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Some remains found in Diamantina fracture zone date back more than 5m years and reveal species and ecosystems unknown to science
The oldest, deepest and most extensive whale graveyard yet discovered has been found in the south-eastern Indian Ocean, with fossils dating back more than 5m years. Whale falls – the term for dead whales that sink to the ocean floor – are not uncommon, but most have been found at depths of less than 4km (2.5 miles). By contrast, the newly discovered necropolis reaches depths of more than 7km, and extends hundreds of miles across the sea floor. The largest carcass discovered by the researchers was a five-metre long skeleton of an Antarctic minke whale. They also encountered remains of extinct species including a fossilised skull from a species of beaked whale called Pterocetus benguelae, which was dated to 5.3m years ago, and another fossilised skull from a new species the team have named Pterocetus diamantinae. Jon Copley, a professor of ocean exploration and science communication at the University of Southampton, who was not involved in the work, said: “It’s an exciting and rare discovery – not only the world’s deepest known ‘whale-fall’ colony of deep sea animals, but also such an abundance of modern whale skeletons and fossils in this particular location.” “Finding a ‘whale necropolis’ where there are nearly 800 skeletons per square kilometre is a surprise, and the mix of whale types is a puzzle,” Copley said, noting that it included some shallow-diving filter-feeding species such as Minke whales as well as many bones and fossils of beaked whales, which are very deep-diving hunters. “As the researchers suggest, such a necropolis probably results from being on a migration route for filter-feeding species, while also a good place for the hunter species to dive deep for squid, but perhaps pushing them perilously close to their limits as they dive into this crack in the ocean floor,” he said.
WHALE NECROPOLIS
@decisionscape talks us through a summary of animal genders in English language story books study by the.pudding
A data analysis of animal gender in children’s books
SCIENCE UNDER THREAT IN THE US: NEW PROPOSAL
"Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance" is a proposed rule change (as of May 29, 2026) that will affect the National Science Foundation, Health and Human Services, Nuclear Regulatory Committee, and all of the other government agencies affected by NSF listed here:
Section [200.205] is specifically a key problem. This proposed rule will allow political appointees to have final say on scientific funding grant decisions, including the ability to cancel a funded grant at any time for any reason. Currently, this job is covered by grant program management officers who have trained to do this for years. Effectively, it will remove those jobs and let political appointees do whatever they want with the proposals. Additional sections will allow agencies to terminate funded proposals at any time for any reason (section [200.340]), meaning the debacle that happened last spring with the cancelling of grants with no warning by executive order will now be completely legal. There will be no recompense or recourse of scientists who are funded by such grants to regain them like they did last year under the proposed changes.
The proposal changes are under review until end-of-day July 13, 2026. Please, please, please leave a comment refuting the proposal. Below is the link from NSF's regulatory comment section.
https://www.regulations.gov/document/NSF_FRDOC_0001-3600
TL;DR: new proposal change will give political appointees (i.e., Trump cronies) final say on science funding [200.205]. It will give agencies the ability to cancel any funding at any time for any reason [200.340]. Use the brackets and numbers to comment on those specific sections. Comments are accepted on the proposal until July 13, 2026.
This administration will spend millions to harm citizens and wouldn't spend pennies to help one.
Pride Flag with Astronomy & Space
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They are doing the pride flag with space.
This month we're rebuilding the pride flag with space. The first color is red. The queer community has paid with blood to live their truth
