UTC

🦅🐍 Researchers found that painting #wind turbine blades with patterns inspired by venomous #snakes significantly reduces #bird collisions.
While standard white blades are often difficult for #birds to perceive, the biomimetic designs trigger a natural avoidance response. The simple visual modification offers a promising way to protect migratory species while expanding sustainable #energy.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/birds-avoid-wind-turbine-snake-colors/
#environment #science #engineering #nature #biomimicry #research #conservation #technology #tech #wildlife #biology

2026-05-13 11:30:03 UTC

🦅🐘 Researchers explain that the #energy required for a giant #bird to take off would exceed the metabolic limits of avian #biology.
Modern bird #anatomy evolved for efficiency and lightweight strength which creates a hard ceiling on how large a flying #animal can become.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/theres-a-reason-we-dont-have-birds-the-size-of-elephants/
#evolution #ornithology #physics #science #nature #zoology #birds #paleontology #stem #biomechanics

2026-05-05 12:00:36 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: ⚖️🎓 A simple question about wearing hats at school leads to a discussion about the #FirstAmendment.
This #ACLU series explains how the Tinker v. #DesMoines ruling protects student expression. The 1969 case established that students cannot be punished for symbolic speech just because adults disagree with their message.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/you-have-a-right-to-speak-your-mind-aclu-kyru-video
#20thcentury #1A #history #animation #civics #communication #community #culture #ethics #government #humanrights #iowa #law #supremecourt #teaching #USConstitution #tksst #video
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2026-05-04 19:43:34 UTC

⚖️🎓 A simple question about wearing hats at school leads to a discussion about the #FirstAmendment.
This #ACLU series explains how the Tinker v. #DesMoines ruling protects student expression. The 1969 case established that students cannot be punished for symbolic speech just because adults disagree with their message.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/you-have-a-right-to-speak-your-mind-aclu-kyru-video
#20thcentury #1A #history #animation #civics #communication #community #culture #ethics #government #humanrights #iowa #law #supremecourt #teaching #USConstitution #tksst #video
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2026-05-01 12:30:06 UTC

🐦‍⬛📜 A segment from the first #Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror" episode in 1990 serves as a #teaching tool for #educators introducing classic #poetry. It follows the original text closely and utilizes narration by none other than James Earl Jones
👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/the-simpsons-edgar-allan-poes-the-raven.html
#edgarallanpoe #literature #animation #education #classic #halloween #tv

2026-04-28 17:23:50 UTC

🐝⚽ #Research at #QueenMary University of #London shows that #bumblebees will choose to stop and play with wooden balls even when #food is available.
This #study from 2022 represents the first time #play behavior has been documented in #insects. Younger #bees participated in ball-rolling more often than older bees, which suggests that playtime helps them practice the motor skills needed to handle different #flowers.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/bumblebees-playing-research-video
#animals #biology #blackandSTEM #cute #experiments #science #tv #womeninSTEM #nature #entomology #wildlife #learning #tksst #video
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2026-04-28 09:30:02 UTC

⚛️🌌 Physical #teleportation requires reading the specific arrangement of atoms and sending that #data to a new location for reconstruction.
Because #quantum laws prevent the perfect copying of a state without destroying the source, the original subject wouldn't survive the scan. Scientists and philosophers debate whether a perfect duplicate would possess the same continuous #consciousness as the original person.
👉 https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/teleportation-is-possible-according-to-physics-but-would-you-survive/
#physics #quantummechanics #science #philosophy #research #nature

2026-04-27 16:30:02 UTC

📜🎶 Dr. Sam Barrett used a rediscovered 11th-century manuscript to restore the melodies of "Songs of Consolation," which were based on the writings of Roman philosopher Boethius.
The reconstruction required identifying ancient melodic patterns to fill in gaps left by historical notation systems that didn't record specific pitches.
👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/an-ancient-philosophical-song-reconstructed-and-played-for-the-first-time-in-1000-years.html
#history #music #archaeology #cambridge #philosophy #medieval #research #science #culture #education #performance

