NEW: Ukrainian SBU’s Operation “Web” Took 1.5 Years to Prepare Ukraine’s SBU spent over 18 months planning the massive “Web” operation that struck 41 Russian strategic aircraft today. President Zelensky personally oversaw the mission, with SBU chief Vasyl Maliuk leading

CO₂ at Mauna Loa just reached a monthly average of >430 ppm for the first time. That's possibly higher than in over 3.3 million years. The global RATE of increase is off the chart. It's hard to exaggerate how unprecedented this is!

fun with spherical harmonics

global atmospheric humidity is increasing, record high in 2024 🫧 As such, when it rains it can rain more, when it snows it can snow more. Higher humidity is no surprise given how water vapor pressure is a quadratic function of temperature (Clausius-Clapyron relationship)

segmented circular multipass cell (SC-MPC) Graf2018: [Compact, circular, and optically stable multipass cell for mobile laser absorption spectroscopy](doi.org/10.1364/OL.43.…) D’Amato2025: [Quantum cascade laser (QCL) in airborne atmospheric measurements: a review

This is extremely worrying: 'Surface water scarcity alone puts almost 15% of euro area’s economic output at risk.' 'Up to 30% of agricultural sectoral output is at risk in southern European countries'

After the FPV drone attack by Ukraine on the Russian strategic bomber fleet there was much discussion surrounding the drones utilized in the attack. One peculiarity we did notice on the design of drones was the long cylindrical portion that ran from the front to rear motors. 🧵

It was beautiful.

Twilight vs. Dusk & Dawn Have you ever noticed how the sky doesn’t go dark immediately after sunset or instantly brighten before sunrise? That beautiful in-between light is called twilight, a magical period when the Sun is just below the horizon, scattering light through Earth's

My takes on the paper — (1) This is a really interesting study examining how usage of AI tools like ChatGPT affects brain dynamics during tasks (in this case writing an essay), and couples the EEG data with some valuable interview feedback. It suggests that what's happening in

公司里来了一个据说能力特别强的大牛。有一天你遇到一个棘手的代码问题，向他请教。大牛思考了5秒就给出了解决方案，然后你到你的项目里试了一下，大牛给的 API 压根就不存在，代码也无法通过 build。 你对这位大牛不再那么信任了，下次遇到问题你不一定会请教大牛了。大牛的工资是 20usd/mon

Every country is warming. Every country is experiencing more extreme weather events because of climate change, mainly caused by burning fossil fuels. Time to #ShowYourStripes and start climate conversations to prompt actions to reduce emissions. ShowYourStripes.info

Creatine isn’t just for the gym. Texas A&M research shows it benefits muscle, brain health and aging — and its backed by 685 clinical trials. No major health concerns. Just serious potential. 🔗: tx.ag/h8bH2e5 #AggieResearch #TAMU #TAMUHealth #HealthyAging

BREAKING: An incredible "gigantic jet" – an extremely-rare type of upper-atmospheric lightning – was photographed from the International Space Station on Friday morning. This is the clearest photo we have EVER seen of a gigantic jet from above. Nichole Rhea Ayers is a major in