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Science shows that what you eat during pregnancy may influence how your baby’s genes behave for the rest of their life. How crazy is that. Scientists call this epigenetics. Think of it like dimmer switches sitting on top of your DNA. These switches can turn certain genes on or off depending on the environment in the womb. Nutrients, stress, sleep, and metabolic health all send messages about what kind of world the baby should prepare for. This is powerful because it shows that parents may have influence long before birth. Small daily choices may help build a stronger foundation for brain development, metabolism, and lifelong health. This is why I wrote a book all about pregnancy nutrition. It's called 9 Months That Count Forever and contains all the science and easy practical tips I used during my own pregnancy. Comment BOOK and I'll send you the link to get it. @thediaryofaceopodcast
Science shows that what you eat during pregnancy may influence how your baby’s genes behave for the rest of their life. How crazy is that. Scientists call this epigenetics. Think of it like dimmer switches sitting on top of your DNA. These switches can turn certain genes on or off depending on the environment in the womb. Nutrients, stress, sleep, and metabolic health all send messages about what kind of world the baby should prepare for. This is powerful because it shows that parents may have influence long before birth. Small daily choices may help build a stronger foundation for brain development, metabolism, and lifelong health. This is why I wrote a book all about pregnancy nutrition. It's called 9 Months That Count Forever and contains all the science and easy practical tips I used during my own pregnancy. Comment BOOK and I'll send you the link to get it. @thediaryofaceopodcast
Frozen (2013) revolutionized Disney’s visual effects department by requiring animators to build entirely new software just to render Elsa’s complex ice magic. To make her power over snow look natural yet supernatural, Disney scientists developed a custom physics-based program called “Matterhorn” to realistically simulate millions of unique snow crystals interacting at once. This technology reached its absolute peak during the iconic “Let It Go” sequence, where Elsa constructs her ice palace out of over 4,000 distinct geometric structures. The result was a visual milestone that redefined modern digital animation and gave Elsa’s magic an unmistakable, breathtaking sense of weight and scale. Via:Roxoyu TT
Frozen (2013) revolutionized Disney’s visual effects department by requiring animators to build entirely new software just to render Elsa’s complex ice magic. To make her power over snow look natural yet supernatural, Disney scientists developed a custom physics-based program called “Matterhorn” to realistically simulate millions of unique snow crystals interacting at once. This technology reached its absolute peak during the iconic “Let It Go” sequence, where Elsa constructs her ice palace out of over 4,000 distinct geometric structures. The result was a visual milestone that redefined modern digital animation and gave Elsa’s magic an unmistakable, breathtaking sense of weight and scale. Via:Roxoyu TT
What if one of the best places to search for life beyond Earth is hidden beneath a layer of ice? 🧊🌊 Meet Europa, one of Jupiter’s most fascinating moons. From space, Europa looks like a frozen world covered in bright ice and enormous reddish cracks. But beneath that frozen surface, scientists have strong evidence that a vast salty ocean exists. And this is what makes Europa so exciting. That hidden ocean may contain more water than all of Earth’s oceans combined. Scientists also think Europa could have important chemical ingredients and an internal source of energy. Together, those are some of the key conditions that could potentially make an environment suitable for life as we know it. But there’s an important distinction. NASA has NOT discovered aliens on Europa. We don’t even know whether life exists there. Instead, NASA is sending Europa Clipper to investigate whether Europa has environments capable of supporting life. The spacecraft launched in 2024 and is traveling toward Jupiter. It is expected to arrive in 2030, then begin a series of close flybys of Europa in 2031. Europa Clipper will study the moon’s ice, surface composition, interior structure, gravity, magnetic environment, and other clues that could help scientists understand what is happening beneath the surface. Imagine this... A frozen moon millions of kilometers away. An enormous ocean hidden beneath its ice. And somewhere in that darkness, perhaps an environment unlike anything we have ever explored. We still don't know if Europa is alive. But NASA is going there to find out how habitable this mysterious ocean world really is. And if life were ever discovered beneath Europa’s ice... it would change our understanding of life in the universe forever. 🌌 Are we alone? SOURCES NASA Science NASA JPL NASA Europa Clipper
What if one of the best places to search for life beyond Earth is hidden beneath a layer of ice? 🧊🌊 Meet Europa, one of Jupiter’s most fascinating moons. From space, Europa looks like a frozen world covered in bright ice and enormous reddish cracks. But beneath that frozen surface, scientists have strong evidence that a vast salty ocean exists. And this is what makes Europa so exciting. That hidden ocean may contain more water than all of Earth’s oceans combined. Scientists also think Europa could have important chemical ingredients and an internal source of energy. Together, those are some of the key conditions that could potentially make an environment suitable for life as we know it. But there’s an important distinction. NASA has NOT discovered aliens on Europa. We don’t even know whether life exists there. Instead, NASA is sending Europa Clipper to investigate whether Europa has environments capable of supporting life. The spacecraft launched in 2024 and is traveling toward Jupiter. It is expected to arrive in 2030, then begin a series of close flybys of Europa in 2031. Europa Clipper will study the moon’s ice, surface composition, interior structure, gravity, magnetic environment, and other clues that could help scientists understand what is happening beneath the surface. Imagine this... A frozen moon millions of kilometers away. An enormous ocean hidden beneath its ice. And somewhere in that darkness, perhaps an environment unlike anything we have ever explored. We still don't know if Europa is alive. But NASA is going there to find out how habitable this mysterious ocean world really is. And if life were ever discovered beneath Europa’s ice... it would change our understanding of life in the universe forever. 🌌 Are we alone? SOURCES NASA Science NASA JPL NASA Europa Clipper
