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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Planetary scientist and science communicator Carl Sagan was born on this day in 1934. He's pictured here front of a Viking lander mockup. He helped plan the Viking missions and was a tireless promoter of the Viking program and other planetary exploration.
Happy Birthday, Astronaut Collins!
Grandkids takeover! Happy 90th! Looking good! Thanks for your wisdom, support, and all the fun adventures!
Greta Thunberg
”That we live in a post-truth society today, and that we don't care, that we have lost empathy. We have stopped caring for each other in a way. We have stopped thinking long-term and sustainable. And that's something that goes much deeper than just climate crisis deniers.”
”But I mean the climate crisis is not the only problem here. It is just a symptom of a larger crisis. Like the loss of biodiversity, acidification of the oceans, and loss of fertile soil, and so on. And these things will not just be solved by stopping our emissions of greenhouse gases. The earth is a very complex system. If you take one thing and put it out of balance then that will have an impact on things beyond our comprehension. And that goes for equality as well. Humans are part of nature, and if we are not doing well, then nature is not doing well, because we are nature.”
A few days ago I spoke to @natgeo National Geographic. Wet plate photo by @balkowitsch , taken on Standing Rock, North Dakota, USA.
CBS News
An endangered Przewalski's horse was created from cells that had sat frozen at the San Diego Zoo for 40 years.
Greta Thunberg
The movie I Am Greta will premiere today in cinemas across the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Next Friday also Italy and Mexico. Many more dates and regions to follow.
And just to be clear once again: I - nor anyone in connection to me - have or will not receive any payment for this. B-Reel Films will dedicate half of the film's revenues to my foundation and all of that will be donated to organizations and projects fighting for a sustainable world, defending nature and supporting people already facing the worst impacts of the climate- and ecological crisis.
Clayton C. Anderson
Our universe is huge, that tiny spec under Saturn's rings is Earth!
Greta Thunberg
It’s deeply unfair that students of India are asked to sit national exams during the Covid-19 pandemic and while millions have also been impacted by the extreme floods.
I stand with their call to #PostponeJEE_NEETinCOVID
Greta Thunberg
My gap year from school is over, and it feels so great to finally be back in school again!
Greta Thunberg
Greetings from Berlin!
Государственный Эрмитаж. The State Hermitage museum. Official page.
Представление 3D-модели древней Пальмиры
20 августа 2020 года в Санкт-Петербурге была представлена завершенная 3D-модель древней Пальмиры, являющаяся самой точной и детальной цифровой моделью современного состояния памятника в мире, созданной Институтом истории материальной культуры Российской академии наук (ИИМК РАН).
Для создания трехмерной цифровой модели состояния памятника и фиксации полученных им повреждений в результате действий боевиков террористической группировки ИГИЛ (запрещена в России), в 2016 и 2019 годах Институтом истории материальной культуры Российской академии наук (ИИМК РАН) под руководством заместителя директора ИИМК РАН Натальи Соловьевой были проведены экспедиции, участие в которых принимали сотрудники Государственного Эрмитажа и военные топографы.
Фотофиксацией архитектурных остатков храма Бела с целью уточнения создаваемой ими трехмерной модели храма в 2019 году занимались сотрудники Архитектурной мастерской Максима Атаянца. Обеспечивали съёмку специалисты ГК «Беспилотные системы».
Камеральные работы по построению 3D-модели по данным экспедиций проведены сотрудниками ИИМК РАН и группой компаний Geoscan.
Деятельность двух экспедиций позволила получить высокоточные метрические трехмерные модели местности и расположенных на ней памятников архитектуры – храма Бэла, храма Баалшамина, триумфальной арки, колонны Зенобии, некрополей и Погребальной башни, лагеря Диоклетиана, крепости Фахр-Ад-Дина и Археологического музея Тадмора, а также документально зафиксировать все разрушения и повреждения. Съемки выявили многочисленные ямы грабительских раскопок и окопы.
В этот день не имеющая аналогов в мире 3D-модель древней Пальмиры была передана в Департамент древностей и музеев Сирийской Арабской Республике для возможности восстановления в будущем с помощью новых технологий.
Трансляцию события смотрите в специальном выпуске программы «Время суток» на телеканале «Санкт-Петербург»
https://topspb.tv/programs/releases/101256/
С 3D-моделью древней Пальмиры можно ознакомиться на специальном сайте https://palmyra-3d.online
Physics & Astrophysics
This is jupiter as captured by Nasa's Juno orbiter..😯😯..
