EC Merino
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Is being human something only we can feel, or something machines can simulate? 🧪
In this conversation, bioethicists Insoo Hyun and Vardit Ravitsky explore the nature of consciousness, empathy, and what it really means to be human.
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In this conversation, bioethicists Insoo Hyun and Vardit Ravitsky explore the nature of consciousness, empathy, and what it really means to be human.
Watch the video here:
Can AI Be Human? Insoo Hyun & Vardit Ravitsky on Consciousness
YouTube video by Museum of Science
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January 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Is being human something only we can feel, or something machines can simulate? 🧪
In this conversation, bioethicists Insoo Hyun and Vardit Ravitsky explore the nature of consciousness, empathy, and what it really means to be human.
Watch the video here:
In this conversation, bioethicists Insoo Hyun and Vardit Ravitsky explore the nature of consciousness, empathy, and what it really means to be human.
Watch the video here:
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Cotton vs wool: which keeps you warmest when wet and cold? 🧪
@alexdainis.bsky.social explores how different fabrics perform in cold, damp conditions. Using infrared thermometers and soaked sleeves, she shows how materials like cotton and wool affect body heat and insulation.
@alexdainis.bsky.social explores how different fabrics perform in cold, damp conditions. Using infrared thermometers and soaked sleeves, she shows how materials like cotton and wool affect body heat and insulation.
Alex Dainis Tests Cotton vs Wool: Which Keeps You Warmest?
YouTube video by Museum of Science
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January 2, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Cotton vs wool: which keeps you warmest when wet and cold? 🧪
@alexdainis.bsky.social explores how different fabrics perform in cold, damp conditions. Using infrared thermometers and soaked sleeves, she shows how materials like cotton and wool affect body heat and insulation.
@alexdainis.bsky.social explores how different fabrics perform in cold, damp conditions. Using infrared thermometers and soaked sleeves, she shows how materials like cotton and wool affect body heat and insulation.
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President Donald Trump has revealed that the United States is going to take over Venezuela after capturing its autocratic leader Nicholas Maduro.
Slurring Trump Says U.S. Will ‘Run’ Venezuela and Seize Oil
The wild move is likely to spark a backlash from Trump’s “American First” MAGA base
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January 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
President Donald Trump has revealed that the United States is going to take over Venezuela after capturing its autocratic leader Nicholas Maduro.
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Why is this robot carrying a kitchen knife? 🤖🧪
@nautiluslive.org uses Hercules, a remotely operated deep-sea robot, to explore the ocean floor and conduct scientific research. Museum Educator Locke Patton explains how in the unpredictable conditions of the deep ocean...
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@nautiluslive.org uses Hercules, a remotely operated deep-sea robot, to explore the ocean floor and conduct scientific research. Museum Educator Locke Patton explains how in the unpredictable conditions of the deep ocean...
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Why This Deep Sea Robot Has a Knife
YouTube video by Museum of Science
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December 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Why is this robot carrying a kitchen knife? 🤖🧪
@nautiluslive.org uses Hercules, a remotely operated deep-sea robot, to explore the ocean floor and conduct scientific research. Museum Educator Locke Patton explains how in the unpredictable conditions of the deep ocean...
Watch the full video here:
@nautiluslive.org uses Hercules, a remotely operated deep-sea robot, to explore the ocean floor and conduct scientific research. Museum Educator Locke Patton explains how in the unpredictable conditions of the deep ocean...
Watch the full video here:
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New year, new resolutions! ♻️
One science-backed place to start: reuse what you already have.
Before recycling or replacing, see if it can be used again!
One science-backed place to start: reuse what you already have.
Before recycling or replacing, see if it can be used again!
December 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
New year, new resolutions! ♻️
One science-backed place to start: reuse what you already have.
Before recycling or replacing, see if it can be used again!
One science-backed place to start: reuse what you already have.
Before recycling or replacing, see if it can be used again!
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December 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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From curious questions to unforgettable discoveries, 2025 was a year of wonder at HMNS 🧠✨ Thank you to the curious minds of all ages who made memories with us. Here’s to even more discovery ahead. ❤️ Happy New Year from all of us at HMNS!
December 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
From curious questions to unforgettable discoveries, 2025 was a year of wonder at HMNS 🧠✨ Thank you to the curious minds of all ages who made memories with us. Here’s to even more discovery ahead. ❤️ Happy New Year from all of us at HMNS!