Here is the truth🔻 Scientists have observed brief bursts of brain activity moments after death, sometimes resembling memory or dream states. This led to the idea of a "life replay," but the famous "7 minutes" claim is myth. Evidence shows variability, not certainty, and no proof that everyone experiences such a replay. #viral #explore #medical #reel #educationforall
Here is the truth🔻 Scientists have observed brief bursts of brain activity moments after death, sometimes resembling memory or dream states. This led to the idea of a "life replay," but the famous "7 minutes" claim is myth. Evidence shows variability, not certainty, and no proof that everyone experiences such a replay. #viral #explore #medical #reel #educationforall
⚛️ Quantum mechanics didn't just change physics—it changed our understanding of reality. 🤯 At the beginning of the 20th century, scientists discovered that the microscopic world behaves in ways classical physics couldn't explain. In 1900, Max Planck introduced the revolutionary idea that energy comes in tiny packets called quanta. Albert Einstein expanded this concept by explaining the photoelectric effect, showing that light can behave as both a wave and a particle. Over the following decades, pioneers like Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, and Paul Dirac built the foundations of quantum mechanics. Their work revealed a universe where particles are governed by probabilities, wave-particle duality, and the famous uncertainty principle. What once seemed impossible is now the foundation of semiconductors, lasers, MRI scanners, smartphones, and emerging quantum computers. What began as an attempt to explain tiny particles became one of the greatest scientific revolutions in human history. 🌌⚛️ #QuantumMechanics #Physics #Science #QuantumPhysics #STEM Technology HistoryOfScience DidYouKnow Knowledge Engineering
⚛️ Quantum mechanics didn't just change physics—it changed our understanding of reality. 🤯 At the beginning of the 20th century, scientists discovered that the microscopic world behaves in ways classical physics couldn't explain. In 1900, Max Planck introduced the revolutionary idea that energy comes in tiny packets called quanta. Albert Einstein expanded this concept by explaining the photoelectric effect, showing that light can behave as both a wave and a particle. Over the following decades, pioneers like Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, and Paul Dirac built the foundations of quantum mechanics. Their work revealed a universe where particles are governed by probabilities, wave-particle duality, and the famous uncertainty principle. What once seemed impossible is now the foundation of semiconductors, lasers, MRI scanners, smartphones, and emerging quantum computers. What began as an attempt to explain tiny particles became one of the greatest scientific revolutions in human history. 🌌⚛️ #QuantumMechanics #Physics #Science #QuantumPhysics #STEM Technology HistoryOfScience DidYouKnow Knowledge Engineering
Before trees covered the Earth, a mysterious giant dominated the landscape. Around 400 million years ago, enormous structures known as Prototaxites rose up to 8 meters tall from the barren land. For decades, scientists debated what they were—trees, fungi, or something entirely different. Even today, Prototaxites remains one of the strangest organisms ever discovered from the Devonian Period. #TheFirePlanet #Prototaxites #Devonian #AncientEarth #Paleontology
Before trees covered the Earth, a mysterious giant dominated the landscape. Around 400 million years ago, enormous structures known as Prototaxites rose up to 8 meters tall from the barren land. For decades, scientists debated what they were—trees, fungi, or something entirely different. Even today, Prototaxites remains one of the strangest organisms ever discovered from the Devonian Period. #TheFirePlanet #Prototaxites #Devonian #AncientEarth #Paleontology
You’re not watching the ball move. You’re watching the Earth turn🌍🤯 In 1851, a French scientist named Léon Foucault hung this pendulum from the dome of the Panthéon in Paris. His invitation to the world’s scientists simply said: “You are invited to see the Earth turn” Here’s the mind-bending part: The pendulum always swings in the same direction. But over hours, its path seems to rotate — because the Earth is spinning underneath it. It was the first time anyone could actually see proof that our planet moves. 170 years later, it’s still swinging. 🤯 📌 Save this for your Paris trip. 💬 Send it to someone who’d find this as crazy as you do. ➡️ Follow for the details most people walk right past.” #pantheon #paris #foucaultpendulum #paristravel #france🇫🇷
You’re not watching the ball move. You’re watching the Earth turn🌍🤯 In 1851, a French scientist named Léon Foucault hung this pendulum from the dome of the Panthéon in Paris. His invitation to the world’s scientists simply said: “You are invited to see the Earth turn” Here’s the mind-bending part: The pendulum always swings in the same direction. But over hours, its path seems to rotate — because the Earth is spinning underneath it. It was the first time anyone could actually see proof that our planet moves. 170 years later, it’s still swinging. 🤯 📌 Save this for your Paris trip. 💬 Send it to someone who’d find this as crazy as you do. ➡️ Follow for the details most people walk right past.” #pantheon #paris #foucaultpendulum #paristravel #france🇫🇷
