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Deni Ellis Béchard @denibechard.bsky.social · 4h

Could Sora 2 lead to AI-generated TV on demand? New article up about this @sciam.bsky.social
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Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 7h

Surgeons in China transplanted part of pig liver into a patient with an incurable cancerous tumor, and it functioned for more than a month

In a First, Pig Liver Helped a Cancer Patient Survive for More Than a Month

Surgeons in China transplanted part of pig liver into a patient with an incurable cancerous tumor, and it functioned for more than a month

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 8h

If you want to know where the best leaf peeping will be this year, climate science and weather can provide the answer

Want to See the Best Fall Colors This Year? Science Has the Answer

If you want to know where the best leaf peeping will be this year, climate science and weather can provide the answer

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 9h

Jeffrey Kuhlman has been on the medical team of five different presidents, and in this great interview shares his experience with the White House: 🧪

Lauren J. Young @laurenjyoung.bsky.social · 10h

On today's Science Quickly, I interviewed a former White House doctor about the president's care, aging and more: "It is a fact of science, it's not a political attack, that humans past the age of 60... start to have cognitive decline."

"We have a gerontocracy."

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Transforming Presidential Health Care: Insights from a Former White House Doctor

A former White House physician reveals the medical realities of caring for the president of the U.S.

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Josh Fischman @jfischman.bsky.social · 9h

What to do with a mentally declining president? A former White House doctor tells us. 🧪 #medsky

Lauren J. Young @laurenjyoung.bsky.social · 10h

On today's Science Quickly, I interviewed a former White House doctor about the president's care, aging and more: "It is a fact of science, it's not a political attack, that humans past the age of 60... start to have cognitive decline."

"We have a gerontocracy."

Listen on @sciam.bsky.social 🎧

Transforming Presidential Health Care: Insights from a Former White House Doctor

A former White House physician reveals the medical realities of caring for the president of the U.S.

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Lauren J. Young @laurenjyoung.bsky.social · 10h

On today's Science Quickly, I interviewed a former White House doctor about the president's care, aging and more: "It is a fact of science, it's not a political attack, that humans past the age of 60... start to have cognitive decline."

"We have a gerontocracy."

Listen on @sciam.bsky.social 🎧

Transforming Presidential Health Care: Insights from a Former White House Doctor

A former White House physician reveals the medical realities of caring for the president of the U.S.

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 10h

Researchers hope the finding could point to new therapeutic approaches for the disease

Babies Are Born with Alzheimer’s-Linked Proteins in Their Brains. Scientists Want to Know Why

Researchers hope the finding could point to new therapeutic approaches for the disease

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 10h

Samples from the seafloor reveal evidence of several earthquakes along the West Coast’s two major fault zones happening in quick succession over the past 3,000 years

The Most Infamous Faults in the U.S. May Produce Synchronized Earthquakes

Samples from the seafloor reveal evidence of several earthquakes along the West Coast’s two major fault zones happening in quick succession over the past 3,000 years

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 10h

A former White House physician reveals the medical realities of caring for the president of the U.S.

Transforming Presidential Health Care: Insights from a Former White House Doctor

A former White House physician reveals the medical realities of caring for the president of the U.S.

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 10h

Studies suggesting circumcision rates are linked with autism are “riddled with flaws”

RFK, Jr., Cites ‘Truly Appalling’ Studies to Tie Autism to Circumcision and Tylenol

Studies suggesting circumcision rates are linked with autism are “riddled with flaws”

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Dan Vergano @danvergano.bsky.social · 11h

Scientific American: What It’s like to Be the President’s Doctor

A former White House physician reveals the medical realities of caring for the president of the U.S.

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"The current president, who’s 79, he would benefit from a neurocognitive assessment."

Transforming Presidential Health Care: Insights from a Former White House Doctor

A former White House physician reveals the medical realities of caring for the president of the U.S.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 11h

Here's a fun one: can you see Earth and the Moon together with your naked eye... from Mars?

