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Spectacular timelapse of the Milky Way galaxy and a phenomenon known as airglow seen from the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA Johnson

#science #space #tech

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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

#SpaceScience

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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

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Top-down and emotional attention in blind and sighted individuals journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11 "Our study highlights the superiority of auditory processing capabilities in blind individuals."

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🔴 **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.”_

🔗 technologyreview.com/2024/12/1

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Saturn's icy moon Enceladus captured by the Cassini spacecraft. The moon's surface is covered with fractures, folds, and ridges; signs of a tectonically active world.

Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI

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Another resource to share: free and high-quality art for life sciences 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

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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.

(xkcd.com/3025)
(explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php)

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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

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A stunning time-lapse of Earth setting below the Moon's horizon captured by the Japanese spacecraft Kaguya as it orbits the Moon.

Credit: JAXA/NHK

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🔴 **‘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”._

🔗 theguardian.com/media/2024/dec

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This is what a rocket launch looks like from space.

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Time-lapse of the Sun circling the horizon at the South Pole during early March.

Video credit: Robert Schwarz
Source: vimeo.com/208466944

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