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Day Octopuses (Octopus cyanea) are sometimes followed by fish when they are hunting. Some fish will help the octopus hunt, while others are just looking to steal a meal.
To keep the fish in line, the octopus will retaliate by delivering a sucker punch. That's right, octopuses punch fish.
To keep the fish in line, the octopus will retaliate by delivering a sucker punch. That's right, octopuses punch fish.
December 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Day Octopuses (Octopus cyanea) are sometimes followed by fish when they are hunting. Some fish will help the octopus hunt, while others are just looking to steal a meal.
To keep the fish in line, the octopus will retaliate by delivering a sucker punch. That's right, octopuses punch fish.
To keep the fish in line, the octopus will retaliate by delivering a sucker punch. That's right, octopuses punch fish.
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With the human family tree now more like a hedge and twice as many known moons, Bill Bryson talks to the New Scientist podcast about refreshing his 2003 bestselling book on science
Bill Bryson on why he has updated A Short History of Nearly Everything
With the human family tree now more like a hedge and twice as many known moons, Bill Bryson talks to the New Scientist podcast about refreshing his 2003 bestselling book on science
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December 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
With the human family tree now more like a hedge and twice as many known moons, Bill Bryson talks to the New Scientist podcast about refreshing his 2003 bestselling book on science
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From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that reveals about our brains
What the evolution of tickling tells us about being human
From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that reveals about our brains
www.newscientist.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that reveals about our brains
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Welcome 2026 in a jurass-sick way 🦖 Mixers & Elixirs: New Year’s Eve at HMNS. Live bands, DJs across multiple floors, karaoke, food vendors, cash bars, and a screening of Ocean’s Eleven. VIP includes early entry, lounges, food voucher, drinks, and a champagne toast. Tickets at hmns.org.
December 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Welcome 2026 in a jurass-sick way 🦖 Mixers & Elixirs: New Year’s Eve at HMNS. Live bands, DJs across multiple floors, karaoke, food vendors, cash bars, and a screening of Ocean’s Eleven. VIP includes early entry, lounges, food voucher, drinks, and a champagne toast. Tickets at hmns.org.
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Cephalopod evolution has long had a missing chapter in its story: how did squid-like ancestors give rise to today's octopuses? The answer, it turns out, was floating in the deep sea all along.
#animals #squid #genetics
www.livescience.com/animals/moll...
#animals #squid #genetics
www.livescience.com/animals/moll...
Scientists finally sequence the vampire squid's huge genome, revealing secrets of the 'living fossil'
The genetic link between squids and octopuses may just be found in the vampire squid genome.
www.livescience.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Cephalopod evolution has long had a missing chapter in its story: how did squid-like ancestors give rise to today's octopuses? The answer, it turns out, was floating in the deep sea all along.
#animals #squid #genetics
www.livescience.com/animals/moll...
#animals #squid #genetics
www.livescience.com/animals/moll...
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Nobody will ever be as cool as Koolasuchus
One of the largest temmnospondyls ever to exist: the gigantic Koolasuchus was also the last non-lissamphibian temnospondyl to exist. It survived into the Early Cretaceous of Australia when all other stereospondyls were long gone
#temnospondyls #paleoart
#temnospondyls #paleoart
November 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Nobody will ever be as cool as Koolasuchus
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Our beloved Foucault Pendulum has stopped swinging! 😮
So what's going on with this Houston icon?
Our Podcast/YouTube manager Johnny Hemberger gives us a breakdown (no pun intended 😉)
So what's going on with this Houston icon?
Our Podcast/YouTube manager Johnny Hemberger gives us a breakdown (no pun intended 😉)
December 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Our beloved Foucault Pendulum has stopped swinging! 😮
So what's going on with this Houston icon?
Our Podcast/YouTube manager Johnny Hemberger gives us a breakdown (no pun intended 😉)
So what's going on with this Houston icon?
Our Podcast/YouTube manager Johnny Hemberger gives us a breakdown (no pun intended 😉)
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For nearly 70 years, NORAD has been tracking Santa’s Christmas Eve flight as he races to bring presents to children around the world. #GoodNews
How NORAD began tracking Santa Claus’s Christmas Eve flight
For nearly 70 years, NORAD has been tracking Santa’s Christmas Eve flight as he races to bring presents to children around the world.
