王贞仪老师 Wáng Zhēnyí Laoshí 王貞儀老师 (1768–1797) – Our Logo/Avatar, was a scientist of the Qing dynasty who breached feudal customs of the old China which hindered women's rights and worked to educate herself in astronomy, mathematics, and geography. In her twenties, we know she took up poetry, as well, for the suffering of the Chinese peasants weighed on her. "Village is empty of cooking smoke, Rich families let grains stored decay; In wormwood strewed pitiful starved bodies, Greedy officials yet push the farm levy." Also this poem on the role of women in society, " It’s made to believe, Women are same as Men; Are you not convinced, Daughters can also be heroic?” ©M42 Orion Nebula from the balcony, Dr. Kenneth M Beck: 15 second exposure ISO 16,000, f/10 FL2350mm.
Always in the service of humanity, Commander Dr. Richard Edwin Shope, WWII USN Medical doctors of all stripes and physicians of all armed services (despite their so-called “Hippocratic Oath”) tried many times in many places, to conduct gruesome experiments on healthy Americans with the mucus, serum, and blood of those who were sick, or corpses …
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"Imaging illustrates severity, long-term prognosis of COVID-19-related muscle, joint pain Muscle soreness and achy joints are common symptoms among COVID-19 patients. But for some people, symptoms are more severe, long lasting and even bizarre, including rheumatoid arthritis flares, autoimmune myositis or “COVID toes.” "A new Northwestern Medicine study has, for the first time, confirmed and …
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“My two cents” Katelyn Jetelina18 hr ago243 "Your Local Epidemiologist" is read and listened to by 150K+ professionals and people on Facebook, via email, and on her website. Dr. Katelyn Jetelina lives and works in Texas. She even had the "honor" of having her Facebook account hacked! That was resolved with the help of the …
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by Tatiana Schlossberg 21FEB21 "As predicted, down to the minute, NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down in Mars’ Jezero Crater on Thursday at 3:55pm. If there has ever been life on Mars, this crater, an ancient lakebed, is a good place to look for it. "Perseverance sent this back to us after landing. Credit: NASA TV …
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https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/new-orca-baby-born-to-southern-resident-l-pod/ Lynda V. Mapes Seattle Times environment reporter “A new baby has been born to the L pod family of southern resident killer whales, scientists reported. “Ken Balcomb, founding director of the Center for Whale Research, confirmed the birth Wednesday. “The mother is L86, and the sex of the baby, L125, is not yet known. …
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https://nasa.gov/nasalive or here... https://youtu.be/gm0b_ijaYMQ We're landing in Jezero Crater, one of three likely sights for a human mission to Mars in the future. For now, this mission of Rover 2020 - named Perseverance by school kids - is about "detecting signs of life on Mars". Ad Astra!
By Daniel Clery Feb. 15, 2021 , 3:32 PM "For planetary scientists, it was the boldest claim in a generation: an unseen extra planet, as much as 10 times the mass of Earth, lurking on the Solar System’s frontier, beyond Neptune. But the claim looks increasingly shaky, after a team of astronomers reported last week that …
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What Happen to Texas is most likely to happen again until we deal with Global Warming seriously. I really do appreciate science. I used to model the collapse of the Arctic Polar Vortex in the years 2014-2017 using four, quad-core mini iMacs in a parallel cluster with Thunderbolt cabling; a very powerful, personal computer. I …
