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Two Hurricane Hunter flight directors were among the hundreds fired at @noaa.gov last week. That takes the number of flight directors from 8 to 6, a 25% reduction in capacity ahead of Atlantic hurricane season. 🧪

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Hunting Hurricanes - Eos
NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters risk their lives each time they fly into the eye of a storm to collect crucial data for forecasting, hurricane modeling, and research.
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March 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Science fact of the moment: It is possible to convert matter into energy. That's not what your cells are doing; they're not nuclear reactors. When you lose 10 kg from diet an exercise, most of that mass is *breathed out* as carbon dioxide (plus some water).
February 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Happy world radio day!

What makes FM signal different from AM? And why do you lose AM signal while driving through in a tunnel?

The answer is in A Moment of Science:

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Driving Through A Tunnel
Have you even wondered why you can hear FM radio signals in a tunnel longer than AM? "Driving Through A Tunnel" on this Moment of Science.
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February 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If they're not really acting as weather forecasters, why do Groundhogs emerge in February? Perhaps they're looking for a Valentine? 🧪

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Frisky groundhogs in February
When groundhogs first emerge in February, they have very specific priorities.
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February 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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🧪 Researchers have developed SCORPIO, an AI tool using routine blood tests to predict cancer patients' responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors. Studying 10k patients across 21 cancer types, SCORPIO outperformed traditional biomarkers in forecasting treatment efficacy and overall survival. 🩺💻
Prediction of checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy efficacy for cancer using routine blood tests and clinical data - Nature Medicine
Using multiple datasets from real-world evidence and completed trials, a machine learning model using routine blood and clinical data is shown to be predictive of patient response to immune…
www.nature.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Wrote up an article about a study from IU on AI fact checks and how they affect headline discernment!

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Are You Immune to AI in Your News Feed?
Are AI-powered fact checks as effective as human ones?
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January 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Not sure if the blue sky crowd is into gameboys, but check this out! It's an fm radio cartridge so you can turn your gameboy into a radio.

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Orange FM – insideGadgets Shop
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December 12, 2024 at 10:27 PM
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Doing some research into folding proteins (making an omelette)
December 9, 2024 at 3:04 AM
i'm posting to post
December 9, 2024 at 5:56 PM