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Ira Flatow @heyira.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

At $60 a barrel, let’s hope there’s not much incentive to drill.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/11/2025

Breaking News: President Trump plans to open 1.3 billion acres of U.S. waters to drilling. It is one of Trump’s most significant steps yet to increase the production of fossil fuels, as dozens of countries have been calling for a phaseout of oil, gas and coal.

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Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling

The plan from the Interior Department is one of the president’s most significant steps yet to increase domestic fossil fuel production.

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Ira Flatow @heyira.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

1990s the Annenberg Project created video in which they interviewed all the graduating class of Harvard University and asked them why is it hot in summer than in the winter. Only two out of about 30 got it right. Physics student did not. You can find the video online.

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Ira Flatow @heyira.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

It’s amazing what the threat of a lawsuit from a major company can do to clarify your mind. especially when you have no data to hug your claim.

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Ira Flatow @heyira.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Stepped into the Wayback machine at JFK

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Ira Flatow @heyira.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

My Morning Glory was a huge vine. No flowers. What did I do wrong?

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Ira Flatow @heyira.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

So many of us remember exactly where we were and what we were doing on this date in 1963.

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Darcy Shapiro @darcyshapiro.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

It’s a throwback #FossilFriday to one of the coolest places I stopped on my move from NJ to CA: Ashfall Fossil Beds in Nebraska. 12 million years ago, the horses, rhinos, camels, and other animals there were the victims of several feet of volcanic ash (pro tip: don’t breathe it in). 🧪 #scicomm

Two fossil skeletons perfectly preserved on their sides in pale gray ash

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Michael Booth @drmikebooth.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

My fantastic office mate @clancylab.bsky.social has made nano-sized pasta, and the world has now lost its mind chemsky 🧪

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Ira Flatow @heyira.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Vanda season. 25 yo plant.

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Ira Flatow @heyira.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

If RFK can make a meaningful and lasting positive change to Medicare, he might be worth the price of admission.

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Ira Flatow @heyira.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Hi fellow Blue Skyers! My first post here. Hoping to meet and greet lots of you!

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 27/10/2023

At a news conference in his hometown Thursday evening in Lewiston, Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat who had enjoyed an A+ rating from gun rights advocates, said he regretted his past opposition to an assault weapons ban and said he would now support a ban.

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Maine congressman reverses his opposition to assault weapons ban

Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat who had enjoyed an A+ rating from gun rights advocates, said he regretted his past opposition to an assault weapons ban and said he would now support a ban.

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