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**"Animals may have evolved some 300 million years earlier than we thought."**This is an extraordinary claim! More research is...

**"Animals may have evolved some 300 million years earlier than we thought."**
This is an extraordinary claim! More research is needed. 👩‍🔬🤔
https://nautil.us/in-search-of-the-first-animals-1205327/

Materials science is key to the long-term survival of the human species.More of this...

Materials science is key to the long-term survival of the human species.
More of this please.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/chemistry/super-metal-handles-extremes/

What is intelligence … really? What is cognition? Scientists and philosophers have been trying to define these concepts for … well, for...

What is intelligence … really? What is cognition? Scientists and philosophers have been trying to define these concepts for … well, for as long as there have been scientists and philosophers.
Over at Noema, Sally Adee takes a deep dive—long but worth the time IMHO.
https://www.noemamag.com/a-radical-new-proposal-for-how-mind-emerges-from-matter/

Generative AI is going to be inserted into military decision chains and there isn't a damn thing you can to about it.It is okay to be...

Generative AI is going to be inserted into military decision chains and there isn't a damn thing you can to about it.
It is okay to be afraid.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/15/1115078/phase-two-of-military-ai-has-arrived/

Ankylosaur Footprints found in North America."For the first time, footprints of armored dinosaurs with tail clubs have been identified,...

Ankylosaur Footprints found in North America.

"For the first time, footprints of armored dinosaurs with tail clubs have been identified, following discoveries made in the Canadian Rockies. The 100-million-year-old fossilized footprints were found at sites at both Tumbler Ridge, BC, and northwestern Alberta."
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-footprints-tail-clubbed-armored-dinosaurs.html

No comment. None. Nada.

No comment. None. Nada.

--The Turd Reich--No comment, none,...

--The Turd Reich--
No comment, none, nada!
https://mcusercontent.com/bd36014b9888db9081d204e78/files/27983e2f-9aa0-bf57-321f-53c4dbdeb252/the_turd_reich_A0_.pdf

I fear for my country."America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State"https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ar-AA1Bugvt

I fear for my country.
"America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ar-AA1Bugvt

Human evolution appears to have been more complex than previously thought. More study is...

Human evolution appears to have been more complex than previously thought. More study is needed.
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/genetic-study-reveals-hidden-chapter-in-human-evolution?

A thought for the day.

A thought for the day.

In general, your life is better than the life Henry VIII...

In general, your life is better than the life Henry VIII experienced.
https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/we-live-like-royalty-and-dont-know-it?

Shipping and lightning!"We can't generate a thunderstorm in the lab. However, we can study the accidental experiment taking place...

Shipping and lightning!
"We can't generate a thunderstorm in the lab. However, we can study the accidental experiment taking place in the busiest shipping corridor in the world."
https://www.sciencealert.com/lightning-over-shipping-lanes-suddenly-halved-following-new-regulations

I reckon the answer is YES!https://www.theverge.com/tesla/627894/tesla-stock-sales-protest-musk-trump-doge

I reckon the answer is YES!
https://www.theverge.com/tesla/627894/tesla-stock-sales-protest-musk-trump-doge

Whoa! Cory Doctorow is on a roll.😎>>Why is the American market so prized by Big Tech? Because it the only country in the world at...

Whoa! Cory Doctorow is on a roll.
😎
>>Why is the American market so prized by Big Tech? Because it the only country in the world at the center of a Venn diagram with three overlapping circles. America is the only country in the world that is:

a) populous;

b) wealthy; and

c) totally lacking in legal privacy protections.<<
https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/06/privacy-last/#exceptionally-american

Digg returning? For real?https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/alexis-ohanian--kevin-rose-buy-back-social-platform-digg-302392419.html

Digg returning? For real?
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/alexis-ohanian--kevin-rose-buy-back-social-platform-digg-302392419.html

Today's quote:"Simply throwing up tariff walls and demanding that industry figure it out – amid the resulting economic chaos and...

Today's quote:

"Simply throwing up tariff walls and demanding that industry figure it out – amid the resulting economic chaos and the political instability it brings – isn't a plan, it's a disaster." -- Cory Doctorow

Ukraine Support TrackerMay be of interest.https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/

Ukraine Support Tracker
May be of interest.
https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/

Evolution at work!🧬https://www.newscientist.com/article/2469771-black-squirrels-may-be-evolving-due-to-roadkill-in-cities/?

Evolution at work!
🧬
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2469771-black-squirrels-may-be-evolving-due-to-roadkill-in-cities/?

Lots of interesting information here about human fertility rate...

Lots of interesting information here about human fertility rate worldwide.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🌍
https://ourworldindata.org/fertility-rate?utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c9085d78644b3ac52ecb&insight=the-fertility-rate-has-declined-over-history#key-insights

Bat infestation can be a good...

Bat infestation can be a good thing!
😊👍
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/these-portuguese-libraries-are-infested-batsand-they-it-way-180969276/