2026-04-21 19:30:01 UTC

🦷🇪🇬 Museum curators in #Vienna found a 4th-century Egyptian papyrus describing a toothpaste #recipe made of rock salt, mint, dried iris, and pepper.
Dentist Heinz Neuman tested the abrasive powder and found it surprisingly effective for cleaning #teeth.
👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/try-the-oldest-known-recipe-for-toothpaste-from-ancient-egypt.html
#history #egypt #archaeology #health #dentistry #science #ancient #innovation #dentistry

2026-04-21 09:30:01 UTC

🐘🔦 Director Werner Herzog documents Dr. Steve Boyes' quest to find a rumored sub-species of #elephant in the Angolan highlands.
The #film features master trackers and scientists using genetic #research and ancestral knowledge to protect these #animals.
👉 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2522722-werner-herzog-searches-for-ghost-elephants-in-stunning-new-documentary/
#wildlife #elephants #documentary #science #nature #conservation #angola #wernerherzog #biodiversity #exploration #biology

2026-04-07 15:30:04 UTC

🐦🧩 #Pigeons rewarded for simple tasks do not settle into repetitive routines.
Instead, they constantly rotate their behavior to stay adaptable, a strategy researchers call the "edge of chaos." This built-in resistance to becoming machine-like helps the #birds adapt to changing environments.
👉 https://phys.org/news/2026-04-pigeons-tend-edge-chaos.html
#science #animals #research #biology #evolution #psychology #nature #uiowa

2026-03-26 11:30:03 UTC

🧬🔬 We often think of #cloning as making a perfect carbon copy, but new #research shows it's much more complicated.
Scientists found that cloned #animals experience rapid changes in how their #genes are expressed, leading to #health issues that aren't present in naturally born animals.
👉 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2520756-landmark-experiment-reveals-a-big-unexpected-problem-with-cloning/
💁🏻‍♀️✨ How does the Oregon Zoo care for its geriatric animals? https://seethis.tv/post/oregon-zoo-geriatric-animal-care-video
#genetics #biology #science #epigenetics #dna #biotech #ethics #nature #evolution

2026-03-25 15:30:05 UTC

0️⃣🏛️ From Sumerian clay tablets to ancient Indian stone inscriptions, the concept of #zero followed a long and complex path before becoming the number we use today.
Mathematician Robert Kaplan traces this #history, looking at how "nothing" became a symbolic placeholder and a revolutionary force in human thought.
👉 https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/03/24/zero-robert-kaplan/
#math #science #discovery #philosophy #Mesopotamia #India

2026-03-25 09:30:01 UTC

🪳🪵 In a unique display of partnership, wood-feeding #cockroaches in #Japan participate in mutual wing-eating after they mate.
These #insects form lifelong monogamous pairs and help each other survive while raising young inside rotting logs.
👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/meet-the-monogamous-cockroaches-that-eat-each-others-wings-when-they-start-a-family/
#entomology #science #evolution #nature #biology #animals #research #ecology

2026-03-20 11:30:03 UTC

🐸✨ From a paperclip-sized "ethereal" frog in the #Amazon to #India's star-speckled "galaxy frog" World Frog Day is all about new species – and the challenges they face.
While roughly 150 new #amphibians are described each year, researchers warn that habitat loss and even "photo #tourism" are putting many at risk before they can be fully studied.
👉 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/03/world-frog-day-new-species-described-amid-threats-to-amphibian-survival/
#frogs #wildlife #conservation #biodiversity #worldfrogday #science #nature #biology #environment

2026-03-20 09:30:00 UTC

🐿️🌋 In 1980 researchers helicoptered #gophers onto the barren slopes of Mount St. Helens to test their role as #ecosystem engineers.
By digging through volcanic #ash, the #rodents brought vital mycorrhizal #fungi to the surface and sparked a #plant explosion that's still visible four decades later.
👉 https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a70780384/gophers-mount-st-helens-eruption/
#volcano #ecology #nature #science #biology #washington #mountsthelens #microbes

