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European-Japanese space mission gets 1st glimpse of Mercury
1dA joint European-Japanese spacecraft got its first glimpse of Mercury as it swung by the solar system's innermost planet while on a mission to deliver two probes into orbit in 2025.
The New Anti-comedy of Jon Stewart
1dIt seems obvious now, in hindsight, that people expected too much from comedy in the first two decades of the new millennium—that it could make us better , make us healthier , undermine despots , change minds , enable progress , even save the republic . Those were enticing ideas, but Jon Stewart never seemed to fall for them. His job was making a comedy show, as he essentially told Tucker Carlson
X-Ray Technology Reveals Marie Antoinette's Censored Secret Correspondence
1dA combination of the chemical analysis and advanced data processing used could reveal many more lost writings or drawings
Er en bjørnetjeneste god eller dårlig? Derfor har både du og din ven ret
1dSproget udvikler sig hele tiden, og det har det altid gjort.
Skogsbolag hugger skogar yngre än regelverket
13hEnligt experter som SVT talat med så har skogsbolag börjat hugga skogar som är så unga att de inte nått upp till lagens krav på "lägsta avverkningsålder". Dessutom avverkas allt mindre spillror av naturskogar som tidigare lämnats.
Singaporeans take fright at relaxation of Covid restrictions
1dReopening the city-state has stoked a surge in new cases and panic among anxious residents
'Mini psyches' give insights into mysterious metal-rich near-Earth asteroids
2dMetal-rich near-Earth asteroids, or NEAs, are rare, but their presence provides the intriguing possibility that iron, nickel and cobalt could someday be mined for use on Earth or in Space.
Europe-Japan space mission captures images of Mercury
8hThe European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back its first images of Mercury, the nearest planet to the Sun, the European Space Agency said Saturday.
The Seasons Are Changing and So Is Your Brain
2dSome parts of the human brain shrink as the weather turns colder and days grow shorter. But don't panic — scientists have a few theories why.
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El Salvador Officially Starts Mining Bitcoin Using Power From an Actual Volcano
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Volcano Mining El Salvador has officially begun to mine Bitcoin using the power harnessed from an honest-to-god volcano — and the so-called "volcanode" has already made 0.00599179 bitcoin, or about $269, according to a tweet by president Nayib Bukele . "We're still testing and installing, but this is officially the first Bitcoin mining from the volcanode," Bukele wrote. Relying on green geotherma
BepiColombo spacecraft sends its first images of Mercury during flyby
16hEuropean-Japanese probe swoops in to almost 200km above Sun's nearest planet, photographing its pock-marked features The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back its first images of Mercury, as it swung by the solar system's innermost planet while on a mission to deliver two probes into orbit in 2025. The mission made the first of six flybys of Mercury at 11.34pm GMT on Friday, usin
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Neuralink Co-Founder Predicts That Humanity Will Get "Wrecked"
1dDeparted Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak has a grim take on the fate of humanity: the robot uprising is inevitable, and they will leave humans in the dust. Key to his argument, which is admittedly a little hard to follow, is that AI will likely not adhere to humanity's preconceptions about political and economic models for society. "Humans are objectively bad with socialism (and on the contrary, c
Is the Coronavirus Getting Better at Airborne Transmission?
1dThe Alpha variant traveled more efficiently in small droplets, two new studies found. The Delta variant may have continued this evolution.
Melbourne's Covid crisis has exhausted its emergency departments – and patients are waiting longer and longer to be seen | Andrew Tagg
1dWe shuffle patients from cubicle to cubicle, hoping that we can squeeze just one more in I used to play a game with my children. How many ambulances are going to be waiting outside the emergency department today? I used to play it with my kids as I got a lift in for an early shift. "Three, Dad." Continue reading…
What climate scientists can teach us about dealing with climate change doom
17hClimate anxiety is on the rise, so we spoke to climate scientists about what helps them deal with feelings of hopelessness.
Doctors, receptionists and practice teams quit after wave of hostility over GP appointments
1dFears of mass exodus as abuse by patients skyrockets over blood tests, jabs and face-to-face consultations Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Senior doctors have warned that practice staff and GPs are quitting after an unprecedented and escalating wave of abuse from patients that has followed weeks of public pressure over face-to-face appointments. Practice managers, re
UK might not be over the worst, scientists warn, as Covid case numbers stay high
10hInoculation programme must be stepped up before the onset of winter Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Britain is heading into winter with the number of Covid cases remaining at a worryingly high level. At the same time, the nation's vaccination programme appears to have stalled. That is the bleak view of leading epidemiologists who have warned that the worst effects of
Two Decades of Data Show That Earth Is 'Dimming' as The Planet Warms Up
1dAnother feedback loop we don't want.
Perseverance Rover spotted from space in striking new satellite image
1dNASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spied the little Perseverance Rover chugging around Jezero Crater in a striking new image.
In Netflix's Squid Game, Debt Is a Double-Edged Sword
1dFor the chance to escape severe debt, the characters in Netflix's hugely popular survival drama Squid Game would risk anything, even death. Take the protagonist Seong Gi-hun. Unemployed, he spends his days in Seoul gambling on horse races and has signed away his organs as collateral to his creditors. His deficits, both financial and personal, hurt the people closest to him: He hasn't paid child s
Former Jeff Bezos Space Employee: "I Really Wished He Was the Person We All Thought He Was"
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Just Disappointed Alexandra Abrams, the former Head of Employee Communications at Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company, Blue Origin, says she's disappointed in Bezos for allowing a toxic culture to take hold at the company. We previously covered a Lioness open letter written by Abrams and a cohort of other current and former Blue Origin employees in which they say the company's senior leadership foste
Scientists Are on a Mission to Save Florida's Coral Reefs From a Mysterious Disease
1dThey're running out of time.
Blockchain Company Accidentally Gives Out $90 Million, Begs People to Give It Back
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It's just another day in the Wild West of cryptocurrency markets. Users of the blockchain startup Compound got an unusual surprise. Millions of dollars worth of COMP tokens, rewards for crypto mining, were mistakenly given out Wednesday night — and the exchange is now groveling and threatening for its money back. A decentralized finance or "DeFi" protocol like Compound allows investors to trade d
Hackers Attacked a Hospital and Allegedly Killed a Newborn Baby
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A woman who gave birth at a hospital that had been brought to its knees by a ransomware hack is now suing over the death of her newborn daughter. The death appears to mark the first official casualty of a ransomware hack, in which hackers seize control of a computer network and demand payment , usually in cryptocurrency, to restore it — a crime that, clearly, can be lifethreatening when directed
Trams, Cable Cars, Electric Ferries: How Cities Are Rethinking Transit
10hUrban transportation is central to the effort to slow climate change. It can't be done by just switching to electric cars. Several cities are starting to electrify mass transit.
We Might Be Wrong About How Children Understand The Minds of Others at a Young Age
15hIt's called a 'theory of mind'.