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December 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
For nearly 70 years, NORAD has been tracking Santa’s Christmas Eve flight as he races to bring presents to children around the world. #GoodNews
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The latest trove of pictures from the Epstein estate, released by House Oversight Democrats, includes some eye-catching snaps.
All the Epstein and Trump Secrets Exposed in New Photo Dump
The latest trove of pictures from the Epstein estate, released by House Oversight Democrats, includes some eye-catching snaps.
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December 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The latest trove of pictures from the Epstein estate, released by House Oversight Democrats, includes some eye-catching snaps.
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The #Geminid Meteor Shower—one of the best celestial shows of the year—is peaking Saturday night into early Sunday, with ideal viewing conditions between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. Expect dozens of meteors lighting up the sky. Watch Ana tells us more about this meteor shower and how you can view it at home.
December 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The #Geminid Meteor Shower—one of the best celestial shows of the year—is peaking Saturday night into early Sunday, with ideal viewing conditions between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. Expect dozens of meteors lighting up the sky. Watch Ana tells us more about this meteor shower and how you can view it at home.
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VP Harris: Both parties have failed to hold the public's trust. People are done with the status quo. In comes Trump, casting himself as the change agent, with empty promises. Trump is a symptom of a failed system. As we plan for what comes after this administration, we cannot afford to be nostalgic.
December 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
VP Harris: Both parties have failed to hold the public's trust. People are done with the status quo. In comes Trump, casting himself as the change agent, with empty promises. Trump is a symptom of a failed system. As we plan for what comes after this administration, we cannot afford to be nostalgic.
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What happens to your body after a year in space? 🧬
NASA’s Twin Study followed astronaut @stationcdrkelly.bsky.social during his year on the ISS while his identical twin, @captmarkkelly.bsky.social stayed on Earth.
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NASA’s Twin Study followed astronaut @stationcdrkelly.bsky.social during his year on the ISS while his identical twin, @captmarkkelly.bsky.social stayed on Earth.
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NASA's Shocking Twin Study Results
YouTube video by Museum of Science
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December 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
What happens to your body after a year in space? 🧬
NASA’s Twin Study followed astronaut @stationcdrkelly.bsky.social during his year on the ISS while his identical twin, @captmarkkelly.bsky.social stayed on Earth.
Watch the video here:
NASA’s Twin Study followed astronaut @stationcdrkelly.bsky.social during his year on the ISS while his identical twin, @captmarkkelly.bsky.social stayed on Earth.
Watch the video here:
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🦖 30 years of wonder. Millions of visitors. One unforgettable journey through Earth’s ancient past. Explore the origin story of #PrehistoricJourney in our newest #Catalyst article! https://dmns.mobi/4pUyraL
December 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
🦖 30 years of wonder. Millions of visitors. One unforgettable journey through Earth’s ancient past. Explore the origin story of #PrehistoricJourney in our newest #Catalyst article! https://dmns.mobi/4pUyraL
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We are rapidly approaching the finish line!
December 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We are rapidly approaching the finish line!
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Trump Swipes ‘Horrible’ Jimmy Kimmel As He Hands Out Kennedy Center Medals to Kiss and Sylvester Stallone
Trump Swipes ‘Horrible’ Jimmy Kimmel As He Hands Out Kennedy Center Medals to Kiss and Sylvester Stallone
President Donald Trump took a swipe at late-night host Jimmy Kimmel while handing out Kennedy Center medals in the Oval Office Saturday.
The post Trump Swipes ‘Horrible’ Jimmy Kimmel As He Hands Out Kennedy Center Medals to Kiss and Sylvester Stallone first appeared on Mediaite.
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December 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Trump Swipes ‘Horrible’ Jimmy Kimmel As He Hands Out Kennedy Center Medals to Kiss and Sylvester Stallone
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BREAKING: A Florida federal judge on Friday ordered the public release of grand jury transcripts tied to the federal sex-trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Judge orders Epstein grand jury transcripts released from Florida case
DOJ seeks to unseal records from Epstein’s 2006–07 Florida probe, his 2019 NY case, and Maxwell’s 2021 NY trial.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
BREAKING: A Florida federal judge on Friday ordered the public release of grand jury transcripts tied to the federal sex-trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.