Julien M. @julm@framapiaf.org

#FollowFriday / #FF recap of this week's recommended follows:

🌟 @IanCykowski & @Iancylkowski - Lovely landscape photos of the English countryside

🌟 @inventaire - Free open platform for cataloguing and sharing physical books

🌟 @lib_reviews - FOSS platform for reviewing anything, Libre alternative to Yelp

🌟 @mntmn - Small indie company making a Libre laptop

🌟 @PrototypeFund - German fund for development of open software

🌟 @telecoop - French phone network co-operative, owned by its members

**Good for groundwater – bad for crops? Plastic particles release pollutants in upper soil layers**

"In agriculture, large quantities of nano- and microplastics end up in the soil through compost, sewage sludge and the use of mulching foils. The plastic particles always carry various pollutants with them. However, they do not transport them into the groundwat…"

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916142800.htm

#science #news #bot

**COVID-19 virus is evolving to get better at becoming airborne, new study shows**

"A new study finds that SARS-CoV-2 is evolving toward more efficient aerosol generation, and loose-fitting masks provide significant but only modest source control. Until vaccination rates are very high, continued layered controls, including improved ventilation, increased filt…"

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916173428.htm

#science #news #bot

**Coconut tree cloning breakthrough will help propagation and preservation**

"Coconut trees grow slowly and are difficult to clone. Scientists a multiplied seedlings faster and conserved coconut genetic resources for the long term. This will help preserve coconut tree biodiversity and meet the increasing demand for coconuts and derived products."

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915135157.htm

#science #news #bot

**How ribosomes are assembled in human cells**

"Three-dimensional images of human small ribosomal subunits offer the most detailed explanation for how the cell's protein-making machines are assembled."

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915165517.htm

#science #news #bot

About Biosphere 2, an attempt to replicate Earth with a few of its ecological systems. It holds artificially created biomes, some of which include a rainforest and an ocean. 8 people lived in it for 2 years as an experiment, needing extra oxygen and 1 h...
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Biosphere-2

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/tilbots/status/1438798745261551618

#espritcritique
Quelles études scientifiques devraient être rapportées dans les médias?
[ou comment les médias s'emballent souvent pour des publications non-validées en tous genres, et en font tout un buzz, souvent dommageable pour la science]
https://scilogs.fr/ramus-meninges/quelles-etudes-scientifiques-devraient-etre-rapportees-dans-les-medias/

**Consuming fruit and vegetables and exercising can make you happier**

"New research led by the University of Kent and University of Reading has found that fruit and vegetable consumption and exercise can increase levels of happiness."

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916142936.htm

#science #news #bot

@nev Thanks for the extra context. I have the paper open hoping to make time to read through it, and I had noticed that it didn't appear to have some of the details discussed in the New Yorker. But don't worry, I don't mistake the article for good science. 😆

I did a quick search for DePalma, hoping to find some new papers, but so far only found:

https://researchportal.vub.be/en/publications/caught-in-amber-geochemistry-and-petrography-of-uniquely-preserve

I did enjoy the description of the day the asteroid struck from the opening of the NYorker article. Truly terrifying.

@Motorod @cstanhope but see https://www.macleans.ca/society/science/why-this-stunning-dinosaur-fossil-discovery-has-scientists-stomping-mad/

𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵

🔭 Podcast version:
https://soundcloud.com/sciencesummary/science-summary-for-last-month-august-2021

🔬 Sources:
In the podcast description

⚛️ Selection:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_in_science

#Science #Summary #Wikipedia #sciences #OpenScience #news #month #review #monthreview #update #research #papers #2021 #education #informative #space #studies #interesting #MonthlySummaries #overview #ScienceCommunication #ScienceCommunity #SciComm #tech #GlobalNews #ScienceNews

The latest issue of the free online open access journal, A Peer-Reviewed Journal About Research Refusal, is now available at https://aprja.net - with some great articles.

#Nextcloud beat US hyperscalers as collaboration platform for #EU digital sovereignty project #GaiaX

https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-beat-us-hyperscalers-as-collaboration-platform-for-eu-digital-sovereignty-project-gaia-x/

There are currently two petitions calling for academics to move towards more responsible and thoughtful travel methods:

1) "The Thoughtful Travel Petition" launched by #flyingless et #timetoexplane https://sites.tufts.edu/flyingless

2) "A call for more sustainable & diverse scientific conferences" by #AcademiaGreener supported by @sciforfuture https://www.change.org/p/we-call-for-more-sustainable-diverse-scientific-conferences-en-de-es-fr

France recognises open source in its National Plan for Open Science 2021-2024

https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/open-source-software-supported-french-open-science-policy

Btw @marien this website could interest you, looks like collection of news people can share...

📢 Amazing Job Alert 📢

Hey y'all, we're hiring a Lead Engineer at Terraso (Terraso.org)!

We're looking for someone to help assemble a suite of #opensource tools to help farmers, conservationists, land restorers, and generally all the superheroes who are going to save the world.

Not a lot of people have applied for the senior position. Boosts very much appreciated!

https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=843a7401-e255-4b1a-8052-57c5727c5ff5&ccId=19000101_000001&jobId=413842&lang=en_US&source=CC4

#job #jobs #ict4good #conservation #agriculture #trees #nature #environment #climatecrisis

Does anyone know any good resources for doing literature reviews as a team?

Approaches, platforms etc.

New question on #AskOpenScience:

“Should we publish researchers' #pledges?”

https://ask-open-science.org/1756/should-we-publish-researchers-pledges

#OpenScience #pledge #PreRegistration