Mastodawn

Zoonotic spillover is the successful transmission of a pathogenic entity—such as a virus, bacterium, or parasite—from a non-human animal reservoir into a human population. This rare but consequential event occurs when a pathogen successfully crosses the strict biological boundary between species.
#WhatIs #Zoonotic #Epidemiology #Virology #Biology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/wi03162601.html

What Is: Zoonotic Spillover

Zoonotic spillover is the biological catalyst behind nearly every major global pandemic of the last century.

t_chalco Mar 10

DrALJONES Mar 10

Interview: "Trump & Hegseth & Rubio have completely misjudged the nature of this war".

And "the lies that the American mainstream media..are telling the American people.. are putting us in jeopardy in a real substantive sense"...

"because the American people have no way of judging just how foolhardy, how stupid, how unwise, how violative of international dictum & rule this war is."

~Ret Col Lawrence Wilkerson

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/10/lawrence_wilkerson

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #News #USMediaLies #USImperialism .

Ret. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Netanyahu Could Turn to Nuclear Bombs If Iran War Escalates

As President Trump gives conflicting statements about the length and objectives of the war he launched with Israel against Iran, fears are growing that the conflict could continue to expand throughout the region and beyond. Lawrence Wilkerson, retired U.S. Army colonel and former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, says the U.S. and Israel are committing wanton “war crimes” in Iran. “We have bombed civilians relentlessly. We have bombed a school. We have bombed a hospital,” says Wilkerson, who also suggests Western media outlets are downplaying the extent of the damage in Israel and how successful Iran has been in defending itself. “This is a war with long legs. Trump has completely misinterpreted it,” says Wilkerson. “The only one who’s interpreted it correctly is Bibi Netanyahu, and I think he’s ready to use a nuclear weapon, should it become as bad as it looks like it might right now, because Iran has not even began to shoot its most sophisticated missiles.”

Democracy Now!

t_chalco Jan 15

Ars Technica Jan 15

Unnamed officials tell NYT “precise” cyber-op took out Venezuela’s power grid
NYT says US hackers were able to turn off power and then quickly turn it back on.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/unnamed-officials-tell-nyt-precise-cyber-op-took-out-venezuelas-power-grid/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

t_chalco Jan 15

Science Scholar Jan 15

“Marine darkwaves”: Hidden ocean blackouts are putting sealife at risk

Scientists have identified a newly recognized threat lurking beneath the ocean’s surface: sudden episodes of underwater darkness that can last days or even months. Caused by storms, sediment runoff, algae blooms, and murky water, these “marine darkwaves” dramatically reduce light reaching the seafloor, putting kelp forests, seagrass, and other light-dependent https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260114084115.htm

“Marine darkwaves”: Hidden ocean blackouts are putting sealife at risk

ScienceDaily

t_chalco May 22, 2025

Science Scholar May 22, 2025

eDNA system enables efficient detection of nearly all reef-building coral genera in Japan https://phys.org/news/2025-05-edna-enables-efficient-reef-coral.html #science

eDNA system enables efficient detection of nearly all reef-building coral genera in Japan

Just a few meters beneath the clear, blue waters of Okinawa, reef-building corals known as Scleractinia have quietly lived for centuries. Slowly, layer by layer, they have constructed intricate, rigid structures made of calcium carbonate to form the vibrant coral reefs of today.

Phys.org

t_chalco May 4, 2025

Science Scholar May 4, 2025

Trump’s 2026 budget proposal: Crippling cuts for science across the board https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/05/trumps-2026-budget-proposal-crippling-cuts-for-science-across-the-board/ #science

Trump’s 2026 budget proposal: Crippling cuts for science across the board

Budget document derides research and science-based policy as “woke,” “scams.”…

Ars Technica

t_chalco Mar 4, 2025

Augie Ray Mar 3, 2025

The Fed thinks things are going to get rocky fast. The Atlanta Fed has a GDPNow index that is a running estimate of real GDP growth based on available economic data for the current measured quarter. The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth in the first quarter of 2025 is -2.8 percent as of March 3. Two weeks ago, it stood above 2 percent. Musk's government cuts and Trump's tariffs are rapidly impacting the economy.

https://www.atlantafed.org/cqer/research/gdpnow