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Science | The Guardian
Ancient forest found at bottom of huge sinkhole in China
 
Scientists believe site in Guangxi with trees up to 40 metres tall may contain undiscovered species An ancient forest has been found at the bottom of a giant sinkhole in China, with trees up to 40 metres (130ft) tall. Scientists believe it could contain undiscovered plant and animal species. Continue reading…
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Science | The Guardian
Glowworms bred in captivity to be released in southern England
 
More than 500 larvae already set free in Hampshire and Cornwall as part of project to revive declining species They once lit up summer nights, people read by their luminescence and they've been celebrated by everyone from William Shakespeare to Crowfoot, a 19th-century North American chief. But glowworms have had their lights dimmed by a cult of tidiness in the countryside, the loss of wild meado
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The Atlantic
How Crypto Disappeared Into Thin Air
 
Carnage in the cryptocurrency market is nothing new. Over the past decade, even as the value of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ether has risen sharply, crashes have been a regular feature of the market. (There's a reason HODL—"Hold on for dear life"—is a mantra among crypto believers.) But even by crypto standards, the destruction of value over the past six months—and in particular, over the p
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Phys.org
Electrons in a crystal found to exhibit linked and knotted quantum twists
 
As physicists delve deeper into the quantum realm, they are discovering an infinitesimally small world composed of a strange and surprising array of links, knots and winding. Some quantum materials exhibit magnetic whirls called skyrmions—unique configurations described as "subatomic hurricanes." Others host a form of superconductivity that twists into vortices.
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Phys.org
Webb telescope nearly set to explore the solar system
 
As NASA's James Webb Space Telescope moves through the final phases of commissioning its science instruments, we have also begun working on technical operations of the observatory. While the telescope moves through space, it will constantly find distant stars and galaxies and point at them with extreme precision to acquire images and spectra. However, we also plan to observe planets and their sate
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Phys.org
Genetic predictability steadily erodes during evolution, new study shows
 
A critical goal in genetics and evolution is predicting the effects of mutations that may happen in the future and inferring the effects of those that happened in the past. To make these predictions, scientists generally assume that a mutation's effects tested in the present apply to past and future versions of the same gene.
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Phys.org
Study finds why baby leatherback marine turtles can't 'see the sea'
 
When sea turtle hatchlings emerge from their nests, typically at night, they crawl toward the ocean in what is known as "seafinding." They have to discriminate between the brighter seaward versus a dimmer landward horizon and then move toward the source of the light. That difference in radiance between opposing horizons enables them to find the ocean even when the uneven surface of the beach precl
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Phys.org
What's in your weed? You might be surprised
 
Labels like indica, sativa and hybrid—commonly used to distinguish one category of cannabis from another—tell consumers little about what's in their product, and could be confusing or misleading, suggests a new study of nearly 90,000 samples across six states.
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ScienceDaily
Ghostly 'mirror world' might be cause of cosmic controversy
 
New research suggests an unseen 'mirror world' of particles that interacts with our world only via gravity that might be the key to solving a major puzzle in cosmology today — the Hubble constant problem. The Hubble constant is the rate of expansion of the universe today. Predictions for this rate are significantly slower than the rate found by our most precise local measurements. This discrepanc
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Futurism
Weird Signal Appears to Have Come From Habitable Star System
 
A controversial new study zeroes in on a possible — and potentially habitable — star system candidate that may have been the origin of the "Wow! signal," one of the biggest mysteries in astronomy that has puzzled scientists ever since its detection in 1977. The signal, a 72 second data sequence of narrowband radio waves, first observed by Jerry Ehman using the Big Ear radio telescope at Ohio Stat
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Futurism
Google Says It's Closing in on Human-Level Artificial Intelligence
 
Too Smart Artificial intelligence researchers are doubling down on the concept that we will see artificial general intelligence (AGI) — that's AI that can accomplish anything humans can, and probably many we can't — within our lifetimes. Responding to a pessimistic op-ed published by TheNextWeb columnist Tristan Greene , Google DeepMind lead researcher Dr. Nando de Freitas boldly declared that "
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Futurism
OnlyFans Creator Says She Got Her Instagram Back by Systematically Having Sex With Facebook Employees
 
Feline Fine Honestly? You better work, bitch . An OnlyFans creator who goes by the name Kitty Lixo said on the podcast "No Jumper" that after her Instagram account got banned, she managed to get it reinstated by systematically having sex with Meta employees ( formerly known as Facebook employees ). Lixo didn't say what got her banned in the short clip podcast host Adam Grandmaison posted on Twitt
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Futurism
SpaceX Reportedly Paid $250,000 to Silence Sexual Allegations Against Elon Musk
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Earlier this week, one Twitter user made the bold prediction in response to a flurry of strange tweets from SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk that there was a "story coming out soon that he's trying to get ahead of." The hunch turned out to be correct when Insider dropped an alarming story reporting that SpaceX paid one of its employees $250,000 to keep quiet about an alleged improper sexual advance
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Futurism
NASA Sponsored Researcher Suggests It Might Be Possible to Change the Laws of Physics
 
