From my hikes... When all trees are a bit curved. Utah - 2023 Have a good day! #hiking #hikingadventures #nature #naturelovers

The swirling spiral #galaxy NGC 3285B, 137 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. "This galaxy drew Hubble’s attention because it hosted a Type Ia supernova in 2023. Type Ia supernovae happen when a type of condensed stellar core called a white dwarf detonates,

A good agreement. "The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the government of Norway have signed a new agreement to support FAO in continuing to host the office of the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI), providing a collaborative platform

From my hikes... Well, if you like my last two posts about curved trees, you will also like this one. Utah - 2023 Have a good day! #hiking #hikingadventures #nature #naturelovers

The #tattoos of the Pazyryk ice mummies, analyzed by high-resolution near-infrared techniques, reveal the ancient artist’s technique and tools. "Pazyryk were horse-riding nomads who roamed the steppes of Eurasia 2500 years ago. Their mummies, most of whom were first excavated in

"Ecosystem engineering by beavers is a nascent disturbance in the Arctic tundra." In a recent article, researchers "forecast that as a warming #climate eases Arctic temperatures, beaver populations will march northward, sweeping across Alaska’s North Slope this century. Their

From my hikes... Beautiful natural colors after the rain. Utah - 2024 Have a good day! #hiking #hikingadventures #nature #NatureLovers

Tomatoes and potatoes: one may have given rise to the other. A new article describes how "early tomato plants hybridized with another ancestral group about 9 million years ago, in a tryst that yielded hybrid offspring with just the right combination of genes to make tubers".

SMART system: Splicing-Modulated Actuation upon Recognition of Targets "Scientists have created a tool that manufactures working #proteins directly on the surfaces of specific cells by targeting several molecular features at once — an approach that could one day produce

From my hikes... "The world is not to be put in order. The world is order. It is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order." Henry Miller Utah - 2024 Have a good day! #hiking #hikingadventures #nature #naturelovers

Around 41 million people globally live with HIV. Now, promising mRNA #vaccines against #HIV give hope. "Results from early-stage trial show that 80% of participants who received one of two HIV vaccine candidates produced antibodies against viral proteins." #Science #Medicine

From my hikes, more or less... Well, from the picture you can easily grasp where I hiked and what I am going to eat today. Umbria - 2025 Have a good day! #hiking #hikingadventures #nature #naturelovers

Understanding of #biodiversity change in the Anthropocene. Here you can read a recent study focused on ecosystems across Germany. "By metabarcoding highly standardized biota samples from a long-term pollution monitoring archive in Germany, we here analyse four decades of

From my hikes... A "fractal" ghost tree. Utah - 2024 Have a good day! #hiking #hikingadventures #nature #naturelovers

What I am #Reading and enjoying! "It could be argued that arthropods are far more significant than people, given that they account for the greater biomass and biodiversity on planet Earth." "Insectpedia. A brief compendium of insect lore." Eric R. Eaton #scicomm #books

This morning towards the "Picu Urriellu". This year, I am going to enjoy 10 hikes in the "Picos de Europa" National Park. Today, I hiked my first path: gorgeous! Spain - 2025 #hiking #hikingadventures #nature #mountains

A new study deals with what factors facilitated the Homo sapiens successful dispersal that led to long-term settlement beyond Africa. Results show that "humans dispersing out of #Africa after 50 ka were equipped with a distinctive ecological flexibility among hominins as they

From my hikes... This morning, "Ruta del Cares". Have a good day! Spain - 2025 #hiking #hikingadventures #nature #naturelovers

"Steve Gschmeissner’s electron microscope image of liver cholesterol won a Wellcome #Photography Prize this year." And, some of his images are now stamps! #Science #scicomm ⏯️science.org/content/articl…

From my hikes... This morning, "Lagos de Covadonga". Have a good day! Spain - 2025 #hiking #hikingadventures #nature #naturelovers