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Katie Fleemanfleemanator
2025-12-05

Why can't a robot fold my laundry? The machines are foiled by a ferocious foe: fabric.

Robotics researcher David Held says: “It’s not the fabric itself that is the challenge. It’s the amount of variations that can be created by the way fabric can be crumpled, and all the different kinds of clothing items that exist.”

Learn more in a new piece @KnowableMag intern Kaia Glickman knowablemagazine.org/content/a

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2025-12-05

Aerial drones are giving scientists a new view of life at sea. 📝 Learn more about this in our recent article republished by Ars Technica.

arstechnica.com/science/2025/1

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2025-12-05

Handled right, AI has potential to bring back middle-skill jobs lost to the rise of computers, economists argue. Or, like the mechanised mills of the past, it could toss whole sectors out of work.

📝 Learn more about this in our recent article republished by The Wire.

thewire.in/tech/what-happens-t

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Katie Fleemanfleemanator
2025-12-04

'Tis the season for some holly jolly science. @KnowableMag has curated a few of our favorite wintery reads, perfect for a chilly night by the fire (or a day on the beach if you're in the southern hemisphere?) and put it altogether in a lovely @ScienceDesk storyboard. Enjoy 🎁

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Knowable MagazineKnowableMag@mstdn.science
2025-12-04

The holidays can mean meals with friends and family, twinkling lights and gift giving — and they can bring stress, reflection and anticipation of the new year.

Whether you need a party conversation starter, tips to make the most of it, or a distraction from it all, we have you covered.

🎁 Explore this seasonal collection on @ScienceDesk:

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Katie Fleemanfleemanator
2025-12-04

“Though we cannot hear it, plants are constantly emitting and absorbing gases through millions of little mouths on the surface of their leaves and stems.”

Water is the #1 limitation for crop production globally. Scientists are trying to figure out out if manipulating plants' pores could make them hardier.

👉 By Tim Vernimmen for @KnowableMag

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Knowable MagazineKnowableMag@mstdn.science
2025-12-04

Two of our recent pieces look at where we’ve been and where we’re going in treating this epidemic.

1️⃣ HIV medications: Did fears about side effects come to pass?
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2️⃣ Achieving lasting remission for HIV
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Digital illustration shows a yellow, crinkly cell with many red-orange particles emanating from it.
2025-12-04

We Need to Talk About the Billion-Dollar Industry Holding Science Hostage
zmescience.com/science/news-sc
Your tax $£€ fund the research. You pay again to read it.

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Die Forschende Hochschule HofHomeOfResearch@wisskomm.social
2025-12-04

KI prägt die Zukunft – aber was denkt ihr wirklich darüber? 🤖💭

Wir führen eine wissenschaftliche Umfrage zur Einstellung gegenüber #KI durch. Zusammen mit der OTH Regensburg und der OTH Amberg-Weiden wollen wir ein echtes Stimmungsbild erstellen (kein Wissenstest, anonym und schnell erledigt).

👉 Hier teilnehmen: t1p.de/a3j7

Die Ergebnisse werden gerne mit euch geteilt! 🙌

#dieforschendehochschulehof #hierwirdknallhartgeforscht #sciencemastodon #science #KI #ai #it

Knowable MagazineKnowableMag@mstdn.science
2025-12-04

Early in evolution, we animals lost the ability to manufacture nine of the 20 building blocks needed to make proteins. Herbivores evolved an impressive array of tricks to ensure their dietary needs are met.

✍️ Katarina Zimmer

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2025-12-03

Dugornay Olivier (2014). Plongeur observant des alcyons jaunes (Alcyonium digitatum). #ifremer. image.ifremer.fr/data/00562/67
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Dugornay Olivier (2014). Plongeur observant des alcyons jaunes (Alcyonium digitatum). Ifremer. https://image.ifremer.fr/data/00562/67416/
Knowable MagazineKnowableMag@mstdn.science
2025-12-02

From collecting whale snot to capturing surprising behaviors, aerial drones are giving scientists a new view of life at sea. ✍️ Gennaro Tomma

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A drone hovers over two blue whales, a mother and baby, as they swim side by side.
2025-12-02

I am so happy to co-author this #preprint #review on #archaeal #tetraether #lipids, aka #GDGTs, as #marine paleoenvironmental indicators led by Felix Elling and Gordon Inglis!
The #consensus presented in this preprint review was written by 40 experts on GDGTs, including both lead authors and myself.
The Earth and Space Science Open Archive preprint is available there:
doi.org/10.22541/essoar.176409
(1/2)
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Nina Davtian (that's me!) at her work office, with the laptop screen showing the header of her co-authored preprint by Elling and Inglis et al. Earth and Space Science Open Archive (https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.176409484.44403346/v1) with her name highlighted in the author list—Nina is the third author of the list. Nina is holding a mug on which the text reads « 2nd international GDGT workshop September 2023, Zürich ».
Knowable MagazineKnowableMag@mstdn.science
2025-12-01

It’s not an open-and-shut case. But researchers are finding out plenty by genetically altering the numbers of these openings, as well as simulating future atmospheres, and more.

✍️ Tim Vernimmen

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2025-12-01

📢 On #WorldAIDSDay our update on the Second Berlin Patient, the second reported #HIV cure case at #CharitéBerlin: Presented last year, the mechanism behind the cure has been unclear.

💡 New findings in the journal Nature show that the patient developed distinctive antibodies that likely contributed to the complete eradication of the virus following a stem cell transplant. Details in the publication:

👉 nature.com/articles/s41586-025

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Portrait photograph of Prof. Olaf Penack (Charité expert for stem cell transplants), with a quote: "The stem cell transplant appears to have enabled the immune system to eliminate the viraus from its various reservoirs in the body..."Portrait photograph of Prof. Olaf Penack, with a quote: "Distinctive antibodies and specialized immune cells likely played an important role in that process."Portrait photograph of Prof. Christian Gaebler (Charité HIV expert), with a quote: "It might be possible to trigger a similar process in other people living with HIV - for example by combining broadly neutralizing antibodies with other immunotherapies...Portrait photograph of Prof. Christian Gaebler, with a quote: "That is not certain, but we are working intensively on new cure approaches for broader application."
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2025-12-01

New therapies that involve the removal of mucus in the lungs might be the best strategy to beat asthma. ✍️ Patience Asanga

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2025-12-01

A mismatch in sexual desire is the most common reason couples seek help from a sex therapist — and Valentine’s Day can be especially rough for them. To better help, researcher Peggy Kleinplatz and colleagues wanted to elucidate what keeps couples in sync.

✍️ Nicola Jones

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Knowable MagazineKnowableMag@mstdn.science
2025-11-29

A handful of animals make a pared-down version of these pathogen-fighting proteins of our immune system. Scientists hope to harness them as treatments for ills from cancer to Covid, for tracking cells in the body, and more.

✍️ Christina Szalinski

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2025-11-27

Dugornay Olivier (2011). Navigation par tempête sur Le chalutier Le Précurseur. #ifremer. image.ifremer.fr/data/00760/87
#ocean #science #scienceMastodon #photography

Dugornay Olivier (2011). Navigation par tempête sur Le chalutier Le Précurseur. Ifremer. https://image.ifremer.fr/data/00760/87153/

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