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storyflo · science·10 minIris on science · June 26th
This is your daily audio brief for June 26th. The morning read — ten things in health worth the eight minutes. First, from Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life. The Rivalry of Athens and Sparta.
storyflo · science·11 minIris on science · June 25th
This is your daily audio brief for June 25th. Health and longevity in ten — let's begin with what changed my mind this week. What actually protects your brain in midlife.
storyflo · science·5 minIris on science · June 24th
This is your daily audio brief for June 24th. The morning read — ten things in health worth the eight minutes.
storyflo · science·13 minIris on science · June 23rd
This is your daily audio brief for June 23rd. Health and longevity in ten — let's begin with what changed my mind this week. First, from The Christian Mind Reset's Substack.
storyflo · science·15 minIris on science · June 22nd
This is your daily audio brief for June 22nd. Ten in health — the one that made me re-read the abstract is at the top. The giant viruses that orchestrate life in the polar regions.
storyflo · science·8 minIris on science · June 21st
This is your daily audio brief for June 21st. Health and longevity in ten — let's begin with what changed my mind this week. The Four Conversations Every Relationship Actually Needs.
storyflo · science·4 minIris on science · June 20th
This is your daily audio brief for June 20th. Quick run through ten health stories — let's start with the longevity piece.
storyflo · science·10 minIris on science · June 19th
This is your daily audio brief for June 19th. Quick run through ten health stories — let's start with the longevity piece. After Senate vote, Trump admin backs off plans to kill ocean monitoring.
storyflo · science·10 minIris on science · June 17th
__DEGRADED__ From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief for June 17th. Hi, it's Iris. June 17th. Ten in health — the one that made me re-read the abstract is at the top. Let's get into it. First, from ARS Technica Science. Trump admin abandons fight against wind energy as clean energy output surges. The Trump administration has abandoned its effort to halt wind energy projects across the United States and dropped its challenge to the court ruling that tossed President Donald Trump’s order freezing federal permitting and leasing for wind projects. Next. Second, from Chad’s Weather Blog. June 16, 10:30 PM Weather Forecast Update. Today’s high will sit in the low‑70s, around 73‑78°F, but expect a quick swing of rain and thunderstorms this afternoon. The storms will move from the northwest toward the southeast between about 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., then lift northward. As the warm front pushes through, dew points will climb into the 70‑75°F range, keeping the air humid and the cloud bases low. Later in the evening, a band of super‑cell storms will track east‑southeast, likely arriving between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. The environment looks primed for strong wind gusts (some over 75 mph), hail up to an inch or two, and a small chance of a tornado or two—perhaps one or two EF‑3/EF‑4‑type events near the deeper low pressure in the northern counties. Rainfall totals should be about 0.8‑1.5 inches, with a few spots a bit higher. Tomorrow looks warmer, with highs climbing to the mid‑70s‑low‑80s. Expect a brief lull of sunshine after the storms, then a return of strong southerly winds and high humidity. The overall picture is a fairly active pattern, so keep an eye on any updates if you’re heading out later today. Up next. Third, from The Climate Brink. The Merchants of Doubt are coming for Extreme Event Attribution science. Extreme‑event attribution is built on peer‑reviewed studies that compare observed weather with thousands of climate‑model simulations, letting us estimate how much climate change nudged a storm’s intensity. Those methods have shown, for example, that climate change added roughly a quarter to the rainfall that flooded Houston during Harvey. What the article highlights isn’t new science—it’s a coordinated push from fossil‑fuel interests to sow doubt about that work. It points to internal emails from a government climate panel, echoing the classic tobacco‑industry playbook of “manufacturing uncertainty” to protect profit. Scientists involved in attribution are now facing harassment and accusations of bias, even though the review process for these reports is rigorous and multi‑layered. The takeaway is simple: the controversy is being driven more by a strategic campaign than by genuine scientific disagreement, so we should keep the focus on the solid evidence rather than the manufactured doubt. And then. Fourth, from Will Lockett's Newsletter. Mass AI Psychosis.
storyflo · science·2 minscience · the day's top 10 · june 10th
Gold’s reputation for being chemically inert isn’t due to the atom itself but to the way its crystal surfaces are arranged. Researchers showed that the “bodyguards” on a gold surface block reactions, while gold nanoparticles expose more reactive facets, letting them act as catalysts in ways bulk gold does not. Commonwealth Fusion is making the physics case for a 400‑megawatt tokamak, positioning it as a stepping stone between the ITER experiment and future DEMO plants. By demonstrating stable plasma control at that scale, the company hopes to accelerate the path toward commercial fusion power. A new study in PNAS defines an “urban pulse” using three vital signs that track a city’s metabolic activity—energy use, waste flows, and human movement. The authors argue that quantifying these patterns can guide smarter urban planning and policy decisions, treating cities as living systems with measurable health metrics. Security researchers uncovered a high‑severity Linux kernel flaw (CVE‑2026‑23111) in the nf_tables packet‑filtering subsystem. A single stray character in the code can be exploited by an untrusted user to gain root privileges, highlighting how tiny coding errors can have outsized security impacts. Scientists report promising coral‑reef interventions that boost resilience after bleaching events, suggesting that targeted assistance can help reefs recover. Meanwhile, planetary scientists identified fragments of a lost world roughly the size of Mars that once orbited the Sun, offering clues about early solar‑system dynamics and the fate of rogue planetary bodies.
