David Attenborough: And here we see the bonding ritual of the modern human. Each recommends to the other a "podcast" that they enjoy.
Neither will take up the other's recommendation, or even consider it. This is something both are well aware of.
Why this ritual exists, and what it is meant to accomplish, is something that still puzzles scientists to this day.
SLIM'S ALIVE!! The team reestablished communication with the spacecraft after the Sun inched round in the sky and hit the solar panels. Wild science'ing instantly began!
I don't think #SLIM has a long lunar surface program. It is primarily a technology demonstration to test the image matching navigation (100% success) and 2-step landing (busted due to the loss of one of the two main engines). So I think the multi-band camera will snap hundreds of images while the Sun is up, and then be done.
@elizabethtasker, astrophysicist at JAXA, explains the motivation and principles behind the precision landing goals of SLIM at https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/12/21/japan/jaxa-slim-moon-mission/
"Whether for humans or robots, driving on another planet is difficult business.
The idea behind SLIM is simple: If you cannot drive to where you need to go, then you better land right next to it.
To achieve this level of accuracy, the engineers behind SLIM have used machine learning to give the spacecraft “smart eyes.”
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#SLIM
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Happy birthday to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632 – 1723), the Dutch scientist & progenitor of #microbiology known for his improvements to microscope tech. He was a draper in Delft, then a politician with an interest in lensmaking. Using his handmade #microscopes, he was 1st to observe microorganisms, which he called tiny animals, or "animalcules". He also made pioneering microscopic observations on muscle fibres, bacteria, coffee & … 🧵1/n
The key to a good band picture is for each member to pensively look in a different direction.
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #shetland #unst #hermaness #puffin #atlanticpuffin
Today I talked to the spouse of a cancer patient who is doing well on dabrafenib + trametinib combo — the former of which I helped to discover — and readers, it was one hell of an emotional moment 😭
This is why we do the thing.
It's hard for people to visualize removing tons or billions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂). I propose we talk about CO₂ removal (#CDR) like a time machine (e.g., this machine will take us back 5 minutes). For example:
Q: How far back in time does planting 100 million trees take us?
A: If one mature tree takes up an average of 25 kg of CO₂ per year, then 100 million trees will take up 2.5 MtCO₂. That's a time machine that takes us back 33 minutes and 6 seconds in a year. It's not a lot.
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