These Mysterious Animal Burrows Seem to Pre-Date Animals. We Finally Know How
19hThey've stumped scientists for almost 50 years.
Hyggesfritt skogsbruk vinner mark
1dHyggesfritt skogsbruk är en av megatrenderna inom det globala skogsbruket. Det är hållbart, ekonomiskt fördelaktigt och ger rikare biodiversitet enligt förespråkare. Men forskare vid det svenska skogsbrukets forskningsinstitut är tveksamma till metoden. De vill inte överge kalhyggesbruket. – Svenskt skogsbruk är fantastiskt, och kalhyggen det bästa sättet att få fram virke till industrin, säger Ro
Did Pfizer Peak Too Soon?
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The Delta variant's arrival this summer delivered a blow to the nation's entire coronavirus arsenal, but its impact on the champion of last year's vaccine race—Pfizer—has been particularly humbling. Compared with Moderna's competing shot, Pfizer's vaccine seems to induce half the amount of virus-fighting antibodies , and is associated with nearly twice as many breakthrough infections , according
New antiviral pill halves risk of COVID-19 hospitalization, Merck says
2dMerck announced promising trial results this week, but the full data has yet to be released.
Därför mår du bra av att vara i skogen
1dSkogen har läkande effekter på människors fysiska och psykiska hälsa, visar forskning. Dessutom kan skogen fylla en andlig funktion för de som inte är religiösa.
Marie Antoinette's Letters to Her Dear Swedish Count, Now Uncensored
1dResearchers used an X-ray technique to resurface the redacted text of letters exchanged between the queen and her dear friend Axel von Fersen.
After 3.5 million-year hiatus, the largest comet ever discovered is headed our way
2dScientists have analyzed the enormous Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet, and predict it will come within 11 AU of Earth in the next 10 years.
This Parasite Turns Plants Into Zombies
2dIt's a never-ending cycle of "Night of the Living Dead-meets-Dracula" in the world of green and leafy things.
Where Is My Mother's Safety Net?
6hM y dad didn't believe my mom when she announced that she was leaving him. Desperate, after years spent begging him to accept treatment for a worsening mental illness, she threatened to move out if he didn't comply with his doctor's recommendations. "Where will you go?" he asked. A former stay-at-home parent of five grown children, all just beginning their careers around the country, my mom had n
Climate change: Stop smoke and mirrors, rich nations told
1dMinisters meeting in Milan hear calls for sweeping carbon cuts ahead of the COP26 climate summit.
A Modest Proposal: Close Pediatric Cancer Hospitals
1dWhat if people thought about pediatric cancer the way they do pediatric COVID-19? A satirical argument to stop treating children for cancer. The post A Modest Proposal: Close Pediatric Cancer Hospitals first appeared on Science-Based Medicine .
F.D.A. Panel to Weigh Pfizer Shots for Kids and Moderna Boosters
1dThe timing of the meetings later this month suggests that the agency plans to move quickly to decide both issues.
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Blue Origin Employees Say They Don't Think Its Rocket Is Safe, Wouldn't Ride In It
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Hard Pass A small cohort of current and former employees of Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos's spaceflight company, recently penned an article questioning the company's commitment to safety. We wrote yesterday about the employees' claims that Blue Origin harbors a shockingly sexist work culture. Another alarming takeaway from the letter , though, comes from a completely different direction, claiming that
Big Business Is Bankrolling an Effort to Kill the Democratic Climate Bill
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Four years ago, when President Donald Trump announced that he would take the United States out of the Paris Agreement , the world's largest companies leapt into action. Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, personally beseeched Trump to remain in the pact. Bob Iger, Disney's chief executive, resigned from a White House advisory council in protest. Goldman Sachs's CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, sent his first-ever tweet
A novel method for installing sulfur into complex molecules
2dA group of highly reactive compounds called persulfides have provoked great curiosity among biochemists, because of their role in nature, and how they interact with proteins to change their structure and function, affecting health, aging and disease processes.
Check Out This Awesome Drone Footage From Inside a Hurricane
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Eye of the Hurricane The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released dramatic footage from inside a hurricane recorded by a "Saildrone," a wind-powered and uncrewed boat developed by a company of the same name. The daredevil watercraft is equipped with a "hurricane wing," allowing it to take a huge battering and survive Hurricane Sam's 50-foot waves and winds of over 120 m
Inspired by photosynthesis, scientists double reaction quantum efficiency
2dDrawing on inspiration from photosynthesis and the way it can achieve high efficiency in plants, Regents Professors Tom Moore and Ana Moore in Arizona State University's School of Molecular Sciences and their groups, together with colleagues from the Department of Chemistry at Princeton University (including Professors Gregory Scholes and Robert Knowles), have introduced a bioinspired catalyst tha
How flawed diamonds 'lead' to flawless quantum networks
2dThe color in a diamond comes from a defect, or "vacancy," where there is a missing carbon atom in the crystal lattice. Vacancies have long been of interest to electronics researchers because they can be used as 'quantum nodes' or points that make up a quantum network for the transfer of data. One of the ways of introducing a defect into a diamond is by implanting it with other elements, like nitro
Grimes Spotted Reading Karl Marx After Breaking Up With Elon Musk
2hRebound Guy Just a week after breaking up with SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, acclaimed musician Claire "Grimes" Boucher has been spotted with a new guy. The lucky fellow? German economist Karl Marx, best known as one of the key thinkers behind communism during the mid-1800s. In shots published by Page Six , in fact, Grimes can be seen leafing through Marx's influential volume " The Communist Ma
A Simple Bug Is Leaving AirTag Users Vulnerable to an Attack
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Apple has reportedly known about the exploit for months.
Cake was my first love – it sees me through life's highs and lows
1dThere should be no guilt with cake, only romance – in the making, the display, the history… and, of course, the eating The Great British Bake Off is back! Sales of baking utensils skyrocket when the amateur baking show is on. It appears we're all cake mad. But I've always been mad as a box of doughnuts for cake, long before the GBBO started. In fact, it's one of my loves – not one of my vices. Cak
The truth about artificial intelligence? It isn't that honest | John Naughton
1dTests of natural language processing models show that the bigger they are, the bigger liars they are. Should we be worried? We are, as the critic George Steiner observed, "language animals". Perhaps that's why we are fascinated by other creatures that appear to have language – dolphins, whales, apes, birds and so on. In her fascinating book, Atlas of AI , Kate Crawford relates how, at the end of
The Time to Buy Your Holiday Presents Is Now
1dSupply chain problems haven't improved. If you want to gift something special, here's how to plan ahead.
Two-dimensional hybrid metal halide device allows control of terahertz emissions
1dResearchers have utilized two-dimensional hybrid metal halides in a device that allows directional control of terahertz radiation generated by a spintronic scheme. The device has better signal efficiency than conventional terahertz generators, and is thinner, lighter and less expensive to produce.
