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the largest and most detailed 2D map of the Universe ever released

The interactive interface is entirely open to the public via the official DESI Legacy Imaging Viewer portal. Visitors can seamlessly zoom, pan, and query specific cosmic coordinates. What was once exclusive laboratory data has been transformed into an accessible tool for everyone: citizen scientists and astronomy hobbyists alike. Arjun Dey, co-lead of the Legacy Surveys and an astronomer at NSF NOIRLab, says: “For our team, these data are fundamental to the investigation of the expansion history of the Universe and the formation of our galaxy. But the skies belong to everyone, and this survey gives everyone the chance to marvel at their wonders.”

See it here:

https://www.legacysurvey.org/

example viewing:

https://www.legacysurvey.org/viewer#NGC%206289

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New Technique Pinpoints Human DNA Inherited from ‘Ghost’ Ancestors

A timeline showing four separate instances (colored arrows) of archaic hominins interbreeding with early Homo sapiens. The dates were inferred from a genealogical analysis of present-day human genomes using TRACE, a technique developed at UC Berkeley. Yulin Zhang and Priya Moorjani/UC Berkeley

From UC Berkely, by Robert Sanders

https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/new-technique-pinpoints-human-dna-inherited-ghost-ancestors

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We Told You So

While heatwaves are nothing new to American summers, the regularity and severity of such events is worsening due to the human-caused climate crisis. The release of heat-trapping gases due to the burning of fossil fuels has caused global temperatures to escalate above anything previously experienced during human civilization.

“We are experiencing exactly what the climate models in the 1990s said we should experience now,” said Andy Pershing, chief program officer at Climate Central, a climate change communications non-profit.

“That is, more frequent, more severe heatwaves, bigger temperature anomalies, more humidity, higher overnight temperatures. These are all part and parcel of the climate story.”

The Associated Press contributed reporting in The Guardian

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Contact Us | Congress.gov | Library of Congress

It is easy to contact your government representatives. Let them know what you think about things. Click below to speak your mind:

https://www.congress.gov/contact-us

Like… things I am against…..

the Iran War (any war)
ICE
congress people investing in stocks, etc. while in office
prisons being run by private companies
tariffs
fossil fuel power
semi-automatic guns

Like… things I am for…..

Medicare for all
flat federal tax for all, with no exemptions allowed
no cap on Social Security contributions
solar power, nuclear power
gun controls
open borders

Like… I could go on and on….. the point of this post is to remind us all to contact your representatives at

congress.gov