Timothy Hopkins
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Oklahoma native | M.S. degree in geology from the University of Tulsa| #Liberal| working as a geologist in Reno NV
National Geographic Pictures of the Year 2025 showcases "the images that most inspired and defined the past year through the eyes of its photographers and editors," the storied yellow-bordered mag says.
2025: The Pictures of the Year
From the thousands of images made by our photographers all around the world this year, we present the ones that moved and inspired us most.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
National Geographic Pictures of the Year 2025 showcases "the images that most inspired and defined the past year through the eyes of its photographers and editors," the storied yellow-bordered mag says.
The invading ant integrates herself into the nest by pretending to be a member of the colony, then sprays the host queen with fluid that causes her daughters to turn against her. The parasitic queen then usurps the throne, having the workers serve her instead as the new queen regent.
Parasitic ant tricks workers into killing their queen, then takes the throne
Scientists document a new form of host manipulation where an invading, parasitic ant queen "tricks" ant workers into killing their queen mother. The invading ant integrates herself into the nest by pr...
phys.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The invading ant integrates herself into the nest by pretending to be a member of the colony, then sprays the host queen with fluid that causes her daughters to turn against her. The parasitic queen then usurps the throne, having the workers serve her instead as the new queen regent.
For the first time, scientists are tracking the migration of monarch butterflies across much of North America, actively monitoring individual insects on journeys from as far away as Ontario all the way to their overwintering colonies in central Mexico.
We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
For the first time, scientists are tracking the migration of monarch butterflies across much of North America, actively monitoring individual insects on journeys from as far away as Ontario all the way to their overwintering colonies in central Mexico.
Swept Away - a detailed account of the Camp Mystic Flash Flood
New Videos, Data and Reporting Give a Detailed Account of the Camp Mystic Disaster (Gift Article)
Never-before-published videos, data from smart devices, a crash report and the first interview that Camp Mystic's owners have granted since the July 4 disaster offer the most detailed account yet.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Swept Away - a detailed account of the Camp Mystic Flash Flood
In a new study, researchers found that people who speak only one language are twice as likely to experience accelerated aging compared to multilingual individuals. 🧪
Speaking more than one language may help the brain stay younger
Speaking more than one language can slow down the brain's aging and lower risks linked to accelerated aging.
phys.org
November 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
In a new study, researchers found that people who speak only one language are twice as likely to experience accelerated aging compared to multilingual individuals. 🧪
Flip the cards of 50 species to see how scientists used them to help us
50 species that save us
Explore the ways animals and plants protect human health and what’s at stake when species are endangered.
wapo.st
November 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Flip the cards of 50 species to see how scientists used them to help us
A new gene-editing drug could effectively cure high cholesterol in certain patients via a one-time shot, according to results from a small clinical trial revealed Saturday. The treatment lowered “bad” cholesterol and triglycerides by about half with no apparent side effects after two months.
Cleveland Clinic First-In-Human Trial of CRISPR Gene-Editing Therapy Shown to Safely Lower Cholesterol and Triglycerides
One-time infusion of investigational CRISPR-Cas9 therapy found to safely reduce LDL cholesterol by 50% and triglycerides by about 55% in Phase 1 trial
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November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A new gene-editing drug could effectively cure high cholesterol in certain patients via a one-time shot, according to results from a small clinical trial revealed Saturday. The treatment lowered “bad” cholesterol and triglycerides by about half with no apparent side effects after two months.
"Being talented isn't enough. If you look at the best players, it's always the hardest working ones. "
- Earvin "Magic" Johnson
- Earvin "Magic" Johnson
November 8, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"Being talented isn't enough. If you look at the best players, it's always the hardest working ones. "
- Earvin "Magic" Johnson
- Earvin "Magic" Johnson
Astrophysicists present evidence the universe's expansion is decelerating, challenging Nobel Prize-winning theory of universe expansion at ever-increasing rate. 🧪
Universe's expansion 'is now slowing, not speeding up'
The universe's expansion may actually have started to slow rather than accelerating at an ever-increasing rate as previously thought, a new study suggests.
"Remarkab...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Astrophysicists present evidence the universe's expansion is decelerating, challenging Nobel Prize-winning theory of universe expansion at ever-increasing rate. 🧪
This photo by Richard Lasher shows the moment Mount St Helens erupted on May 18, 1980.
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This photo by Richard Lasher shows the moment Mount St Helens erupted on May 18, 1980.
Finally
Breakthrough blood test finally confirms Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
A team of scientists has developed a highly accurate blood test for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The test reads tiny DNA patterns that reveal the biological signature of the illness. For millions who’ve ...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Finally
Reposted by Timothy Hopkins
Looking East, the mountain ranges of Nevada rose one after the other, receding like waves.
The gold of the leaves, and the sleeping houses of this Saturday morning were beautiful on their own, and the hot air balloon sat up above, like a cherry on top!
#nevada #travelnevada #Nevadaday #sonyalpha
The gold of the leaves, and the sleeping houses of this Saturday morning were beautiful on their own, and the hot air balloon sat up above, like a cherry on top!
#nevada #travelnevada #Nevadaday #sonyalpha
November 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Looking East, the mountain ranges of Nevada rose one after the other, receding like waves.
The gold of the leaves, and the sleeping houses of this Saturday morning were beautiful on their own, and the hot air balloon sat up above, like a cherry on top!
