2026-04-10T04:40:24Z https://yabu.me Laura Helmuth https://yabu.me/npub1fqkeu7k5a7qm8wwuk9k0vgzetys05y28lufz0cepz7jelpz5sfzsckasz9 https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/245/762/060/994/274/original/f5855e07b5a29101.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/245/762/060/994/274/original/f5855e07b5a29101.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv6xjryznlruf6el2jj32vq6869z03zj48wq2rp6qcez0pu95vc8gzypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy2mjdh05 This is a good resource for undecided or unmotivated voters, or people talking with same: comprehensive analyses of what the 2024 election means for science, health care, technology, education, nuclear weapons and more (issues, not horse race nonsense) <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/report/how-the-2024-presidential-election-will-shape-science-health-and-the-environment/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/report/how-the-2024-presidential-election-will-shape-science-health-and-the-environment/</a> 2024-10-29T11:44:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsglnatqgg05n4t83uy766uq0lg68exl9q2eqdyrvggf0ywm9vpgnczypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy2u23j3s Early humans weren’t conquerors but wanderers who mingled with other human species. The new view of human migration is much friendlier, less vicious &amp; competitive. It&#39;s important to update pop culture notions human of evolution <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/human-origins-look-ever-more-tangled-with-gene-and-fossil-discoveries/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/human-origins-look-ever-more-tangled-with-gene-and-fossil-discoveries/</a> by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19hzkzwlateaxg428s0z67em9n2235muprp7hltvf9qx2ymstrvnsqjesu8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Dan Vergano</span> (<span class="italic">npub19hz…esu8</span>)</a></span> 2024-10-12T12:15:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgd6vx3j9k23r7mvkngfmaf7zqfq7f4wtqdnwu9vzzmwzmua2w89czypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy29ht3qc Nobel Prize winners Ambros &amp; Ruvkun “were looking at two worms that looked a bit funny and decided to understand why, and then they discovered an entirely new mechanism for gene regulation,” Kämpe said. “I think that’s beautiful.” <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-awarded-for-discovery-of-microrna-gene/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-awarded-for-discovery-of-microrna-gene/</a> 2024-10-07T12:01:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxu47c4jg3xwln5z7qx6mcc4ummqadg0c8cft4sznh5535yhj7ungzypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy2pztpxt The debate technique of telling lies quickly, shamelessly &amp; confidently comes from creationists, and it has a name: the Gish Gallop. Vance has perfected it. <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trumps-weird-debate-strategies-come-from-creationist-tactics/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trumps-weird-debate-strategies-come-from-creationist-tactics/</a> 2024-10-02T14:30:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd00k7f8mtxygdtul4lyrlvhq3d98jjzzchas5vauza5l4jvc0u7czypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy24wv2vs Happy Confusing Fall Warblers season, everybody<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/142/258/215/094/872/original/d21a01625d409fe8.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-15T15:24:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy3nzq6m0htkd2yx5j4u0230wzn8pmhhln8m7qgrlrzyqdhhkvm2gzypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy2erjh42 I mean, the moon is always super. The Sept. 17 supermoon will also have a minor eclipse! <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ctj8rwal6dmr9kmfne9zefun03jestjpkfvt3pu282k4z24kexjsg5de0g" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Phil Plait</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ctj…de0g</span>)</a></span> sorts out the hype from the legitimage reasons to howl at the supermoon <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-a-supermoon-really-special/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-a-supermoon-really-special/</a> 2024-09-13T19:06:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2s7294jutwnhzw8u089e6gq0vngm3ks3xmehujk64ut6zg6zmf3qzypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy2zq3xdg I understand not wanting to read about that creep who owns the other place, but this is a brilliant and funny explanation of Elon Musk, EVs, rocket ships, failures of regulation, and how second-arriving doofuses can succeed <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/elon-musk-owes-his-success-to-coming-in-second-place/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/elon-musk-owes-his-success-to-coming-in-second-place/</a> by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19hzkzwlateaxg428s0z67em9n2235muprp7hltvf9qx2ymstrvnsqjesu8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Dan Vergano</span> (<span class="italic">npub19hz…esu8</span>)</a></span> 2024-09-13T12:41:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfmmgrek2e26n3h4ke32cn5ujeq075ftlv7wp70935krc5x0rwnxqzypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy2knsg3n This, of course, is Trump&#39;s concept of a plan &amp; it is very dangerous <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/project-2025-plan-for-trump-presidency-has-far-reaching-threats-to-science/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/project-2025-plan-for-trump-presidency-has-far-reaching-threats-to-science/</a> 2024-09-11T10:41:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs06u829629layydj5wke3eg2faev9yenl0hvq4w5emcup9zpp8zcqzypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy2gtf349 A lot of news stories basically say, &#34;here&#39;s something awful you should pay attention to.&#34; It&#39;s nice to see &#34;for now we&#39;re good&#34; sometimes. <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/atlantic-hurricane-lull-puzzles-scientists/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/atlantic-hurricane-lull-puzzles-scientists/</a> 2024-09-09T11:17:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdszsq7e9hf8zcadv63q0n2n369avczag0l2v75hq8ma7rca6yetgzypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy2kvj0f8 Gossip is good, actually <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-surprising-benefits-of-gossip/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-surprising-benefits-of-gossip/</a> 2024-09-06T14:22:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs00dc6ekun4aq274p28a9n5caz3w8rzykm82px9mkpzc3uzllaazqzypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy2vh4xau Today at 10:15 a.m. Eastern, astronaut Matt Dominick, who recently captured an amazing video of auroras on Earth from the International Space Station, will be talking with Scientific American--the first ISS interview from the cupola, the beautiful room of windows <a href="https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/nasa-astronaut-matt-dominick-talks-with-scientific-american/">https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/nasa-astronaut-matt-dominick-talks-with-scientific-american/</a> 2024-09-05T13:52:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw45ln4nf0p8k9j80tn5ldm33gnxdqcgv7a53s4zvjch608wjfhtczypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy246y5lv Phoenix has had 100+ straight days of 100+ Fahrenheit days. Las Vegas broke records by “just about any metric you look at ... It’s been brutal.” <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brutal-southwest-heat-wave-will-extend-streak-of-100-days-of-100-degrees-f/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brutal-southwest-heat-wave-will-extend-streak-of-100-days-of-100-degrees-f/</a> 2024-09-04T19:16:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs87ywsq24krtd53sqy4fyk69acsny6f3sawu9fmpd5jj3kttqy37czypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy23p6spd This is a nice testimonial about what it&#39;s like to write a piece for Scientific American <a href="https://ruthpearce.net/2024/08/07/out-now-in-scientific-american-the-u-k-s-cass-review-badly-fails-trans-children/">https://ruthpearce.net/2024/08/07/out-now-in-scientific-american-the-u-k-s-cass-review-badly-fails-trans-children/</a> 2024-09-01T22:44:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqgdjk30swq8lekz20ddglcmcsd30g8srqg3j0kz900m0ym2v95yqzypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy250t9cc Steve Silberman had so much more to say. His NEUROTRIBES is one of the most important books of this century. We were honored to publish him as a columnist at Scientific American--he was so humane, generous, insightful<br/><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/steve-silberman/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/steve-silberman/</a> 2024-08-30T00:01:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv6hv4y7ryxc8sdg46zw9wn3xyywqulskf0tjd7fnvh42fm9dh55szypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy2z46rlr What are memories made of? New research identifies a pair of molecules responsible for the persistence of memory <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brain-scientists-finally-discover-the-glue-that-makes-memories-stick-for-a/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brain-scientists-finally-discover-the-glue-that-makes-memories-stick-for-a/</a> 