I guess it's great that 46% of scientists have joined other social-media platforms following Twitters self-destruction (though lol, for LinkedIn being the 2nd most frequently joined one 😂). But only 7% have stopped using Twitter altogether? That's quite depressing!

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0

The first research study testing the absorbent qualities of menstrual products with actual blood was published... last week.

Literally, last week. Previous testing tended to use liquids such as saline or water.

Let's take a look and see what they found...

A lot of people still think about Covid as a wash your hands and socially distance kind of thing.

Chances of getting Covid from touching something is near zero and we're far more likely to catch it from someone we can't see because it can stay in the air for a long time, drift long distances, and remain potent long after a contagious person is gone (as much as 2 hours).

This is why improving ventilation is one of the most important things you can do to reduce risks of infection for yourself and people around you. With good air flow, an infectious person is less dangerous. Infected air is diluted and can't linger to keep infecting.

I took a variety of CO2 readings to estimate indoor air quality. Based on these readings, places I wouldn't want to be unmasked would be: house gatherings, offices, meeting rooms, conventions, public transit, a plane, funerals.

Places that may not be as risky as originally believed are: supermarkets, pharmacies, and restaurants.

#Covid #CO2 #Aranet4

“It’s just an unbelievable summer,” said Peter Gleick, a climate scientist and senior fellow at the Pacific Institute. “It’s the kind of extreme weather that we climate scientists have been warning about for decades—it just now seems to be happening everywhere, all at once.”
#climate
#water

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/11/climate-change-critical-infrastructure-heat-flood-energy-transportation-housing/

There are an awful lot of "cursed maidens" in German folklore, usually adjcacent to some large amounts of treasure.

#Germany #folktale #folklore @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/three-maidens-25966611

August 9, 1915, birthday of geologist Mareta N. West.
In 1940 she worked as one of few female oil geologist at the time. She was the first woman hired by the American Geological Service in Arizona. As an astrogeologist at NASA, she was responsible for choosing the landing site of Apollo 11 🚀🌙

https://www.celestis.com/participants-testimonials/mareta-n-west/?fbclid=IwAR1kHZbtXZLJAC111Oh9mqvqhdc86g3LzRAC96I6yGiU3wLun5WljtrHMmo