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Jeff Bezos Is Being Knocked Back Down to Earth
1dOn the night he went to space, Jeff Bezos threw a party for his employees. The hotel restaurant in Van Horn, a town in West Texas not far from the launch site, was thrumming. Inside, someone had cut into the frosted Blue of Blue Origin on a big vanilla sheet cake. Outside, a live band jammed beneath a tent skimmed with café lights. Everyone was a little buzzed and a lot relieved. They had just la
Company Claims Pill Cuts Risk of Dying of COVID-19 in Half
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Pharmaceutical company Merck claims its new COVID-19 pill, called molnupiravir, can reduce the risk of hospitalization and even death from the coronavirus by half, according to newly announced Phase III clinical trial results. The company is now applying for Emergency Use Authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration. It's a promising development for new treatments against severe cases o
Coronavirus treatments: the potential 'game-changers' in development
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After positive clinical trials for antiviral drug Molnupiravir, it joins other medicines that have shown promise Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The first clinical trial results showing a positive effect for a pill that can be taken at home has been hailed as a potential gamechanger that could provide a new way to protect the most vulnerable people from the worst eff
Space jellyfish and subterranean robots — September's best science images
2dNature, Published online: 01 October 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02575-7 The month's sharpest science shots, selected by Nature's photo team
Employers Have Been Offering the Wrong Office Amenities
7hBefore you read any further, take a long, slow, deep breath. Congratulations! If you're sitting in a typical American home, office building, or school, about 3 percent of the air you breathed in recently came out of the lungs of the people in the room with you right now. Breathing in one another's air is kind of nasty when you think about it. We would never drink from the same cup of water that e
Universities Are Shunning Their Responsibility to Democracy
7hI was born in Canada , and my sense of national identity, like that of many Canadians, was formed in direct relation—perhaps in opposition—to the great colossus to the south. We were a country that aspired not to the lofty abstractions of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" but to the more prosaic benefits of "peace, order, and good government." I have always been proud of Canada's basi
BioNTech chief predicts need for updated Covid vaccines next year
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Ugur Sahin says the virus is very likely to mutate and evade immunity given by current jabs
Gene editing will just perpetuate disastrous factory farming | Letters
12hInstead of trying to cosh nature into submission, our farmers should be improving the health of the soil and the diversity of their crops and animals A quotation leapt to mind when reading " Gene editing 'would allow us to create hardier farm breeds ' (News): "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" (HL Mencken). Application of magic bullet "solutions" has go
Undgå dyre fejlkøb: Sådan bliver dine næste sneakers en favorit for dine fødder
1dHvis dine sko ikke sidder ordentligt, kan du få knyster og platfod uanset din alder.
Slow Down With These Serene City-Building Games
1dFrom Islanders to Townscaper, a handful of titles are designed to soothe your frazzled brain with minimalist, puzzle-like calm.
Why can't house cats roar?
1dSome big cats can roar loudly, but house cats can only meow and purr. Why is that?
Now Explain What the Problem Is
1dAcademics like me love to describe things as "problematic." But what do we mean? We're not saying that the thing in question is unsolvable or even difficult. We're saying—or implying—that it is objectionable in some way, that it rests uneasily with our prior moral or political commitments. For instance, when I described applying Ancient Greek free-speech ideals to social media as "problematic" in
The Power of Artistic Exile
1dThe filmmaker and polymath Melvin Van Peebles died last week at the age of 89 at his home in New York. He is best known as the auteur behind the first hit blaxploitation film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971), but he was an artist of great breadth and versatility: sculptor; poet; painter; composer and, with Gil Scott-Heron, progenitor of rap and hip-hop; playwright; gifted novelist. I wou
Tallying the Cost of Growing Older
1dResearchers have been studying how much care American adults will require as they age, and for how long.
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Sneaky Mutations Are Helping Malaria to Avoid Detection And Spread in The Body
1dAdaptation at its worst.
R. Allen Gardner, 91, Dies; Taught Sign Language to a Chimp Named Washoe
2dHe and his wife and collaborator made headlines with their finding that they could communicate with a young ape using the language of the deaf.
Fra radioaktiv til Redbull: Se, hvordan energidrikke har udviklet sig
22hEngang troede man, at drikken med det radioaktive stof radium ville udsende stråling, kroppen kunne bruge som energi.
Tom jättebubbla skvallrar om hur stjärnor tänds
1dChockvågor från gamla supernovor skapar sfäriska tomrum i rymden. Rester från den forna stjärnan skapar sfärens "skal" och ger nya rön om stjärnbildning.
Help Might Finally Be on the Way to Fight SIM-Swap Attacks
1dPlus: A cybersecurity CEO arrest, an Apple Pay hack, and more of the week's top security news.
How to Get Google Search Results That Are Actually Useful
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Here's how to cut through the sponsored listings and ads—and get back to the good stuff.
Spin polarization induced by shear flow
2dChinese researchers recently discovered a new effect that can generate spin-polarization in fluid. The new effect, which is called "shear-induced polarization (SIP)," predicts that shear flow can induce polarization in the momentum space.
The relationship sabotage scale: quantifying why we undermine ourselves in love
22hDeveloped over the course of five studies, the relationship sabotage scale is designed to give analytical rigour to a term more common in pop culture Do you feel constantly criticised by your partner? Do you sometimes check their social media profiles? Will you admit to them if you know you're wrong about something? If you strongly agree or disagree with some of these statements, you might find y
Rules and advice don't slow the spread of the virus – human behaviour does | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters
9hSurveys can help us understand how the pandemic is influenced by our choices Recent queues for fuel have shown the consequences of abrupt changes in behaviour. Almost as sudden were the changes around the first lockdown in March 2020, when close meetings between people plummeted by about three-quarters. We know this through the CoMix contact survey from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medi
The Atlantic Daily: Five Podcasts for the Weekend
1dEvery weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. Fall is here, and the air is getting crisp, which means it's the perfect time to snuggle up and press play on a new work of audio storytelling. I asked writers and editors from around our newsroom
With Fist Bumps and Nasal Swabs, Tech Conferences Are Back
1dHundreds of (vaccinated) attendees gathered in a Beverly Hills hotel ballroom as Code Conference returned after a year off.
A non-invasive way to image Wigner crystals directly
2dA team of researchers at the University of California at Berkeley, working with a group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has developed a non-invasive way to image Wigner crystals directly. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes their approach and explain how it could be used to advance research regarding Wigner crystal states. Carmen Rubio-Verdú with Columbia
In New Zealand, People (and Moths) Rediscover Dark Skies
1dA massive South Island stargazing reserve is a respite from light pollution for many species, including our own.
Marine heatwaves could have severe negative impacts on global fish stocks
1dExtremely hot years will wipe out hundreds of thousands of tonnes of fish available for catch in a country's waters in this century, on top of projected decreases to fish stocks from long-term climate change, a new UBC study projects.
