#neat science stuff

[indigochromatic]

Interesting (and unsurprising, anecdotally) study about autism increasing predisposition for PTSD/increasing sensitivity to adverse events: https://neurosciencenews.com/asd-ptsd-neuroscience-26067/

(We haven't read the full academic paper yet, but the summary is neat). Seems potentially relevant to dissociative system stuff as well--like, we know that CPTSD can also be caused by "death by a thousand papercuts"-type trauma (where any individual incident "wasn't so bad" but cumulatively it builds up), but/and adding this on top of that suggests that the "threshold of adverse-ness" for events that could lead to posttraumatic reactions like PTSD and dissociative disorders could be quite a lot lower than generally thought, especially for (apparently, according to this study) autistic populations, which may (and this is speculation) also be true for related types of neurodivergence like ADHD and schizophrenia etc.

Also, as far as we're aware (feel free to correct us/chime in/etc), intentional and non-intentional endogenic plurality tends to be more likely to happen for folks who have higher-than-average predispositions for dissociation, even if they don't have a dissociative disorder, and it might be that this sensitivity to adverse events could lead to overall higher baseline dissociation in ways that "encourage" plurality to arise. Thoughts?

[kneebie]

Unfortunately untrue, but these are not photoshopped images, which is nice!

I recently watched the video below, which goes into some mechanics from Science Magazine on how squirrels choose when to jump on various flexibility branches. Basically I was bored at work a couple days ago and wondered how squirrels got around, and they seem to focus mainly on their forelegs, which makes sense.

When you're making split second decisions, you want your eyes on both the thing you're grabbing and what you're grabbing *with*, right? Plus they don't have any particular focus on their back legs like hominids do, so why would they land like superheros if they're not landing in a crouch that would probably jar their spines?

Anyways the good news is they still DO do the superhero crouch, but it seems mostly to be to get those good, good scratches. You can even see the back leg blur in the left pic of the OG post!

This article from The Verge has a gif in it showing a gif of a squirrels scratching.

Anyways that's it. A gift from my too-long lunch break a couple days ago to yours, whoever may read this

[refinedstorage]

Black Myth: Wukong

Game Science, 2024

[sallymew4]

found this cool magazine while i was out. looked into it a little bit and found out it was from a vintage series, with this specific issue originally being printed in October of 1977 !! the publish date is also at the top right corner, but its a little hard to see with the glare lol

https://postmarkedfromthestars.com/products/ufo-magazine-oct-1977-kidnapped-by-space-aliens?variant=43066407977202 heres a site that shows a few pages inside, but its totally sold out of copies

[x-crowmancer-x]

Life update: school is going well :D I really like learning about how complex the human body is! Holy crap EVERYTHING has a name! The triangular piece of cartilage in the front opening of the ear? That's called the tragus!

The chin? More like the Mental Protuberance

We finally got to tooth anatomy and it's so small, yet so intricate. I got to see a model of a TODDLER'S SKULL with the succedaneous teeth still under the primary ones and it looks so cool and weird!

[chaseisglitched]

hey would it be crazy if jackie got his powers by accident because of anti

[24-7-testing]

So how 'bout that new HQ version of the Still Alive Radio song huh?

I feel like my ears have never truly heard it before until now.

[antimony-ore]

Oops I hurt my own feelings again by getting too nerdy with someone who thinks I'm trying to flex on them

[writeouswriter]

Me being interested in certain scientific concepts or areas of study in theory and wanting to constantly create scientist OCs vs my brain’s inability to focus on actually reading or retaining any scientific writing or related information for research no matter how much I try: fight

[zessdynamite]

hey sket u know how a bit ago sacabambaspis was a huge meme. do u know of any other cool rocks or fossils that u wish more people knew about (as in either were more popular in general or that there was more general info discovered about it in the science community)

OMG AKIRE THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION TYSM

ok so i thought of both silly and cool examples (just two of each tho) here's the silly ones that i think should be mentioned more

first off is this dinosaur called the Pisanosaurus which is rly funny to me because pis is pee and ano is anus in Spanish literally making him the Pee anus lizard. also this specific reconstruction is funny bc it reminds me of the "ppl with blue eyes" memes

THEN it's not a specific mineral but a habit, which is basically a way certain crystals can grow. this habit is specifically called the mamelon habit, and mamelon in french is nipple. and in uni they taught us that they have "the shape of breasts" (mamas in Spanish) AND IT KILLS ME BC. WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABT IT. WHO WAS THE HORNY GEOLOGIST THAT SAW THIS AND SAID YEAH THAT'S BOOBS. MANS NEVER SAW A PAIR OF TIDDIES IN HIS LIFE

