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Oak forests are now rare due to human exploitation, with old-growth forests—those with very large, long-lived trees and abundant deadwood—comprising only 1% of Europe’s forests. Deadwood, often dismissed as “useless,” stores carbon, enriches soil as humus, and supports countless saproxylic organisms
Wouldn’t God Love Oak Forests?
I was a friend's mom's funeral yesterday wondering about the existence of God. If there is a God, I thought, wouldn't he prefer that we prayed under trees instead of converting forests into oak pews? Oaks have caught my attention since I was 5, even though a relative ridiculed my fascination with acorns, something she thought was meaningless and commonplace. A White Oak can live for at least six centuries, and the genus,
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January 7, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Oak forests are now rare due to human exploitation, with old-growth forests—those with very large, long-lived trees and abundant deadwood—comprising only 1% of Europe’s forests. Deadwood, often dismissed as “useless,” stores carbon, enriches soil as humus, and supports countless saproxylic organisms
December 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This reminds me of Sagan's book, Cosmos, which I read in my youth. It also featured a proof of why the root of 2 is irrational.
December 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This reminds me of Sagan's book, Cosmos, which I read in my youth. It also featured a proof of why the root of 2 is irrational.
The Search for Truth: Why Do We Value It?
A friend of mine asked several interesting questions. Something I've always found strange: the universe didn't have to be intelligible, yet it is. Why? Why does mathematics map the physical world so uncannily? Wigner called it ‘the unreasonable…
A friend of mine asked several interesting questions. Something I've always found strange: the universe didn't have to be intelligible, yet it is. Why? Why does mathematics map the physical world so uncannily? Wigner called it ‘the unreasonable…
The Search for Truth: Why Do We Value It?
A friend of mine asked several interesting questions. Something I've always found strange: the universe didn't have to be intelligible, yet it is. Why? Why does mathematics map the physical world so uncannily? Wigner called it ‘the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics.’ Is that just a brute fact — or something deeper? Even when a truth is inconvenient, we still feel as human beings, obligated to assent to it (or search for it) .
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December 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The Search for Truth: Why Do We Value It?
A friend of mine asked several interesting questions. Something I've always found strange: the universe didn't have to be intelligible, yet it is. Why? Why does mathematics map the physical world so uncannily? Wigner called it ‘the unreasonable…
A friend of mine asked several interesting questions. Something I've always found strange: the universe didn't have to be intelligible, yet it is. Why? Why does mathematics map the physical world so uncannily? Wigner called it ‘the unreasonable…
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Corny #sciencehumor Apparently neutrinos have mass. I didn’t even know they were Catholic; I was going to tell you a time travel joke, but you didn’t like it; Did you know Mr. Spock had 3 ears? Left, right and the final front ear; Why didn't the photon have any luggage? He was traveling light.
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Corny #sciencehumor Apparently neutrinos have mass. I didn’t even know they were Catholic; I was going to tell you a time travel joke, but you didn’t like it; Did you know Mr. Spock had 3 ears? Left, right and the final front ear; Why didn't the photon have any luggage? He was traveling light.
November 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Robert Bateman(1) spent 20 y teaching Geography in high school. He chose the discipline as an excuse to be outdoors. (2) was originally an abstract artist (3) has never had his works displayed at the National Gallery (4) his foundation uses art to promote a connection to nature and the environment.
November 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Robert Bateman(1) spent 20 y teaching Geography in high school. He chose the discipline as an excuse to be outdoors. (2) was originally an abstract artist (3) has never had his works displayed at the National Gallery (4) his foundation uses art to promote a connection to nature and the environment.
This is may have served as the inspiration for the #BatSignal: In 1875, from the roof of the Siemens Halske factory in Berlin, electrically-generated rays were bounced off a large mirror and projected onto dark clouds while an awe-stricken crowd looked on. (Shown: 1875 Scientific American article)
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
This is may have served as the inspiration for the #BatSignal: In 1875, from the roof of the Siemens Halske factory in Berlin, electrically-generated rays were bounced off a large mirror and projected onto dark clouds while an awe-stricken crowd looked on. (Shown: 1875 Scientific American article)
Oceanus Procellarum is the largest of the #Moon's seas, and the only one classified as an 'ocean', its area is greater than that of the Gulf of Mexico on Earth. All "mare" are large, dark basaltic plains formed when ancient lava-flows filled impact basins. Photo credit: greg dunlap
November 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Oceanus Procellarum is the largest of the #Moon's seas, and the only one classified as an 'ocean', its area is greater than that of the Gulf of Mexico on Earth. All "mare" are large, dark basaltic plains formed when ancient lava-flows filled impact basins. Photo credit: greg dunlap
Superb symposium included Weissman's insights into in vivo CAR T therapy's advantages over in vitro; serendipity's role in the mRNA vaccine development; #RKJr 's dangerous hepatitis B policy; Joe's witty intro to #vaccines and a lot more @mcgilloss.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/tmF0CDq...
The Genesis of the COVID Vaccine: The Path to the Nobel Prize (Trottier Symposium)
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October 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Superb symposium included Weissman's insights into in vivo CAR T therapy's advantages over in vitro; serendipity's role in the mRNA vaccine development; #RKJr 's dangerous hepatitis B policy; Joe's witty intro to #vaccines and a lot more @mcgilloss.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/tmF0CDq...
