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Adam Kumiszcza

@skeptic.bsky.social

Wildlife and travel photographer, science geek, skeptic, atheist, humanist, rationalist etc. Younger version of the AI generated guy you see above.

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Adam Kumiszcza@skeptic.bsky.social · 2y ago

Rachel Carson’s *Silent Spring* spurred vital environmental reforms but also sparked chemophobia—fear of synthetic chemicals as inherently harmful. This myth endures, fueling misinformation, “natural” product hype, and mistrust of science. Remember: The dose makes the poison.

This Book Helped Save the Planet—but Created a Very Harmful Myth

It radically shifted the way the world looked at the environment, but created a wave of misinformation we’re still dealing with today.

slate.com

William J. Brady@williambrady.bsky.social · 2y ago

New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇

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Adam Kumiszcza@skeptic.bsky.social · 2y ago

So nowadays even Springer translates mathematics textbooks by AI and admits it. "This book was first published in German. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content."

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Adam Kumiszcza@skeptic.bsky.social · 2y ago

Scientists discovered amber in Antarctica for the first time, dating to 83–92 million years ago. This reveals a mid-Cretaceous, conifer-dominated rainforest near the South Pole, showing Antarctica was once warm and wet and hosted resin-producing trees, offering new insights into ancient ecosystems.

First-Ever Amber Discovered in Antarctica Shows Rainforest Existed Near South Pole

Imagine a time machine that could whisk you back to the age of the dinosaurs.

sciencealert.com

Adam Kumiszcza@skeptic.bsky.social · 3y ago

Physicists have measured the difference in the flow of time to the millimeter, between the top and bottom of a cloud of 100,000 strontium atoms. This allowed the researchers to discern a difference in time experienced by atoms at the top of the cloud and at the bottom due to the effect of gravity.

An Ultra-Precise Clock Shows How to Link the Quantum World With Gravity | Quanta Magazine

Time was found to flow differently between the top and bottom of a single cloud of atoms. Physicists hope that such a system will one day help them combine quantum mechanics and Einstein’s theory of…

quantamagazine.org