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Another day, another chance to hear the good news. GNR for Thursday, March 12th Greetings, Resistors! How is everyone holding up? Seems pretty boring and quiet around the world these days, right? Yeah, wouldn’t that be something? So, like we always say, everyday brings a new ...

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Join me below for some examples of how we’re surviving this mess with today’s plethora of goodness.

The Best of the Best: No, We're Not, and They Can't Make Us THEY want to be every kind of evil, claiming that our insistence on doing good is the greatest evil of all. Compassion, truth, DEI, human rights…None of that is new. What is new today is their ever-mo...

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THEY want to be every kind of evil, claiming that our insistence on doing good is the greatest evil of all. Compassion, truth, DEI, human rights…None of that is new. What is new today is their ever-more epic fails and the increasing reach of our pushback.

Cancer death rate in Britain down by almost a third since 1980s Huge improvements in prevention, diagnosis and treatment have driven the fall, Cancer Research UK says The rate of people dying from cancer in the UK has fallen by almost a third since the 1980s amid seismic progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment, a report has found. About 247 in every 100,000 people die from cancer each year, a 29% drop from the peak in 1989 of about 355 per 100,000, according to an analysis by Cancer Research UK (CRUK). Continue reading...

Cancer death rate in Britain down by almost a third since 1980s

The National Cancer Institute hasn’t made a single grant this fiscal year as the Trump admin cuts federal funding for research.

A crowd of squishy yellow-shelled snails with pink bodies, and in the midst are a few black-shelled snails https://academic.oup.com/mollus/article/81/3/322/1087877?guestAccessKey=

The back-end of a sea pangolin, showing off the sword-like protrusions on its skin. From: https://academic.oup.com/mollus/article/81/3/322/1087877?guestAccessKey=

Sword-like iron-oxide covered denticles on a sea-pangolin skin. https://academic.oup.com/mollus/article/81/3/322/1087877?guestAccessKey=

Live sea pangolin snail, with a pink body, sharp projections growing off its skin, and a black dull metal shell. https://academic.oup.com/mollus/article/81/3/322/1087877?guestAccessKey=

Don't be a loser deep-sea snails with a yellow shells, be the snail the white arrow is pointing to: a black iron-clad snail with swords on your skin, capable of withstanding crushing temperatures and pressures. Don't be an average snail. Be the metal snail. Be the "sea pangolin"

White lined sphinx moth nectaring on Verbena De La Mina

#CaliforniaNativePlants #NativePlants #NaturePhotos #Bloomscrolling #Insects

Rubin Observatory has started paging astronomers 800,000 times a night Asteroids, exploding stars, and feasting black holes swarm in the first-ever batch of nightly alerts from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile

Asteroids, exploding stars, and feasting black holes swarm in the first-ever batch of nightly alerts from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile

Cool! Isotopic ratios of H,C,N of our favorite interstellar intruder 3I/ATLAS are different from our solar system. If I understand OK, it means colder and older environment.
Opitom+ arxiv.org/abs/2603.07187
Cordiner+ arxiv.org/abs/2603.06911
Salazar Manzano+ arxiv.org/abs/2603.07026
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James Webb Telescope Finds Distant Brown Dwarfs in the Milky Way James Webb Telescope Finds Distant Brown Dwarfs in the Milky Way

Distant failed stars glow JWST facts secrets view - To know what Webb discovered today, visit https://www.jameswebbdiscovery.com and Explore Universe with this beginners telescope --> https://amzn.to/3JaxN9u #Astronomy #AmazonAffiliate #NASA #Space

JWST peers inside a dying star's "exposed cranium" Resembling a cosmic brain, the exposed cranium nebula instead shows a dying, massive star, as JWST reveals. Its fate remains uncertain.

JWST peers inside a dying star’s “exposed cranium”

In 2013, NASA's Spitzer observed PMR 1, finding a structure that resembles a human brain.

Today, JWST actually resolves the Exposed Cranium Nebula, revealing what's inside.
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#space #JWST #astro #nebula

Spotlight On: Short-chain Fatty Acids - I Spy Physiology Blog The gut microbiota in our body produces various substances called metabolites. One of those metabolites is short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs). These are the compounds our digestive system produces when dietary fiber that we can’t digest ferments in the gut. Acetate, butyrate and propionate are some of the major SCFAs. SCFAs are important biofuels that provide … Continue reading Spotlight On: Short-chain Fatty Acids

You’ve heard fiber is good, but why? Gut microbes turn fiber into short-chain fatty acids that shape digestion, immunity and metabolism. APS member Sachin Aryal tells us all about SCFAs on the #ISpyPhysiology blog: https://ow.ly/3g2i50Ysv9Z 🧪

Deep Look | A Tsetse Fly Births One Enormous Milk-Fed Baby | Season 7 | Episode 2 Mammalian moms, you're not alone!

