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With this online survey, we want to understand how we can improve urban green spaces so that they are accessible and enjoyable for everyone. 🌿

Are you 18 years or older, do you live… in Belgium, and do you want to help improve the urban green design of your city? Then follow this link: https://lnkd.in/e4uWayYX
and fill in the survey! The survey is available in Dutch and English. You can also find the link on our website: www.uantwerpen.be/bugs
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Why is this important? Urban green spaces are very good for human health, both physically and mentally. For example, you can go for a run in the park and improve your physical and mental health.

But not everyone has equal access to urban green spaces. For example, some people do not have green spaces near their home. Others may have reduced mobility, and not all green spaces have comfortable paths.

We believe that residents know best what needs to be improved in urban green spaces – and they can come up with interesting solutions! Do you want to help us?

Don't miss the chance to improve the design of your city or town!

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The 720 Egg Stunt Worked. But it was never about Cholesterol. 👀👇

As a PhD Scientist, active clinical researcher, MD student, and ex-chronic disease sufferer with a passion for metabolic health & scientific communication, I appreciate the complex social dynamics that challenge the… progress of metabolic health science & prevent the cultural shifts we need to see if we are going to turn the tide of the metabolic disease epidemics

I believe N = 1 and citizen science is the future. It’s beyond personalized and patient-centered healthcare. It’s patient/person EMPOWERED health optimization. And it can be accessible to everyone.

Science isn’t just afforded to those with degrees and special training… it’s a process that directs pure inborn human curiosity and is and should be the right of every single human being.

Applied in an N = 1 framework, it could be the key to making medical health accessible to every single human being as well.

Please meditate on each panel of this carousel 🎠. And – if you have the time – check out the full article in the epochtimes by Nurse and Health Journalist Sheramy Tsai. And special thanks to stanford’s esteemed Professor Michael Snyder for contributing as well 😊

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And – of course – shares are appreciated. Still very new to IG, but I’ve felt a warm and loving welcome from you all 🙏🏻 . Tbh I’m an introvert by nature but you all remind me WHY I need to put my neck out there. And I will

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The Great Aussie Fungi Hunt, organised by fungimap in collaboration with planet_fungi is running all through October.
Slime moulds – although not fungi – are included in the Hunt, which involves photographing species and uploading these to inaturalistorg
There are usually slime moulds …about if you look closely enough. These are the ones I've found in the past week or so.
Oligonema verrucosum, Trichia botrytis, Physarum album, Trichia botrytis, Arcyria denudata, Calomyxa 'stipitata', an undescribed species, Trichia erecta, and Clastoderma debaryanum, which is a tiny slime mould, so I took a second photo with camera on compound microscope.
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Wonder of the day ✨
Last year I caught my first ever Merveille du jour, and I was beyond delighted to see this one on the outside of the trap this morning (thank goodness I was up before it got light otherwise it would have 100% flown away!).
I’m must have been doing something right …recently as I’m getting all my wish list moths! 🤣

Astronomers, using AI and data from NASA’s TESS, have discovered a rare triple star system named TIC 290061484, where two stars orbit each other every 1.8 days and a third orbits them in just 25 days—breaking a record set in 1956.

This system’s unique alignment allows scientists to …study its stars in detail. The discovery was made through flickers in starlight, identified by both AI and citizen scientists.

The system is stable despite its tight configuration, but unlikely to host planets.

Eventually, the two inner stars will merge, triggering a supernova.

The upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will enable even more detailed studies, potentially uncovering more complex star systems and expanding our understanding of such configurations.

ℹ️ Source: phys.org

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