David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 23/09/2026🧪 #food #green #electricity #conservation #farmingnewscientist.comHow turning electricity directly into food could help save the planet | New ScientistFarming is one of the most destructive human activities. Columnist Michael Le Page is excited about developments in electro-ag, in which we can instead turn renewable electricity directly into food 0126
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 14/07/2026More amazing animal friendships here.books.google.comUnlikely FriendshipsIt is exactly like Isaiah 11:6: “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid . . . ” Written by National Geographic magazine writer Jennifer Holland, Unlikely ... 000
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 12/07/2026#Einstein #relativity #physics #spooky 🧪livescience.comWas Einstein wrong about anything?Albert Einstein is regarded as a genius, but even he admitted that his work wasn't perfect. So what did he get wrong? 182
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 10/07/2026The title says it all. Article requires a subscription but you can get a 90 day trial for $1. 🧪 #relativity #gravity #Einstein #physicsscientificamerican.comScientists just confirmed Einstein’s greatest theory—againA best-yet measurement of one of general relativity’s most mind-boggling effects is “another feather in Einstein’s cap” 132
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 30/05/2026#energy #hydrogen #clean #environment 🧪 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...sciencedaily.comScientists discover massive natural hydrogen source beneath CanadaScientists in Canada have discovered that ancient underground rocks are naturally producing hydrogen gas — and lots of it. Measurements from mine boreholes in Ontario show the gas can flow continuousl... 4126
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 10/05/2026#solar #water #renewable #energy 🧪 www.bgr.com/2163848/aust...bgr.comAustralia's Floating Solar Array Is Doing A Lot More Than Generating Electricity - BGRFloating solar arrays are an increasingly popular solution to rising energy needs, but it turns out they're also good at reducing water evaporation. 53216
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 08/05/2026#probability Unfortunately behind a paywall but can be viewed for free if you sign up for email newsletters and offers. 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...scientificamerican.com‘Missing scientists’ mystery can be explained by the statistics of improbabilityStatistical principles show you don’t need a nefarious plot to explain clusters of missing scientists and lab workers 131
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 04/05/2026#renewable #energy #AC 🧪 www.bgr.com/2160481/sust...bgr.comNot A Fan, Not AC: This Cheap Cooling System Works Without Using Electricity - BGRScientists from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology have discovered a method that uses ammonium nitrate to empower efficient cooling. 123
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 03/03/2026🧪 #conservation #energy #cooling www.domain.com.au/living/can-a...domain.com.auMicroscopic marine plants could be the answer to air-conditioningAustralian researchers at Murdoch Unversity's Algae Innovation Hub have designed panels filled with microalgae which can help reduce the heat in our homes 032
Reposted by David LaneMichele Lane @lifecoach4u.bsky.social · 28/02/2026#DMT #Depression #hope “encouraging results from trials of psilocybin for depression,possibility psychedelic-assisted treatments could eventually gain regulatory approval Finally hope of meaningful relief from a SingleSupervised session offers cautious optimism” www.optimistdaily.com/2026/02/sing...optimistdaily.comSingle dose of DMT shows promise for treatment-resistant depression in early clinical trial | The Optimist DailyA small trial finds one dose of DMT, paired with psychotherapy, may significantly reduce depression symptoms for months. 001
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 20/12/2025#solar #environment #agriculture #energy 🧪 “ … scientists have discovered that, by placing solar panels at least eight meters (about 26 feet) apart, they can optimize both crop production and electricity generation”thecooldown.comScientists make groundbreaking discovery about crops grown near solar panels: 'A significant impact'One of the key challenges of agrivoltaic projects has been limiting the impact of shade on crops grown near solar panels. 25626
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 04/12/2025#energy #geothermal #AI 🧪 www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...technologyreview.comHow AI is uncovering hidden geothermal energy resourcesZanskar used AI tools to identify a site that could host a commercial power plant. 031