2024-08-28T13:55:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0646sxgs969rscmvsxtcw5fzryp2h3wxxqhshzvtzd6pejx6j5wqzypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy2re57s4 We rightly complain about lousy election coverage but do you know what&#39;s great? Wonkette&#39;s election coverage. Sign up now for thorough, funny, righteous journalism plus excellent subject lines in your inbox <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/p/wake-up-babe-superseding-indictment">https://www.wonkette.com/p/wake-up-babe-superseding-indictment</a> by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1q9c79keds2l9wk9phyt89kv5dmcsgngn80pjv2s774j8mta58ugqypvg5j" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Wonkette</span> (<span class="italic">npub1q9c…vg5j</span>)</a></span> 2024-08-28T12:12:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8sslm4x0k9uuz20kf7sx32p8qghexrq9ax6dtj76uxvmagfy34rqzypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy277ksng Scientific American is the oldest continuous publication in the U.S. and it&#39;s our birthday! We&#39;re 179 years old. Here&#39;s a gif showing how our logo has evolved from 1845 to today:<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/039/501/971/024/583/original/3e015b9d0b55c8f0.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-08-28T11:53:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs974f7ztrescaekjw6ua9j6u4gj0c47h5p29c0ee7ss7m8jxsxdfqzypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy20ugaf8 This is a delightful conversation with Brian May (yes, that Brian May) about badgers, astrophysics, tuberculosis &amp; more <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/queens-brian-may-is-a-champion-for-badgers-and-science/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/queens-brian-may-is-a-champion-for-badgers-and-science/</a> 2024-08-27T21:14:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyeppl5mznxmde0ces0vejlz29wf6gln3n4e6emurjj837fey7a7czypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy2yswdwj We&#39;re about to have some of the worst heat of a terribly hot summer. Adding to the misery in the Midwest is &#34;corn sweat&#34; -- corn &amp; soybeans &amp; other crops release moisture through evapotranspiration when they get hot &amp; that adds to the humidity <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/corn-sweat-and-climate-change-bring-sweltering-weather-to-the-midwest/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/corn-sweat-and-climate-change-bring-sweltering-weather-to-the-midwest/</a> 2024-08-26T23:03:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsduvdwp0swduc27pus48druuht2d8tvtfv6gqdnj0jusfnkwr9ykgzypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy2ugp3eg I wish we didn&#39;t have to say this, BUT: Please don&#39;t use AI to make investment decisions <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-makes-unreliable-investment-decisions/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-makes-unreliable-investment-decisions/</a> 2024-08-26T17:59:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspm9tfnpe5a8gcvzjuwlsk8ke99rsjx4h5czw7dwrkkw2466xw50czypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy2lfnhat Kenan Thompson at the DNC is a comedian but Project 2025 deadly serious: it &#34;would sabotage science-based policies that address climate change, the environment, abortion, health care access, technology and education.&#34; <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/project-2025-plan-for-trump-presidency-has-far-reaching-threats-to-science/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/project-2025-plan-for-trump-presidency-has-far-reaching-threats-to-science/</a> 2024-08-22T01:05:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstsc4zxmrzxtsz6g82am6zsx8f7q5j5upxh4tu8fdyldndpp2vs7czypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy27rytee Andy Kim reminds me of this poem by Wislawa Szymborska: After every war, someone has to clean up <a href="https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-141/the-end-and-the-beginning/">https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-141/the-end-and-the-beginning/</a> 2024-08-22T00:48:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst98xf6gvshvechmtw86jzs3yj2auymwv6y4033sdn3udm5uqj0vczypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy2a962a6 Has anybody read JUMPNAUTS by Hao Jingfang? There was one small detail I got a huge kick out of: in the future, the study of dark energy and dark matter is a scientific backwater because nobody could figure it out and, um, she might not be wrong <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dark-matter-hunters-may-never-find-the-universes-missing-mass/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dark-matter-hunters-may-never-find-the-universes-missing-mass/</a> 2024-08-22T00:04:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr5d6e2h8n403agclymt4jg87j3t27zv6lcpa032t2xjejfyqx4xczypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy2mwacdm This is really important and I don&#39;t think it&#39;s widely enough known: kids with dyslexia, ADHD, autism or other differences can thrive when they understand how their brain works <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/neurodivergent-kids-flourish-when-theyre-taught-how-their-brains-work/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/neurodivergent-kids-flourish-when-theyre-taught-how-their-brains-work/</a> 2024-08-20T20:42:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8qx9qtx5kd6nrn5m3kh49yv5gkfutuj0hjaufjkhuehjm0efxkagzypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy2re2z5y There&#39;s a name for Trump&#39;s endless stream of lies and nonsense: the Gish Gallop. It came from creationists: <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trumps-weird-debate-strategies-come-from-creationist-tactics/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trumps-weird-debate-strategies-come-from-creationist-tactics/</a> by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1j99jdpa6jgthfz483cl97zr92v9pqjvsfth7cnstykjcnq9ke6wq2p6tdx" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Madhusudan Katti, he/him</span> (<span class="italic">npub1j99…6tdx</span>)</a></span> 2024-08-20T12:06:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvcraxgnvh5ra8p0lgwqgnmag6fr88ttug8nhn2rjgwphr0afn8mszypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy2xsceay A doctor / public health expert recommends these 5 (plus) items to include in a home First Aid kit <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/here-are-the-five-health-and-wellness-tools-everyone-needs-now/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/here-are-the-five-health-and-wellness-tools-everyone-needs-now/</a> 2024-08-19T18:29:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxwksv7dyzns7qkap8vzwhysfyrer4yzcu005gcd4p3pa2gnjujpgzypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy20fqndr Don&#39;t panic, but something is wrong with dark energy. Two new surveys and an existing data set suggest that dark energy is weakening <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dark-energy-measurements-suggest-the-universe-might-be-way-weirder-than-we/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dark-energy-measurements-suggest-the-universe-might-be-way-weirder-than-we/</a> 2024-08-19T14:53:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrn0ekj0hsflqqe6j7djkvr0hvkn6k8c7w4vekhuxd2xrhekftlpczypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy2druagj Tardigrades can enter a suspended state called cryptobiosis to survive extreme heat, cold, pressure or radiation. A new study of tardigrades preserved in amber suggests this ability evolved about 300 million years ago and let them survive the Permian extinction &amp; isn&#39;t science fun?!?!?!?! <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tardigrade-fossils-reveal-when-water-bears-became-indestructible/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tardigrade-fossils-reveal-when-water-bears-became-indestructible/</a> 2024-08-15T21:29:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgmacn3t238n32vmr6w2p0x5560nc559qlkzew9v7jsz2vmuf9zkszypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy2fg60aw Something to think about doing this weekend: reach out to old friends you&#39;ve lost touch with. It&#39;s easier than it may seem, and people really enjoy the renewed connection, even if it&#39;s just a note <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-reconnect-with-old-friends-who-have-become-strangers/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-reconnect-with-old-friends-who-have-become-strangers/</a> 2024-07-13T12:55:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqeah6wa4lkn8pw0kygg4tjtag7n8ytmax8wvjvwkana907k0d55szypyzm8n66nhcrvaemjckea3qt9vjp7s3gll3yflryyt6t8uy2jpy23c6wpt Sun kinks. The reason trains are running slow in much of the country this summer is because of sun kinks. <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heat-waves-can-buckle-train-tracks-delaying-commutes-and-commerce/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heat-waves-can-buckle-train-tracks-delaying-commutes-and-commerce/</a> via <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1pzpq2qtd80ee5ahpjkzwjgke9zhkkvfyfag6d0zd8d2mflfsvcgsp6etfp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Grist</span> (<span class="italic">npub1pzp…etfp</span>)</a></span> 2024-07-09T20:33:32Z