Beautiful European island has 21C weather in February and £45 flights from UK

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/beautiful-european-island-21c-weather-36676089

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/feb/06/uk-scientists-cuts-funding-projects-research-facilities. Now is definitely NOT the time for the UK to follow the USA's example of stupidity in cutting the #scientific #research budget.

I love this logo for the upcoming #SciPy (#Scientific #Python) conference coming up this summer in #Minneapolis #Minnesota

“I expect we’ll have #A.I. systems that can clearly contribute at the cutting edge of multiple #scientific fields, but that you still wouldn’t trust with planning summer camps for your kid.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | Where Is A.I. Taking...

Pretty seaside town where house prices are under £57,000

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/features/topic-desking/lifestyle/cheapest-places-buy-house-uk-36654036

#RFK Jr Stacks Key Autism Panel With Vaccine Skeptics
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc-varied.html#6

#Trump says he believes #Iran wants to make deal as he
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/uk.html#9

Graham blocks #Trump-backed spending plan, calls it
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/politics.html#4

#Insurance Journal’s Agency Salary Survey to Close Tuesday,
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/business.html#55

The #Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold is now available to buy
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#23

#Kazakhstan and #France Deepen #Scientific Cooperation
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc.html#Kazakhstan

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sflorg/115967607765332592

A very impressive #scientific paper by W. Binder et al. (2026) shows that #cougars and #wolves in #Yellowstone National Park #influence each other's life #strategies. It's about #apex- apex #carnivore dynamics and #kleptoparasitism. The risk of wolves stealing pumas' prey has led pumas to #specialize in #smallanimals that can be caught quickly, thus reducing the likelihood of encountering wolves.
© text #StefanFWirth Berlin 2026

Reference
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2511397123

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/01/27/trump-world-health-organization-security-risk/. "Key to the security of any country is the #scientific information needed to prepare for, prevent & respond to #pandemics & other global threats. Simply stated, the WHO possesses an enormous amount of such data that the US cannot replicate on its own." But #Trump & #JFKJr. aren't in the least bit interested in #science, are they?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/24/childrens-play-sand-hobbycraft-asbestos-removed-recall. "The... 'precautionary principle', abolished when #product #safety legislation was redrafted after #Brexit, allowed the government to restrict products thought to pose a serious threat to #health, without having to acquire #scientific #evidence." Yet another Brexit benefit, it seems - so #Hobbycraft can refuse to withdraw this #asbestos laden product from sale quite legally!

Hello #Scientific #Mastodon ,
it's time for your video vulgarisation.

Please welcome Steve Mould with his liquid hammer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWbCC6f_k1c

What are the previous month's most significant #scientific developments? https://buff.ly/qddQYYz

RE: https://biologists.social/@jekely/115926352021625708

#Tooluse in #bovids so far was underestimated until a recent #scientific #study highlighted Austrian #cow #Veronika and her #flexible #purposeful self-#scrarching tool handling. Indicating that further studies might show similar potentials also in other #Bovidae taxa.
The authors A. J. Osuna-Mascaró & Alice M.I. Auersperg (2026) published their findings in #CurrentBiology.
© This text #StefanFWirth Berlin 2026

Reference:

A. J. Osuna-Mascaró & Alice M.I. Auersperg (2026)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.059

#Book #review - The #Enlightenment and the birth of #scientific #racism

https://rabble.ca/books/the-enlightenment-and-the-birth-of-scientific-racism/

🎧 New #OpenScience Bites #podcast episode on #reproducibility!

Felipe Romero, #philosopher of #science at @facultyofphilosophygroningen, shares why he thinks reproducibility is undervalued, how reproducibility has advanced in recent years, and what needs to change for reproducibility to become part of everyday #scientific practice.

🔗 https://www.rug.nl/research/openscience/podcast/#Romero

#academicChatter #AcademicMastodon #philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #MetaScience

Milaan. Binnenkort geven @Marloestenkate en ik daar een workshop #scientific #storytelling.

Een hoogleraar van de Politecnico di Milano (de technische universiteit van Milaan) volgde onze workshop bij de TU Delft.

Hij dacht: dat wil ik ook voor mijn PhD-studenten!

Wil jij ook meedoen met een workshop, maar ben je geen PhD-student in Milaan?

Dan heb je geluk.

Op vrijdagmiddag 13 maart organiseren we zelf een workshop in Utrecht

Meld je aan via onze website:
https://www.scientificstorytelling.nl/open-workshop/

Foto: slide uit de presentatie met thumbnails van filmpjes die we als voorbeeld gebruiken. Zie je een bekend filmpje?

#scicomm #utrecht

Join me this Saturday at 9 am Eastern for Today's HyperCard Stack. We'll examine The #Scientific and #Graphical #Toolkit for #HyperCard.

https://youtube.com/live/1nF7h179-z4?feature=share

Join me this Saturday at 9 am Eastern for Today's HyperCard Stack. We'll examine The #Scientific and #Graphical #Toolkit for #HyperCard. youtube.com/live/1nF7h17...

Eric's Edge - Today's HyperCar...

#Congress is quietly rejecting almost all of the deepest #cuts to federal programs that #Trump requested for this year, turning back his efforts to slash #funding for #ForeignAid, #GlobalHealth programs, #scientific #research, the #arts & more in a bipartisan repudiation of his #spending plans.

#law #legislation #House

A Retraction Watch post titled “Technobabble Papers by Professor and Editor Under Scrutiny” tells the story of an #academic apparently using #generative #artificial #intelligence to crank out #research #reviews for publication that make little #scientific sense. https://retractionwatch.com/2026/01/15/technobabble-papers-by-professor-and-editor-under-scrutiny/

Ancient Star Map Revealed Asteroid Impact ==> Köfels Paleo-Landslide, Austria = Scientific Detective Work!
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https://360onhistory.com/blog-posts/ancient-star-map-reveals-asteroid-impact/ <-- shared technical article, tablet
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https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2008/212017945233.html <-- shared technical article, tablet
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/history-of-geology/the-strange-medical-case-of-the-radioactive-landslide/ <-- shared technical article, Köfels landslide/asteroid
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.05.001 <-- shared paper, Köfels landslide
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2461-2021 <-- shared paper, Köfels landslide
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H/T #ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch
#spatial #mapping #ancientmap #starmap #ArchaeoHistories #K8538 #Planisphere #RoyalLibrary #Ashurbanipal #Nenveh #Sumeria #Assyrian #scribe #sumerian #astronomer #astrolab #asteroid #impact #astronomy #KÁ¶fel’ #Köfels #Austria #Tyrol #radioactive #landslide #massmovement #model #modeling #trajectory #clay #tablet #engineeringgeology #paleolandslide #scientific #detectivework
@histories_arch | #BritishMuseum | #UniversityofBristol