The latest #STEM and #environmental newsletter for the Hunter region enviroBYTES is out. There are a record 75 events on this November including festivals: Sounds of #sustainability Sustainable Future Festival, Before the Tide Festival, and Sustainable Living Festival.
https://mailchi.mp/4a0ad707fb35/great-bicycle-recycle-4-sustainability-festivals-75-events
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CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:
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Sitting with Odin outside the local polling place because (unlike my husband) neither of us gets to vote in Dutch elections #netherlands #amsterdam #stem
Sitting with Odin outside the local polling place because (unlike my husband) neither of us gets to vote in Dutch elections #netherlands #amsterdam #stem
maco
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21 Oct 2025
Girls in single-sex schools face major STEM access gaps - survey
More than half of girls in single-sex schools see limited subject choice as a barrier to pursuing careers in #science, #technology, #engineering and #maths (STEM), according to a new survey.
The annual Survey of Female Students' Attitudes to STEM was conducted by I Wish, a national non-profit organisation that empowers girls to see the potential of STEM.
The research shows that among the 2,335 Transition Year female students surveyed in single-sex schools, just 5% reported access to construction studies and 6% to engineering, compared with 84% and 74% respectively in mixed schools.
According to the study, 55% of girls in single-sex schools cite limited subject choice as a barrier to STEM, versus 37% in mixed schools.
The report calls for urgent action to ensure equal access to #STEM education for every girl in #Ireland.
#education
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/1021/1539642-stem-girls/
21 Oct 2025
Girls in single-sex schools face major STEM access gaps - survey
More than half of girls in single-sex schools see limited subject choice as a barrier to pursuing careers in #science, #technology, #engineering and #maths (STEM), according to a new survey.
The annual Survey of Female Students' Attitudes to STEM was conducted by I Wish, a national non-profit organisation that empowers girls to see the potential of STEM.
The research shows that among the 2,335 Transition Year female students surveyed in single-sex schools, just 5% reported access to construction studies and 6% to engineering, compared with 84% and 74% respectively in mixed schools.
According to the study, 55% of girls in single-sex schools cite limited subject choice as a barrier to STEM, versus 37% in mixed schools.
The report calls for urgent action to ensure equal access to #STEM education for every girl in #Ireland.
#education
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/1021/1539642-stem-girls/
podfeet
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My MIL passed away in August. She was about to turn 105 and participated in many of the No Kings events in Mt. Kisco, NY. She was a plasma physicist, grew up with Einstein as a family friend and is the reason why NY water is clean and frakking is banned. Her obituary is frankly, amazing. #STEM #science #activism #climatechange https://www.therecorder.org/post/marian-rose-104-bedford-resident-scientist-and-longtime-activist
Alex, the Hearth Fire
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I'm gobsmacked at how many people took the time here to read and share the obituary of my MIL Marian, a plasma physicist & environmental hero.
She was the 1st female teaching fellow at Harvard's physics dept & earned her PhD there, despite being refused access to the library (misogyny). All the more relevant as UK universities risk closure of physics depts.
Another story about her https://www.therecorder.org/post/centenarian-marian-rose-was-an-activist-to-the-end
& the obit https://www.therecorder.org/post/marian-rose-104-bedford-resident-scientist-and-longtime-activist
With this car Volkswagen Group España Distribucion is touring to places in Spain where there is a low participation of girls and young women in #STEM, and they do readings and screenings of "Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream" + do 3D printing with them.
I'm gobsmacked at how many people took the time here to read and share the obituary of my MIL Marian, a plasma physicist & environmental hero.
She was the 1st female teaching fellow at Harvard's physics dept & earned her PhD there, despite being refused access to the library (misogyny). All the more relevant as UK universities risk closure of physics depts.
Another story about her https://www.therecorder.org/post/centenarian-marian-rose-was-an-activist-to-the-end
& the obit https://www.therecorder.org/post/marian-rose-104-bedford-resident-scientist-and-longtime-activist
My MIL passed away in August. She was about to turn 105 and participated in many of the No Kings events in Mt. Kisco, NY. She was a plasma physicist, grew up with Einstein as a family friend and is the reason why NY water is clean and frakking is banned. Her obituary is frankly, amazing. #STEM #science #activism #climatechange https://www.therecorder.org/post/marian-rose-104-bedford-resident-scientist-and-longtime-activist
Tim Chambers
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Information collected by the world’s largest radio telescope will be stored and processed by global data centres https://theconversation.com/information-collected-by-the-worlds-largest-radio-telescope-will-be-stored-and-processed-by-global-data-centres-255268a #technology #astronomy#science#STEM
Information collected by the world’s largest radio telescope will be stored and processed by global data centres https://theconversation.com/information-collected-by-the-worlds-largest-radio-telescope-will-be-stored-and-processed-by-global-data-centres-255268a #technology #astronomy#science#STEM
Tim Chambers
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A volunteer-led organization called Grandparents for Vaccines launched on National Grandparents Day with a mission to share firsthand experiences of life before vaccines were widely available
https://kottke.org/25/09/0047471-a-new-volunteer-led-organ?fk_kk