OK now for cool stuff i can't come up with cool fossils on the top of my head rn but basically any fossil outside of North America and sometimes Europe. All the movies, books and documentaries about dinosaurs literally only show dinos from the US when there's really cool and even the biggest CREATURES that roamed the Earth from South America (i.e Patagotitan, Giganotosaurus). So media being US centric as always :^)

as for minerals i don't see these mentioned often. this one's called galena it has lead in it and it's cool bc it breaks and also forms in these cubic shapes! and since it's metallic it looks like something man made or like from a sci fi film, it's cool

AND THEN this is bornite it's called the peacock ore, usually it's like a light brown color but when exposed to the surface it'll oxidize so you'll p much always see it with these pretty colors! literally the gay mineral

[inkysninky]

getting back into reading for fun after not really doing it for years is weird

like i remember how i used to absolutely devour books when i was a kid and used to read almost constantly. and now it feels like it takes me forever just to read a few pages.

it just feels very…odd

[gaydryad]

accidentally getting a little too into my pedagogy class and starting to wonder if I should pivot and go into education (academic field)

[heartbeetz]

🎀🌸⭐️ for the ask game with carlos? ^^

🎀 How would you describe S/I's appearance compared to their personality?

🧪 Both his appearance and personality are... interesting. And worth spending more time around. Maybe a little hard to really wrap your head around at first, but definitely charming in their own ways.

🌸 Do they have a nickname for you? Are you comfortable with it being said in public?

🧪 We have nicknames for each other, yes. Some feel a bit more personal than others, but... I don't mind. We've been together for years. There's no use pretending we don't call each other cute things.

⭐ Tell us a random moment you had with S/I that you enjoyed.

🧪 Years ago, when I was still new in town and he and I were barely dating, Roswell brought me out to Radon Canyon.

🧪 He said he wanted to show me something, so I brought along some of my equipment, hoping to do a bit of field research. Pretty quickly, I realized the ambient radiation levels were a lot higher than they should've been. I told him it was abnormal and not exactly safe, and that we should probably head back. I'd come back later on my own to run some more tests. But he insisted that if we waited just a bit longer, I'd see what he was talking about.

🧪 And he was right. The stars really were beautiful out there...

(asks from here)

[aethersea]

#actually it's not exactly photosynthesis #but we do get both warmed up and refueled by the sun #your skin cells use absorbed UV light to synthesize vitamin D3 #which is the only thing that lets your body actually absorb and be able to use calcium #which is important because literally every electrical impulse in your body is based on calcium ions #- meaning your brain your heart your nerves. all of it #so in a way we literally do convert sunlight into fuel

(via @youandthemountains)

seething about the fact that i will never experience photosynthesis in my own useless cells. i bet it feels so good when the light of the sun both warms you and fuels you at the same time. a bone-deep satisfaction mixed with a heated sugar-rush and endless brightness. not that i would fucking know

[troubled-zophia]

In the 18/6 plan, the individual abstains from eating for 18 hours, allowing themselves a matter of 6 hours to get all of the nutrients that they need in a day. The same rule applies for the 16/8 plan, except that the participant fasts for 16 hours with 8 hours left to consume all their daily nutrients. Most of the time, these first two plans basically cut out snacks at bedtime and end up skipping or pushing back breakfast until it is in the non-fasting part of the day.

The Eat-Stop-Eat method is a big more extreme. The participant is required to abstain from everything but calorie-free liquids for a full 24 hours. After the day is over, the user can eat with no limits for a whole day, but they repeat the fasting again on day 3. With this method, consumers often see the best results, as they preserve their lean muscle mass and improve hormone levels.

There is also the 12/12 split where you can ease into the Intermittent Fasting diet schedule and have a larger window per day for consuming foods and eating meals. Another intermittent fasting name is OMAD, or one meal a day where it is probably the most extreme version of IF dieting where you fast for 23 hours and eat just one meal every 24 hours. Also one other popular method of fasting intermittently is the 5:2 system where you eat normally for five days while essentially taking two days off from eating or very limited food intake.

Credit: Health MJ - Jan. 2029

[astranauticus]

god help me so i started playing slay the spire and like, i've only tried the first 3 characters but my favourite, with 1000% certainty, absolutely no questions asked, is the defect. really not beating the robot guy allegation huh