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13.03.2026 17:12
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minerals in thin section
Silence please - reaction in progress
The thin grey rim around white mica is chlorite, which was likely overgrowing white mica due to the release of Mg from dolomite in this contact metamorphosed marble.
⚒️ #geology #minerals
1. a headline like this will get a click from me every time.
2. why has Osaka's civil engineering been so bad?
3. this is the opening scene of a disaster movie.
www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
A solar flare erupting on a glass coverslip ☀️🔬
This mouse cell has broken symmetry, erupting to drive itself across the surface.
🧡 Actin: Sweeping golden kinetic energy
🩵 Septin 7: Swirling membrane regulation
🩷 Lipids: Burning metabolic fuel
💙 DNA: The anchored core
#SciArt #FluorescenceFriday
a carved diorama of a baker putting bread into a brick oven with a long-handled paddle, white stone, very detailed, with swirls on the firewood and creases in the clothing
This is one of my favorite grave decorations in Arras. More personalized dioramas celebrating professions, please.
overlooking a series of circular water filled tanks of a sewage treatment plant at night. lights line a long brick building on the horizon as a blue-black sky is stark behind a veil of thin puffy clouds in the distance.
good night, sewers.
good night, streams.
good night, operations and maintenance teams.
good night, settling tanks.
good night, stream banks.
good night, engineers, scientists, crews, managers, inspectors, analysts too.
a good night for us means serving with care.
good night, sewers, everywhere.
"You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake."
— Jeanette Rankin
We're thrilled to announce the Ctrl-Z Award, a US$2,500 prize for researchers “who discover substantial errors in their published work and take meaningful steps to correct the scientific record."
Covered by @nature.com today; read more here: centerforscientificintegrity.org/2026/03/10/a...
Sun Came Finally
Alex Janvier ~ Denesuline
1979
really interesting and timely thread showing some of the issues we grapple with today have been with us for thousands of years.
"we will keep fighting, and the smoke will clear one day"
the way some artists can create this kind of depth with watercolours will always amaze me
amazing
No way we'd recognize an alien if it plopped into the ocean and attempted contact.
Close-up of a scallop with its shell partially open, revealing bright orange inside. The scallop's shell is ridged with a line of tiny, vivid blue eyes along the edge. It rests on a sandy seabed.
Did you know that bay scallops have up to 200 eyes? 🤯
Made of guanine crystals, these small, mirror-like eyes behave like reflecting telescopes or concave mirrors—allowing scallops to see clearly close up and far away at the same time!
holy shit
Emil Kosa, Jr. (1903-1968)
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Sherwood Meer.
Aquarel op Arches aquarelpapier.
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
The tails of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS were a sight to behold. Pictured, C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) was captured near peak impressiveness last week over the Eastern Sierra Mountains in California, USA. The comet not only showed a bright tail, but a distinct anti-tail pointing in nearly the opposite direction. The globular star cluster M5 can be seen on the right, far in the distance. As it approached, it was unclear if this crumbling iceberg would disintegrate completely as it warmed in the bright sunlight. In reality, the comet survived to become brighter than any star in the night (magnitude -4.9), but unfortunately was then so nearly in front of the Sun that it was hard for many casual observers to locate. Whether Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas becomes known as the Great Comet of 2024 now depends, in part, on how impressive incoming comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) becomes over the next two weeks. Your Sky Surprise: What picture did APOD feature on your birthday? (post 1995)
NASA Astronomy Hourly Picture - 2024-10-21: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over California
#Astronomy #NASA #Space
the expression in the photo is perfect
a traditional painting of herons in flight among trees, green, pink and white hues
I painted herons in flight. medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper
It's not just oil.
About 100 million people live in Gulf States now "under Iranian attack. Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE are, for all practical purposes, completely dependent on [water] desalination plants .."
@javierblas.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
An intricate octopus cut from a single piece of paper
Japanese artist Masayo Fukuda hand-cut this life-sized octopus from one sheet of paper. Known as Kirie in Japanese (translated as “cut picture”), the art form involves cutting intricate forms from a single sheet of white paper and then contrasting it against a black background to reveal the design.
Scientific American has updated the figure, now grouped into swimmers, fliers, walkers/runners, and vehicles. A person on a bicycle remains the most efficient way to travel, compared to all forms of biological locomotion and mechanical transport.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
"Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good?
Will it buy you forgiveness?
Do you think that it could?
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul"
youtu.be/xMxm8lRm4Cc
This letter was written by someone in the world that cares. It was delivered to you at random whenyou opened this page. •• Hello, My letter is for you. I'm so glad you're here to read it... I promise with all my heart, you are not alone & you matter more than you know. During hard times we all need someone, even a stranger to remind us of that. It is not always possible to see it or believe it when times are hard.
know this to. I really do. It sometimes feels like everyone else has things together. But we all struggle & sometimes we just need someone to understand, to encourage us & to share our journey with. I have been where you are, I didn't even know it was possible get out of, but I did. And you will to. You deserve your life. Focus on the small stuff, the free stuff, as it turns out, the best stuff; looking closely at a flower, a leaf, a feather and marvelling over how beautiful it is, how much work went into creating that & how much more went into creating you.
Birds singing, a smile from a stranger, sun on your face, the shoes on your feet. There is an endless list, take a moment to notice those little things. We are all unique, anyone who has ever lived was created uniquely. We all have our special qualities that make us, us. We all do good things and we all make mistakes & that is fine. Jou are worthy of your place and you are special for being the only you that ever existed. You matter to this world, you matter enough to me that I wrote this letter for you. One day you will be able to write your letter and tell your story of how you got through a tough time and how grateful you are to be here in this wonderful life that was waiting for you all along. Cheering you on always, Sam
A man lost his sister to suicide and wanted to help other people not make that choice.
He asked random strangers around the world to write “Reasons to Stay” letters. Thousands did.
And now his website saves lives.
Also always good for a pick-me-up. This is lovely.
reasonstostay.co.uk
a whole new world just outside the range of our vision. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
Your astonishing artifact this week is the enigmatic Lady of Elche. 🧪🏺
Gemini: 'I deeply regret the time and effort you spent searching for references that I fabricated. My ‘methodology’ was a series of errors and an attempt to cover those errors with more artificial information.'
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/gemini-...