2026-03-19 09:00:13 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🚬🤥 How does a lie spread when the truth is already known? Hank Green tells the story of the decades-long war over #smoking and what happens when powerful interests work to obscure scientific evidence.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/scientific-research-vs-public-opinion-corporate-interests-hank-green?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=scientific-research-clashes
#civics #culture #ethics #health #history #law #literacy #media #medicine #research #science #tobacco #education #tksst #video
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2026-03-18 17:36:25 UTC

🚬🤥 How does a lie spread when the truth is already known? Hank Green tells the story of the decades-long war over #smoking and what happens when powerful interests work to obscure scientific evidence.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/scientific-research-vs-public-opinion-corporate-interests-hank-green?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=scientific-research-clashes
#civics #culture #ethics #health #history #law #literacy #media #medicine #research #science #tobacco #education #tksst #video
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2026-03-13 12:30:07 UTC

🦥🌱 While we often interpret the facial structure of a #sloth as a sign of happiness, researchers explain that it's an unchanging anatomical trait. Understanding this is vital for #wildlife conservationists and veterinarians to properly assess the well-being of these slow-moving #mammals.
👉 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/03/the-dark-side-of-smiling-sloths/
#biology #conservation #anatomy #nature #science #education #ethics #zoology #mammals #animals

2026-03-12 09:00:12 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🌊⚓ Follow along inside the Longships #Lighthouse during 2026's Storm Goretti, as maintenance engineer Scott Tacchi documents the 12-day visit required to keep this 153-year-old tower functioning in the middle of a major storm.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/inside-a-lighthouse-during-storm-video?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=inside-a-lighthouse-during-storm-video
#community #engineering #england #helicopters #jobs #ocean #storms #technology #tech #uk #water #waves #work #tksst #video
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2026-03-09 16:01:50 UTC

🐾🇦🇺 The new #meerkat babies at #Melbourne #Zoo have ventured into the outdoor world for the first time.
Spend 10 uninterrupted minutes with these fuzzy, wobbly pups as they nose around their enclosure. After falling, climbing, and leaning on each other, they return to a cozy family pile to nurse and cuddle.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/ten-calm-minutes-meerkat-babies-melbourne-zoo?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=ten-calm-minutes-meerkat-babies-melbourne-zoo
#wildlife #nature #biology #zoology #cute #science #learning #australia #babies #cute #parenting #mammals #tksst #video
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2026-03-05 20:33:46 UTC

🪑⚙️ Office chairs swivel, roll, and tilt, but have you ever stopped to count the legs? Emily Zhang looks at the #math and #physics behind why five legs became the industry's stability sweet spot.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/why-do-office-chairs-have-5-legs-emily-zhang?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=office-chair-legs
#design #engineering #furniture #history #productdesign #research #science #work #tksst #video
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2026-02-25 13:00:28 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🕯️🔈 Physicist Dr. Helen Czerski uses a stethoscope on tree bark and candles in an anechoic chamber to show how #sound is a physical movement of #air molecules. Watch how flames flicker in sync with specific frequencies to make invisible sound waves visible!
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/can-you-use-candles-to-see-sound?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=can-you-use-candles-to-see-sound
#science #fire #trees #stem #physics #nature #trees #audio #forests #education #experiments #tksst #video
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2026-02-20 13:30:06 UTC

🧬🧊 Researchers are studying the "jam-packed" world inside our #cells, where proteins are so crowded they behave more like a thick glass than a simple liquid.
This density is actually vital for life, as it helps molecules find their way through the cellular "traffic jam" to do their jobs.
👉 https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-biophysical-world-inside-a-jam-packed-cell-20260218/
#biology #physics #science #molecularbiology #stem #learning

2026-02-18 12:00:22 UTC

⚙️🏛️ University College #London researchers have developed a digital model to explain how the 2,000-year-old Antikythera Mechanism actually functioned.
This animated look demonstrates how the ancient Greek device used intricate bronze gears to track the movements of the #cosmos.
👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/02/an-animated-introduction-to-the-antikythera-mechanism.html
#greece #history #engineering #technology #astronomy #archaeology #computers