Galaxy Brain In an extremely cosmic- brain take, University of Rochester astrophysics professor Adam Frank suggests that a civilization could advance so much that it could eventually tinker with the fundamental laws of physics. It's a mind-bending proposition that ventures far beyond the conventional framework of scientific understanding, a reminder that perhaps we should dare to think outside th
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Futurism
After Sexual Allegations, Elon Musk Jets Off to Brazil
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What do you do when somebody credibly accuses you of sexual misconduct? For SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the answer seems to be to jet off Brazil and meet with the country's president about business matters, while posting a Twitter tirade about how you didn't try to trade a horse for a sexually-charged massage from your flight attendant. As a quick refresher, the allegations are that the world
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NYT > Science
What Is Monkeypox?
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There have been dozens of cases reported in recent weeks among populations not typically vulnerable to the disease.
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Futurism
Boeing Starliner Limps Into Orbit After Two Engines Fail
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Backup Failure Engineers at Boeing can let out a big sigh of relief. The defense contractor's much-delayed Starliner spacecraft finally made its way into stable orbit Thursday evening, after launching atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida, the culmination of years of setbacks and complications. But even in the course of that small victory, not everything went
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Science | The Guardian
Stonehenge builders ate undercooked offal, ancient faeces reveals
 
Intestinal parasites recovered from prehistoric rubbish dumps shine light on lives and diet of builders Parasite eggs found in 4,500-year-old human faeces suggest the builders of Stonehenge took part in winter feasts that included the internal organs of animals, researchers have revealed. The huge stone circle of Stonehenge is thought to have been built around 2,500BC, with evidence suggesting th
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The Atlantic
So, Have You Heard About Monkeypox?
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Updated at 9:51 a.m. on May 20, 2022 Yesterday afternoon, I called the UCLA epidemiologist Anne Rimoin to ask about the European outbreak of monkeypox—a rare but potentially severe viral illness with dozens of confirmed or suspected cases in the United Kingdom, Spain, and Portugal . "If we see those clusters, given the amount of travel between the United States and Europe, I wouldn't be surprised
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Futurism
In Extremely Confusing Twist, Facebook Says It Isn't Building a Metaverse After All
 
Facebook's dream of the metaverse, a VR hellscape stuffed with annoying ads and screeching children , is as incoherent and confusing as ever after reading an 8,000 word essay by Nick Clegg, the president of global affairs at Facebook's parent company Meta. In the rambling piece, Clegg reveals that Facebook isn't planning to build its own metaverse after all. "There won't be a Meta-run metaverse,
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Futurism
SpaceX Rocket Fumes "Hazardous to Humans" and the Climate, Scientists Warn
 
Exhausting It looks like the exhaust fumes from SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets (and others like it, including Blue Origin) are actually toxic to humans — and to the planet we call home. A new paper in the journal Physics of Fluids details how researchers digitally modeled the type of fumes that come from rockets like those made by SpaceX, Blue Origin, and other private rocket manufacturers — and their
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The Atlantic
No, Student Loans Aren't Like a Mortgage
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For the past two years, Americans who hold student-loan debt have had a reprieve. At the outset of the pandemic, lawmakers agreed that a pause on debt payments was in order; this stopgap measure has been extended six times. The current restart date is slated for the end of August, though experts already suspect that politicians will want to wait until after the midterm elections. Eventually, thou
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The Atlantic
Georgetown's Cowardice on Free Speech
 
In 1985, the Yale anthropologist James C. Scott published a study of how subordinated populations can resist the powerful and dominant. He introduced the idea of "weapons of the weak": "foot-dragging, evasion, false compliance, pilfering, feigned ignorance, slander and sabotage." Pilfering aside, Scott anticipated many of the management techniques of the modern university administrator. For more
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The Atlantic
The Double Terror of Being Black in America
 
I loved strawberry shortcake as a child in New York City. The sliced strawberries, the juice, the softest of cake, that whipped cream. I loved it all individually. And together? Pure bliss. Celestine Chaney loved strawberry shortcake too. A 65-year-old mother and grandmother of six, Chaney took strawberry-shortcake making to another level. She'd buy "those little cake cups," her son, Wayne Jones,
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Science | The Guardian
Attenborough series sinks teeth into fruits of 'dinosaur revolution'
 