How climate change could undermine biodiversity conservation goals
2dIn a new study published in the journal Communications, Earth & Environment, University of Montana researchers and colleagues explore how climate change could challenge efforts to protect biodiversity within the network of protected areas around the globe.
Space archaeology study: Life & culture on the International Space Station
2dIn an out of this world study, space archaeologists are reconstructing life on the International Space Station (ISS) over the past two decades, to better understand space culture and get an inside look at how astronauts interact with their tools and colleagues when above Earth.
The 'Magical Episode 4' Theory
2dWhat feels like eons ago, a friend asked for my advice on an important subject: He was trying to decide whether to start Friday Night Lights or Breaking Bad , both of which had recently become available on Netflix. Specifically, he wanted to know how many episodes he should watch of each to see which would hook him faster. My mind short-circuited. Although both are modern classics, the two series
Fauci: Americans Should Get Vaccinated Even if Merck's Covid Pill Cuts Deaths
1hPresident Biden's Covid adviser also says it is "too soon to tell" if the Delta surge will decline enough to allow safe gatherings around the holidays.
The Books Briefing: The Essential Qualities of a Book
2dWhat is a book? Is it simply the text we read, whether on bound pages or on a screen? Or is it a tangible object, something held with human hands and made richer by the way we physically interact with it? These are questions that Atlantic writers have been considering for at least a decade, and they don't have easy, definitive answers. Recently, the Atlantic contributing writer Ian Bogost made th
Covid: scientists warn UK may have worst to come; Israel tightens vaccine passport rules – as it happened
2hFears the indoor socialising will spread virus in UK ; Israel says people only eligible for green pass if they have received a booster jab . This live blog has closed – for the latest on the global Covid situation, please see our dedicated page UK might not be over the worst, scientists warn New Zealand widens Covid lockdown as Delta spreads UK to slash international travel 'red list' to just nin
In Brazilian Amazon, savannization and climate change will expose 12 million to lethal heat stress
2dLarge-scale deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, combined with climate change, will increase the number of people in northern Brazil who are exposed to extreme heat—with potentially deadly results and devastating economic impacts, according to a groundbreaking study released today by Brazilian researchers in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.
Old Museum Specimens Can Illuminate Wildlife History And Help Biodiversity Right Now
12hThe past in a jar.
Revealing the logic of the body's 'second brain'
1dResearchers have made a surprising discovery about the human gut's enteric nervous system that itself is filled with surprising facts. For starters, there's the fact that this 'second brain' exists at all.
How to Set up a Smartphone for Elderly Loved Ones
4hHere's how to make iPhone and Android devices a little easier to use.
Marine heatwaves could wipe out an extra six per cent of a country's fish catches, costing millions their jobs
1dExtremely hot years will wipe out hundreds of thousands of tons of fish available for catch in a country's waters in this century, on top of projected decreases to fish stocks from long-term climate change, a new study predicts. Modelling a worst-case scenario where no action is taken to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions they projected a six per cent drop in the amount of potential catches per yea
Microbes, Natural Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence
1dHumanity's greatest achievement might be building our successors — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Age and aging have critical effects on the gut microbiome
1dResearchers have found that aging produces significant changes in the microbiome of the human small intestine distinct from those caused by medications or illness burden.
Climate change is making Earth dimmer
4hEarth is reflecting less light as its climate continues to change, new research suggests.
Directly into the brain: A 3D multifunctional and flexible neural interface
1dAlthough measuring the electrical activity of neurons is useful in many disciplines, making durable neural interfacing brain chip implants with negligible adverse effects has proven challenging. Now, scientists have developed a flexible multifunctional neural interface that can not only register local brain activity in real time, but also deliver a steady flow of drugs through innovative microflui
Gene therapy can restore vision after stroke
1dVision loss can be a side effect from stroke. Neurons don't regenerate, and stem cell therapy is costly, difficult, and chancy. Researchers have figured out a way to use gene therapy to recover lost vision after a stroke in a mouse model.
Stinky 'mushball' hailstones on Uranus may explain an atmospheric anomaly there
1dA recent discovery of giant ammonia-rich hailstones, dubbed mushballs, on Jupiter might explain why Uranus and Neptune seem to have no ammonia in their atmospheres.
'80s Fantasy Movies Are Awesomely Cheesy
1dThere's a reason people still watch movies like Labyrinth, Time Bandits, and The NeverEnding Story decades later.
TP-Link's New Wi-Fi 6 Router Puts Gamers in the Fast Lane
5hLightning fast and feature-packed, this tri-band Wi-Fi 6 gaming router is perfect for a typical 4-bedroom family home.
Scientists discover 14 genes that cause obesity
1dThe discovery of genes that directly cause obesity could pave the way for treatments for a condition that affects more than 40% of American adults.
Is your machine learning training set biased? How to develop new drugs based on merged datasets
2dPolymorphs are molecules that have different molecular packing arrangements despite identical chemical compositions. In a recent paper, researchers at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) combined their proprietary (GSK) and published (CCDC) datasets to better train machine learning (ML) models to predict stable polymorphs to use in new drug candidates.
Toxic foam dumped into southern Illinois coal mine in unsuccessful attempt to extinguish underground fire
2dOperators of a southern Illinois coal mine dumped toxic foam deep underground in an unsuccessful attempt to extinguish a fire that idled production last month, according to documents obtained by the Chicago Tribune.
'Time machine' reverses pancreatic cancer progression
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What makes pancreatic cancer so deadly is its covert and quick spread. Now, a "time machine" has shown a way to reverse the course of cancer before it spreads throughout the pancreas. "These findings open up the possibility of designing a new gene therapy or drug because now we can convert cancerous cells back into their normal state," says Bumsoo Han, a professor of mechanical engineering at Pur
Scientists decipher Marie Antoinette's redacted love notes
1d"Not without you." "My dear friend." "You that I love."
13 Great Deals on AirPods Max, Earbuds, Speakers, and More
1dIf you're still using the headphones that came with your phone, it's time to try something better. These sales might help.
The End of Bias by Jessica Nordell review – how to remove your blinkers
1dThis thoughtful case for mounting a lifelong challenge to our own assumptions focuses on unconscious bias – but leaves overt prejudice largely unexamined We often think of bias as a problem that other people have. It's harder to find someone willing to admit to it in themselves. That was what struck me reading American journalist Jessica Nordell's thoughtful book, The End of Bias, which I picked
'Saildrone' Footage Offers Rare Peek Inside a Category 4 Hurricane
10minThe 23-foot unmanned vessel pierced the eyewall of Hurricane Sam and captured stunning images as the storm barreled through the Atlantic Ocean.
Sneaky US Navy feedback device could stop people being able to speak
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Nathan Schneider at the University of Colorado Boulder has published research on the implementation of blockchain systems of programmable governance [PDF]
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The Drive to Decarbonize: Clean energy uptake is accelerating, but will we hit carbon zero in time? Ramez Naam discusses with Azeem Azhar.