Tsetse biology is WILD y'all. Females give live birth to one HUGE larva at a time which can WEIGH AS MUCH AS THE MOTHER HERSELF. The babies get this big by drinking a milk-like substance produced by the mother while they're still in utero.As upsetting as that miracle of life video from health class🧪

Volcanic fragments rain down as Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts This eruption episode sent fragments made of ash, pumice, and pieces of volcanic glass into communities, forcing highway closures and the evacuation of tourists.

Volcanic fragments rain down as Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

These ants navigate with a newly discovered ‘Moon compass’ Insects must perform tricky internal calculations to travel in a straight line

“Essentially, the insects observe how quickly the Moon moves to estimate the relative position of their home and update that prediction with time.”

#scicomm

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Deconstruction of a memory engram 🧪🧠

Explore the human body in stunning, 3D detail with a new online tool The free Human Organ Atlas gives users an up-close-and-personal look at 56 human organs.

“With the Human Organ Atlas (HOA), users can travel through the brain, heart, lungs, kidneys, and liver and better understand our anatomy and the diseases that threaten it. The platform is detailed in a paper published today in the journal Science Advances”
🧪 #Scicomm
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A map of the Local Universe highlighting the main superclusters. Vela, a massive hidden structure, is on the left. The image shows how galaxies flow through space and the large-scale “basins” that channel them.

One of the largest structures in the known cosmos is hidden behind gas & dust in our galaxy.

A new study pierces the gloom & reveals the true extent of the Vela Supercluster: over 300 million light years wide, more than 100,000x as massive as the Milky Way. 🧪🔭

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“Trump Has Been Anointed by Jesus” to Wage War on Iran: U.S. Commanders Accused of Promoting Holy War U.S. military commanders have reportedly been invoking extremist Christian rhetoric to push war on Iran, selling the conflict to American troops as an existential “holy war” in apocalyptic language th...

U.S. military commanders are reportedly invoking extremist Christian rhetoric about the biblical "end times" as the U.S. bombs Iran.

The DIY Solar Revolution Is Coming to U.S. Balconies As utility bills climb, a growing number of states are adopting "balcony solar" — portable, affordable kits that can knock up to 20 percent off energy bills.

As utility bills climb, a growing number of states are adopting “balcony solar” — portable, affordable kits that can knock up to 20 percent off energy bills. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/diy-balcony-solar-revolution-america/

First baby born after womb transplant from deceased donor offers new hope | The Optimist Daily A woman in the UK has given birth after receiving a womb transplant from a deceased donor, opening new possibilities for women born without a uterus.

A womb transplant proved successful for a UK woman born without a uterus. www.optimistdaily.com/2026/03/firs...

F1 drivers blast new rules, 'Mario Kart' racing at 2026 season opener Lando Norris and Max Verstappen are among the notable F1 drivers not happy with new rules and hybrid cars introduced for the 2026 season.

Lando Norris and Max Verstappen are among the notable F1 drivers not happy with new rules and hybrid cars introduced for the 2026 season.

It’s time to oust Stephen Miller Noem’s firing shows our power, and now we must remove the real architect of Trump's deportation machine and so many other harmful policies.

Kristi Noem’s firing shows our power, writes Daniel Hunter. And now we must go after the real architect of Trump's deportation machine and so many other harmful policies: Stephen Miller.

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Chile has become the second country in the world to eliminate leprosy!

Scientists may have found a pill for sleep apnea A European clinical trial found that the drug sulthiame significantly reduced breathing interruptions in people with moderate to severe sleep apnea. Patients taking higher doses experienced up to 47% ...

Scientists may have found a pill for sleep apnea

These diseases were thought to be incurable. Now AI is unlocking new treatments Artificial intelligence is rapidly inventing new drugs for diseases from Parkinson's disease and antibiotic-resistant superbugs to rare lung conditions.

😮At Harvard Medical School, an AI model found nearly 8,000 approved drugs that could potentially be repurposed to treat 17,000 different diseases.

🧪Now, scientists are now pointing AI at conditions with no known cure in the hope of new breakthroughs.

Texas banned Pride crosswalks — so San Antonio painted the sidewalks rainbow instead In response to Governor Greg Abbott’s directive to remove roadway markings that “advance political agendas,” local City Council members have come up with a creative solution.

In response to Governor Greg Abbott’s directive to remove roadway markings that “advance political agendas,” local City Council members have come up with a creative solution.

China’s Great Green Wall turns Taklamakan desert into a growing carbon sink | The Optimist Daily New research finds tree planting around the Taklamakan Desert is helping it absorb more carbon dioxide than it emits.

After decades of large-scale tree planting, scientists report that vegetation surrounding the Taklamakan is absorbing more carbon dioxide than the desert emits, effectively turning parts of this once-expanding landscape into a carbon sink. www.optimistdaily.com/2026/03/chin...

Democrats Tie High Food Prices to Corporate Consolidation As the midterms approach, Trump is touting lower prices, but Democrats say his policies favor corporations over consumers and farmers.

With the midterm election season underway, the Trump administration is working to convince voters it is bringing food prices down, while Democrats are railing against policies they say favor corporate consolidation and hurt farmers and consumers.