Makers of Prehistoric Planet say it was perfect time to make show as new species are found at rate of one a week A "dinosaur revolution" is taking place with a new species being discovered every week, the makers of a groundbreaking new docuseries exploring life on Earth 66m years ago have said. Prehistoric Planet, produced by BBC Studios' Natural History Unit and premiering on Apple TV on Monday,
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Futurism
New Crypto Backed by "America's Most Stable Asset": Cans of AriZona Iced Tea
 
Drink Up Throughout the ups and downs of the American economy, one thing has been astonishingly constant: the price of AriZona Iced Tea drinks, which always has been, and hopefully always will be, 99 cents. In other words, can you imagine any better asset to back a new "stable" cryptocurrency? The website for USDTea , a new AriZona Iced Tea-backed crypto, calls the iconic beverage "America's most
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Science | The Guardian
'Now we have to deal with it': what's going on in the UK with monkeypox?
 
It's not the first time the virus has been found in Britain but now there are chains of transmission The person was sick when they boarded the plane. Five days before leaving Nigeria for Britain, they noticed a rash that spread into a scattering of fluid-filled bumps. When the plane touched down on 4 May, they wasted no time. The person attended hospital where doctors, alerted by their recent tra
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TED Talks Daily (SD video)
We have to stop destroying our future | Al Gore
 
Lighting up the TED stage, Nobel laureate Al Gore takes stock of the current state of climate progress and calls attention to institutions that have failed to honor their promises by continuing to pour money into polluting sectors. He explains how the financial interests of fossil fuel companies have blocked the policymaking process in key countries — and calls for a global epiphany to take on th
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The Atlantic
A Very Expensive, Technically Illegal Workaround to the Formula Shortage
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The baby-formula shortage has been something of a nightmare for Aleisha Velez, a 25-year-old mother of two who lives in Philadelphia. Velez relies on the federal government's Woman, Infants, and Children (WIC) program to get free formula, which means she can't just get the product shipped to her home. So over the past two months, she has called store after store to find in-stock formula before tr
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Futurism
Scientists Intrigued by Area Inside Earth That Slows Earthquakes "to a Crawl"
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Crawl Pit A team from the University of Cambridge has created the first-ever detailed map of the mysterious layer of rocks forming the boundary between the Earth's core and the mantle, a thick layer of solid rock that's hot enough to slowly pass convection currents to the surface. It's a scientific breakthrough that could give us a rare glimpse of what's lurking deep beneath the surface — and may
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The Time Bandit Helps The Cornelia Marie Find Their Pots | Deadliest Catch
 
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Science | The Guardian
Student helps reveal Anne Brontë's skills in geology
 
Sally Jaspars says novelist's rock collection shows youngest Brontë sister 'was in tune with the scientific inquiry of the time' A student has helped reveal that one of Britain's most famous authors was not only a talented writer but also a skilled rock collector with an active interest in geology. Anne Brontë, the youngest of the three Brontë sisters, built up a collection of attractive specimen
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The Atlantic
How the End of Roe Would Change Prenatal Care
 
Pregnancy, in this age of modern medicine, comes with a series of routinely recommended prenatal tests: At 11 weeks, a blood draw and an ultrasound to check for conditions such as Down syndrome. At 15 weeks, another blood test, for anomalies such as spina bifida. At 18 to 22, an ultrasound anatomy scan of the baby's heart, brain, lungs, bones, stomach, fingers, and toes. This is when many parents
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Phys.org
Archaeologists reconstruct an ancient Aryan bow
 
A unique compound bow from the Bronze Age nearly 2 meters tall was reconstructed from authentic materials by SUSU specialists as part of an international team. This weapon had the greatest accuracy, shooting distance and killing power in its time.
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Futurism
Crabby Russian Space Program Head Turns Sights on American Farmers
 
Astronaut Farmer If there's one thing Russia's top space chief is good at — spoiler: it might not be actual space stuff — it's complaining about Americans . Today's presentation by Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin certainly delivered in that regard. Speaking to an audience of what appear to be Russian university students, Rogozin touted the superiority of Russia's space program — which, by the way,
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Livescience
What is vodka?
 
To produce vodka, you must first ferment a foodstuff that contains sugar or starch, then distill the product to increase its alcohol content. But what is vodka made from?
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Futurism
CEOs Exposed for Using Shockingly Stupid Passwords
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Password123 According to new research from password manager NordPass, countless high-level executives and CEOs are using mind-meltingly terrible passwords, including — we are not joking — "123456" and "password." In other words, it's not just us average Joes being dangerously lax about cybersecurity — even high-ranking managers and business owners make shockingly bad decisions that could easily l
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The Atlantic
Ngũgĩ in America
 
A few years ago , heart surgery forced Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, the Kenyan writer and perennial Nobel shortlister , to give up driving. He misses it. He misses getting behind the wheel for a few hours with no end point in mind, randomly exploring the roads. "Like writing a story," he said. So when I offered to visit and take him for an afternoon drive, he accepted. For reasons unknown to me, my rental
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Futurism
Lawsuit Claims Apple AirPods Ruptured a Child's Eardrums
 