In vivo CAR T therapy for killing cancer cells has several advantages over the ex vivo approach www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi... Nobelist Drew Weissman described it at the 2025 Trottier Public Science Symposium last night @mcgilloss.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
In vivo CAR T therapy for killing cancer cells has several advantages over the ex vivo approach www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi... Nobelist Drew Weissman described it at the 2025 Trottier Public Science Symposium last night @mcgilloss.bsky.social
Cooking tips( temperature& pH included) to encourage Maillard reactions, which enhance appearance and especially the taste of food containing protein and sugars.
Something tasty fresh out of the owen 🔥
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Ever WONDERED why perfectly seared steak, roasted coffee, or baked bread SMELL so irresistible?👃🔥
It’s not just cooking — it’s chemistry at work! ⚗️
The secret is called the MAILLARD reaction, and it’s the science behind flavor.
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It’s not just cooking — it’s chemistry at work! ⚗️
The secret is called the MAILLARD reaction, and it’s the science behind flavor.
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October 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Cooking tips( temperature& pH included) to encourage Maillard reactions, which enhance appearance and especially the taste of food containing protein and sugars.
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💫 Celebrate the festival of lights safely, and let the chemistry of joy shine bright!
Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy Diwali filled with love, light, and laughter. #RSCIndia #ChemSky #Diwali2025
Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy Diwali filled with love, light, and laughter. #RSCIndia #ChemSky #Diwali2025
October 17, 2025 at 5:30 AM
💫 Celebrate the festival of lights safely, and let the chemistry of joy shine bright!
Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy Diwali filled with love, light, and laughter. #RSCIndia #ChemSky #Diwali2025
Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy Diwali filled with love, light, and laughter. #RSCIndia #ChemSky #Diwali2025
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Consumers in New Mexico and beyond may soon see a new warning label put on everything from nonstick pans and furniture to cosmetics and baby clothes that contain intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). cen.acs.org/policy/New-M... #chemsky 🧪
New Mexico proposes world’s broadest use of PFAS warning labels
The state’s proposed requirements have not been done anywhere else and stem from a 2025 law that also outlaws PFAS in certain products
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October 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Consumers in New Mexico and beyond may soon see a new warning label put on everything from nonstick pans and furniture to cosmetics and baby clothes that contain intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). cen.acs.org/policy/New-M... #chemsky 🧪
'Love #nerdyFacts. The chemistry consultant for the Breaking Bad series, organic chemist Donna J. Nelson from Oklahoma State University, was also 2016 ACS President and is currently on the Scientific American's board of advisors. Not every chemist gets their pic flashed on 7th Av! I ❤️ NY. #chemsky
October 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
'Love #nerdyFacts. The chemistry consultant for the Breaking Bad series, organic chemist Donna J. Nelson from Oklahoma State University, was also 2016 ACS President and is currently on the Scientific American's board of advisors. Not every chemist gets their pic flashed on 7th Av! I ❤️ NY. #chemsky
#chemsky Bierling found that among smells perceived to be disgusting, those containing only 1 compound scored 67%; spices 42%. The categories with the most pleasant smells were sweet, scoring 88%, followed by bakery& fruit(44%), whose smells consist of many compounds. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A dataset of laymen olfactory perception for 74 mono-molecular odors - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - A dataset of laymen olfactory perception for 74 mono-molecular odors
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October 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
#chemsky Bierling found that among smells perceived to be disgusting, those containing only 1 compound scored 67%; spices 42%. The categories with the most pleasant smells were sweet, scoring 88%, followed by bakery& fruit(44%), whose smells consist of many compounds. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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
It's not a “science vs. vibes” thing— public concern is more than irrational emotion; it's a legitimate risk perception. #pesticides
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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Opinion | Debating the Dangers of a Pesticide
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October 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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
It's not a “science vs. vibes” thing— public concern is more than irrational emotion; it's a legitimate risk perception. #pesticides
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
October 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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
"I’m a former creationist. Here’s why ‘follow the science’ failed." archive.ph/2025.09.23-0...
October 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"I’m a former creationist. Here’s why ‘follow the science’ failed." archive.ph/2025.09.23-0...
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.
October 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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
September 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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
Poplar leaves go from green to yellow. Why? After chlorophyll is broken down to recycle nitrogen and magnesium, #autumn exposes oxygenated #carotenoids known as xanthophylls in cottonwood leaves. Lutein is their main xanthophyll, which, in the summer, protects them from high light intensity.
September 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Poplar leaves go from green to yellow. Why? After chlorophyll is broken down to recycle nitrogen and magnesium, #autumn exposes oxygenated #carotenoids known as xanthophylls in cottonwood leaves. Lutein is their main xanthophyll, which, in the summer, protects them from high light intensity.
As I was saying…
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
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September 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The early bird catches the #sunrise. Aren't you glad that Rayleigh scattering is inversely proportional to the 4th power of wavelength? That way, when you look more directly towards the sun, through a longer path- length of air molecules, you get more scattering of blue & more leftover red?
September 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The early bird catches the #sunrise. Aren't you glad that Rayleigh scattering is inversely proportional to the 4th power of wavelength? That way, when you look more directly towards the sun, through a longer path- length of air molecules, you get more scattering of blue & more leftover red?