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Unbreakable glass cell phone screens that mimic shells
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Indian researchers have developed a novel hybrid nanomaterial for treatment of cancers. It generates hyperthermia or high temperature and can be successfully used to kill cancerous cells in the body, while keeping the healthy cells intact
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Most workers report being equally or more productive when working from home
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This 390-Million-Year-Old Trilobite Fossil Had a Bunch of Tiny Eyes Inside Its Eyes
25minReal eye-opener.
Reading Between the Lines of the New Biden Impression on SNL
28minSaturday Night Live began its 47th season with a brand-new cast member staring down the camera lens, a pointed announcement that the show is looking to stay ahead of the curve. That actor was James Austin Johnson, a comedian who gained a Twitter following for his short, surreal impressions, most famously of Donald Trump, during which he rambled through the streets while delivering strange soliloq
Sir Antony Hewish obituary
33minRadio astronomer who won the Nobel prize for physics for his role in the discovery of pulsars In 1967, a team led by the radio astronomer Antony Hewish, who has died aged 97, discovered pulsars, rapidly pulsating radio sources that turned out to be due to rotating, magnetised neutron stars, the ultra-dense collapsed remnants of massive stars. This was one of the most exciting astronomical events o
With Bitcoin IRA, It's Easy to Use Crypto to Invest for the Future
53minIt's the most basic financial advice there is, but it bears repeating: it's always a good idea to save up for retirement . If you were lucky enough to be an early adopter in Bitcoin, you already know that it presented a great opportunity to build up a decent nest egg. But using bitcoins or other cryptocurrencies to save up for retirement isn't exactly traditional financial planning. Not, that is,
The Music of Proteins Is Made Audible Through a Computer Program That Learns From Chopin
3hWith the right computer program, proteins become pleasant music. There are many surprising analogies between proteins , the basic building blocks of life, and musical notation. These analogies can be used not only to help advance research, but also to make the complexity of proteins accessible to the public. We're computational biologists who believe that hearing the sound of life at the molecula
This Infrared Sauna Blanket Helps Fight Seasonal Affective Disorder
3hThanks to Seasonal Affective Disorder, better known as SAD, winter can be a pretty trying time for most people. Psychology Today reports SAD affects 10-million Americans with another 10-to-20 percent of people suffering from a milder form of the disorder. Compound that with the limitations set by the pandemic, and winter can truly feel like a never-ending hell. However, one of the best ways to co
Readers Respond to the June 2021 Issue
4hLetters to the editor from the June 2021 issue of Scientific American — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
To Beat the Heat, Phoenix Paints Its Streets Gray
4hA reflective gray material can lower road surface temperatures — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
7 ways Einstein changed the world
4hEinstein's ideas have shaped the way we see and interact with the universe, from lasers to understanding space and time.
Jim Townsley obituary
4hMy father, Jim Townsley, who has died aged 85, was a gentle, generous and thoughtful man who spent his working life as an industrial chemist. In retirement, his aptitude for listening, understanding and supporting the emotional needs of others found expression through voluntary work as a trained counsellor. Born in Ilford, east London, to Jim Sr, a post office worker, and Gertrude (nee Knight), a
Put Microsoft Excel At Your Fingertips With 40% Off These Training Bundles
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The Last Stop
5hIllustrations by Miki Lowe The poet Adam Zagajewski spent his life trying to make meaning of what he had lived through. When he was a child, his family was relocated within Poland after World War II; as a young man, he was exiled from the country altogether for writing protest poems against the country's authoritarian government. "I lost two homelands," he once said , "but I sought a third: a spa
Storstrømsbroen er et projekt i særklasse og kræver fuld værktøjskasse
5hPLUS. Korruptionshistorier, ekspropriering, stålelementer fra Wuhan og en skala, der er sjælden i Danmark, er alt sammen ingredienser i byggeriet af den nye Storstrømsbro. Det er langtfra hverdagskost for en projektleder – men det er også det, der fascinerer projektchef i Vejdirektoratet Niels Gottlieb.
Det begyndte med et brag og ender med en kuldedød
7hPLUS. Sikkert og vist 1 (Forandringer): Universet er under konstant ombygning. En af videnskabens mest imponerende bedrifter er, at vi kender dets begyndelse, fortid og mest tænkelige fremtid.
Sikkert og vist: Videnskabens forklaringer på naturens orden og uorden
7hPLUS. Ingeniøren lancerer ny serie i anledning af det danske og det internationale videnskabsår i 2022.
A New COVID-19 Pill Reportedly Cuts Hospitalizations and Deaths by Half
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Quantum computing hits the stock market – "IonQ" on Friday became the first quantum computing hardware company to go public, via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).
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Det bugner med kviksand i Danmark: Sådan kommer du op af de skjulte fælder
7hKviksand sluger dig ikke som på film. Men det er stadig farligt.
B&O tilbyder opdatering til ikonisk pladespiller
9hEjere af medtagne eksemplarer tangential-pladespilleren Beogram 4000 kan nu få ført den up-to-date hos Bang & Olufsen – men prisen er for de velbeslåede.
Walmart's drone delivery program in Pea Ridge ready for launch
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Plant-based meat was all the rage. Now plant-based fish is taking the spotlight
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EXCLUSIVE PwC offers U.S. employees full-time remote work
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Nu pumpar blodet i 3D-printad vävnad
13hFör första gången har forskare fått igång blodcirkulationen i en 3D-bioprintad fettvävnad. Spela videon och se blodkärl växa på det konstgjorda fettet.
Andrew Yang: Universal Basic Income 'Inevitable,' Lauds $1K Payments as Best Part of Campaign. Yang stresses steadily increasing favor in USA society–and the specter of automation.
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Corps of Engineers funds bid to 'flash' waste into useful materials
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Shriveling of Arctic Sea Ice Cover Slowed a Little This Summer, But it Still Remains in a Precarious State
17hOlder, thicker sea ice continues to disappear, ending the summer at or near the lowest levels ever seen.
Sond har fått första glimt av Merkurius
18hRymdsonden Bepi Colombo har tagit en första bild av Merkurius, under ett uppdrag som utgör den första europeiska utforskningen av solsystemets innersta planet.
What if We Aren't the First Advanced Civilization on Earth?
19hIf our planet hosted an industrial species before humans, the Silurian hypothesis asks, how would we know?
Researcher explains how girls are socialized to have limited political ambition
19hMirya Holman, associate professor of political science at Tulane University, tells NPR about her research team's latest study on how socialization limits young girls' interest in politics.
"How close is nuclear fusion power?" By Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder
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Clean energy from the fastest moving objects on earth
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The World's First Artificial Kidney Could Finally Free People From Dialysis
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Robots: stealing our jobs or solving labour shortages?
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22hRobots Stealing Jobs
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Departed Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak has a grim take on the fate of humanity: The robot uprising is inevitable, and they will leave humans in the dust. To make a long story short, The AI will transcend humans in everything, unless we merge our minds WITH that AI first. And time is running out.
