Who says all news is bad news? @sciencefocus challenges us to not smile at the year’s best feel-good stories from the science world. “City Killer Asteroid Probably Won’t Hit Earth” is a good one to start with. Read on:

https://flip.it/yBBvrE

#Science #ScienceNews #2025inreview

Exercise is one of the best things we can do for a healthy heart. And yet, many athletes are at greater risk of having an irregular heartbeat. @ScienceAlert has more, including how too much of a good thing can be unhealthy:

https://flip.it/zBFSSS

#Science #Health #Humans #Athlete

Complex Life May Be a Billion Years Older Than We Thought
https://www.sciencealert.com/complex-life-may-be-a-billion-years-older-than-we-thought?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Nature @nature-ScienceAlert

Let's take a moment to remember the guy who made sure we don't have to change Every Goddamn Clock today, David L. Mills, creator of Network Time Protocol (NTP) who passed last year.

My wristwatch is synced to my phone, which is synced to the internet, which knows that time it is right now thanks to David Mills. Cheers to his memory 🥃

https://cse.engin.umich.edu/stories/remembering-alum-david-mills-who-brought-the-internet-into-perfect-time//

#DST #NTP #FOSS

Why NASA's Starliner astronauts spent 9 months in space on a 10-day mission: A timeline
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/international-space-station/why-nasas-starliner-astronauts-spent-9-months-in-space-on-a-10-day-mission-a-timeline?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Space.com @space-com-Spacecom

A robot taught these birds a long-lost birdsong
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/robotic-tutor-singing-birds-study?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Animals @animals-NationalGeographic

Your daily dose of dutch art by Vincent van Gogh.

Almond Blossom (1890)

In museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Dimensions: height 74cm, width 92cm.

#art #dutchart #vanGogh #impressionism #19thCentury

If you're looking for a server to join or move to, it's best to pick from a human-curated list:

- The official Mastodon site's server list is at https://joinmastodon.org/servers and its requirements for being listed are at https://joinmastodon.org/covenant

- I run an unofficial server list at https://fedi.garden and its requirements are at https://fedi.garden/about-this-site

It's a bad idea to use automated non-curated server lists as they do not have requirements, so they may contain unreliable or unsafe servers.

Earth's Magnetic North Pole Is Officially Moving – Scientists Just Updated Its Location
https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-magnetic-north-pole-is-officially-moving-scientists-just-updated-its-location?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into ScienceAlert @sciencealert-ScienceAlert

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