2026-02-13 15:00:43 UTC

🐘🍕 Scientists have discovered the secret to an elephant's gentle touch: their whiskers are built with a "stiffness gradient."
While most #mammals move their whiskers to feel around, #elephants have "baked-in" #intelligence in the hairs themselves.
👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/unique-structure-of-elephant-whiskers-give-them-built-in-sensing-intelligence/
💁🏻‍♀️✨ 6 things you didn’t know about elephants: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/six-facts-secret-world-elephants-amnh
#biology #science #nature #robotics #innovation #stem #animals #engineering #biomimicry #wildlife

2026-02-12 19:56:09 UTC

🌽🌱 Every kernel on a cob is a seed that can grow into a new stalk of #corn. But does it actually need to be planted in the ground to sprout?
Watch these wordless #timelapse videos of corn kernels germinating in five different ways, including sprouting without any soil at all.
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/five-corn-kernel-germination-time-lapses?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=corn-germination
#agriculture #biology #botany #stem #gardening #nature #experiments #plants #science #water #tksst #video
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2026-02-10 10:00:21 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🌍🏛️ In 1897, British forces looted thousands of artifacts from #BeninCity. Now, the University of #Cambridge is returning legal ownership of 116 objects to #Nigeria.
Dr. Mark Elliott and Professor Nicholas Thomas discuss the #history of these brass heads and ivory carvings, and why repatriation is the right step for the #museum sector.
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/returning-benin-bronzes-cambridge-university
#africa #art #culture #england #uk #ethics #sculptures #statues #thebritishmuseum #war #westafrica #tksst #video
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2026-02-09 20:24:05 UTC

🌍🏛️ In 1897, British forces looted thousands of artifacts from #BeninCity. Now, the University of #Cambridge is returning legal ownership of 116 objects to #Nigeria.
Dr. Mark Elliott and Professor Nicholas Thomas discuss the #history of these brass heads and ivory carvings, and why repatriation is the right step for the #museum sector.
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/returning-benin-bronzes-cambridge-university?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=benin-bronzes
#africa #art #culture #england #uk #ethics #sculptures #statues #thebritishmuseum #war #westafrica #tksst #video
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2026-02-03 18:13:02 UTC

🥚♻️ Product #design teacher Luis Giestas explains how to turn a month's worth of saved eggshells into a biodegradable bowl using simple ingredients like agar and glycerin.
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/biodegradable-plastic-eggshell-bowl-giestas-video-activity?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=eggshell-bioplastic
#art #biology #biotechnology #chemistry #diy #experiments #food #howto #recipe #recycling #sustainability #tksst #video
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2026-02-03 13:30:05 UTC

🐹💤 Forget the #weather forecast: the real #science of #groundhogs is much stranger. These "#ecosystem engineers" are true hibernators that can drop their heart rate to just four beats per minute, chemically recycling their own waste so they don't have to leave their burrows all #winter.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/groundhog-facts/
#wildlife #biology #groundhogday #nature #animals #ecology #discovery

2026-01-26 13:30:06 UTC

🐉🐸 Nearly two millennia ago, Chinese inventor Zhang Heng designed a bronze vessel that dropped metal balls to signal distant #earthquakes. Modern researchers in #China have used replicas to prove this ancient #engineering was surprisingly accurate.
👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/01/discover-the-worlds-first-earthquake-detector-invented-in-china-2000-years-ago.html
#history #science #technology #tech #invention #ancient #geology #stem

2026-01-23 19:30:02 UTC

🧬🐘 From heat-tolerant corals to "winterized" #elephants, scientists are weighing the use of gene editing to help #wildlife survive threats like #climatechange and disease.
While traditional #conservation focuses on protecting habitats, these new tools could allow us to reinsert lost genetic diversity directly into struggling populations.
👉 https://discoverwildscience.com/the-future-of-genetic-engineering-in-wildlife-conservation-4-271105/
#genetics #crispr #nature #stem #biodiversity #science #future #climate

2026-01-20 22:00:13 UTC

🧠🧪 We often hear about "dopamine hits" from social media or junk food, but #science shows we've been getting the story wrong. Dopamine isn't the molecule of pleasure – it’s the molecule of anticipation.
This deep dive explains how our #brain actually processes rewards and why understanding the difference matters for our focus and well-being.
👉 https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260116-what-we-get-wrong-about-dopamine
#neuroscience #biology #psychology #stem #education #learning

