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• Post #1978997

  Bit of a clickbaity title, but still quite interesting. "…darkness can move faster than light…" #science #physics https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/darkness-can-move-faster-than-light-without-breaking-the-laws-of-physics/

• Post #1886090

  Something to think about. 🤔 “Fructose is not just another calorie,” said Richard Johnson, MD, professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz and study lead author. “It acts as a metabolic signal that promotes fat production and storage in ways that differ fundamentally from glucose.” #health #diet https://news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stories/new-report-highlights-fructose-as-a-key-driver-of-metabolic-disease

• Post #1886089

  Hear! Hear! 🤔👍 *"Computing can be so noisy these days No, I don’t want to sign up to your newsletter. No, I don’t want to create an account to read your site. (Well, I will for paid subscriptions, I guess.) No, I’m not going to create an account on your system to use my computer, or configure a router. I have a local account on the machine, and that’s just fine. … "* Read the whole thing. #enshittification https://neilzone.co.uk/2026/04/just-let-me-compute-in-peace/

• Post #1886087

  Anyone who has ever owned or worked with animals knows they have personalities. A little scientific verification is nice I suppose. #animals #ravens https://phys.org/news/2026-04-raven-personalities-survival-human-pressure.html

• Post #1886084

  Steve Brusatte talks about birds. Good stuff. #palentology #birds #nonavian_dinosaurs #extinctions **Scientists finally understand why birds were the only dinosaurs to pull through the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.** https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/asteroid-extinguished-dinosaurs-except-birds-100000521.html

• Post #1886081

  Something to monitor. The climate, she be a changin' . *Scientists from the University of Exeter found the alpine vegetation line advancing upward at rates of up to nearly seven meters per year. … the Himalaya is not a frozen monument. It is a living system responding in real time to a climate shifting faster than at any point in recorded history. The color of its peaks is one visible consequence of that ongoing change.* #climate https://indiandefencereview.com/himalayas-peaks-turning-g...