But Why?

[Being Scottish @BeingScots]

On this day 300 years ago: James Hutton was born in Edinburgh. He convinced people that the Earth’s crust was shaped not by one catastrophic flood, but by slow processes like erosion & volcanic activity over millions of years, earning him the title "The Father of Modern Geology".

[Lucas Sanders 👊🏽🔥🇺🇸 @LucasSa56947288]

RETWEET if you support Scott Pelley after CBS News has just fired him.

[But Why? @AlwaysAlba58]

@HillbillyHighl1 So happy for you to be back. Enjoy each day.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A Przewalski's horse released into the Steppe of Kazakhstan: Arguably the last breed of wild horses in the world, they went extinct in the wild by the 1960s. The Prague Zoo's conservation effort kept the species alive and in recent years, the animals are gradually returning to their natural habitat

[ScienceFocus @ScienceFocusonX]

our knee can heal itself. It just needed Germany to hand it the blueprint.

Doctors in Stuttgart did something quietly radical. They built a gel that lets damaged joint cartilage rebuild itself, no implants, no metal, no major reconstruction.

It's called ChondroFiller liquid.

Here's how it works.

A surgeon injects the liquid into the damaged spot during a single minimally invasive arthroscopic procedure. Within 3 to 5 minutes, it hardens into a stable matrix, molding perfectly to the exact shape of the lesion.

Then the real magic starts.

That matrix becomes a scaffold. Your own repair cells migrate in from the surrounding tissue, multiply, and slowly transform into chondrocytes, the cells that actually build cartilage. Over the following months, your body replaces the gel with brand-new tissue grown from you.

No fibrin glue. No drilling into the bone.

This isn't a fringe experiment, either.

The device is made by Meidrix Biomedicals, developed alongside scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology in Stuttgart. It's been CE-certified since its market launch in 2013 and has already been implanted in more than 20,000 patients worldwide.

The numbers back it up.

In one study of 26 patients with hip cartilage defects larger than 2 cm², 81% achieved good or excellent results. MRI scans confirmed significant healing in over 90% of cases.

One important caveat: it's built for small, focal cartilage defects, not advanced arthritis. Patients with severe osteoarthritis saw weaker results.

But for the right injury, this flips the script entirely.

Instead of replacing the joint, you give it the tools to repair itself.

Source: Meidrix Biomedicals / Fraunhofer Institute IGB, Stuttgart; clinical data via Kazinform News Agency

[But Why? @AlwaysAlba58]

@HillbillyHighl1 Lol. Just left this morning. We've crossed each other more than once. You might have missed the best of the weather tho. Enjoy. It's a lovely spring.

[Manx Loaghtan @MLProduce]

Couldn’t put this on until Magnus had been unveiled but this was him arriving on the farm on Saturday. I did wonder if passersby did a double take as he was driven here #manxloaghtan #bestsculpture #farmyardstudio #manxtalent #isleofman

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

In Vinnytsia, Ukraine, a female stork was widowed when her mate died. She is incubating her eggs and is unable to feed herself.

Local residents have started feeding her.

[elizabeth tutty @tutty352]

A big swell on Staffa today.

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

“In my day son we drove our furniture and it was made of red velvet or green Corinthian leather and smelled of cigars, cigarettes, martinis and other stuff. This is what they took away from you!”

[Tree @ATree_Official]

Sometimes i regret giving oxygen to humans

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

Softly read...

• Mary Oliver •

[helen warlow @HWarlow]

Chris Neale
Welsh artist ( Pembrokeshire )
Stee was from the area and we spent many happy holidays there.
Love the colours and the wall !

[🇺🇸🇺🇸DADA🇺🇲🇺🇲 @BredsguardDalen]

This right here. Everytime, you can't escape it. 🤣🤣

[AccuWeather @accuweather]

A massive rolling arcus cloud stretched across the South Texas horizon in a rare and stunning display ☁️

[Jordan Hall @JordanHallWX]

Large Haboob, destructive 80+ mph winds, and hazardous travel conditions slammed the I-70 corridor near Colby, Kansas today.
#kswx @NWSGoodland @MyRadarWX

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Vaccine Anti vaccine
research research

[A.A.Milne @A_AMilne]

“Rabbit’s clever,” said Pooh thoughtfully.
“Yes,” said Piglet, “Rabbit’s clever.”
“And he has Brain.”
“Yes,” said Piglet, “Rabbit has Brain.”
There was a long silence.
“I suppose,” said Pooh, “that that’s why he never understands anything.” ~A.A.Milne

[Ryan Scholl |-/ @WxScholl]

No this is not a timelapse, this is what I’m seeing in real time right now near Lyons, NE… #newx

[Beauty of music and nature 🌺🌺 @Axaxia88]

A campervan traveling through the Scottish Highlands was completely blocked by a herd of Highland cows. At first, people thought the cows were just being curious, but they soon realized the animals were actually asking for help. A calf was missing 💖✨

The men immediately got out, followed the herd along the road, and found the calf trapped in a deep roadside ditch. The group worked together to pull the exhausted calf to safety and reunite it with its mother and the herd. The moment the calf was reunited was incredibly heartwarming! 💗