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Facebook Whistleblower Appears Before US Senate Tuesday. TV Appearance Sunday.
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Robotaxis Are Finally Available in California Thanks to Waymo and Cruise
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'Right to repair' law may run into the changing definition of 'ownership' – As FTC considers enshrining the right into law, changing prices of consumer electronics and increasing subscription pricing plans could make the whole point moot in the future
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Among other benefits, airless tires could reduce road noise by half! [September,2020]
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Colonizing Mars Could Speed up Human Evolution
23hHigh radiation, low gravity and other environmental pressures could spur Martian humans to mutate relatively quicker than on Earth.
Astronomers may have discovered first planet to orbit 3 stars
1dIn a distant star system — a mere 1,300 light years away from Earth — researchers may have identified the first known planet to orbit three stars.
Scientists capture the fleeting transition of water into a highly reactive state
1dResearchers have uncovered a key step in the ionization of liquid water using the lab's high-speed 'electron camera,' MeV-UED. This reaction is of fundamental significance to a wide range of fields, including nuclear engineering, space travel, cancer treatment and environmental remediation.
Chairman Schiff Applauds Passage of 2022 Intelligence Authorization Act vows "Persistent Pursuit of Unexplained Aerial Phenomena"
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'A perfect storm': supply chain crisis could blow world economy off course
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1dSupply Chain Crisis
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Crypto Isn't 'The Second Coming'—Tesla's Elon Musk Issues Serious Bitcoin Warning After China Crashed The Price
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Wind Turbines off the Coast Could Make Australia an Energy Superpower
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Master The Blockchain With 40% Off These FinTech Training Classes
1dCryptocurrency, blockchain, and fintech have gone from buzzwords to supposedly so effective, a hamster can make a fortune . Whether or not that's true, you'll need to know what you're doing before you invest, and you can save 40% on each of these courses to learn how with the code VIP40. The Complete Cryptocurrency Investment Bundle This 5-course bundle is a perfect starting point for new investo
Rick Hits 6 Figures in Just 3 Days! | Gold Rush
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Tony Beets Wants a $2,500,000 Bulldozer | Gold Rush: Winter's Fortune
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This Week's Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 2)
1dROBOTICS How DeepMind Is Reinventing the Robot Tom Chivers | IEEE Spectrum "Having conquered Go and protein folding, the company turns to a really hard problem. …To get to the next level, researchers are trying to fuse AI and robotics to create an intelligence that can make decisions and control a physical body in the messy, unpredictable, and unforgiving real world." NANOTECH Microscopic Metaveh
Weekend reads: Paper mill sanctions; UT Austin suspends prof, repays grant funds; researchers in Mexico threatened with arrest
1dBefore we present this week's Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? Thanks in advance. The week at Retraction Watch featured: Researcher leaves Wistar Institute as he retracts a Nature paper … Continue reading
Ugens debat: Skal der sættes strøm til vejene?
1dSom Ingeniøren skrev i seneste udgave, er der forsøg i gang med strømforsyning af elektriske lastbiler på motorvejene. Idéen affødte debat blandt læserne på ing.dk, som ikke var helt vilde med den.
CEOs are at their wits' end — they don't know how to get their employees back in
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Premature babies have improved odds in artificial uterus – Innovation Origins
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Participants needed for an online psycholinguistic experiment
1dHello, Keith is my name, and I am a PhD researcher at Maynooth University`s Department of Psychology in Ireland. I am looking for people to participate in a language-related experiment that is running online, which takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. The only criteria are that participants are aged between 18-55, speak English as a first language, and have no severe visual or neurological
Klimavenlig mad for kødspisere: Få små mængder ko og gris til at smage af mere
1dPLUS. I erkendelse af, at flertallet af danskerne ikke gider leve af grøntsager alene, har kok og fysiker forfattet en gratis kogebog for fleksitarer med fokus på lokkende smag.
'Too close for comfort': demand for antibodies surges among unjabbed
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1dCOVID Antibodies Trump
Supplies of Covid-19 drugs are running short, especially in states with low vaccination rates
Corona ændrede hele måden at gå på arbejde hos Rambøll
1dPLUS. Hjemmearbejde er begrænset til halvdelen af ugen for produktivitet handler også om videndeling og tilhørsforhold. Velkommen til holistisk produktivitet.
Graphene: 'Miracle material' singled out for COVID conspiracies
1dGraphene, a Nobel Prize-awarded material with promising applications for greener energy and nanomedicine, has been the topic of much disinformation by coronavirus anti-vaxxers claiming it can be used to "magnetize" and "control" people.
Brazil's Amazon records least September fires in 20 years
1dThe number of fires in Brazil's Amazon during September dropped to the lowest for the month in two decades, according to data from the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research.
Northeast Atlantic countries create new protected sea area
1dThe governments of 15 countries in the Northeast Atlantic on Friday created a new protected area of the ocean they say is bigger than the combined land mass of Germany and the United Kingdom.
Erupting Spanish volcano turns 'more aggressive': officials
1dAn erupting volcano on a Spanish island off northwest Africa blew open two more fissures on its cone Friday that belched forth lava, with authorities reporting "intense" activity in the area.
Endangered status proposed for Nevada flower at lithium mine
1dFederal wildlife officials proposed endangered species protections Friday for a desert wildflower known to exist only on a remote Nevada ridge where an Australian company plans a lithium mine.
1915: Slibemaskiner fortrænger de gamle værktøjsmaskiner
1dMan kan nu maskinbearbejde en masse maskindele på slibemaskiner, som man hidindtil var henvist til at gøre færdig på drejebænke, shaping-maskiner eller fræsemaskiner, skrev Den Tekniske Forenings Tidsskift i 1915.
IEEFA: As fossil fuel prices skyrocket globally, renewables grow steadily cheaper
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CEOs are at their wits' end — they don't know how to get their employees back in
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Report: Ford F-150 Lightning Orders Will Open On October 26
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Amazon hardware chief says the "Astro" home robot started as a security device and 'evolved to cover much more'. The roving robot can patrol your home autonomously, answer commands and serve up reminders.
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US drug watchdog green lights first prostate cancer predicting AI software
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Artificial neural networks revolutionise biological image analysis
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A new study by Korean researchers proposed a deep neural network-based forward design approach that enables an efficient search for superior materials far beyond the domain of the initial training set
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The turning point in the Brazilian Amazon may be starting
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Space Force doesn't talk about UFOs but new legislation may force them
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Get the Brain Boost You Need With an Advanced Acetylcholine Supplement
1dEven if you've never heard of acetylcholine before, you've still got it on your mind … literally. That's because it's a neurotransmitter that your brain needs to perform vital functions and mental processing. And if you've been feeling at all hazy or in need of a brain boost lately, an acetylcholine supplement like Natural Stacks's Acetylcholine Brain Food might be just the thing. Research on the
Aerobic exercise after a sport-related concussion speeds recovery in adolescent athletes, study suggests
1dAdolescents can speed their recovery after a sport-related concussion and reduce their risk of experiencing protracted recovery if they engage in aerobic exercise within 10 days of getting injured, according to a new study.
