Rediscovery of Rare Australian Plant Ptilotus senarius After Nearly Six Decades
📰 Original title: Plant believed extinct for 60 years suddenly reappears
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Rediscovery of Rare Australian Plant Ptilotus senarius After Nearly Six Decades
📰 Original title: Plant believed extinct for 60 years suddenly reappears
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A plant thought to be extinct for almost 60 years, Ptilotus senarius, has been rediscovered in northern Australia thanks to a chance observation by a citizen scientist. Aaron Bean, a horticulturist, photographed an unusual shrub while helping band birds on a Queensland property and uploaded the images to iNaturalist, an online citizen science platform. Botanist Anthony Bean, who had originally described the species, recognized it immediately. Prior to this rediscovery, no confirmed sightings had occurred since 1967, and the plant was believed extinct. Following verification and specimen collection, the species has now been reclassified as critically endangered. Experts highlight the growing role of citizen science in biodiversity research, as ordinary people with smartphones can provide crucial data, especially in remote or privately owned areas. The rediscovery demonstrates the importance of detailed observations, including photographs of flowers, leaves, and habitat conditions, for scientific study. Programs like New South Wales' Land Libraries project are encouraging landowners to document wildlife and plants, contributing valuable data to conservation efforts. This case exemplifies how collaborative efforts between scientists and the public are reshaping modern conservation and biodiversity research.
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Have you already heard about the [pane] #CitizenScience App? The [pane] project - led by the @tuberlin Technical University of Berlin - encourages citizen scientists, who have access to a piece of land or a garden, to explore and find ways to improve the land by comparing how different farming methods may affect the #SoilHealth.
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☄️ eMetN Meteor Library highlights a new study comparing dynamical modeling vs. photometrically derived fireball masses. Open research that strengthens fireball networks like FRIPON, Bolidozor and CARMELo, helping estimate how much material from a bolide actually reaches the ground.
📅 12 May 2026
🔗 https://www.emeteornews.net/2026/05/12/news-from-the-meteor-library-dynamical-modeling-and-photometrically-derived-masses-of-fireballs/
Roberto Gorelli points our attention at a recently published meteor related paper: Consistency between dynamical modeling and photometrically derived masses of fireballs This article has been submi…
zwei Birken im Winter, Weg von der Girbigsdorfer-Str. Nähe Wetterwarte, abzweigend nach Girbigsdorf
Ort: Deutschland, Sachsen, Schöpstal, Girbigsdorf
Autor: Bruno Häcker
Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
https://landschaftsfotoportal.senckenberg.de/item/1603
Après quelques années de réflexions sur le sens de l'« open source » né d'une volonté d'expliquer ce concept, je viens de rédiger et publier mon premier article (preprint) de recherche citoyenne intitulé « Open Source 2.0 : From Open Source Software to Open Source Resources? ».
Article disponible sur Zenodo au DOI suivant: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20237079
Pas encore vraiment une œuvre d'art mais un moyen de synthétiser les réflexions pour ouvrir le débat — dans le milieu académique notamment — sur le sens de cette notion qui pourrait être autre chose que ce à quoi nous l'associons aujourd'hui.
Je développe principalement l'idée des « ressources open source », ces ressources numériques pour lesquelles sont fournis les fichiers sources pour en permettre la modification (ex: odt/docx/markdown/latex d'un pdf). Avec les ressources numériques, on a régulièrement cette configuration entre des fichiers source et une ressource finale dérivée de ceux-ci.
Une question majeure pour les ressources ouvertes où souvent on s'arrête aux licences ouvertes sans considération de ces éléments plus techniques; les droits fournis ne sont alors en réalité pas applicables.
J'invite les acteurs et actrices des différents mouvements d'ouverture à se saisir de ce sens nouveau et émergeant d'« open source » car il influence en profondeur notre gestion des ressources numériques. Les ressources open source pourraient être un moyen de développer les pratiques collaboratives dans ces différents domaines comme dans l'open science et l'open education.
Dans une logique de science ouverte et pour renforcer ce travail, je suis à la recherche d'évaluations (ouvertes) par les pairs: https://prereview.org/preprints/doi-10.5281-zenodo.20237079
Une idée d'article qui me démangeait depuis un moment, j'ai enfin passé ce cap la semaine dernière.
Ce n'est qu'une potentielle révolution conceptuelle sur une notion fondamentale de notre univers numérique. À suivre dans les prochaines années.
L'« open source » ne doit plus être un sujet logiciel ❤️🔥
#openmodels #opensource #openScience #openeducation #REL #opensoftware #openhardware #digitalcommons #citizenscience #scienceouverte #educationouverte #logicielsLibres #OER #opensourceresources
What is « open source »? Commonly associated with software whose source code is available under a licence following the « Open Source Definition » (OSD) of the Open Source Initiative (OSI), the definition of open source remains a major source of confusion and conflict. Within software communities the OSD is controversial, and with the democratisation of other openness movements (open science, open education, open hardware, etc.) there is an increasing question regarding open source beyond software for digital resources where source files are provided. The topic of « open source resources » can be essential to enable modifiability of openly available resources in these various domains, greatly enhancing the ability to collaborate. Based on the review of more than 200 documents related to debates and usages of the notion, conducted as independent citizen research, this paper argues for a paradigm shift in the very meaning of « open source ».Preprint v0.1:- PDF and source files available on Zenodo. Concept DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20237079- Produced through Codeberg forge. - Open peer review available from PREreview. - Written with AI assistance — all ideas, arguments and conclusions remain the author's own. - Licence: Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal — Released into the public domain.
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Amateur photo near Mildura shows Myrmeleon houstoni insect in wild for first time. Scientists learn more about its spread in Australia.
#MyrmeleonHoustoni, #Mildura, #InsectDiscovery, #AustralianWildlife, #CitizenScience
https://newsletter.tf/insect-photo-mildura-myrmeleon-houstoni-habitat/
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