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Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukrainian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukrainian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drones</span></a> attack <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> plant in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Stavropol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stavropol</span></a> Krai</p><p>The chemical plant, which supplies nitric acid used in the production of high <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/explosives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>explosives</span></a> such as <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/octogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>octogen</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/hexogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hexogen</span></a>, key components in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/artillery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artillery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/shells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shells</span></a>, has come under drone attack for the second time in two months</p><p>Following a previous strike in June, the facility had already suspended operations, according to Astra.</p><p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/drones-attack-chemical-plant-in-russias-stavropol-krai/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/drones-att</span><span class="invisible">ack-chemical-plant-in-russias-stavropol-krai/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RussianImperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussianImperialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/invasions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invasions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UkrainianDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UkrainianDrones</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Win for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> industry as <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> shutters scientific research office<br>After Trump took office, array of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/petrochemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>petrochemical</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a>, and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/farm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farm</span></a> industry coalitions ramped up campaign to limit use of EPA's assessments of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> risks of chemicals. <br>Industry <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists</span></a> didn’t ask for 100s of Office of Research and Development (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ORD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ORD</span></a>) staff to be laid off or reassigned. But elimination of agency’s scientific research arm goes a long way toward achieving the goal they sought. <br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/win-for-chemical-industry-as-epa-shutters-scientific-research-office/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">7/win-for-chemical-industry-as-epa-shutters-scientific-research-office/</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Life on the Moon?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Soil</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> might sustain life</p><p>Researchers from University of Hong Kong developed technology to extract <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lunar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lunar</span></a> soil &amp; use it to convert carbon dioxide into <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/oxygen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oxygen</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fuel</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> could “potentially open new doors for future deep space exploration” because it could mitigate the expensive costs needed to bring essential resources such as water to the Moon.</p><p><a href="https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/07/20/life-on-the-moon-lunar-soil-could-help-humans-live-on-the-moon-study-finds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euronews.com/next/2025/07/20/l</span><span class="invisible">ife-on-the-moon-lunar-soil-could-help-humans-live-on-the-moon-study-finds</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/astronauts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronauts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScienceMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceMatters</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Unbearable: EU’s Kallas raises alarm over Russia’s escalating <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/warfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warfare</span></a> in Ukraine</p><p>Top EU diplomat said that <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>'s intensifying use of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChemicalWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChemicalWeapons</span></a> during its war against <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> shows Moscow “wants to cause as much pain &amp; suffering as possible”</p><p>Citing recent reports by Dutch &amp; German intelligence, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> forces carried out over 9,000 chemical attacks outbreak of the full-scale war in 2022.</p><p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/unbearable-eus-kallas-raises-alarm-over-russias-escalating-chemical-warfare-in-ukraine/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/unbearable</span><span class="invisible">-eus-kallas-raises-alarm-over-russias-escalating-chemical-warfare-in-ukraine/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RussianAggression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussianAggression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a></p>
Mark<p>UK sanctions Russian officials and lab over <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weapons</span></a> use in Ukraine</p><p>According to updated <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> list published on the U.K. government’s official website, the new measures target <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>'s Scientific Research Institute of Applied <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chemistry</span></a>, as well as Lieutenant General Alexei Rtishchev, head of Russia’s <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Radiological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Radiological</span></a>, Chemical and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Biological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biological</span></a> Defense Troops, and his deputy, Andrei Marchenko</p><p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/uk-sanctions-russian-officials-and-lab-over-chemical-weapons-use-in-ukraine-06-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/uk-sanctio</span><span class="invisible">ns-russian-officials-and-lab-over-chemical-weapons-use-in-ukraine-06-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChemicalWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChemicalWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RussianAggression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussianAggression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a></p>