Prominent Plant Geneticist Accused of Sexual Harassment
1dFemale scientists in Mexico have filed at least four formal complaints alleging abuse by Jean-Philippe Vielle Calzada of the National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity.
Unprecedented view of a single catalyst nanoparticle at work
1dA research team has been using high-intensity X-rays to observe a single catalyst nanoparticle at work. The experiment has revealed for the first time how the chemical composition of the surface of an individual nanoparticle changes under reaction conditions, making it more active. This study marks an important step towards a better understanding of real, industrial catalytic materials.
Melting Arctic Could Release Nuclear Waste and Deadly Pathogens, Scientists Say
1dSealed Away As Arctic ice melts away, it will likely raise the sea level and contribute to the devastation of ecosystems around the world. But it can also release chemical and biological hazards that had been safely sealed away. Those hazards can include ancient or undiscovered viruses and bacteria, toxic chemicals, and even nuclear waste, according to research published in the journal Nature Cli
This Amazing Blanket Lets You Say Goodbye to Bug Repellent Once and for All
1dDepending on where you live, one of the worst things about hanging out on the patio at dusk is getting eaten alive by mosquitos or other insects. Of course, you could use insect repellent to ward off pesky insects, but it probably wouldn't help your cause. That's because a new study in the Journal of Insect Science has found, "many of the products … tested that were marketed as repellents do not
Bio-Rad Launches IgA and IgM SARS-CoV-2 Bio-Plex Pro Immunoassay Panels to Study COVID-19 Antibody Response
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Field-theoretic density estimation for biological sequence space with applications to 5' splice site diversity and aneuploidy in cancer [Biophysics and Computational Biology]
1dDensity estimation in sequence space is a fundamental problem in machine learning that is also of great importance in computational biology. Due to the discrete nature and large dimensionality of sequence space, how best to estimate such probability distributions from a sample of observed sequences remains unclear. One common strategy…
A Bayesian neural network predicts the dissolution of compact planetary systems [Astronomy]
1dWe introduce a Bayesian neural network model that can accurately predict not only if, but also when a compact planetary system with three or more planets will go unstable. Our model, trained directly from short N-body time series of raw orbital elements, is more than two orders of magnitude more…
Earth history events shaped the evolution of uneven biodiversity across tropical moist forests [Evolution]
1dFar from a uniform band, the biodiversity found across Earth's tropical moist forests varies widely between the high diversity of the Neotropics and Indomalaya and the relatively lower diversity of the Afrotropics. Explanations for this variation across different regions, the "pantropical diversity disparity" (PDD), remain contentious, due to difficulty teasing…
The impact of social isolation and changes in work patterns on ongoing thought during the first COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom [Psychological and Cognitive Sciences]
1dThe COVID-19 pandemic led to lockdowns in countries across the world, changing the lives of billions of people. The United Kingdom's first national lockdown, for example, restricted people's ability to socialize and work. The current study examined how changes to socializing and working during this lockdown impacted ongoing thought patterns…
Surface densities prewet a near-critical membrane [Biophysics and Computational Biology]
1dRecent work has highlighted roles for thermodynamic phase behavior in diverse cellular processes. Proteins and nucleic acids can phase separate into three-dimensional liquid droplets in the cytoplasm and nucleus and the plasma membrane of animal cells appears tuned close to a two-dimensional liquid–liquid critical point. In some examples, cytoplasmic proteins…
Ultrasensitive multispecies spectroscopic breath analysis for real-time health monitoring and diagnostics [Physics]
1dBreath analysis enables rapid, noninvasive diagnostics, as well as long-term monitoring of human health, through the identification and quantification of exhaled biomarkers. Here, we demonstrate the remarkable capabilities of mid-infrared (mid-IR) cavity-enhanced direct-frequency comb spectroscopy (CE-DFCS) applied to breath analysis. We simultaneously detect and monitor as a function of time…
Constitutive signal bias mediated by the human GHRHR splice variant 1 [Cell Biology]
1dAlternative splicing of G protein–coupled receptors has been observed, but their functions are largely unknown. Here, we report that a splice variant (SV1) of the human growth hormone–releasing hormone receptor (GHRHR) is capable of transducing biased signal. Differing only at the receptor N terminus, GHRHR predominantly activates Gs while SV1…
Continuous measurements of volatile gases as detection of algae crop health [Agricultural Sciences]
1dAlgae cultivation in open raceway ponds is considered the most economical method for photosynthetically producing biomass for biofuels, chemical feedstocks, and other high-value products. One of the primary challenges for open ponds is diminished biomass yields due to attack by grazers, competitors, and infectious organisms. Higher-frequency observations are needed for…
Nanoconfinement of microvilli alters gene expression and boosts T cell activation [Biophysics and Computational Biology]
1dT cells sense and respond to their local environment at the nanoscale by forming small actin-rich protrusions, called microvilli, which play critical roles in signaling and antigen recognition, particularly at the interface with the antigen presenting cells. However, the mechanism by which microvilli contribute to cell signaling and activation is…
Listeriolysin S: A bacteriocin from Listeria monocytogenes that induces membrane permeabilization in a contact-dependent manner [Microbiology]
1dListeriolysin S (LLS) is a thiazole/oxazole–modified microcin (TOMM) produced by hypervirulent clones of Listeria monocytogenes. LLS targets specific gram-positive bacteria and modulates the host intestinal microbiota composition. To characterize the mechanism of LLS transfer to target bacteria and its bactericidal function, we first investigated its subcellular distribution in LLS-producer bacter
Recurrent rewiring of the adult hippocampal mossy fiber system by a single transcriptional regulator, Id2 [Neuroscience]
1dCircuit formation in the central nervous system has been historically studied during development, after which cell-autonomous and nonautonomous wiring factors inactivate. In principle, balanced reactivation of such factors could enable further wiring in adults, but their relative contributions may be circuit dependent and are largely unknown. Here, we investigated hippocampal…
Neural mechanisms underlying the temporal control of sequential saccade planning in the frontal eye field [Neuroscience]
1dSequences of saccadic eye movements are instrumental in navigating our visual environment. While neural activity has been shown to ramp up to a threshold before single saccades, the neural underpinnings of multiple saccades is unknown. To understand the neural control of saccade sequences, we recorded from the frontal eye field…
Direct visualization of bottlebrush polymer conformations in the solid state [Chemistry]
1dAlthough the behavior of single chains is integral to the foundation of polymer science, a clear and convincing image of single chains in the solid state has still not been captured. For bottlebrush polymers, understanding their conformation in bulk materials is especially important because their extended backbones may explain their…
Structural origins of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase open promoter complex stability [Biophysics and Computational Biology]
1dThe first step in gene expression in all organisms requires opening the DNA duplex to expose one strand for templated RNA synthesis. In Escherichia coli, promoter DNA sequence fundamentally determines how fast the RNA polymerase (RNAP) forms "open" complexes (RPo), whether RPo persists for seconds or hours, and how quickly…
Chirality-matched catalyst-controlled macrocyclization reactions [Chemistry]
1dMacrocycles, formally defined as compounds that contain a ring with 12 or more atoms, continue to attract great interest due to their important applications in physical, pharmacological, and environmental sciences. In syntheses of macrocyclic compounds, promoting intramolecular over intermolecular reactions in the ring-closing step is often a key challenge. Furthermore,…
QnAs: Black voices in STEM [QnAs]
1dAs the Black Lives Matter movement continues sweeping across the nation, it amplifies diverse voices from all corners of academia. In an effort to continue the dialogue about representation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), PNAS spoke with Black scholars from a range of disciplines. Mentorship and a welcoming…
Antiviral Pill Lowers Risks of COVID-19 Hospitalization, Death
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1dMerck Covid 19 FDA
Merck reports that its antiviral molnupiravir was effective against early stages of COVID-19 in high-risk patients in a Phase 3 clinical trial.
