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The Lowdown On Science & Health @tldonscience.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
An abandoned SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage rocket is expected to crash into the moon today at 6:35 UTC. Moving at roughly 5,400 mph, it’ll leave a crater with a diameter of around 17m near Einstein Crater.
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The Lowdown On Science & Health @tldonscience.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
World Health Organisation Chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus heads to the DR Congo to oversee its recent Ebola outbreak: "Ebola is back. Ituri province is bearing the brunt."
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The Lowdown On Science & Health @tldonscience.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Africa CDC raises concerns over new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province as it claims 65 lives and 246 suspected cases recorded so far.
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The Lowdown On Science & Health @tldonscience.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Researchers at Columbia Climate School have discovered why Earth’s upper stratosphere cools whilst surface temperatures rise up. They cite a "Goldilocks zone" that widens as CO2 concentrations rise, allowing for cool efficiency.
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The Lowdown On Science & Health @tldonscience.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Asteroid 2026 JH2 (measuring between 50-100ft) will pass with 56,000 miles of Earth on Monday. It will be 4.5 times closer to the Earth than the Moon, but poses no impact threat.
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The Lowdown On Science & Health @tldonscience.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) has been officially renamed to Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) with experts citing the old name as misleading and inaccurately suggesting that ovarian cysts are a defining feature.
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The Lowdown On Science & Health @tldonscience.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
⏪| 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 1661 - Johannes Hevelius observes the third transit of Mercury ever to be seen from his observatory in Danzig (Gdańsk). (365 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺.)
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