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- 1This week in science: Loud birds, social meals, asteroid samples●This week in science: Loud birds, eating with company, and asteroid samples
NPR's weekly science roundup highlights three stories: research on unusually loud birds, findings on how eating in company changes the dining experience, and updates on asteroid samples returned to Earth. The roundup bundles recent studies and discoveries into one digest for general readers interested in science news.
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Social media users are sharing photographs of herons, the tall wading birds found near rivers, lakes and coastlines. The posts are tagged with bird and photography hashtags, suggesting a wave of amateur wildlife photography circulating among nature enthusiasts. Herons are a popular subject thanks to their striking appearance and patient hunting behaviour, and shared images typically draw appreciative comments from fellow bird watchers.
- 3Egret photographed on fence post at St Francis farm●Egret taken on a fence post on a farm in St Fracis. # birds # photography # bissetcollection # socialmedia
A photographer has shared an image of an egret perched on a fence post at a farm in St Francis. The shot, part of a personal photography collection, is drawing attention from bird and nature photography enthusiasts who are engaging with the unusual perching spot for such a bird.
- 4Thunderbird shows off its iOS app, still without a release date●Ein paar Blicke auf # Thunderbird für # iOS kann man im jüngsten Blogbeitrag erhaschen, allerdings weiterhin leider ohne
Thunderbird has published a new blog post offering first glimpses of its email app for iOS. The preview shows the design and features in development, but the team again avoided committing to a concrete launch date, leaving users waiting. Observers note the long-awaited mobile client is taking shape, though the missing timeline is a recurring point of frustration for those eager to try it on iPhone and iPad.
- 5Historian uses AI model to uncover new dodo eyewitness account●Using Opus 5.5 to discover a new eyewitness record of the dodo
A researcher reports using the Claude Opus 5.5 AI model to help surface a previously unknown eyewitness record of the dodo, the extinct flightless bird of Mauritius. The finding is drawing attention among historians and technologists as an example of AI assisting archival discovery, with readers debating how much credit the model deserves versus traditional scholarship.
- 6Birds increasingly build nests with plastic rubbish●Let them build nests with our rubbish "A study of 893 nests from Australian museum collections, representing 224 species
Researchers examined 893 bird nests from Australian museum collections covering 224 species and found that human-made materials in nests rose from 4% in 1832 to 30% by 2018, with most of the added material being plastics. The findings highlight how pervasive plastic pollution has become, with birds incorporating waste into their nests and facing associated risks.
- 7Mastodon users tag UK media over Palestine coverage●@ 2legged @ ChrisMayLA6 @ palestine@fedibird.com @ Palestine@masto.ai @ palestine@lemmy.ml @ uk_politics @ BBC5Live @ BB
Social media users in the fediverse are tagging British media outlets and journalists — including the Guardian, BBC, Independent and the Times — alongside Palestine-related groups, in posts critical of how UK press covers Palestine. One widely shared comment laments that the Guardian has changed markedly over six years as an outlet for certain stories, framed with the phrase 'lest we forget'.
Repos
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- Friedrich-M/UniMate [SIGGRAPH Asia 2026] UniMate: One Unified Model to Animate Diverse Skeletons