Vaccinating Kids, Advances in Treatments, and More News
1dCatch up on the most important updates from this week.
A team of Korean researchers has published a study that argues obesity obstructs memory formation, they found that obesity increases the number of certain circular RNAs in the brain which obstruct the expression of nerve growth factors
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A new medical device may be able to repair weakened hearts with only an injection. The device is basically a patch, small enough to pass through a needle
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Researchers develop a composite film that can be used in nanogenerators to generate electricity from mechanical motion
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Tests for a low-cost, floating, wind technology, for 10+ MW wind turbines have been successful
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Alibaba joins Tencent in rush to register metaverse trademarks as Big Tech embraces the virtual world
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Merck says a trial shows it has produced the first effective antiviral pill for Covid.
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There's a startup based in Chile who's doing great work in the food industry. They built an algorithm and have a team of chefs and food scientists working closely with it to develop plant-based recipes for everything. I wrote a short piece about their process and tech. Let me know what you think!
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Iceland Has Built a Carbon Negative Power Station Using Volcanic Rock – Using resources that can be found on every continent, scientists at this terminal in Iceland have found a new carbon sink.
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A Biological 'Time Machine' With Human Cells Can Help Reverse Cancer – Converting cancerous cells 'back into their normal state'
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During the 'Great Resignation,' workers refuse to accept the unacceptable – People who are used to tolerating bad work situations are increasingly leaving their jobs and demanding better working conditions.
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We are living in the future: El Salvador has just started mining bitcoin using the energy from volcanoes
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Radiation to the heart corrects arrhythmia by reactivating younger state
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New record – 77.5% EV out of all cars sold last month in Norway
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"Land of Youth" Protein Can Reverse Aging of Skeletal Muscle
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Scientists 3D print living brain cells in "promising development" for bioprinting
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The hippocampus weaves memories into stories
1dA new brain imaging study shows that the hippocampus is the brain's storyteller, connecting separate, distant events into a single narrative. "Things that happen in real life don't always connect directly, but we can remember the details of each event better if they form a coherent narrative," says Brendan Cohn-Sheehy, an MD/PhD student at the University of California, Davis and first author of t
Intel's Loihi: Cool Even If You're Not In the C-Suite
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1dIntel Loihi Neuromorphic
Several years ago, Intel unveiled Loihi, its first public neuromorphic research processor. The term "neuromorphic" is essentially a catch-all for any type of processor that attempts to mimic the function of the brain. Because the brain is a complex organism, different chips can be neuromorphic in different ways, depending on which aspect of the brain's design they attempt to copy. Now, Intel has
Highly active engineered IgG3 antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 [Applied Biological Sciences]
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Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that efficiently neutralize SARS-CoV-2 have been developed at an unprecedented speed. Notwithstanding, there is a vague understanding of the various Ab functions induced beyond antigen binding by the heavy-chain constant domain. To explore the diverse roles of Abs in SARS-CoV-2 immunity, we expressed a SARS-CoV-2 spike protein…
The overlap gap property: A topological barrier to optimizing over random structures [Perspectives]
1dThe problem of optimizing over random structures emerges in many areas of science and engineering, ranging from statistical physics to machine learning and artificial intelligence. For many such structures, finding optimal solutions by means of fast algorithms is not known and often is believed not to be possible. At the…
Tweak amps up cancer immunotherapy by 77 fold
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Researchers have developed a new nanoparticle to deliver intravenous cancer immunotherapy. Cancer immunotherapy seeks to turn "cold" tumors into "hot" tumors—those that respond to immunotherapy—by awakening and enlisting the body's own immune system. Unfortunately, few people benefit from the most common form of immunotherapy, called immune checkpoint inhibitors, and scientists are actively seeki
What you need to know about urinary tract infections
1dMore than half of U.S. women will experience at least one urinary tract infection (UTI) in their lifetimes, while a quarter will have a subsequent infection. Recurrent urinary tract infections are defined as two or more infections in six months or three or more in a year.
Low-cost, portable device could diagnose heart attacks in minutes
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1dDiagnose Heart Minutes
Researchers have developed a sensor that could diagnose a heart attack in less than 30 minutes, according to a new study.
NASA won't rename James Webb telescope — and astronomers are angry
1dNature, Published online: 01 October 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02678-1 The agency found no evidence that the flagship observatory's namesake was involved in anti-LGBT+ activities, but some say that Webb bears responsibility.
Can food ease symptoms for people with bipolar disorders?
1dCan specific dietary guidelines help people living with bipolar disorders better manage their health? Maybe someday, according to a new study. Clinical trial results show that a diet designed to alter levels of specific fatty acids consumed by participants may help patients have less variability in their mood. Bipolar disorders, which affect up to 2.4% of the population, are mental health conditi
California Battles Historic Drought with $5.2 Billion
1dThe state is using the money to upgrade drinking and wastewater systems, improve streamflows, and relocate vulnerable fish — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Secret words exchanged between Marie Antoinette and rumored lover uncovered in redacted letters
1dA group of French researchers has uncovered censored phrases in letters exchanged by Marie Antoinette and her close friend— and rumored lover — Swedish count Axel von Fersen.
Hippocampus Is the Brain's Storyteller – "The hippocampus brings pieces of memories together over time and forms them into connective, narrative memories."
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Improving Therapeutic Success: Focus on Cell and Gene Therapy
1dResearchers combine immune profiling with single cell sequencing to enhance immunotherapies.
Powerful technique details brain tumors' formidable resiliency
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1dTumor Single-Cell 1
A team led by researchers has profiled in unprecedented detail thousands of individual cells sampled from patients' brain tumors. The findings, along with the methods developed to obtain those findings, represent a significant advance in cancer research, and ultimately may lead to better ways of detecting, monitoring and treating cancers.
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