#nevada #travelnevada #Nevadaday #sonyalpha
The gold of the leaves, and the sleeping houses of this Saturday morning were beautiful on their own, and the hot air balloon sat up above, like a cherry on top!
#nevada #travelnevada #Nevadaday #sonyalpha
Are We Losing Our Democracy?
…the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon. The sobering reality is that the United States has regressed, to different degrees, on all 12.
…the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon. The sobering reality is that the United States has regressed, to different degrees, on all 12.
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Are We Losing Our Democracy?
…the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon. The sobering reality is that the United States has regressed, to different degrees, on all 12.
…the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon. The sobering reality is that the United States has regressed, to different degrees, on all 12.
An antivenom that uses antibodies from a llama and an alpaca can neutralize venom from some of the world’s most venomous snakes, including cobras & mambas. In mice, the treatment conferred protection against toxins from 17 of the snake species and reduced skin damage caused by venoms. 🧪
Single antivenom protects against 17 different snakebites
Researchers immunized an alpaca and a llama with snake venoms, and combined some of the antibodies produced into a potent cocktail.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:49 AM
An antivenom that uses antibodies from a llama and an alpaca can neutralize venom from some of the world’s most venomous snakes, including cobras & mambas. In mice, the treatment conferred protection against toxins from 17 of the snake species and reduced skin damage caused by venoms. 🧪
New observations of colliding black holes suggest black holes formed in dense regions where they repeatedly merge 🧪
Colliding black holes might have formed from earlier cosmic smashups
Two recent detections have given the international LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration new insights into black hole formation and evolution
www.caltech.edu
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
New observations of colliding black holes suggest black holes formed in dense regions where they repeatedly merge 🧪
The nature of gravity — and whether it can be reconciled with quantum mechanics — is one of the biggest mysteries in physics 🧪
Does gravity produce quantum weirdness? Proposal divides physicists
A theoretical study suggests that gravity could have quantum effects without itself being a quantum theory. Other researchers aren’t so sure.
www.nature.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The nature of gravity — and whether it can be reconciled with quantum mechanics — is one of the biggest mysteries in physics 🧪
"In America, people think social democracy is some kind of communism. They think capitalism is freedom. It's not. It's only freedom to exploit people" - actor Stellan Skarsgard
October 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"In America, people think social democracy is some kind of communism. They think capitalism is freedom. It's not. It's only freedom to exploit people" - actor Stellan Skarsgard
Two fatty acids often used in dairy products might help to give civet coffee its distinctive flavour. The unusual brew, otherwise known as Kopi Luwak, is made by roasting coffee beans that have been eaten and excreted by Asian palm civets (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). 🧪
This luxury ‘cat poo’ coffee has a unique flavour: what’s behind it?
Civets enrich coffee beans they eat and excrete with two fatty acids often used in dairy products, study finds.
www.nature.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Two fatty acids often used in dairy products might help to give civet coffee its distinctive flavour. The unusual brew, otherwise known as Kopi Luwak, is made by roasting coffee beans that have been eaten and excreted by Asian palm civets (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). 🧪
Not that easy.
Can you pass the new U.S. citizenship test?
The federal government rolled out a longer, harder exam this month for aspiring Americans. Test your knowledge with our quiz.
wapo.st
October 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Not that easy.
Physicians discover link between COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and survival of patients with late-stage lung cancer and melanoma, suggesting mRNA vaccines train the immune system to kill tumors. 🧪
COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could unlock the next revolution in cancer treatment – new research
The researchers found that mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines could potentially help patients whose tumors don’t respond well to traditional immunotherapy.
theconversation.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Physicians discover link between COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and survival of patients with late-stage lung cancer and melanoma, suggesting mRNA vaccines train the immune system to kill tumors. 🧪
Does anyone think that it’s morally right that one man, Elon Musk, has more wealth than the bottom 52% of the population? Or that 60% of the population is living paycheck-to-paycheck?
October 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Does anyone think that it’s morally right that one man, Elon Musk, has more wealth than the bottom 52% of the population? Or that 60% of the population is living paycheck-to-paycheck?
And there’s a creepy “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” feel to the press corps at the White House now, as the perches of legacy media get filled with MAGA ringers — like the two White House “reporters” from Mike “MyPillow” Lindell’s “news” network.
Opinion | Fraidy-Cat at the Pentagon
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
And there’s a creepy “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” feel to the press corps at the White House now, as the perches of legacy media get filled with MAGA ringers — like the two White House “reporters” from Mike “MyPillow” Lindell’s “news” network.
Sir David Attenborough, the British documentarian and naturalist, became the oldest person to win a Daytime Emmy on Friday at age 99. He beat the record set last year by Dick Van Dyke.
David Attenborough Becomes Oldest Daytime Emmy Winner at 99
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Sir David Attenborough, the British documentarian and naturalist, became the oldest person to win a Daytime Emmy on Friday at age 99. He beat the record set last year by Dick Van Dyke.
Iconic amphibians took an unexpected path across the globe, study finds—with toxins as a “game changer”|Science
Poisonous sacs helped toads conquer the world
Iconic amphibians took an unexpected path across the globe, study finds—with toxins as a “game changer”
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October 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Iconic amphibians took an unexpected path across the globe, study finds—with toxins as a “game changer”|Science
Quartz with biotic goethite filaments.
Photograph: Manfred Heising
Photograph: Manfred Heising
October 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Quartz with biotic goethite filaments.
Photograph: Manfred Heising
Photograph: Manfred Heising