Finally a new #Hera image of 780-m-diameter #Didymos and a small part of its 151-m-diameter satellite #Dimorphos behind it, from 56 km distance: https://www.esa.int/articles/about-us/directorates/operations/space-safety/hera/hera-spies-a-half-hidden-asteroid-moonlet and https://www.dlr.de/en/latest/news/2026/hera-spots-its-target-a-first-glimpse-into-the-study-of-the-didymos-binary-asteroid-system
The four DNA bases are conventionally associated with specific colors based on dyes used in early sequencing techniques. A = green, C = blue, T = red, G = yellow (often replaced with black if on a white background). The point is, you can use leftover Halloween candy to send messages.
Around 400 onshore wind projects await DOD action, official tells court
On a continuum with recent exposure of the deeply compromised, industry-influenced process of forming IPCC conclusions on carbon capture and storage increase. Given the actors involved with policy and practice in Texas,
there is little basis for for trust.
''Residents explained they don’t want to be the test subjects for the technology, and some experts argue it’s more distracting than effective in fighting climate change. Harvard University History of Science Professor Naomi Oreskes, who studies disinformation and climate change, has called carbon capture and storage “mostly a dangerous distraction.”
A recent investigation by Drilled and ProPublica showed it would take more resources than feasible for carbon capture and storage to reduce emissions enough to avoid extreme warming. Companies have canceled or paused nearly a third of 19 proposed carbon storage projects in Texas so far.''
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/11/10/carbon-storage-exxon-safety-climate-change-texas/
In distributed peer review (DPR), applicants of a grant review the proposals of others applying to the same funding call. A new paper, evaluated by MetaROR, uses automated analysis to classify a set of review comments for a funding call which used DPR, and describes the potential uses of this method.
The two reviewers agreed the work is timely, novel and potentially helpful for funding policy. They provide some feedback on specifics relating to the conclusion and discussion parts especially.
We'd like to thank all involved in this evaluation:
- The authors: Anna Butters, Melanie Benson Marshall, @stephenpinfield, @tomstafford
- The reviewers, both anonymous
- The editors: @aidybarnett and Kathryn Zeiler
👉 Read the full evaluation, including the full text of the paper, now on MetaROR https://metaror.org/article/automated-analysis-of-reviewer-feedback-to-understand-funding-evaluation/
Interesting. The joint NASA/ESA Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) caught a doom’d sungrazer comet crossing the LASCO C2/C3 field of view on November 8th. And while that’s nothing exceptional these days, (the mission has spotted and amazing 5,204 comets thus far), the hook on the comet’s path suggests (at least to my eye) that it might be a rare non-Kreutz comet, maybe a member of the Meyer (?) group.
https://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/LATEST/current_c2.gif
Kreutz comets make up 85.6% of sungrazers, though there are lesser known groups, and their paths evolve throughout the year:
https://sungrazer.nrl.navy.mil/C2_C3_Comet_Tracks
I did not figure in the two "can't keep it in my pants' trillion dollar drops, lol
Un super petit livre d’introduction à la philosophie des sciences vient de sortir, par Quentin Ruyant. @qruyant
En français, à jour de la recherche et sous forme de dialogue donc facile à lire ! Je recommande ++.
https://www.materiologiques.com/quentin-ruyant-ce-que-les-sciences-disent-du-monde
finished reading NEVER LET ME GO by Kazuo Ishiguro. this is a sci-fi novel that is a rather calm telling of organ donation by a group of people who were cloned specifically for this task. it reads like a mystery, and strongly reminds me of Donna Tartt’s wonderful book, The Secret History. Beautifully written. Highly recommended. i bought this book.
https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571258093-never-let-me-go/
OMG, my peeps! LOOK WHAT’S COMING HOT OFF THE PRESSES FROM Princeton University Press IN JANUARY 2027!!
Alfred Russel Wallace in Paradise: The Odyssey of a Victorian Evolutionist in His Own Words
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691174686/alfred-russel-wallace-in-paradise
'Going digital is often assumed to be a modern, efficient strategy that will save energy and resources: picture smart cities and industries humming along, with everything needed to run them stored cleanly in the cloud.
The reality is just the opposite, according to a new study. Across 20 of the world’s largest economies, the growth of information technology has increased environmental burdens—largely because of the energy required to build and run digital infrastructure.
In the new study, researchers gathered World Bank data on the G20 economies from 1990 through 2023. This group of large economies accounts for 80 percent of global GDP and 70 percent of carbon emissions.''
"Making the Familiar Strange": The Ecocentric Power of Climate Fantasy
Author, John Cook, The University of Melbourne
This paper explores two categories of climate fantasy themes. One category is recovery—regaining a clear view of the natural world. The other is radical fantasy—overcoming oppressive and exploitative societal power structures through collective action. This paper explores how these themes appear in the works of Tolkien, Lewis, Jemisin, Martin, Hobb, and other authors.
Climate Change Performance Index 2027
https://newclimate.org/resources/publications/climate-change-performance-index-2027
COP31 Youth Statement on Brain Health and Climate Change
Securing Tomorrow: Growth, resilience and UK-EU cooperation
https://www.energy-uk.org.uk/publications/securing-tomorrow-growth-resilience-and-uk-eu-cooperation/
In 7 hours - at 11:00 UTC - the #Euclid Data Release 1 - Foundation should drop at https://euclid-ec.net/ together with 26 papers and PR material.
I wake up in the middle of the night and look at my phone, and... Oops! Nerd-sniped! Laughing at myself.
Data Center Power Demand Is Set to Surge, Raising New Climate Challenges: BloombergNEF
We better get the GoFundMe ready right now.