2026-01-15 13:22:34 UTC

🌾🐦 The red-winged blackbird is one of #NorthAmerica's most abundant #birds. While the males are known for their "conk-la-ree" song and bold red patches, the streaky brown females have their own distinct musical calls.
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/red-winged-blackbird-bird-in-the-spotlight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=red-winged-blackbird
#animals #birding #ornithology #cornell #nature #spring #tksst #video
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2025-12-18 13:30:05 UTC

🤖🎮 Fundamental #Research Labs' Project Sid placed 1,000 #AI agents in #Minecraft where they autonomously developed specialized roles, economies using emeralds as currency, and even spread Pastafarianism as a #religion.
👉 https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/ai-agents-village
#technology #tech #gaming #science

2025-12-08 23:00:12 UTC

🐸🐝 Japanese researchers discovered that black-spotted pond #frogs can successfully hunt and eat Asian giant #hornets (aka "murder hornets") despite their massive stingers and venom. The study found frogs ate the hornets 79% of the time even when repeatedly stung in the mouth or eyes.
👉 https://newatlas.com/biology/frogs-murder-hornets/
#wildlife #biology #japan #research #nature #animals #insects

2025-12-08 22:00:16 UTC

🐟🧽 University of #Bonn researchers developed a washing machine filter inspired by sardine and anchovy gill systems that removes over 99% of #microplastics from laundry wastewater. The biomimetic design uses funnel-shaped filtration with self-cleaning mechanisms copied from #fish feeding systems.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/fish-washing-machine-microplastic-filter/
#biomimicry #environment #sustainability #engineering #innovation #technology #tech

2025-12-02 13:30:06 UTC

🐱👱‍♂️ A study of 31 #cats found they use increased vocalizations when greeting male humans compared to female caregivers. The difference appears driven by gender differences in responsiveness to quiet signals like tail flicks and head rubs.
👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/cats-scream-louder-at-men-and-its-probably-the-mens-fault/
#animals #pets #felines #psychology #science #zoology

2025-11-21 21:35:47 UTC

🧪⚗️ Dr. Tatiana's enthusiasm for #physics is infectious as she demonstrates Bernoulli's principle with a toilet paper roll and leaf blower, then repurposes materials for an egg drop inertia #experiment.
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/dr-tatiana-demonstrates-bernoullis-principle-newton-inertia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=dr_tatiana_physics
#diy #fluiddynamics #play #science #teaching #wind #tksst #video
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2025-11-19 13:30:03 UTC

🏗️💧 In 1900, #Chicago engineers accomplished the unprecedented feat of reversing the Chicago River's flow to prevent cholera and typhoid outbreaks caused by polluted #water entering #LakeMichigan, the city's drinking water source.
👉 https://discoverwildscience.com/the-river-that-flows-backwards-how-the-chicago-river-was-reversed-to-fight-disease-3-291496/
#engineering #history #publichealth #innovation #rivers #disease #environment #urban

2025-11-17 11:30:02 UTC

👽⚛️ Daniel Whiteson, a particle physicist from UC #Irvine who works on the Large Hadron Collider, discusses his new illustrated book exploring why communication with #aliens might be fundamentally impossible.
The conversation examines how our perceptions, #culture, and biological senses shape what we think of as universal truths in #math and #physics – and why an encounter with genuinely different minds could teach us as much about ourselves as about the #universe.
👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/what-if-the-aliens-come-and-we-just-cant-communicate
#physics #language #science #philosophy #SETI #technology #CERN #biology #illustration #tech

2025-11-14 13:00:31 UTC

🏠🔋 Researchers at #MIT have developed concrete that can store and release #electricity, with 5 cubic meters holding enough #energy to power an average American household daily.
👉 https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/11/this-concrete-could-turn-your-house-into-a-battery/
#concrete #sustainability #technology #tech #innovation #carbon #building #news

