I definitely wasn't supposed to be doing this this afternoon, but ...
A time lapse movie of the northern hemisphere of Saturn, showing a full rotation of the famous polar hexagon, a very cool fluid dynamics phenomenon in the planet's atmosphere
Taken by the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft over a 12.5 hour period on 3 & 4 April 2014: 35 ISS WAC images 512x512 pixels, CB2 filter at 752nm
Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, SSI, Mark McCaughrean
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When differing views or opinions arise, it's not about right or wrong. Each perspective holds its own relevance.
Embracing diverse viewpoints can lead to richer, more meaningful discussions, and a deeper understanding of the world around us.
#opinion #opinions #perspectives #viewpoint #truth #fake #alternativefacts #facts #fact
Top-down and emotional attention in blind and sighted individuals https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17470218241311202 "Our study highlights the superiority of auditory processing capabilities in blind individuals."
**The 8 worst technology failures of 2024**
By Antonio Regalado
_“They say you learn more from failure than success. If so, this is the story for you: MIT Technology Review’s annual roll call of the biggest flops, flimflams, and fiascos in all domains of technology.”_
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/17/1108883/the-8-worst-technology-failures-of-2024/
Another resource to share: free and high-quality art for life sciences https://bioart.niaid.nih.gov/
Good quality drawings and schematics are very important to convey your science to others, although sometimes we scientists don't have time to make these, or cannot pay for tools like biorender. I really appreciate this initiative from NIH
3025. Phase Change
title text: Even when you try to make nice, smooth ice cubes in a freezer, sometimes one of them will shoot out a random ice spike, which physicists ascribe to kiki conservation.
(https://xkcd.com/3025)
(https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3025)
Mysterious Cause of Massive Elephant Die-Off in 2020 Finally Revealed
https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-cause-of-massive-elephant-die-off-in-2020-finally-revealed?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Environment @environment-ScienceAlert
Scientists Urge Ban on 'Mirror Life' Before It Endangers Global Health
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-urge-ban-on-mirror-life-before-it-endangers-global-health?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Health @health-ScienceAlert
Fine, detailed newsletter post by @davetroy about the evolving state of social media. His analysis of Bluesky is especially interesting.
https://america2.news/without-sky-social-media-and-the-end-of-reality/
He ain't heavy, he's my brother A Twite and a Snow Bunting getting along just fine. In Finnish: vuorihemppo & pulmunen.
#birds #birdsofmastodon #birdphotography #birdwatching #naturephotography #nature
World's oldest-known wild bird lays an egg in Hawaii at age 74
https://apnews.com/article/oldest-bird-lays-egg-wisdom-hawaii-5e7867ba9c8a51373d4d570f73fa7c2d?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into U.S. News @u-s-news-AssociatedPress
**‘Brain rot’: Oxford word of the year 2024 reflects ‘trivial’ use of social media**
Harry Taylor
_Oxford University Press said the term “gained new prominence in 2024 as a term used to capture concerns about the impact of consuming excessive amounts of low-quality online content, especially on social media”._
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/dec/02/brain-rot-oxford-word-of-the-year-2024
#BrainRot #English #Language #Word #WordOfTheYear #SocialMedia
Time-lapse of the Sun circling the horizon at the South Pole during early March.
Video credit: Robert Schwarz
Source: https://vimeo.com/208466944
Professor of Neuroscience (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
Research interests: cortical plasticity, cross-modal plasticity, synaptic plasticity, metaplasticity, vision loss, visual cortex, auditory cortex
ORCID: 0000-0002-5554-983X