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ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 1h

The author criticizes both alarmist narratives, which emphasize worst-case scenarios, & dismissive ones, which treat pesticide fears as mere “scare stories”.

It's not a “science vs. vibes” thing— public concern is more than irrational emotion; it's a legitimate risk perception. #pesticides

Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 4h

If you saw the recent piece in @nytimes.com claiming that "Spraying round-up on crops is fine. Really." Please read our reply.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...

Opinion | Debating the Dangers of a Pesticide

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ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 6h

Robert Bunsen was the co-inventor (along with Kirchhoff)of the flame spectroscope.The invention relied on the Bunsen burner, developed by Bunsen after asking the university mechanic, Peter Desaga, to build a prototype that improved on Michael Faraday's version . uwaterloo.ca/chemistry/co... #chemsky

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ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 3d

Doesn't work for me. I can't remember what Michael Jackson looked or sounded like. 😁

ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 6d

"I’m a former creationist. Here’s why ‘follow the science’ failed." archive.ph/2025.09.23-0...

ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 6d

How about the fact that most Israelites do not support the authoritarian and corrupt Netanyahu?

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ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 7d

Bottom half's net worth, in contrast, is only about 10% of that. But the irony is that many of the poor half will defend the exaggerated inequity and vote for politicians who love oligarchy.

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ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 8d

Merely because she was a woman, PhD Maria Goeppert Mayer, spent 1930 to 1960 without a permanent paid post. But 3 years later, she was the cowinner of the #Nobel Prize in #Physics for realizing that spin orbit coupling of nucleons led to magic numbers-why oxygen is more common than elements 3 to 7.

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ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 8d

They have no new U.S. soybean orders on the books for the 2025/26 marketing year. The $18 billion was for their best year in 2022. Sources: ASA and Reuters)

ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 8d

Most MAGAs can't distinguish between editorial policy &censorship. Decades after printing press-invention, controls were put in place& reputable publications put out less nonsense than the internet. But now, without any kind of filters, junk streams across billions of devices. Propagandist-paradise.

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ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 8d

America simply has some people in the wrong places. Fox News-analysts should be doing what Fox does best, sports. And Trump and his cabinet should be in shopping malls selling blenders.

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ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 8d

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Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming

In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.

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ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 8d

It's also a joke that MAGA- heads consider Trump a "rebel". Some rebel who's more or less doing exactly what a think tank wants.

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ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 8d

"There's no denying Heritage has been influential during Republican presidencies. One year into Trump's first term, the think tank boasted that the White House had adopted nearly two-thirds of its proposals." www.bbc.com/news/article...

What is Project 2025? Wish list for Trump second term, explained

A conservative think tank set out a sweeping vision for governing that could influence Trump's next term. What influence has it had so far?

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ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 9d

The smell of autumn leaves; the dazzling blend of fall colors of a deciduous forest; understanding the role of the leaves' leutins and anthocyanins all do far more for the human spirit than any sermon or religious text.

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ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 11d

I'm still waiting for the Obamacare replacement that was 2 weeks away; still waiting for Mexico's cheque for the Wall; still waiting for the war in Ukraine to stop 2days after he took office; still waiting for just one day to go by without him trying to fertilize the fields with his verbal output.😄

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ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 12d

From the Globe and Mail's Business Section: (Even)oil executives don't approve of Trump's unfounded attacks on wind energy--- which, of course, is one of the key, albeit several, solutions to climate change.

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ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 13d

The junkies will do that to Kennedy, and it'll be easier for charges to stick on Teflon Don if we prosecute him for selling snake oil. 😁

ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 13d

America has people in wrong places. All FoxNews employees should be reassigned to sports, which is what Fox does well. Kennedy JR should neither be in the courtroom nor in government. He could be a motivational speaker for junkies. Trump should be in a mall selling snake oil.

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ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 13d

#Musk and #Trump's purpose on Earth is to remind us that there is no correlation between wealth and intelligence.

ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 14d

The Swiss Water Process is a clever way of removing most caffeine from coffee without relying on CO₂ or toxic solvents. It's used to produce #decaffeinated Kirkland&Loblaws coffees. Max Morgenthaler came up with the method in the 1930s, but it was only commercialized in the 1980s in British Columbia

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ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 14d

Ironically, thanks to 2024 election-propaganda, many voters, & even people abroad, were convinced that he was the Peacemaker who would stop wars with his dealmaking abilities. Even the dealmaking is a myth. If you would program a robot to BS people &do nothing else of value, he'd be Trump's clone.

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ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 15d

For example, that massive heap of rude incompetence with the combover and enough vanity that if it was hydroelectricity, we'd have enough to power all 48 mainland states.

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ScienceSational @sciencesational.bsky.social · 16d

Many maples produce anthocyanins (red) when stressed by the combo of cool temperatures & bright light. But yes, they do have lutein, which is why you see yellow in many of their leaves, especially when the anthocyanins aren't made.

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