conv.science

“Bruce Power, the private company that operates the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, faces two federal Fisheries Act charges after millions of Lake Huron fish…”— CBC News · Mastodon · full quotes →

“The dust of Mars is "small enough to penetrate deep into pulmonary alveoli, bypass the blood–brain barrier, and threaten vital organs."”— doctorvive.bsky.social · full quotes →

“The conventional wisdom in palaeontology that all endogenous organics would disappear in a million years or less is being r…”— Prof Mary Schweitzer · full quotes →

“NASA's Swift space telescope, about the size of a minibus with solar-panel wings, is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere sometime on Nov 4 (AEDT). Where it…”— jhaue@aus.social, Mastodon user · Mastodon · full quotes →

“Their preparation may therefore have been intended to help them endure the journey and reach their final destination in the best possible condition.”— Dagmara Socha, archaeologist, University of Warsaw · full quotes →

“If you're under 26, you have never lived a day without someone orbiting above you.”— NASA · full quotes →

“People are interested in nanoparticle superlattices because of the promise of building designer materials where you have more say in what types of structures…”— Rob Macfarlane, MIT professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering · Hacker News · full quotes →

“Future work will therefore focus on extending the assay to additional blood group systems, broadening the validated HCT range, and conducting larger-scale…”— Researchers · full quotes →

“It's widely acknowledged that it's nearly impossible to publish negative results in scientific journals. "We didn't see anything" is a much harder sell than…”— Ars Technica / research reporting · full quotes →

“He thinks scientists have been overly dismissive not only of cold fusion, but also of the claim that they have been overly dismissive of cold fusion.”— Quanta Magazine column, Science columnist · Hacker News · full quotes →

“The four-member Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) crew poses outside for the first time in more than a year following the end of their…”— NASA · full quotes →

“Look, it's just a really nice little article. Let me have this, okay?”— @stevegis_ssg · full quotes →

“We have two viable contenders for the occupant of the sarcophagus. We do not know the date of birth of either. But either would fit equally well if we assume…”— Professor Warwick Rodwell, Consultant archaeologist at Westminster Abbey · full quotes →

“Being able to trace how much oxygen gets made, and then how much is distributed inside and outside of galaxies, helps us understand galaxy evolution.”— Kristen Wingfield McQuinn · full quotes →

“One light-day isn’t a span of time, but the distance it takes for light to travel in 24 hours.”— @BenjaminHCCarr@hachyderm.io · full quotes →

“who the hell steals an ant's nest”— sarahdalgulls@ecoevo.social · full quotes →

“These findings challenge the prevailing view that psilocybin simply increases neural connectivity and suggest that its effects depend on the brain's underlying…”— Yi Zuo · full quotes →

“Rocket Lab will launch its 99th mission to date today (Nov. 2), sending a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit. Here's how to watch live.”— Space.com, news outlet · full quotes →

“The ultimate goal is to build a robotic system that can execute a variety of tasks via simple voice instructions, under the astronauts' direct supervision and…”— Jim Kelly, VP of federal sales, Google Public Sector · Nextgov · full quotes →

“The geometry of those spaces appeared to be linked to the colors people recalled seeing.”— ScienceAlert · full quotes →

“Stephan's Quintet, imaged by #JWST, showcases stunning details of galaxy interactions and star formation, highlighting the dynamic universe.”— ESA/Webb · Bluesky · full quotes →

“It's been a hell of a year — analogue astronauts living in captivity of our own free will.”— Ellen Ellis · full quotes →

“The great thing about this is that it’s modular and we could switch out different antigens on demand, so you could design it to be patient-specific and target…”— Angela Belcher, MIT professor, senior author · Hacker News · full quotes →

“Satellites are watching fireballs blaze through Earth's atmosphere, strengthening planetary defense knowhow and helping scientists learn more about space…”— Space.com · full quotes →

“existential threat”— J. Anthony Tyson, Chief scientist, Vera C. Rubin Observatory · full quotes →

“From early childhood to old age, people who read for pleasure tend to show better cognitive performance and mental well-being.”— Cambridge researchers · Mastodon · full quotes →

“People will start the talks: 'ETH is false, half of my paper does not work.'”— Peter Jonsson, Linköping University professor · Wired · full quotes →

“The short-necked oil beetle is an amazing creature and not only depends on a very specific habitat to survive, but the presence of solitary bees as well.”— Anna Hobbs, Bumblebee Conservation Trust · full quotes →

“If this Triassic amphibian, Gerrothorax, really was fully marine, then it is a game changer.”— Steve Brusatte, Paleontologist, University of Edinburgh · Nature · full quotes →

“If you've done Fourier series approximations of functions, you had three reactions to today's XKCD comic: First, of course, was a smile of recognition. Then…”— Analysis on Lean Crew · Lean Crew blog · full quotes →

“The ancestor is not Braitenberg. It's Grey Walter's turtles. In 1948, W. Grey Walter built two simple robots that could sense light and touch. Much complex…”— Animats · full quotes →

“This is the first evidence for human DNA preservation on cave walls for thousands of years.”— Alba Bossoms Mesa, Max Planck Institute · full quotes →

“Our results show that eastern and western European populations were not as genetically isolated as previously assumed. Gene flow across such large distances…”— Pere Gelabert · full quotes →

“See how Brendan Larsen got this image of Taranaki Maunga and the satellites moving across the night sky.”— Stuff (publication) · Mastodon · full quotes →