March for Science
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Sarah Cruddas
Look Up: Our story with the stars
WITH FOREWORD BY APOLLO 11 ASTRONAUT MICHAEL COLLINS
It is truly the greatest honor of my professional life to share this cover with you @astromichaelcollins
I am beyond humble and grateful and cannot wait to share your story and your words.
Thank you for everything you have done to in advance humanity in space and where we are capable of going. Everything we do in space is owed to the achievements you and our first space explorers made.
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It was looking up at the moon as a child which inspired my lifelong love of space. I never thought for one second I would one day share a book cover which such a giant of exploration. Here’s to outward bound. #LookUp
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Greta Thunberg
Please help the millions affected by the flooding in India and Bangladesh!
Countless people, particularly in the Global South, are already suffering the devastating impacts of the climate crisis.
Millions of people in South Asia have been severely affected by recent flooding, at a time when many had already lost so much from Covid-19 and Cyclone Amphan.
In India, more than 6.8 million people have been affected by recent severe monsoon floods. Meanwhile, close to one third of Bangladesh is already suffering flooding, with 2.8 million people affected. Although floods occur annually in these areas, the climate crisis is increasing their frequency and intensity, with current flooding among the worst in years.
This flooding has also come during a period of overlapping crises facing communities in India and Bangladesh. In March, Cyclone Amphan destroyed crops, infrastructure and more than 260,000 homes in both countries, while a Covid-19 lockdown has contributed to over a third of Bangladesh's population dropping under the poverty line.
My foundation will therefore donate €100.000 (from the prize money received from the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity) to these NGOs - working tirelessly and in desperate need of funds for flood relief work in India and Bangladesh - BRAC, Goonj, Action Aid India and Action Aid Bangladesh.
International media are largely ignoring this devastation, but we must do everything possible to directly support those suffering on the ground, who are in desperate need of resources. I am incredibly privileged to be in a position to be able to donate such sums of money through my foundation, and we are supporting these organisations to make sure it reaches communities affected by the flooding as soon as possible. If you are able, please consider donating to the relief effort. Visit their websites for details. Even the smallest amount can help.
(Photo: Al Jazeera )
Nobel Prize
“I woke up early in the morning and sat in the park. It was a beautiful day and the flowers were blooming."
In 1951 Charles Townes sat on a park bench and came up with the theory that would lead to the laser. He was born on this day in 1915.
PNAS
One of the world's top multidisciplinary science journals established in 1914.
PNAS is one of the world's most-cited multidisciplinary scientific serials.
A tour of Mississippi: Infiniti Science Center's Saturn V | Mississippi Today
Take a tour of Mississippi with Marshall Ramsey and download a coloring sheet of the first stage of the mighty Saturn V moon rocket located at the Infiniti Science Center.
Greta Thunberg
School strike week 101. The climate crisis doesn’t go on summer holiday, so we keep on protesting.
#climatestrikeonline #StayAtHome #fridaysforfuture #schoolstrike4climate #flattenthecurve
Nobel Prize
On this day in 1986, the first genetically altered vaccine for humans was approved by the Food and Drug Administration. This opened a new era for vaccine production.
The new vaccine was intended to protect humans from infection by the hepatitis B virus. It was developed partly by Nobel Laureate Baruch Blumberg, who shared the 1976 Medicine Prize for the discovery of the cause of Hepatitis B infection.
Since then, the vaccine against the disease has helped saved the lives of millions.
Read more about it the article from 24 July 1986 in The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/24/us/us-approves-a-genetically-altered-vaccine.html
Greta Thunberg
”They are still denying the fact and ignoring the fact that we are facing a climate emergency, and the climate crisis has still not once been treated as a crisis”
#FaceTheClimateEmergency
The Kangaroo Sanctuary Alice Springs
Our buddy Mid feeding sweet Cindy-Lou 🍼🧡
Largest meteorite in Germany discovered after sitting for decades in garden | DW | 15.07.2020
The out-of-this-world find is being hailed as a "scientific sensation." The meteorite was first dug up in 1989 and sat in a garden for decades before the homeowner shared his unusual rock with researchers.