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 01/12/2025#Battery #recycle #energy #environment #EV 🧪world-today-journal.comBattery Recycling Breakthrough: New Tech for Sustainable Recovery - World Today Journal(Dr. Helena Fischer, Content Strategist & SEO Expert) 0115
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 29/11/2025#energy #solar #photosynthesis #environment 🧪bgr.comScientists Achieved Infinite Clean Energy Through Artificial Photosynthesis - BGRA team of scientists out of Cambridge have developed a new form of artificial photosynthesis, which could be a solution to our fossil fuel problems. 0207
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 04/11/2025#cancer #nir #light-based #led 🧪wired.comA New Light-Based Cancer Treatment Kills Tumor Cells and Spares Healthy OnesBy combining LED technology and nanomaterials, researchers have created a therapy that eliminates cancer cells using localized heat without damaging healthy tissue. 36022
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 09/10/2025#evolution #language #birds #cross-species #brood #parasites 🧪apple.newsBirds Make an Alarm Call That Spans Species and Continents—and May Offer Insight Into the Evolution of Human Language — Smithsonian MagazineMore than 20 species make a nearly identical noise to warn nearby birds of brood parasites, a behavior that bridges the “sharp division between animal communication systems and human language” 1539
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 08/10/2025🧪 #pfas #water #eco-friendly #chemicals news.rice.edu/news/2025/ri... 010
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Very sorry to hear of Jane Goodall’s passing. Her scientific contributions and her work as a conservationist are extraordinary. #goodall #chimpanzee #conservation #primatology 🧪 Gift articlenytimes.comJane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 113826
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 23/09/2025#stroke #AI 🧪optimistdaily.comAI tool speeds up stroke care across England, tripling recovery rates | The Optimist DailyNew NHS AI tool cuts stroke treatment time by 60 minutes and boosts recovery rates—now available at all stroke centres across England. 1104
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 22/09/2025🧪 #fertilizer #agriculture #environment #chemicals #CRISPR “In low-nitrogen tests, the edited plants stayed greener, captured more sunlight, and produced bigger harvests. Roots from those plants also released more apigenin, which lined up with the extra biofilm growth around them.”thecooldown.comResearchers unlock hidden plant ability that could eliminate harmful chemicals from farming: 'Savings of more than a billion dollars'A new nitrogen-fixing genetic tweak could help wheat fertilize itself, potentially saving farmers over a billion dollars every year. 0156
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 19/09/2025🧪 From Wikipedia: The Ig Nobel Prize (/ˌɪɡ noʊˈbɛl/) is a satirical prize awarded annually. Its aim is to "honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think." The name of the award is a pun on the Nobel Prize, which it parodies, and on the word "ignoble". #comedy #Nobelyoutu.beThe 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Ceremony (2025) FULL SHOWYouTube video by Improbable Research 33814
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Great promise here. We’ll see how it plays out. 🧪 #genetic #enginering #co2 #wood #material #environmentearth.comScientists create 'super wood' from gene-edited trees and claim it will change everythingGenetically engineered wood from poplar trees offers eco-friendly strength without chemical processing, revolutionizing construction. 3438782
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 05/09/2025#lithium #chemistry #water #environment 🧪newscientist.comSun-powered device extracts lithium without wrecking the environmentAn experimental new method for extracting lithium from brine and even seawater promises to be more sustainable than existing methods 1029997
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 25/08/2025#history #neurogenesis #mars #plastic 🧪scientificamerican.comScience Thought Nerves Couldn’t Heal. It Thought Mars Had Canals. It Thought Plastic Was Eco-Friendly. Then It Thought AgainIn honor of SciAm’s 180th birthday, we’re spotlighting the biggest “wait, what?” moments in science history. 4101
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Excellent thorough explication of the faulty experimental designs, faulty statistical analyses, faulty logic, and serious biases used to argue vaccinations cause autism. Great material for anyone teaching research methods or statistics. 🧪 #vaccine, #autism, #research, #p-hacking, #Geiernytimes.comOpinion | The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism (Gift Article)Data can easily be manipulated to show causation that doesn’t exist. 29341
