Scientists in Germany have identified plastic-eating fungi that could offer a glimmer of hope in tackling the problem of millions of tonnes of waste polluting the world's oceans every year.
But they warn that their work is likely to be only a small part of solving plastic pollution, and say there is still a need to reduce food packaging and other debris from entering the environment where it can take decades to degrade.
"The AAP said it will continue to publish its own evidence-based recommendations and schedules."
AAP will continue to publish its own vaccine recommendations after CDC advisers sow distrust | AAP News | American Academy of Pediatrics
https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/32529/AAP-will-continue-to-publish-its-own-vaccine
Please welcome on Mastodon the @esoastronomy European Southern Observatory (ESO), the European organization that builds and operates large, advanced ground-based observatories for research in astronomy and astrophysics.
How can you tell science on this planet is fucked? When the Vatikan is the only place where science is defended:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01966-4
"A more vocal “statement of concern” was issued last week by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Vatican City"
Silence from, e.g.:
InterAcademy Partnership
World Academy of Sciences
International Science Council
Shame on these organizations and all others who fail to defend science!
Climate Activist Throws Bright Pink Paint on Glass Covering Picasso Painting in Montreal https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/climate-activist-throws-bright-pink-paint-on-glass-covering-picasso-painting-in-montreal-180986865/ #science
Exclusive: US #CDC #vaccine presentation cites study that does not exist, author says
A review on the use of the preservative thimerosal in vaccines slated to be presented on Thursday to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's outside vaccine committee cites a study that does not exist, the scientist listed as the study's author said.
#Trump#RFKJr#AI#HHS #science #medicine #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-cdc-report-shows-no-evidence-linking-thimerosal-containing-vaccines-autism-2025-06-24/
The meeting has become increasingly controversial after #Health Secretary #RFKJr just weeks ago abruptly fired all previous 17 members of the expert panel & named 8 new members, half of whom have advocated against #vaccines.
Kennedy, a long-time #AntiVaccine activist, founded the Children's Health Defense.
The report, called "Thimerosal as a Vaccine Preservative" published on the #CDC website on Tues, is to be presented by Lyn Redwood, a fmr leader of the #AntiVaccine group Children's Health Defense.
https://www.cdc.gov/acip/downloads/slides-2025-06-25-26/05-influenza-redwood-508.pdf
It makes reference to a study called "Low-level neonatal thimerosal exposure: Long-term consequences in the brain," published in the journal Neurotoxicology in 2008, & co-authored by UC Davis Professor Emeritus Robert Berman.
Researchers take one small step toward planning life on Mars https://phys.org/news/2025-06-small-life-mars.html #science
Take a Look at the ‘Extraordinary’ 19th-Century Portraits Made With Some of the Earliest Methods of Photography https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/take-a-look-at-the-extraordinary-19th-century-portraits-made-with-some-of-the-earliest-methods-of-photography-180986849/ #science
A shark scientist reflects on Jaws at 50 https://arstechni.ca/muXx#StevenSpielberg#entertainment#Science #sharks #film #jaws
'Jaws' at 50: How a single movie changed our perception of white sharks forever https://phys.org/news/2025-06-jaws-movie-perception-white-sharks.html #science
This is a bonfire demo instance for testing purposes
