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Starry Time Podcast<p>Currently reading "Accidental Astronomy: How Random Discoveries Shape the Science of Space" by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Chrislintott" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Chrislintott</span></a></span> &amp; really enjoying it (and the footnotes--they are👌)</p><p>Strong recommend for others who enjoy popular science <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> content! </p><p>🔗 /📷 : <a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/chris-lintott/accidental-astronomy/9781541605428/?lens=basic-books" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hachettebookgroup.com/titles/c</span><span class="invisible">hris-lintott/accidental-astronomy/9781541605428/?lens=basic-books</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AstroDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AstroDon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AmReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmReading</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BooksOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BooksOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PopularScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PopularScience</span></a></p>
Planetary Ecologist<p>Geologic Calendar (Geology ⛰️)</p><p>The Geologic Calendar is a scale in which the geological timespan of the Earth is mapped onto a calendrical year; that is to say, the day one of the Earth took place on a geologic January 1 at precisely midnight, and today's date and time is December 31 at midnight. On this calendar, the inferred appearance of the first living sing...</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_Calendar" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic</span><span class="invisible">_Calendar</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeologicCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeologicCalendar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Analogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Analogy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitsOfTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitsOfTime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PopularScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PopularScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimeInAstronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeInAstronomy</span></a></p>
Licho<p>Was <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SabineHossenfelder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SabineHossenfelder</span></a> swapped for someone else and deep faked to look similar? Or is she using some <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> filter? She looks so different now I can't recognize her. It's creepy. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/popularscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>popularscience</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>youtube</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a></p>
LordWoolamaloo<p>I tried to categorise and shelf this new book today, but every time I looked at it, it changed.</p><p>(What do you mean, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FridayPhysicsPuns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayPhysicsPuns</span></a> aren't a thing?? They are now! Except when they're not, of course)</p><p>No cats, waves, or particles were harmed in the making of this pun.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/livres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>livres</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/QuantumPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumPhysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/pun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PopularScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PopularScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Oceans Craig<p>just sent a book manuscript off into the ether (random literary agents) - a popular science book on the <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oceans</span></a> (surprise surprise). It was a decade or more in the making (so far). One way of taking advantage of all the sitting around that happens during expeditions. Now await the harsh reality 🤓 <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/popularscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>popularscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> - I took the liberty of sticking in a bunch of contextual doodles - lets see how that goes 🤓 - wish me luck 🍀</p>
Thor A. Hopland<p>So, basically, <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/SettlerColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerColonialism</span></a> - with the added bonus of a <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> overrunning natives in <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> to turn the place into their private playground.</p><p>Think <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Epstein</span></a> City instead of <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/EpsteinIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpsteinIsland</span></a> - like a new privateer cove for the rich and well to do. Basically a husk of its former self, decorated with <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/privilege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privilege</span></a> and <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/degeneracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>degeneracy</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a> dream of building utopian techno-city in Greenland | <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/PopularScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PopularScience</span></a><br><a href="https://www.popsci.com/technology/billionaire-freedom-city-greenland/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">popsci.com/technology/billiona</span><span class="invisible">ire-freedom-city-greenland/</span></a></p>
michael<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MyBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MyBook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Intertwined" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intertwined</span></a> is now available as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/audiobook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>audiobook</span></a> as well <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/03/intertwined-audiobook-is-out.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">025/03/intertwined-audiobook-is-out.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/popularScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>popularScience</span></a></p>
mirtitles<p>Mysteries of the Mircoworld Vera Chernogorova (Eureka Series)</p><p>Translated from the Russian and typeset in LaTeX</p><p>A popular science book on particle physics.</p><p>CC by SA 4.0</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/vera-chernogorova-mysteries-of-the-microworld-2025/mode/2up" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/vera-chern</span><span class="invisible">ogorova-mysteries-of-the-microworld-2025/mode/2up</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/soviet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>soviet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/popularscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>popularscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/quantummechanics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quantummechanics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/elementaryparticles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elementaryparticles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OER</span></a></p>
George E. 🇺🇸♥🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️<p><span>My feed here in the Fediverse is full of Europeans lambasting the US for our large cars just about every day.<br><br></span><a href="https://bofh.social/tags/PopularScience" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PopularScience</a><span> wrote an article about it.<br><br>Also:</span></p><blockquote>“Large vehicles aren’t as big a threat to people in small vehicles as they used to be,” says the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurance_Institute_for_Highway_Safety" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">IIHS</a> [Insurance Institute for Highway Safety]. “A lighter vehicle will always be at a disadvantage in a collision with a heavier vehicle. But in recent years automakers have reduced the threat that SUVs and pickups pose by lowering their energy-absorbing structures so that they line up with those in cars.” </blockquote><a href="https://www.popsci.com/technology/why-are-cars-bigger-in-us/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.popsci.com/technology/why-are-cars-bigger-in-us/</a><p></p>
Searge :tryzub_white:<p>Нове, цікаве відео на <a href="https://twiukraine.com/tags/kurzgesagt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kurzgesagt</span></a> про нас з вами і про наші відносини з власним мозком 😏</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/wo_e0EvEZn8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/wo_e0EvEZn8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://twiukraine.com/tags/brain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brain</span></a> <a href="https://twiukraine.com/tags/neurology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neurology</span></a> <a href="https://twiukraine.com/tags/popularscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>popularscience</span></a> <a href="https://twiukraine.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
Variety<p>Popular Science Launches FAST Channel Via Underknown (EXCLUSIVE)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Variety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Variety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AcTVe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcTVe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PopularScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PopularScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Underknown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Underknown</span></a></p><p><a href="https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/popular-science-fast-channel-rocket-launches-1236336959/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">variety.com/2025/tv/news/popul</span><span class="invisible">ar-science-fast-channel-rocket-launches-1236336959/</span></a></p>

🚨 Tonight: Outreach event in Italian 🚨

Public talk by M. Alessandra Papa, leader of the independent @maxplanckgesellschaft research group “Continuous Gravitational Waves” about “Astronomia Gravitazionale: la sinfonia cosmica e la ricerca delle melodie nascoste” as part of the “i venerdi dell'universo”.

📅 21 February 2025, 21:00 CET

📍 In-person event at Sala Estense, Piazza del Municipio, Ferrara.

💻 YouTube livestream: youtube.com/watch?v=NR_Jwwx2tF

🚨 This Friday: Outreach event in Italian 🚨

Public talk by M. Alessandra Papa, leader of the independent @maxplanckgesellschaft research group “Continuous Gravitational Waves” about “Astronomia Gravitazionale: la sinfonia cosmica e la ricerca delle melodie nascoste” as part of the “i venerdi dell'universo”.

📅 21 February 2025, 21:00 CET

📍 In-person event at Sala Estense, Piazza del Municipio, Ferrara.

💻 YouTube livestream: youtube.com/watch?v=NR_Jwwx2tF

🚨 Outreach event in Italian 🚨

Public talk by M. Alessandra Papa, leader of the independent @maxplanckgesellschaft research group “Continuous Gravitational Waves” about “Astronomia Gravitazionale: la sinfonia cosmica e la ricerca delle melodie nascoste” as part of the “i venerdi dell'universo”.

📅 21 February 2025, 21:00 CET

📍 In-person event at Sala Estense, Piazza del Municipio, Ferrara.

💻 YouTube livestream: youtube.com/watch?v=NR_Jwwx2tF