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Low levels of lithium may play a role in memory decline. 🧪 #memory #Alzheimer #lithium “We found that when we administered lithium orotate to aging mice [that had] started losing their memory, the lithium orotate actually reverted their memory to the young adult, six-month level,” wapo.st/45FbUHxwapo.stResearch on reversing Alzheimer’s reveals lithium as potential keyYears of investigation by scientists at Harvard has revealed that lithium is deeply involved in Alzheimer’s disease, a finding that could lead to new treatments. 171
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Great potential for energy storage. Important for #solar and #wind energy. 🧪popularmechanics.comScientists Are Turning the Earth Beneath Our Feet Into a Giant BatteryA new technology known as Geochemical Energy Storage (GES) could provide months-long storage for renewable energy, increasing grid reliability. 1111
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 28/07/2025“…potential contact with approaching infectious avatars, activate the salience network, as measured with psychophysics, electroencephalography and functional magnetic resonance imaging.” 🧪 #immune #infectiontheguardian.comSight of someone potentially infectious causes immune response, research suggestsScientists use VR headsets to see how participants react to faces of people showing signs of viral infections 140
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Fascinating story of #Toxoplasma gondii and how it affects the brains of #rats (and humans). Rats become attracted to #cat urine increasing the chance they are eaten by a cat. An infected cat can spread the #parasite to other animals. 🧪 www.sciencefocus.com/news/cat-par...sciencefocus.comThis cat-borne parasite could be causing you to make bad decisions. Here's how | BBC Science Focus MagazineThe parasite hijacks our brain chemistry and can lead to both rage and risk-taking 1819260
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Using sharks to monitor water temperatures in the Atlantic to predict hurricanes. #hurricanes #sharks #weather #ocean 🧪 wapo.st/4lNSDtowapo.stWhere will the next big hurricane hit? Ask the sharks.Researchers are equipping sharks with sensors that may help predict the power and path of Atlantic hurricanes. 47517
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Cultural knowledge passed on by #crows is demonstrated again. #animal intelligence #birds #culture #learning 🧪 Crows are known to be very intelligent and that they spread their knowledge was discovered over 100 years ago. This most recent observation is fascinating. wapo.st/4lW4i9Dwapo.stOpinion | Attack of the clever crowsWhat we can learn from the fish crows’ assault on our outdoor cushions. 914629
Reposted by David LaneStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 19/06/2025What happens when NIH is under threat? 📉 Fewer clinical trials. 💔 No new treatments for cancer, rare diseases. And long-term? We surrender our global leadership in biomedical research. NIHers risked everything to speak out, b/c the stakes are life and death. Stand with them here⬇️ zurl.co/OArEE 418558
Reposted by David LaneWIRED @wired.com · 08/06/2025Atkinson’s gleeful brilliance helped people draw on computer screens and access information via links. www.wired.com/story/bill-a...wired.comBill Atkinson, Macintosh Pioneer and Inventor of Hypercard, Dies at 74Atkinson’s gleeful brilliance helped people draw on computer screens and access information via links. 1335868
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 07/06/2025🧪 Just found this quote from 1791. As true today as ever. “You count on the force of truth; but truth is all-powerful only over minds accustomed to recognize it and cherish its noble accents.” —Marquis de Condorcet 36415
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 01/06/2025#crispr #spiders 🧪 futurism.com/scientists-g...futurism.comScientists Gene-Hack Spider to Produce Bright-Red SilkResearchers used gene-editing technique CRISPR to modify the DNA sequences of house spiders, causing them to produce red fluorescent silk. 1124
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 01/06/2025#crispr #biology #gene 🧪 www.popularmechanics.com/science/heal...popularmechanics.comScientists Edited Genes Inside a Living Person for the First Time—and Saved His LifeWith grim prognosis hanging overhead, doctors and scientists at universities and institutions across the U.S. worked tirelessly to develop the world’s first custom gene-editing therapy to save the lif... 0418
Reposted by David LaneStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 01/05/2025🚨 URGENT RESPONSE CALL 🚨 The NIH just withdrew from Safe to Sleep®—a campaign that helped cut SIDS deaths by 50%. This quiet decision will cost babies’ lives. We need noise. Fast. Here’s what to do ➡️🧵(1/3) www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...statnews.comNIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deathsNIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep 3183114