Why you can’t pee on Antarctica. In Antarctica, you’re not allowed to pee on the ice. Not even when you’re hiking for hours! It’s so cold and dry that when it snows, it basically never melts, so it stacks up into layers of ice trapping air inside…and scientists drill ice cores to study that air and learn what the environment was like thousands of years ago So if you pee…it will get trapped in the ice too. To see what’s under the ice, follow along! #antarctica #ice #science #geology
Why you can’t pee on Antarctica. In Antarctica, you’re not allowed to pee on the ice. Not even when you’re hiking for hours! It’s so cold and dry that when it snows, it basically never melts, so it stacks up into layers of ice trapping air inside…and scientists drill ice cores to study that air and learn what the environment was like thousands of years ago So if you pee…it will get trapped in the ice too. To see what’s under the ice, follow along! #antarctica #ice #science #geology
Quantum mechanics didn't just change physics-it changed our understanding of reality. At the beginning of the 20th century, scientists discovered that the microscopic world behaves in ways classical physics couldn't explain. In 1900, Max Planck introduced the revolutionary idea that energy comes in tiny packets called quanta. Albert Einstein expanded this concept by explaining the photoelectric effect, showing that light can behave as both a wave and a particle. Over the following decades, pioneers like Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, and Paul Dirac built the foundations of quantum mechanics. Their work revealed a universe where particles are governed by probabilities, wave-particle duality, and the famous uncertainty principle. What once seemed impossible is now the foundation of semiconductors, lasers, MRI scanners, smartphones, and emerging quantum computers. What began as an attempt to explain tiny particles became one of the greatest scientific revolutions in human history
Quantum mechanics didn't just change physics-it changed our understanding of reality. At the beginning of the 20th century, scientists discovered that the microscopic world behaves in ways classical physics couldn't explain. In 1900, Max Planck introduced the revolutionary idea that energy comes in tiny packets called quanta. Albert Einstein expanded this concept by explaining the photoelectric effect, showing that light can behave as both a wave and a particle. Over the following decades, pioneers like Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, and Paul Dirac built the foundations of quantum mechanics. Their work revealed a universe where particles are governed by probabilities, wave-particle duality, and the famous uncertainty principle. What once seemed impossible is now the foundation of semiconductors, lasers, MRI scanners, smartphones, and emerging quantum computers. What began as an attempt to explain tiny particles became one of the greatest scientific revolutions in human history
🇨🇳🔬 China is putting scientists on giant public screens and treating them like national celebrities. Malls and public spaces across the country have started replacing some commercial ads with huge portraits of famous scientists, including rocket scientist Qian Xuesen, Nobel Prize winner Tu Youyou and agricultural scientist Yuan Longping. The trend appears to have started in Shandong before spreading to other parts of China, with people even stopping to take photos in front of the displays. The idea is simple: give the people behind major scientific breakthroughs the same kind of public attention usually reserved for actors, athletes and influencers. What are your thoughts on this
🇨🇳🔬 China is putting scientists on giant public screens and treating them like national celebrities. Malls and public spaces across the country have started replacing some commercial ads with huge portraits of famous scientists, including rocket scientist Qian Xuesen, Nobel Prize winner Tu Youyou and agricultural scientist Yuan Longping. The trend appears to have started in Shandong before spreading to other parts of China, with people even stopping to take photos in front of the displays. The idea is simple: give the people behind major scientific breakthroughs the same kind of public attention usually reserved for actors, athletes and influencers. What are your thoughts on this
Brielle knows her scientists, even the french ones.
Brielle knows her scientists, even the french ones.
The Amazon holds an estimated 10% of all known species on Earth — inside a single connected ecosystem spanning nine countries. Brazil contains roughly 60% of it, but Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana all share a piece of it too. Scientists still discover new species there every year, and large sections remain so remote that researchers believe entire species groups haven’t even been catalogued yet. It’s one of the last places on Earth where the map still has genuine gaps in our knowledge. 🌳 Image credit: @dailyoverview @overview #amazonrainforest #geography #amazon
The Amazon holds an estimated 10% of all known species on Earth — inside a single connected ecosystem spanning nine countries. Brazil contains roughly 60% of it, but Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana all share a piece of it too. Scientists still discover new species there every year, and large sections remain so remote that researchers believe entire species groups haven’t even been catalogued yet. It’s one of the last places on Earth where the map still has genuine gaps in our knowledge. 🌳 Image credit: @dailyoverview @overview #amazonrainforest #geography #amazon
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