Science and Philosophy
Join us every Friday as we journey into the question "What is science?" Educational content will be posted weekly or biweekly on science, philosophy, and where they are linked. Also, interviews with philosophers and scientists will be periodically posted.
The 1918 Pandemic | https://hekint.org/2020/04/06/the-1918-pandemic-the-collective-story-versus-the-personal-narrative/
What remains is the persistent question of why there is a dearth of literary texts about the 1918 pandemic. The answer may be that the virus was both horrendous and completely ordinary.
Greta Thunberg
School strike week 100!
100 weeks ago I never would have believed that I’d still be doing this today...
Since then, a lot has happened. Many millions have taken to the streets to continue the decades-long and never-ending fight for climate- and environmental justice.
But since then, the world has also emitted over 80Gt of CO2.
We have lost yet another 2 crucial years to inaction, and the climate- and ecological crisis has still never once been treated as a crisis. The changes and level of awareness needed are still nowhere in sight.
These are historical times, what we do or don’t do right now will define the rest of our lives as well as the lives of our children and grandchildren. So spend your time wisely.
We all have a role to play, but the bigger your platform the bigger your responsibility. And the bigger your carbon footprint the bigger your moral duty. It’s time to #FaceTheClimateEmergency
And remember; no one is too small to make a difference
#fridaysforfuture #StayAtHome
Michael Collins
Today marks the 51st anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11! Wow!
📷: Tiziou News Service
Buzz Aldrin
As I continue reflecting on the upcoming 51st anniversary of #Apollo11, I look back at our last news conference before heading to the Moon – those are faces of pure excitement!
Nobel Prize
On 14 July 1867, Alfred Nobel demonstrated dynamite for the first time at the Merstham Quarry, Surrey in southern England.
In May 1867, Nobel took out a British patent for dynamite. The demonstration in July took place in order to convince authorities and potential users of dynamite's safety. During this demonstration Nobel set fire to sticks of dynamite, threw packets of the explosives from a cliff, and detonated it in various ways to demonstrate both what it could do and its safety.
SIPRI
In this SIPRI Topical Backgrounder, Virginie Baudais discusses the recent protests in Bamako, Mali🇲🇱, and the capacity of the regime to deal with fragmented territorial sovereignty and contested political space:
Nobel Prize
On this day in 1923, Albert Einstein delivered his Nobel Lecture to the Nordic Assembly of Naturalists in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Einstein was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his many contributions to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.
Read Einstein's full Nobel Lecture:https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/einstein-lecture.pdf
NASA Releases Amazing New High-Definition Photos of Jupiter
High-resolution space photography gives us the clearest view of Jupiter yet, and it’s beautiful! After four years and nearly 500 million miles of traveling, NASA’s spacecraft Juno finally reached Jupiter’s atmosphere in 2016 and has been taking awesome photos ever since. Over the last few mont...
NPR
In a new statement made jointly with teachers unions, the American Academy of Pediatrics is now saying that "science and community circumstances must guide decision-making."
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
#TBT to the Hudson Riverfront in 1888. The finishing touches are being applied to the Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge, which would be the longest in the world upon its opening, and later named both a National Historic Landmark and National Landmark of Civil Engineering. #HudsonValley #History #ILoveNY
Nobel Prize
Have you heard about the Cherenkov effect?
In certain media the speed of light is lower than in a vacuum and particles can travel faster than light. One result of this was discovered in 1934 by Pavel Cherenkov, when he saw a bluish light around a radioactive preparation placed in water. Igor Tamm and Il´ja Frank explained the phenomenon in 1937. On their way through a medium, charged particles disturb electrons in the medium. When these resume their position, they emit light. Normally this does not produce any light that can be observed, but if the particle moves faster than light, a kind of backwash of light appears.
The three Soviet scientists Pavel Cherenkov, Il´ja Frank and Igor Tamm were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1958 "for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect."
This was the first time the Physics Prize was awarded to Soviet scientists.
Learn more: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1958/summary/
Photo: Advanced Test Reactor core, Idaho National Laboratory.
Nobel Prize
It was said that Charlie Chaplin was the only person in Hollywood Albert Einstein wanted to meet. In 1931, he got his chance to talk to the actor at the premiere of the film 'City Lights'.
Einstein: "What I most admire about your art, is your universality. You don’t say a word, yet the world understands you!"
Chaplin: "True. But your glory is even greater! The whole world admires you, even though they don’t understand a word of what you say."
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