der.hansNewly discovered asteroid passing by the Earth on Monday at a quarter the distance to the moon
SpockoJimmy, "You can't smoke around the baby!"
Virginia, "Jimmy, smoke rises, she's not going to be tall enough to breath it for a LONG time!"
Before she knew of 2nd hand smoke my mom smoked in the car & my open window drew all the smoke past my face.
But she knew about vaccines in the 60's & she made sure I got all my shots.
Thanks to progress in science, I survived childhood. Also, I never took up #smoking.
Bwambale Robert Musubaho#scienceweek2026
#scienceisreal
Students at Municipal High Humanist School seriously participating in the science Week.
Passionate enthusiastic Science teachers busy engaging the #learners
More about the school:
https://kasesehumanist.blogspot.com/
With Science, we can progress
Flatbush Gardener 🌈"... reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled." - Richard P. Feynmann, Report of the PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident
https://web.archive.org/web/20251231045113*/https://www.nasa.gov/history/rogersrep/v2appf.htm
Rich Stein (he/him)Why trust science? Thoughtful essay but I think you can boil it down further:
TLDNR:
- employs rigorous methods
- acknowledges failures — and adjusts
- is primarily incremental with strong foundations, not spur-of-the-moment or opinion based.
- breakthroughs are tested, not just accepted.
- it changes as knowledge accumulates. That's not a bad thing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/opinion/science-trust.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CFA.tacX.ZqVoY6xoEakd&smid=url-share
#ScienceMatters #ScienceIsReal
TLDNR:
- employs rigorous methods
- acknowledges failures — and adjusts
- is primarily incremental with strong foundations, not spur-of-the-moment or opinion based.
- breakthroughs are tested, not just accepted.
- it changes as knowledge accumulates. That's not a bad thing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/opinion/science-trust.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CFA.tacX.ZqVoY6xoEakd&smid=url-share
#ScienceMatters #ScienceIsReal
Using powers of 2 before there were numbers
Researchers think northern Mesopotamian pottery shards from over 7,000 years ago show evidence of geometry, symmetry, and spatial long division
@petergleick
One nation race to the bottom...
Return to the Dark Ages...
Self-inflicted disaster (Krugman)...
Self-inflicted wound (Altschuler and Wippman)...
Nightmare.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5489477-american-brain-drain-is-a-colossal-self-inflicted-wound
#ScienceMatters #ScienceIsReal #antiscience
One nation race to the bottom...
Return to the Dark Ages...
Self-inflicted disaster (Krugman)...
Self-inflicted wound (Altschuler and Wippman)...
Nightmare.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5489477-american-brain-drain-is-a-colossal-self-inflicted-wound
#ScienceMatters #ScienceIsReal #antiscience
Why would anyone want to return to the Dark Ages?
https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-fluoride-kennedy-trump-science-antiscience-legislation-73af8e65f407331e8f31b2909812a004
#ScienceMatters #ScienceIsReal #antiscience #PublicHealth
https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-fluoride-kennedy-trump-science-antiscience-legislation-73af8e65f407331e8f31b2909812a004
#ScienceMatters #ScienceIsReal #antiscience #PublicHealth
AP finds hundreds of anti-science bills hit statehouses in 2025
More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year. It's part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law. An Associated Press investigation found that the wave of legislation has cropped up in most states, pushed by people with close ties to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Around 30 have been enacted or adopted. The effort would strip away protections that have been built over a century and are integral to American lives and society.
Elizabeth EilerSo frazzled - need a couple Tylenol. Trying to wrap my mind around the news that everyone who’s not MAGA is now officially a terrorist.
