Gustavo Ogasawara @gojonnes@qoto.org

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This week we've got a new UF Space Mission Institute, an electrically conductive "eSoil" for hydroponics, plant microbiomes and Bulgarian-style space yoghurt!

https://emmadoughty.substack.com/p/gardeners-of-the-galaxy-mission-report-5ff

#SpacePlants #astrobotany #gardening #botany #ethnobotany

When I grow up, I want to be like this girl

@monsoon0 https://mathstodon.xyz/@monsoon0/111724507179182340

The woman who spent Christmas in search of a rare plant

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67596154

#WildlifeTrusts #RosemaryParslow
#IslesOfScilly #LeastAddersTongueFern
#climateChange

Good day to you no matter what platform you use! 🌞

Does anybody know any good science podcast? Any topic/field is ok, as long as the episodes are <30mins. I have a list of podcasts I generally listen to, but I'd like to hear other people's recommendations!

A stunning photo captures Malvaviscus arboreus in sunlight, its vibrant green leaves transitioning from dark at the bottom to light on top, creating a mesmerizing gradient.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/all-the-greens-windy-craig.html

#florespondence #macro #nature #bloomscrolling #botanical #AYearForArt #buyintoart #artmatters #Art #photography #photo #Texas #Austin #GiftIdeas #WallArt #prints #windycraig #mastoart #FediGiftShop #FediArt #mastodon #MastodonArt

DroughtScape has a new look for the new year! Same informative news and drought summaries, now in a more user-friendly format. Updates published quarterly.

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#droughtmonitor #drought #drought2024 #climate #science #data #maps #news #newsletter #UnitedStates #USA #US

POSITION AVAILABLE: https://www.seti.org/jobs/optical-scientist
The NASA Ames Exoplanet Technology Group is looking for candidates with bold and innovative ideas to develop unique solutions to challenging problems and to contribute to NASA’s future missions to directly image and spectrally characterize exoplanets. These missions include the Roman space telescope flagship (specifically, the coronagraphic instrument), and the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) flagship.

#science #jobs #nasa

Scientists engineer #plant #microbiome for the first time to protect #crops against #disease and cut use of pesticides.

#bacteria #rice #bioengineering #Xanthomonas #lignin

https://phys.org/news/2024-01-scientists-microbiome-crops-disease-pesticides.html

Phil Lynott died on 4th January 1986 aged 36 years old. After a requiem mass at Howth Parish Church, Lynott was buried in St. Fintan's Cemetery in Sutton, County Dublin. His memorial stone was inscribed with the words, “Go dtuga Dia suaimhneas da anam (May God give peace to his soul)”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UviREczpKwE

#Ireland #IrishHistory #IrishMusic #PhilLynott #ThinLizzy #OnThisDay

Fun discovery for today - the etymology of 'boot' as in to boot a computer, comes from the idiom to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps - to start you have to load software, but in order to do so, you have to be running first. Thus booting pulls the computer up by its bootstraps.

#science #computers