emergencemagazine.org
Creatures That Don’t Conform
20+ min · · In the woods near her home, Lucy Jones discovers the magic of slime molds and becomes entangled in their fluid, nonbinary way of being. · Shared by 426, including Rick Powell
Hakai Magazine
Suiting Up like a Shark Is Still a Struggle
3 min · · Shark skin is the envy of engineers trying to maximize hydrodynamics, but shark skin–inspired materials have a long way to go before they work like the real thing. · Shared by 17, including Rick Powell
Vox
What do hurricane categories mean?
5 min · · Hurricane Ida’s Category 4 designation is based on wind speeds and potential property damage. · Shared by 11, including Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, Rick Powell
Big Think
Yes, the Universe really is 100% reductionist in nature
11+ min · · The whole isn't greater than the sum of its parts; that's a flaw in our thinking. Non-reductionism requires magic, not merely science. · Shared by 197, including Rick Powell
The Guardian
Sacred Nature by Karen Armstrong review
4 min · · The former nun argues that reconnecting with the spiritual side of nature could help us contend with the climate crisis · Shared by 143, including Rick Powell
freddiedeboer.substack.com
Questions for Pure Environmentalists
5 min · · or whatever you'd call it · Shared by 6, including Rick Powell
The Guardian
Do we need a new theory of evolution?
20+ min · · The long read: A new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul. Their opponents have dismissed them as misguided careerists – and the conflict may… · Shared by 2089, including Jane, Miguel Angel Escotet, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Rick Powell, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Kevin Mitchell @WiringtheBrain@ mstdn .social
Ars Technica
NASA scientists say images from the Webb telescope nearly brought them to tears
2 min · · Deep field images of the universe, exoplanet atmospheres, and more to be unveiled. · Shared by 1415, including Liv 😷, Bob Violino, Jennifer Ouellette, Rick Powell, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Marsha Collier
The Atlantic
Human History Gets a Rewrite
10 min · · A brilliant new account upends bedrock assumptions about 30,000 years of change. · Shared by 401, including Felix M, ExApologist, John Hagel, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Michael Seemann, Harold Jarche, Gabriele, Rick Powell, Oliver Reichenstein, Mathew Ingram, isaac Samuel, Bjorn Larsen, Anita Leirfall, Edward Reynolds, Molly Ball, Scott Monty, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Tactical Tech, David Nagel, justin caouette
The Atlantic
The Well Fixer’s Warning
11+ min · · The lesson that California never learns · Shared by 31, including Kelsey D. Atherton, now available on Bluesky, Rick Powell, DP, Jeff Atwood
Scientific American
Pesticides Are Killing the World’s Soils
6 min · · They cause significant harm to earthworms, beetles, ground-nesting bees and thousands of other vital subterranean species · Shared by 81, including Rick Powell, Robb Wolf, Tim
The Guardian
Climate crisis: Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse
3 min · · A shutdown of the Atlantic currents would have devastating global impacts and cannot be allowed to happen, researchers say · Shared by 302, including Bruce Lawson, Joshua Benton, Matt Zoller Seitz, Antonio Vieira Santos, Greta Thunberg, Dr. Genevieve Guenther, Elrond Burrell (he/him), Gerd Leonhard, Dan Snow, Jamie Burke ⛺️, John Koetsier, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Damian Carrington, Svein Tveitdal, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Nathan Oseroff-Spicer, Massimo Pigliucci, Carla Gentry 🎶, Tom Raftery, Paul Graham
The Guardian
In a New Zealand estuary, I closed my eyes and floated. It turned out the water was toxic
4 min · · Ingrid Horrocks learned to swim in the wild – but no river or lake in the region she grew up in is ‘swimmable’ any more · Shared by 14, including Rick Powell
Science Magazine
Ancient Earth was a water world
3 min · · Life and plate tectonics may have emerged on a planet drowned in water that was rejected by the mantle · Shared by 35, including AAAS, News from Science, Rick Powell
The Guardian
Life finds a way: in search of England’s lost, forgotten rainforests
5 min · · Much of Britain’s temperate rainforest has been destroyed – but it can sometimes regenerate. The race is on to map what survives and restore what we can · Shared by 104, including Damian Carrington, George Monbiot, Rick Powell
Science Magazine
Pacific Northwest’s ‘forest gardens’ were deliberately planted by Indigenous people
3 min · · Finding suggests humans have added value to forests in lasting ways · Shared by 85, including KU News Service, Dr. Jacquelyn Gill, Lee Keyes, AAAS, Rick Powell, pkashwan.bsky.social, News from Science