2025-11-06 22:30:02 UTC

🐛🍄 Scientists discovered that structures on female stinkbug legs previously thought to be hearing organs are actually specialized fungal cultivation chambers.
Female stinkbugs grow protective fungi in thousands of tiny pores on their hind legs, then carefully smear these #fungi onto their freshly laid eggs to create a living shield that prevents parasitic wasps from attacking their offspring.
👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/some-stinkbugs-legs-carry-a-mobile-fungal-garden/
#biology #insects #evolution #science #discovery #research

2025-11-06 19:30:06 UTC

🕷️🕸️ Researchers discovered what may be the world's largest spiderweb in a sulfur cave on the Albanian-Greek border, containing over 111,000 #spiders from two species living cooperatively.
The 106-square-meter web represents the first documented colonial behavior in these typically solitary spider species, with the extreme cave environment apparently driving the cooperation and genetic adaptation.
👉 https://zurl.co/qe7Jz
#caves #biology #discovery #evolution #research #ecology #science
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2025-10-31 13:30:08 UTC

🐸🛡️ Researchers at UC #Berkeley are uncovering how #animals survive toxins through multiple molecular strategies, including changing their own proteins so toxins can't bind, using transporters to pump toxins out of cells, and producing enzymes that break toxins down.
The work has implications for human #medicine and shows how toxins have quietly shaped entire ecosystems, such as a single molecule from a milkweed plant in #Ontario that has influenced the #evolution of #birds hunting #monarchs thousands of km away in #Mexico.
👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-animals-eat-poisons-and-dont-die-some-even-become-toxic-in-turn-180987594/
#science #biology #nature #animals #ecology #wildlife

2025-10-31 10:00:25 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐦👀 Tawny Frogmouth chicks are genuinely hard to describe. At #Healesville Sanctuary near #Melbourne, two fluffy chicks, just days apart in age, are thriving under the attentive care of parents Kermit and Tiny.
"They kind of look like a dust bunny you might find behind the back of the couch," says sanctuary keeper Louise Tegg. Keepers monitor their growth every 3 to 5 days on a steady diet of mealworms, #cockroaches, and Huntsman #spiders.
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/tawny-frogmouth-chicks-look-like-muppets?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=tawny_frogmouth_chicks
#animals #australia #babies #birds #parenting #nature #wildlife #conservation #cute #tksst #video
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2025-10-23 20:54:19 UTC

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I was hoping it was the discovery of a crystalline entity 💠

2025-10-23 19:58:24 UTC

🎃🏆 A 1,125 kg giant #pumpkin grew at a rate of over 18 kilos per day for weeks. Grower Jamie Graham of Tyngsborough, #Massachusetts captured the process in this hypnotic time-lapse #video set to Mozart's Rondo Alla Turca.
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/northeast-giant-pumpkin-growing-time-lapse-video?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=giant-pumpkin-timelapse
#autumn #food #fruit #garden #halloween #pumpkins #timelapse #gardening #agriculture #horticulture #plants #farming #nature #growth #botany #music #summer #tksst
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2025-10-23 11:00:21 UTC

💎🔄 Physicists at Heinrich-Heine University #Düsseldorf and Wayne State University studied "rotating #crystals" made of spinning particles that exhibit "odd elasticity," causing them to twist instead of stretch when pulled.
These materials can spontaneously fragment into smaller spinning units and later reassemble themselves, behaviors also observed in biological systems like groups of #starfish embryos that rotate around one another through coordinated swimming motions.
👉 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251021083635.htm
#physics #science #nanotechnology #biology #engineering #research #innovation

2025-10-21 09:30:00 UTC

🕸️🐦 #Birding experts warn that fake spiderwebs with sticky coatings, gauze, netting, and hanging bedsheet ghosts can trap small #birds trying to navigate through yards during fall migration season. They recommend bird-safe alternatives like seasonal suet cakes, carved #pumpkins that double as feeders, and decorations made from natural materials that won't entangle #wildlife.
👉 https://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/birding-basics/do-fake-spiderwebs-kill-birds/
#halloween #safety #nature #conservation #environment #autumn #fall #spiders

