conv.science

“A couple large coronal holes are beginning to face Earth now. We could see fast solar wind start affecting Earth early next week along with the potential for…”— Vincent Ledvina, Space weather/aurora forecaster · Bluesky · full quotes →

“Sowas passiert übrigens, wenn man begabte, talentierte Menschen fördert, anstatt eine klassistische, rassistische, misogyne Gesellschaft zu kultivieren, in…”— realdarklord.bsky.social · full quotes →

“There was nothing in the snake's skeleton that would suggest how extreme its tail looks on the outside”— Georgios Georgalis, Lead author, paleontologist · Nautilus · full quotes →

“The reply that the Mathathon organizers have written (with links to information about the saga)”— @ben_golub · full quotes →

“It was very refreshing to see these worlds connect because very often people doing more modern research don't necessarily connect to people doing deep-time…”— Julie Meilland · full quotes →

“My inspiration came from freeze-dried fruits that become harder. So I asked myself if we can take advantage of that and make some materials”— Jishen Qiu, Civil engineer, HKUST · Popular Science (via Mastodon repost) · full quotes →

“By modelling the sun's evolution and comparing the results with precise observations of its interior, we find that the ingestion of a super-Earth could help…”— Mutlu Yildiz · full quotes →

“To have a chance of seeing SN 2026aaiv, a large telescope is recommended (observers have confirmed seeing it using a 14-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope).”— Space.com · full quotes →

“Dogs and cats may carry strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae, a potentially serious bacterium that can cause infections and is also found in humans”— Bournemouth University study · full quotes →

“Every particle, doesn't matter if it's a car or a spaceship or an atom, is a wave.”— Ron Folman · full quotes →

“Bones tell us an enormous amount about these animals, but footprints capture a moment of behavior.”— Tyler Lyson, Senior curator of vertebrate paleontology · full quotes →

“L'evidenza è stata immediatamente riconosciuta come parte di un più composito corredo di oggetti (vasi e recipienti ceramici) deposti all'interno di una tomba…”— Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio, Archaeological authority · Bluesky · full quotes →

“Seems like a great article on the folklore / meaning of placenames - especially those references long-lost wildlife”— donogh.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · full quotes →

“We did not expect the temporal decoupling between population declines and cell lysis.”— Hisashi Endo, Corresponding author, Kyoto University · Mastodon · full quotes →

“Chihuahuas are the archetypal "small but mighty" dogs: bold, independent, agile, but also capable of obedience.”— Genetic researchers · Mastodon · full quotes →

“How is this energetically at all useful? If you're going to capture sun energy above ground just to ship it underground, why not use it above ground?”— imhereforthevotes · full quotes →

“Can someone explain to me the motivation and purpose for posting fake images like this? Is there some kind of pay out?”— jdpinc.bsky.social · full quotes →

“When you simulate the Earth and the moon as colliding bodies with geologic properties, it changes how the moon forms out of that impact—that's something we…”— Adeene Denton · full quotes →

“dingos may have "knocked the devils off their perch", supplanting them as the primary scavenger around human camps as well as in the wild.”— Dr Tim Churchill · full quotes →

“Basically, you need to have conquered death, cured all diseases and then be able to bring people back from the dead.”— Peter Tsolakides · full quotes →

“Cherenkov Radiation - traveling faster than light”— IAEA · IAEA News Center article title · full quotes →

“You pick up a contact lens from its container and—yikes!—it falls on the bathroom floor… the scratches fade away and the ripped edge seals itself up.”— Phys.org · full quotes →

“Our model pointed to a component of cells called ribosomes as a potential memory storage site. Ribosomes are the molecular factories of cells, building…”— Shiladitya Banerjee · full quotes →

“This study provides the first direct longitudinal comparison of brain structural changes across all three major female hormonal transitions.”— Magdalena Martínez-García · full quotes →

“Earth's crust is 'unzipping' under Italy, producing the strange geology on the land above. It's a process known as delamination, in which the dense lower crust…”— ScienceAlert · full quotes →

“It might have potential for very specific types of extinguishing, such as grills and grain silos, where the distance from extinguisher to trouble spot is fixed.”— Animats · full quotes →

“It really stuck out. I had no idea what it was. I thought maybe it was a mollusk or something, but that didn't make sense since it wasn't near the ocean.”— Brigid Lynch, Geomorphologist who found the tooth · full quotes →

“The main thing they got perfectly, and I think it is a great illustration.”— Níckolas de Aguiar Alves · full quotes →

“Maybe these primitive feathers were good enough to keep them warm during the greenhouse world of the Mesozoic, but not good enough to keep them warm during…”— Jingmai O'Connor · full quotes →

“We cannot say that all these episodes had a common cause, but we can say that throughout the Neolithic… there was a context of conflict and/or manipulation of…”— Palmira Saladié · full quotes →

“For such a simple statement, there must be a simpler reason why it is true. Or at least a more efficient way to demonstrate it.”— Mikkel Thorup · full quotes →

“This is the first season NASA is taking part in flyovers at NFL games, bringing the excitement of America's space program directly to fans across the country.”— Jared Isaacman · full quotes →

“To date, no hurricanes have formed in the basin, despite this week marking the peak of the season on average - and there's no sign of development in the near…”— BBC Weather, Science correspondent · BBC · full quotes →

“Webb's mid-infrared data revealed the clear signature of oxygen-rich silicate dust, as well as, for the first time, water, in its surrounding dust envelope.”— NASA · full quotes →