Matt Willemsen

@mattotcha
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Geologist from Wisconsin living in Japan for some decades. Always in wonder at the way the world is changing!
What really holds China and Russia together

The relationship endures despite a power imbalance, with both sides recognising that it is too important to fail.

Japan provides Britain with antiviral drug Avigan over hantavirus outbreak
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260519/p2g/00m/0na/002000c
Japan provides Britain with antiviral drug Avigan over hantavirus outbreak - The Mainichi

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has supplied Britain with the antiviral drug Avigan in an effort to protect those in close contact with people infected with ha

The Mainichi
Scientists discover 27 potential new planets that orbit two stars in solar systems far, far away
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/04/scientists-discover-27-potential-new-planets
Scientists discover 27 potential new planets that orbit two stars in solar systems far, far away

On ‘Star Wars day’, researchers more than double the number of potential known ‘circumbinary’ planets like the fictional Tatooine, home to Luke Skywalker

The Guardian
A New Atlas Reveals Hidden Details of The Human Body Like Never Before
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-human-organ-atlas-reveals-the-human-body-in-unprecedented-detail
A New Atlas Reveals Hidden Details of The Human Body Like Never Before

A pioneering project has revealed the human body like never before, from entire organs down to cellular structures, with unprecedented precision on the scale of a single micron – about 50 times thinner than a strand of human hair.

ScienceAlert
This Tiny Creature Survived a World of Dinosaurs and Changed What Came Next
https://scitechdaily.com/this-tiny-creature-survived-a-world-of-dinosaurs-and-changed-what-came-next/
This Tiny Creature Survived a World of Dinosaurs and Changed What Came Next

This tiny dinosaur-era mammal may hold the secret to surviving Earth’s worst extinction.

SciTechDaily
Scientists Keep Finding Major Discoveries Lurking in Museum Backrooms
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-keep-finding-major-discoveries-lurking-in-museum-backrooms
Scientists Keep Finding Major Discoveries Lurking in Museum Backrooms

Museums are among the most expansive resources humans have created.

ScienceAlert
This is Kiersley Kritz. She’s 17 and has been missing for over a week.
Posts like this are not “just another share.” They expand the search beyond police and into real neighborhoods, timelines, and conversations. That’s how people get found.
Take a second. Share her face. Keep her visible.
Tips: Anchorage Police Department (3-1-1, option #1) or 907-786-8900 | Anonymous: Anchorage Crime Stoppers
Case #26-10554 #Missing #Alaska #MissingTeen
Ice core reveals longest-ever continuous record of Earth’s climate https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01523-7
Ice core reveals longest-ever continuous record of Earth’s climate

Data from Antarctica could help to solve the mystery of why ice ages were so brutal.

My actual thesis: 50 years of relentless neoliberalism have convinced far too many people to believe the notion "other people aren't real"

https://metro.co.uk/2026/05/13/hantavirus-brit-found-italian-bar-rather-quarantining-28358624/

Hantavirus Brit, in 60s, found in Italian bar instead of in quarantine

A British tourist has been detained by authorities and quarantined after being caught in a Milan bar.

Metro