2025-10-17 16:17:47 UTC

🧊🌡️ Scientists from the Danish Meteorological Institute report that #Antarctica is experiencing #Greenland-like rapid ice loss through collapsing ice shelves, accelerating #glaciers, and increased surface melting that was thought impossible just 30 years ago.
The 2002 Larsen B ice shelf collapsed in six weeks rather than over millennia, and ice flow into the #ocean has increased fourfold since the 1990s, with researchers warning the changes may soon reach an irreversible tipping point.
👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/antarctica-is-starting-to-look-a-lot-like-greenland-and-that-isnt-good/
#climate #science #environment #research #climatechange #climate

2025-10-09 16:32:38 UTC

📜🦁 The University of #Aberdeen has digitized the 13th-century Aberdeen Bestiary, one of the most lavish #medieval illuminated manuscripts featuring real and mythological #animals with moral teachings. Once owned by Henry VIII, this educational text served as a #teaching tool combining natural #history with #Christian moral lessons through detailed #illustrations of creatures from #lions to phoenixes.
👉 https://www.openculture.com/2025/10/the-aberdeen-bestiary-one-of-the-great-medieval-illuminated-manuscripts-now-digitized.html
#art #education #literature #christianity #technology #tech

2025-10-03 17:29:00 UTC

🏺🦅 Spanish researchers surveyed 12 abandoned bearded vulture #nests and discovered 226 human #artifacts, some nearly 700 years old, preserved alongside animal remains. The #vultures' cliff cave nests acted as natural #museums, protecting items like medieval #shoes, crossbow bolts, and woven baskets through centuries. #Carbon dating revealed artifacts spanning from the #MiddleAges to 150 years ago.
1️⃣ https://www.popsci.com/environment/bearded-vulture-nest-archaeology/
2️⃣ Learn more on #TKSST: Vultures, the acid-puking, plague-busting heroes of the ecosystem • https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/vultures-conservation-ecology-ted-ed
#archaeology #spain #conservation #birds #history #ecology #science

2025-09-29 21:38:15 UTC

🦬🍲 In 1984, Scientists at the University of #Alaska ate 50,000-year-old frozen bison #meat to celebrate completing the preservation of "Blue Babe," a perfectly preserved steppe #bison discovered by #gold miners. The researchers described the ancient neck stew as having a "strong #Pleistocene aroma" but tasting delicious, with no ill effects.
👉 https://www.iflscience.com/it-had-a-strong-pleistocene-aroma-in-1984-scientists-ate-a-50000-year-old-bison-in-a-stew-80973
#paleontology #science #archaeology #permafrost #history #food

2025-09-29 09:00:21 UTC

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🎻🌸 Animated #instruments teach #kids about Vivaldi's Four Seasons: #cello handles the low notes, #violin twins take the highs, and #viola sits perfectly in the middle. These 300-year-old concertos were revolutionary, painting musical pictures of flowing creeks, singing #birds, and frozen landscapes.
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/vivaldi-four-seasons-animation-boston-baroque-for-kids-lesson-plans?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=vivaldi_four_seasons
#music #classical #animation #education #art #tksst #video #autumn #boston #Massachussetts #orchestra #seasons #spring #summer #winter
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2025-09-25 18:41:58 UTC

🌎🌋 Researchers at UC #Riverside developed #climate models comparing #Earth and #Venus to understand why these planetary "twins" evolved so differently, with Venus becoming a 480°C hellscape while Earth remained habitable.
Their "Reuniting Twins" project suggests Earth won't become fully Venus-like even in 3.5 billion years when the brightening #sun shuts down plate tectonics, though it will still become uninhabitably hot.
🔗 https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-is-venus-hell-and-earth-an-eden-20250915/
👉 On #tksst: Weather on the Rocky Planets and Gas Giants
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/weather-rocky-planets-gas-giants
#planets #space #astronomy #science #research #volcanoes

2025-09-24 22:14:28 UTC

👣🦴 Scientists at White Sands National Park have found 23,000-year-old fossilized footprints that rewrite human #history in the Americas, pushing back the timeline nearly 10,000 years.
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/who-left-these-23000-year-old-footprints-in-new-mexicos-white-sands?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=white_sands_footprints
#fossils #paleoanthropology #archaeology #newmexico #pleistocene #science
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2025-09-17 18:07:39 UTC

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