Rural Internet Market

 An interesting observation about life in Russia. Internet market pick-up points appear in small settlements outside of cities, but near major transport routes. Of greatest interest are the supplies of building materials and tools. This may be a threat to regular building markets, which have large stores or pick-up points located only in cities.

science.org: UV-C light kills nearly everything—except this unusual organism

An interesting note to me is about a lichen from the Nevada desert that is resistant to the sun's ultraviolet radiation. It is considered as a form of life that could survive beyond Earth, perhaps on Mars or other space objects. By other objects, I hope I mean small planets like Ceres or the Moon. Of course, the vacuum of space is dehydrating, but if hypothetical living organisms have an outer shell that can prevent dehydration due to evaporation in vacuum, then they could survive on small planets.

UV-C light kills nearly everything—except this unusual organism

Built-in Sun protection might be a blueprint for surviving in space

27 Jun 2025 3:10 PM ET By Hannah Richter

 read more: https://www.science.org/content/article/uv-c-light-kills-nearly-everything-except-unusual-organism

Science.org: Trump cuts subscriptions to Springer Nature journals

 Access to Science.org has been restored, I don't know for how long. 

 I was attracted by the news that the Trump administration is cutting federal agencies' subscriptions to scientific journals published by Springer, including Nature. Well, the direction of the Trump administration's vector is clear: militant ignorance and the destruction of scientific institutions.

 ScienceInsider/Scientific Community 

Trump cuts subscriptions to Springer Nature journals

Other publishers appear unscathed in recent actions

27 Jun 20257:41 PM ET By Jeffrey Brainard  

 

read more:  https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-cuts-subscriptions-springer-nature-journals