Klaus-Gerd Giesen<p>"<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Dutch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dutch</span></a> and <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> agencies have gathered evidence of widespread Russian use of banned <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weapons</span></a> in <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> ,including dropping a choking agent from <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drones</span></a> to drive <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/soldiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>soldiers</span></a> out of trenches so they can be shot.[...]<br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> is intensifying its use of chemical weapons".</p><p><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/05/world/politics/russia-chemical-weapons-intelligence/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/</span><span class="invisible">05/world/politics/russia-chemical-weapons-intelligence/</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Russia intensifying use of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChemicalWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChemicalWeapons</span></a> in Ukraine, Dutch intelligence reports</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>troops</span></a> use banned <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> agents to panic <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukrainian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukrainian</span></a> forces, forcing <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/soldiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>soldiers</span></a> from dugouts, trenches with gas grenades dropped by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drones</span></a>, making them easy targets for drone or artillery attacks</p><p>Now intelligence has confirmed the use of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/chloropicrin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chloropicrin</span></a> — a substance that can kill in high concentrations in enclosed spaces.</p><p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/must-not-become-normalized-russia-massively-uses-chemical-weapons-in-ukraine-dutch-intelligence-reports-06-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/must-not-b</span><span class="invisible">ecome-normalized-russia-massively-uses-chemical-weapons-in-ukraine-dutch-intelligence-reports-06-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RussianAggression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussianAggression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a></p>
The Ukrainian Tribune<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> has carried out more than 9,000 attacks with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weapons</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukrainian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukrainian</span></a> service members since the large-scale invasion in 2022</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.defensie.nl/onderwerpen/militaire-inlichtingen-en-veiligheid/nieuws/2025/07/04/rusland-intensiveert-het-gebruik-van-chemische-wapens-in-oekraine" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">defensie.nl/onderwerpen/milita</span><span class="invisible">ire-inlichtingen-en-veiligheid/nieuws/2025/07/04/rusland-intensiveert-het-gebruik-van-chemische-wapens-in-oekraine</span></a></p>
DutchNewsAgency<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Dutch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dutch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> services: <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> uses chemical weapons in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a><br><a href="https://t.ly/dnablog13" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">t.ly/dnablog13</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/dutchnewsnow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dutchnewsnow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/weapon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weapon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Netherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netherlands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defence</span></a></p>
Niels de Winter<p>Please check out this exciting innovative contribution <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@EGU_BioGeo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EGU_BioGeo</span></a></span> by Alexander Pohle and co-authors using the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> composition of the rostra (internal skeletons) of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/belemnites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>belemnites</span></a> to reconstruct taxonomic relationships and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a>.<br><a href="https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/3073/2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/</span><span class="invisible">3073/2025/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>At <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Natanz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Natanz</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IAEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IAEA</span></a> said that it has identified “two impact holes from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> strikes above the underground halls that had been used for enrichment as well as for storage.”</p><p>“Based on its knowledge of what these halls contained, the IAEA assesses that this strike may have caused localized <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/contamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contamination</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> hazards,” it added.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IAEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IAEA</span></a> said it has identified additional impact points at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fordow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fordow</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Natanz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Natanz</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> sites, including possible localized <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/contamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contamination</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> hazards.</p><p>“Regarding the additional strikes to Fordow that were reported early on Monday – after the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bombing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bombing</span></a> of the facility early on Sunday – the IAEA assesses that access roads close to the underground facility &amp; one of its entrances were hit,” the statement read.</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/live/iran-israel-war-updates-6-24-2025?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-06-24-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/live/iran-israel-wa</span><span class="invisible">r-updates-6-24-2025?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-06-24-Breaking+News</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Russian military-industrial chemical plant halts operations after Ukrainian drone strike</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Nevinnomyssk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nevinnomyssk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Azot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Azot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> plant — one of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>’s largest producers of nitrogen fertilizer and ammonia and a key supplier to the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Kremlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kremlin</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a>-industrial complex — has suspended production, Russian independent media outlet Astra reported on June 16.</p><p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/russian-military-industrial-chemical-plant-halts-operations-after-ukrainian-drone-strike/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/russian-mi</span><span class="invisible">litary-industrial-chemical-plant-halts-operations-after-ukrainian-drone-strike/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UkrainianDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UkrainianDrones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RussiaInvadedUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaInvadedUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a></p>
Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> drone strikes on Russian chemical plants tied to explosives production</p><p>As part of efforts to reduce <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>‘s ability to produce <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/explosives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>explosives</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ammunition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ammunition</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukrainian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukrainian</span></a> Armed Forces’ <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drone</span></a> system with other Defense Forces units, hit facilities of Russia’s military-industrial complex overnight</p><p>The strikes hit</p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Nevinnomyssk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nevinnomyssk</span></a> Azot <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> plant in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Stavropol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stavropol</span></a> Krai<br> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Novokuybyshevsk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Novokuybyshevsk</span></a> Catalyst Plant in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Samara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Samara</span></a> Oblast</p><p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/drones-target-major-russian-chemical-and-fuel-industry-plants-overnight/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/drones-tar</span><span class="invisible">get-major-russian-chemical-and-fuel-industry-plants-overnight/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RussiaInvadedUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaInvadedUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>A 90-day <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> 🔴 transit is technically feasible using <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> propulsion capabilities—specifically, the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Starship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starship</span></a> with anticipated orbital refueling and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/aerocapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aerocapture</span></a> capabilities. This markedly shorter transit time, relative to the standard six to nine month Hohmann windows, has the potential to reduce <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radiation</span></a> ☢️ exposure, minimize microgravity-related health risks, and lower the logistical burdens of prolonged <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/spaceflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spaceflight</span></a> 🌌 <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-00565-7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41598-025</span><span class="invisible">-00565-7</span></a></p>
Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukrainian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukrainian</span></a> drones hit <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CruiseMissiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CruiseMissiles</span></a> factory, SBU says</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drones</span></a> also successfully struck <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Kronstadt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kronstadt</span></a> drone enterprise in same town, the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Angstrem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Angstrem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/microelectronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microelectronics</span></a> plant in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Zelenograd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zelenograd</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Dmitrievsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dmitrievsky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chemical</span></a> Plant in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ivanovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ivanovo</span></a> Oblast</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UkrainianDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UkrainianDrones</span></a> bypassed Russian air defenses near <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Raduga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Raduga</span></a> and hit the assembly and outfitting workshops of the plant, which were still on fire as of 3 p.m. local time, the source said.</p><p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-drones-shot-down-over-moscow-mayor-claims/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-</span><span class="invisible">drones-shot-down-over-moscow-mayor-claims/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RussiaInvadedUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaInvadedUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Russian <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> plant, missile parts manufacturer targeted in Ukrainian <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drone</span></a> strike</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukrainian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukrainian</span></a> military confirmed an earlier attack against the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sanctioned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sanctioned</span></a> facility on May 23, noting that the plant is <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>'s “only manufacturer of batteries for glide and correction modules installed on aircraft <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/bombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bombs</span></a>,” and also produces parts for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ballistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ballistic</span></a> and cruise <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/missiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>missiles</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/russian-factories-targeted-in-alleged-ukrainian-drone-strike/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/russian-fa</span><span class="invisible">ctories-targeted-in-alleged-ukrainian-drone-strike/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RussiaInvadedUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaInvadedUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UkrainianDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UkrainianDrones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a></p>
Marc Abrahams<p>Ig Nobel Prizes talk today (Saturday, May 3) in the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/SantaBarbara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SantaBarbara</span></a> library, at 1:30 pm. Organized by CALPACS (California Los Padres Section of the American <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chemical</span></a> Society), open free to the public. <a href="https://www.lospadresacs.org/marc-abrahams-on-humor-in-science/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lospadresacs.org/marc-abrahams</span><span class="invisible">-on-humor-in-science/</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@petergleick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>petergleick</span></a></span> This is the topic of the commentary linked below that aired on <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/WMOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WMOT</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@NPR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NPR</span></a></span> in Murfreesboro/#Nashville. The photo in it was taken at the Beijing University of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chemical</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> (17,000+ students).</p><p>“Chemical Eye 👁️ on Gates of Learning” 👉 <a href="http://www.sitnews.us/MacDougall/012806_macdougall.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sitnews.us/MacDougall/012806_m</span><span class="invisible">acdougall.html</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Russia arms ‘kamikaze’ drones with chemical weapons</p><p>Russian forces have deployed Shahed-type “kamikaze” drones carrying <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> substances to attack Ukraine</p><p>Russia has been intensifying its use of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> agents on the battlefield in Ukraine, with Kyiv recording over 6,000 cases of use of munitions containing hazardous chemicals between February 2023 and 2025.</p><p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/russia-deploys-kamikaze-drones-with-chemical-weapons-ukraine-says/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/russia-dep</span><span class="invisible">loys-kamikaze-drones-with-chemical-weapons-ukraine-says/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RussianAggression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussianAggression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChemicalWarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChemicalWarfare</span></a></p>