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The Romans were onto something #stem #Science Sources: 1. “Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable?” – MIT News 2. “Concrete vs. Cement” – The Home Depot 3. “Concrete Does Not Dry Out” – minutephysics (YouTube) #tiktoklearningcampaign

Not to mention breaking international treaties #stem #teamvenus Sources: 1. “Elon Musk’s new idea: Nuke Mars” – CNN 2. “Deep Space Thinking: What Elon Musk’s Idea to Nuke Mars Teaches Us About Regulation the ‘Visionaries and Daredevils’ of Outer Space” – Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 3. “Mars: Facts” – NASA

So what’s the ETA on a spidey suit? #stem #science Sources: 1. “We now know why shoes squeak, and it involves miniature lightning bolts” – Live Science 2. “Squeaking at soft-rigid frictional interfaces” – Nature (original paper)

It’s basically terraforming. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence #stem #Science

Some much needed greenery #stem #science Sources: 1. “China has planted so many trees around the Taklamakan Desert that it’s turned this ‘biological void’ into a carbon sink” – Live Science 2. “Human-induced biosphere carbon sink: Impact from the Taklamakan Afforestation Project” – National Library of Medicine (original paper) 3. “Spring Greening in the Taklamakan Desert” – NASA

The Artemis missions are our generation’s return to the Moon #stem #science New episode of Science and the City with @CosmicKalpana is up now!

Human engineering meets the natural world @ACCIONA #ad #engineering #womeninstem

Batteries are making a difference #stem #science Sources: 1. “Clean energy is surging – without or without Trump” – Live Science 2. “Kenya’s Clean Energy Transition Gets a Boost from Solar Power” – Kleinman Center for Energy Policy 3. “Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025” – Ember (energy think tank)

Athletes pushing the limits of technology #stem #olympics Sources: 1. “The tech behind the Olympics: High-speed cameras, sensors and annoying drones” – Popular Science 2. “The Technologies Changing How You’ll Watch the 2026 Winter Olympic Games” – Wired 3. “Technological innovations” – International Olympic Committee

Sparta’s baba yaga #history #education Sources: 1. “Carthage Must Be Destroyed” – Richard Miles 2. “Punic Wars” - Britannica

Spiders teach us a few floating tricks #stem #science Sources: 1. “Scientists engineer unsinkable metal tubes” – University of Rochester 2. “Geometry-Enabled Recoverable Floating Superhydrophobic Metallic Tubes” – Advanced Functional Materials (original paper) 3. “Stability of the volume of air trapped on the abdomen of the water spider Argyroneta aquatica” – National Library of Medicine

Lead levels were up to 100x higher than they are today #stem #science Sources: 1. “Preserved hair reveals just how bad lead exposure was in the 20th century” – Live Science 2. “Lead in archived hair documents a decline in lead exposure to humans since the establishment of the US Environmental Protection Agency” – PNSA (original paper) 3. “Learn about Lead” – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

What was once pseudoscience has now become a critical study #stem #science Sources: 1. “If AI becomes conscious, how will we know?” – American Association for the Advancement of Science 2. “Why consciousness is the hardest problem in science” – Scientific American 3. “What is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)” – IBM

This is our Superbowl #stem #science Sources: 1. “NASA’s Artemis II Fueling Test New Conference” – NASA 2. “NASA just delayed the Artemis 2 moon mission because its giant rocket has a leak” – Space 3. “Hydrogen Storage” – U.S. Department of Energy

A plane’s structure can be around 40% for fuel, and 85% for a rocketship. Combustion is great, but it’s not very efficient #stem #science Check out the newest episode of Science and the City! @CosmicKalpana