15 June 1215: The Magna Carta is sealed by King John of England. It guarantees feudal rights and privileges, upheld the freedom of the #church , and maintain the nation’s laws. It was annulled by Pope Innocent III, leading to the First Barons' War. #OTD #ad amzn.to/2UGIbt9

Bellach ar fy nhaith nôl o Zurich a chyfarfod WCRC Europe - llawer o bethau yn troi yn fy meddwl: sefyllfa’n heglwysi ar draws y cyfandir; cyffro plannu eglwysi newydd di-enwad ar draws Ewrop; yr hunaniaeth Ddiwygiedig; yr angen am hyfforddi yn ein heglwysi. Undeb yr Annibynwyr

Very thrilled that our review article “Induced plant resistance and its influence on natural enemy use of plant-derived foods“ has been published COIS_CRIS. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

14 June 1946. Scot John Logie Baird died (aged 57). He was one the key inventors of the mechanical television, demonstrating the 1st working television system on 26 January 1926, and the inventor of the 1st publicly demonstrated colour television system.

14 June 1864. Psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer was born in Marktbreit, Germany. In 1901, he identified for the first time a case of “presenile dementia”, which later became known as Alzheimer’s Disease.

Can artificial intelligence be integrated into pest monitoring schemes to help achieve sustainable agriculture? Daniel Leybourne resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/af… #biodiversity #monitoring #pest #management

Biomonitoring of biocontrol across the full annual cycle in temperate climates: Jordan Cuff 🕸️🧬🕷️ resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/af… #pest #management #conservation #biocontrol

Metabarcoding advances agricultural invertebrate biomonitoring by enhancing resolution, increasing throughput and facilitating network inference: Ben Hawthorne Jordan Cuff 🕸️🧬🕷️ Darren Evans 🇺🇦 resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/af… #biodiversity #monitoring #ecological #networks

14 June 1822. English-born Charles Babbage proposed an “automatic mechanical calculator”. It’s considered the first mechanical computer. Babbage’s invention contains all the essential ideas of modern electronic computers.

Mae cadair a choron Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Rhondda Cynon Taf wedi cael eu dadorchuddio!

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13 June 1665. Deaths in the “Great Plague” of London escalated dramatically, as warmer weather arrived. The rich ran away to the countryside, including, King Charles II, his family and his court, who left the city for Salisbury and then Oxford. In the end, 100,000 people died.

13 June 1525. Protestant reformer Martin Luther (aged 41), married former nun, Katharina von Bora (aged 26), in defiance of the Catholic rule of priests and nuns remaining celibate and single. Luther opposed celibacy and thought priests and nuns should be allowed to marry.

Noson gofiadwy! Gwahoddiad i swper gan Eglwys Brotestannaidd y Swistir, ychydig o jazz, a chael gwybod ein bod yn cyfarfod ar safle hen athrofa â chysylltiadau â’r diwinydd ffeministaidd, Marga Bührig, a’r diwinydd Emil Brunner fu’n cydweithio gyda Karl Barth. Undeb yr Annibynwyr

Dau anerchiad arbennig iawn yng nghyfarfodydd WCRC Europe. Martina Wasserloos, Llywydd Rhanbarth Ewrop yn trafod ein sefyllfa ar draws y cyfandir gan ganolbwyntio ar ddylanwad seciwlareiddio; yna Zán-Fabián o Wcráin yn crynhoi sefyllfa’r eglwysi yn y wlad honno. Undeb yr Annibynwyr

The practice of using the letters x, y, and z to represent unknown quantities in mathematical equations can be attributed to the French mathematician René Descartes. Descartes introduced this notation in his work 'La Géométrie' (Geometry), which was published in 1637.

More than half of UK students working long hours in paid jobs dlvr.it/T8CLd8

BREAKING: An expedition led by @rcgs_sgrc has found the wreck of Quest, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s last ship, in the Labrador Sea. The wreck lies upright and intact at a depth of 390 metres. Read more:
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This is Conrad Heyer. I have cleaned & enhanced his historically significant portrait, as he is verified as the earliest-born human ever to have been photographed. He was born 275 years ago (back in 1749) a mere 83 years after London was consumed by the Great Fire. It boggles my

Out with @natreswales looking at important lichens and geologically significant locations in central Wales. Standing at the point of a 440 million year-old major extinction event brings a certain sense of perspective.

Wedi mwynhau orig fer o grwydro prynhawn heddiw - gwair yn cael ei dorri, gwartheg hirgorn Texas (bu rhaid i mi ofyn i’r ffermwr!) yn mwynhau’r tywydd, a blodau yn eu hanterth. Y Swistir bob amser yn fy nharo gan ei glendid, ei threfn a’i chyfeillgarwch.