I do the math!

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What Would Earth and the Moon Look like from Mars?

If you pick the right time, our home world and our moon could be easily visible from the Red Planet

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Andrea Thompson @andreatweather.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite quote from the piece: “They’re basically screaming with their mouths full”

Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 1d

Please enjoy these super cute, secretly metal bats!! I love them!! 🧪 🌎 www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...

Bat vs. Robin—Scientists Capture Real-Life Audio of Midair Hunt

Scientists suspected that Europe’s largest bats snack on migrating songbirds when they can, but a stunning newly published observation proves it

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Scientists suspected that Europe’s largest bats snack on migrating songbirds when they can, but a stunning newly published observation proves it

Bat vs. Robin—Scientists Capture Real-Life Audio of Midair Hunt

Scientists suspected that Europe’s largest bats snack on migrating songbirds when they can, but a stunning newly published observation proves it

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

The “Great North American Eclipse” of April 2024 was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study how birds and other wildlife respond to total solar eclipses

The Eclipse Turned Day to Night—And the Birds Went Quiet

The “Great North American Eclipse” of April 2024 was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study how birds and other wildlife respond to total solar eclipses

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

A blizzard that trapped hundreds of trekkers on Mount Everest was truly “off the charts,” experts explain

How an 'Off the Charts' Everest Blizzard Trapped Hundreds

A blizzard that trapped hundreds of trekkers on Mount Everest was truly “off the charts,” experts explain

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

New research shows how microbes use napping viruses to vaccinate themselves

These Bacteria Invented Their Own Vaccines—Using Viruses

New research shows how microbes use napping viruses to vaccinate themselves

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Cat bathroom data from an AI-powered litter box could offer useful pet health insights

Scientists Turned 300,000 Litter Box Visits into an AI-Powered Cat Health Monitor

Cat bathroom data from an AI-powered litter box could offer useful pet health insights

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

By casting doubt on antidepressants and other well-studied drugs, our government health agencies are choosing minimal risk to a fetus over the major risk to the person carrying it

The Confusion Over Antidepressants During Pregnancy Is Harming People

By casting doubt on antidepressants and other well-studied drugs, our government health agencies are choosing minimal risk to a fetus over the major risk to the person carrying it

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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 2d

The science is in: COVID boosters are worth it, even if you've been vaccinated and/or infected before. Stay safe out there, friends!: 🧪 🛟 www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2025 honors scaled-up quantum physics—while sidestepping controversies swirling around quantum computing

Quantum Tunneling Is a Big Deal. This Year's Nobel Physics Prize Shows Why

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2025 honors scaled-up quantum physics—while sidestepping controversies swirling around quantum computing

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Lee Billings @leebillings.bsky.social · 2d

Now on @sciam.bsky.social: Quantum tunneling is a big deal—literally. Here’s @dangaristo.bsky.social explaining the science behind yesterday’s announcement of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Quantum Tunneling Is a Big Deal. This Year's Nobel Physics Prize Shows Why

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2025 honors scaled-up quantum physics—while sidestepping controversies swirling around quantum computing

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Dan Vergano @danvergano.bsky.social · 3d

Dark Energy Might Be Emerging from the Hearts of Black Holes

A controversial prediction about black holes and the expansion force of the universe could explain a cosmology mystery

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Are Black Holes Creating Dark Energy?

A controversial prediction about black holes and the expansion force of the universe could explain a cosmology mystery

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Megha Satyanarayana @megha.bsky.social · 2d

welp, you get what you ask for. joking with coworkers that it's going to be mofs, and i'm really a med chem type so will i be able to do this and lol here it is. the Nobel Prize for chemistry for 2025 goes to the development of metal-organic frameworks.

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2025 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Molecular Sponges That Purify Water, Store Energy, and Clean Up the Environment

Three scientists, including one from the U.S., share the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing “metal-organic frameworks,” versatile molecular cages that can trap contaminants, store energy and...

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