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The Wild<p>Stay informed on what matters. The Wild Weekly is out!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p><p><a href="https://thewild.news/2025/04/the-wild-weekly-4-11/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thewild.news/2025/04/the-wild-</span><span class="invisible">weekly-4-11/</span></a></p>
Michael Busch<p>Today in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> :</p><p>Baycroft et al. 2025, "Evidence for a polar circumbinary exoplanet orbiting a pair of eclipsing brown dwarfs" - <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adu0627" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv</span><span class="invisible">.adu0627</span></a></p><p>The 2M1510 system may be borderline unstable. But it is also only about 45 million years old.</p>
SETI Institute<p>SETI Institute in the News: March Roundup <br><a href="https://www.seti.org/seti-institute-news-march-roundup" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">seti.org/seti-institute-news-m</span><span class="invisible">arch-roundup</span></a></p><p>This month, the SETI Institute announced exciting news about research and innovations that expand our understanding of the universe and bring us closer to answering one of humanity’s most enduring questions: Are we alone?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a></p>
mem_somerville<p>This censorship of a nutrition scientist is very chilling. I'm glad he's standing up and saying out loud what happened, but I'm sorry we are losing his government work.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RFKjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKjr</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/well/kevin-hall-nutrition-retirement-nih-censorship-rfk-maha.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AE8.1hPo.4RUL27GkPK1u" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/16/well/ke</span><span class="invisible">vin-hall-nutrition-retirement-nih-censorship-rfk-maha.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AE8.1hPo.4RUL27GkPK1u</span></a></p>
Cowboy Cat Ranch<p>Did you know that a study from 2009 suggests cats can change their purr when they want food to make it sound more urgent to humans?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/catsofMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>catsofMastodon</span></a></p>
(((Cindy Weinstein)))<p>I love Seth <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Rogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rogen</span></a> for saying this to <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Altman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Altman</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bezos</span></a>, &amp; how craven that it was edited out: “It’s amazing that others [who have been] in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a>. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy w/$320m &amp; <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/RFK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFK</span></a> Jr, very fast.” The science is deeply personal for him &amp; Lauren, who created <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HFC</span></a>, a foundation for <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/caregivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caregivers</span></a> whose loved ones have <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dementia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dementia</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/16/seth-rogen-attack-on-trump-edited-out-of-science-awards-show-coverage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/</span><span class="invisible">16/seth-rogen-attack-on-trump-edited-out-of-science-awards-show-coverage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>
The Wild Hunt News<p>New research from Ukraine reveals Ice Age hearths showing advanced fire use, suggesting seasonal adaptation and skilled fuel management by early European hunter-gatherers during a time of scarce evidence.</p><p><a href="https://wildhunt.org/2025/04/the-sacred-hearth-new-research-reveals-our-ancestors-mastery-of-fire.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wildhunt.org/2025/04/the-sacre</span><span class="invisible">d-hearth-new-research-reveals-our-ancestors-mastery-of-fire.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hearth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hearth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancestors</span></a></p>
Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏<p>You must master your circadian rhythm;</p><p>Or the cicadas will master you. </p><p>(I think? Science wasn't my best subject)</p><p>h/t <a href="https://streetartutopia.com/2025/04/17/8-surreal-murals-and-street-artworks-that-play-with-time/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">streetartutopia.com/2025/04/17</span><span class="invisible">/8-surreal-murals-and-street-artworks-that-play-with-time/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/streetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streetart</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/naps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naps</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/sleep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sleep</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/antiwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiwork</span></a></p>
Science Scholar<p>Students are neither left nor right brained: How some early childhood educators get this 'neuromyth' and others wrong <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-students-left-brained-early-childhood.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-04-students</span><span class="invisible">-left-brained-early-childhood.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
Yogthos<p>A colossal squid was filmed alive for the first time in the south Atlantic Ocean.</p><p>The juvenile squid, which was 30cm long, was discovered during a 35-day expedition led by a University of Essex academic.</p><p>Colossal squids can grow up to 7m in length and weigh up to 500kg, making them the heaviest invertebrate on Earth.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99pg13yv32o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c99pg13y</span><span class="invisible">v32o</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
Science Scholar<p>Cracking the code of life's molecular machinery <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-code-life-molecular-machinery.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-04-code-lif</span><span class="invisible">e-molecular-machinery.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
Corey S Powell<p>Possibly the weirdest planet yet discovered?</p><p>Newfound world 2M1510 (AB) b appears to orbit not one but two stars...and they are actually failed stars, known as brown dwarfs...and the planet orbits sideways, in a unique up-and-down polar orbit.</p><p><a href="https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2508/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">eso.org/public/news/eso2508/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a></p>
CBC British Columbia<p>Ankylosaur footprints from B.C. and Alberta are first of their kind in the world<br>Scientists have identified fossil dinosaur footprints from a new species in B.C. and Alberta. They're believed to be the first tracks found in the world that were left by club-tailed ankylosaurs, offering new insights about gaps in the fossil record.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/discovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discovery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossils</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/BC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BC</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/ankylosaurid-footprints-1.7511766?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/science/ankylosaur</span><span class="invisible">id-footprints-1.7511766?cmp=rss</span></a></p>
Bits of Pluto<p>A bit of Pluto <br><a href="https://mastodon.cesium.pw/tags/pluto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pluto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cesium.pw/tags/nasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nasa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cesium.pw/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cesium.pw/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cesium.pw/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cesium.pw/tags/plutopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutopics</span></a></p>
Science Scholar<p>Growing interest in Spanish language and culture in China brings new channels for learning, like translating reggaeton <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-spanish-language-culture-china-channels.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-04-spanish-</span><span class="invisible">language-culture-china-channels.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
SETI Institute<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PPOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PPOD</span></a>: By Jove! Fantastically beautiful imagery of storms on Jupiter by NASA's Juno spacecraft, taken from 445 km above the gas giant's atmosphere on July 10, 2017. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JunoCam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JunoCam</span></a> Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/SwRI/Kevin M. Gill </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/planetaryscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planetaryscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a></p>
William C. Tracy<p>Discover a colony world where <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/magic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>magic</span></a> and <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> combine in this <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/sapphic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sapphic</span></a> adventure by J.S. Fields. Read Awry With Dandelions!<br><a href="https://space-wizard.square.site/product/awry-with-dandelions-paperback-/14" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">space-wizard.square.site/produ</span><span class="invisible">ct/awry-with-dandelions-paperback-/14</span></a></p>
Dagger ☀️<p>Hui. Spannend! ☀️💫☀️</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/eso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eso</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/@esoastronomy/114349153826244612" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">astrodon.social/@esoastronomy/</span><span class="invisible">114349153826244612</span></a></p>
Science Scholar<p>Africa's superfood heroes from teff to insects deserve more attention <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-africa-superfood-heroes-teff-insects.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-04-africa-s</span><span class="invisible">uperfood-heroes-teff-insects.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
Science Scholar<p>'Cosmic radio' detector could discover dark matter within 15 years <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-cosmic-radio-detector-dark-years.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-04-cosmic-r</span><span class="invisible">adio-detector-dark-years.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
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