Reposted by David LaneMichele Lane @lifecoach4u.bsky.social · 24/04/2025#bonobos #female #coalitions how females protect themselves by forming coalitions wapo.st/4cMxVpN “This study could provide insight how women build power to better protect ourselves from male violence by forming & maintaining coalitions,or alliances,with 1 another, just like our bonobo cousins.”wapo.stThese female apes found a way to limit male aggressionFor decades it had been a mystery how female Bonobos, cousins to humans, claim higher positions than males in their troop hierarchy. 031
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Fascinating finding: a #placebo is effective even if the recipient knows it has no active ingredients. This has been found before so it is very unlikely to be a fluke. 🧪 #pain #relief www.newscientist.com/article/2473...newscientist.comFake pills ease PMS symptoms even when you know they're placebosWomen with premenstrual syndrome reported big improvements in their symptoms after taking placebo pills, despite knowing they did not contain any active ingredients 070
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 25/03/2025#Genetically modified bacteria turn a houseplant into a #natural air #purifier #Indoor #pollution #VOC 🧪 www.fastcompany.com/91300603/neo...fastcompany.comThese genetically engineered houseplants are 30 times better at clearing toxinsFrench biotech startup Neoplants is genetically engineering soil bacteria and houseplants to metabolize pollutants. 2143
Reposted by David LaneMichele Lane @lifecoach4u.bsky.social · 25/03/2025#Animals #cuteness “Cuteness evokes + feelings happiness & warmth stimulating instinct to care for it” “care for our young helps species survive” “release dopamine, a neurotransmitter:feelings of pleasure,reinforces +emotional response towards cute things.” www.verywellmind.com/the-psycholo...verywellmind.comThe Psychology of Cuteness and Why We're Drawn to The AdorableMost of the things we regard as cute resemble human babies. Maybe we’re all just exercising our human drive to be nurturers, or maybe it's something else. 011
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 21/03/2025🧪 #Kanzi #bonobo #language www.livescience.com/animals/bono...livescience.com'Bonobo genius' Kanzi, who could understand English and play Minecraft, dies at 44The bonobo Kanzi, who learned to make stone tools, play Minecraft and communicate at the level of a 2-year-old human, has died. 4348
Reposted by David LaneAndrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 20/03/2025I’ve long used FiveThirtyEight’s interactive “Hack Your Way To Scientific Glory” to illustrate the idea of p-hacking when I teach statistics. But ABC/Disney killed the site earlier this month :( So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/ 571468434
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Today is the #vernal #equinox in the northern hemisphere. 🧪 www.cbsnews.com/news/first-d...cbsnews.comThe first day of spring 2025 is today. Here's what to know about the vernal equinox.The first day of spring, also known as the vernal equinox, has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere on March 20, 2025. 062
Reposted by David LaneMichael Friendly @datavisfriendly.bsky.social · 14/03/2025📊 #psy6135 #rstats Today's topic: Visualizing Uncertainty Topics: Visualizing distributions, Error bars, Bayesian stuff, fitted curves, ... Thx to @elibryan.bsky.social, @mjskay.com, @clauswilke.com, @cedricscherer.com and other folks I stole from. 💻 Slides-- friendly.github.io/6135/lecture... 29529
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 15/03/2025🧪 A story of someone who developed amazing artistic ability after developing progressive #aphasia. Previously she hadn’t shown any artistic ability. www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda... Reminiscent of the man who became a #mathematical marvel after #brain #damage. psycnet.apa.org/record/2014-...thetimes.comShe had no artistic talent — until dementia changed her brainDylan Sullivan, a judge from California, has primary progressive aphasia but as she lost her language she began to express herself in a different way 073
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Excellent discussion/explainer of #pi and irrational numbers. 🧪 Perfect for pi #day. www.wired.com/story/cant-w...wired.comCan’t Wrap Your Head Around Pi? Here’s a Cool Visual to HelpPi is an irrational number, and like some irrational people it just goes on and on. What is it with this crazy, crucial number? 080
David Lane @dml125.bsky.social · 09/03/2025🧪 #Trauma #psilocybin #brain #injury #treatment www.sciencealert.com/psilocybin-p...sciencealert.comPsilocybin Put Rat Brains 'Back Together' After Mild Head TraumaScientists are investigating whether the psychedelic ingredient in magic mushrooms can put a brain 'back together' after head injuries. 0247