It's #Friday! (and that means following fantastic folks for fun and f..fascism fighting? frantic flailing? I don't know, something else that starts with Fs)
And it's hard to do better than following someone from my thread of frickin' fantastic fellow female figures, founders, and firebrands! :neocat_fingerguns:
Also, I'm getting real close to 3000 followers (which is un-fucking-believable)! :ablobcatheart:
So, if you like posts like the following, consider following like these posts (I promise to use my power only for good and occasional mischief) :ablobcatangel:
Wow 300 images captured by Curiosity to build a panoramic survey at her Sol 4175 location, ten days ago. This video shows them at a rate of 10/second. It took about 50 minutes for the rover to complete this scan with her left mast camera.
Thomas Willis (1621-1675) : Neurologist, Chemist, Physician
“Willis is not only credited to be the founder of neurology, but he is also seen as the father of comparative neuroanatomy, as his work, in particular Cerebri anatome and De anima brutorum, compare the human brain with that of other species in ‘search for specific human abilities in cognitive functions’ (Molnár, p. 334).”
@bibliolater@science@earlymodern@histodon@histodons
But in all seriousness, did he, or others, consider Corvids when comparing "the human brain with that of other species in ‘search for specific human abilities in cognitive functions’"?
StratoCat is an independent source of historical data and current news on the development of stratospheric balloons for scientific research, aerospace and military applications, and commercial exploitation of near space. Online since 2005. Based on Buenos Aires, Argentina
The website publishes a newsletter called "World Balloon News".
Can anyone help me to find an English language version of a nineties campaign to encourage girls to pick STEM-subjects? I have been using this Dutch example in my classes, but would love an international example. (To clarify: any similar campaign will do, as long as it is nineties and in English.) #STEM#SciComm
Earliest, most distant galaxy discovered with James Webb Space Telescope
“The two earliest and most distant galaxies yet confirmed, dating back to only 300 million years after the Big Bang, have been discovered using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers today announced.”
“…what bothers me about this educational approach—the “problem” approach, the “STEAM” (STEM + arts) approach—is what it leaves out. It leaves out the humanities. It leaves out books. It leaves out literature and philosophy, history and art history and the history of religion. It leaves out any mode of inquiry—reflection, speculation, conversation with the past—that cannot be turned to immediate practical ends.”
Ancient genomes revealed the complex human interactions of the ancient western Tibetans
“Outside the Tibetan Plateau, the western Tibetan Plateau populations interacted with both South and Central Asian populations at least 2,000 years ago, and the South Asian-related genetic influence, despite being very limited, was from the Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) migrants in Central Asia instead of the IVC populations from the Indus Valley.”
“AI systems threaten to amplify social injustice, erode social stability, enable large-scale criminal activity, and facilitate automated warfare, customized mass manipulation, and pervasive surveillance..”
“AI systems threaten to amplify social injustice, erode social stability, enable large-scale criminal activity, and facilitate automated warfare, customized mass manipulation, and pervasive surveillance..”
“AI systems threaten to amplify social injustice, erode social stability, enable large-scale criminal activity, and facilitate automated warfare, customized mass manipulation, and pervasive surveillance..”
“The first known calculation of the Earth’s circumference was made 2300 years ago by a man called Eratosthenes. I remember in school, how impressed I was by how accurately the Earth’s circumference was measured such long time ago. Today we’re going to take a closer look on how his calculation was made.”