One family says their child was left with hearing damage after the boy's Apple AirPods blasted a super-loud Amber Alert in his ears. Reuters reported this week that a family has filed suit against Apple claiming the company didn't give them adequate warning about the risk. The suit says his volume was set to "low" and that the kid was watching Netflix from a connected iPhone. The Amber Alert — wh
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Phys.org
Researchers unveil a secret of stronger metals
 
Forming metal into the shapes needed for various purposes can be done in many ways, including casting, machining, rolling, and forging. These processes affect the sizes and shapes of the tiny crystalline grains that make up the bulk metal, whether it be steel, aluminum or other widely used metals and alloys.
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Science | The Guardian
Boeing hopes third time the charm for Starliner test flight
 
The company hopes to send a manned crew to the International Space Station later this year after two prior test flights failed Boeing's crew capsule rocketed into orbit on Thursday on a repeat test flight without astronauts, after years of being grounded by flaws that could have doomed the spacecraft. Only a test dummy was aboard. If the capsule reaches the International Space Station on Friday a
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The Atlantic
America Has Never Really Understood India
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R ussia's invasion of Ukraine has resurrected Cold War hostilities, harkening back to a world in which the United States saw itself pitted in a Manichaean struggle, facing a choice between good and evil. The U.S. is using similar rhetoric today to persuade countries to isolate and punish Moscow. President Joe Biden has garnered support among his NATO allies to impose crippling sanctions on Russia
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Phys.org
MCM molecules impede the formation of DNA loops
 
The entire genomic material of a cell must be packed into a tiny cell nucleus in such a way, that on the one hand, it can be stored in an organized manner and, on the other hand, it can be transcribed, duplicated or repaired as needed. Different proteins are responsible for space-saving packaging, which can roll up or loop the DNA. Scientists Kikuë Tachibana and Karl Duderstadt from the Max Planck
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Phys.org
Mixing laser beams and X-ray beams
 
Unlike fictional laser swords, real laser beams do not interact with each other when they cross—unless the beams meet within a suitable material allowing for nonlinear light-matter interaction. In such a case, wave mixing can give rise to beams with changed colors and directions.
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The Atlantic
Scotland's Billionaires Are Turning Climate Change Into a Trophy Game
 
Photographs by Niall McDiarmid The wind turbine judders to life with a boom that echoes down its central shaft. It rotates slowly at first, then gathers speed as its blades pick up the direction of the wind. Andy Clements, who looks after the small wind farm on the tiny Scottish Isle of Gigha, steps out of the control hub at the base of the turbine and looks up with satisfaction. A minor problem
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Science | The Guardian
Recovery of mice raises hopes drug could help people with spinal injuries
 
Condition of rodents with spinal cord damage improved after they had lung disease drug, say researchers Mice with spinal cord injuries have shown remarkable recovery after being given a drug initially developed for people with lung disease, researchers have revealed, saying the treatment could soon be tested on humans. It is thought there are about 2,500 new spinal cord injuries in the UK every y
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The Atlantic
American Democracy Isn't Ready for This
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This weekend, Australians will vote in the country's federal elections. The process will likely be seamless, transparent, and punctuated by countless civic-minded barbecues affectionately known as sausage sizzles . This is how elections generally go in Australia, but for those in New South Wales, that wasn't the case late last year. The state had encouraged a significant number of voters to move
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The Atlantic
Motherhood's Impossible, All-Consuming Demands
 
The short story " Go, Team ," by Samantha Hunt, traces a series of conversations within a group of mothers after a woman disappears into the woods during a children's soccer game. They aren't sure if the vanished woman is a mom, though they wonder if she might be. But even when it's only suspected, motherhood is such an all-consuming identity that the possibility suffuses every element of their d
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Phys.org
The role of vegetation in reducing thermal stress in urban areas
 
Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) conducted a multi-year empirical study to assess the impact of trees on city temperatures. Taking the city of Würzburg as an example, the researchers showed that vegetation cover of approximately 40 percent is needed to bring about lower summer temperatures.
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Futurism
Experts Alarmed by Zoom's Tech for Detecting Users' Emotions
 
Smile! Your job might just depend on it. According to the Thomson Reuters Foundation , human rights experts are worried about Zoom's plans to develop emotion-detecting software for its products. In an April blog post , the company announced plans for the tech, arguing that emotion and sentiment surveillance could drives sales and productivity. Therefore, it should be measured on a scale. "Sentime
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Science | The Guardian
The Guardian view on low Covid vaccination rates: not just North Korea | Editorial
 
Pyongyang has left its people highly vulnerable to this outbreak. But rich countries have a responsibility for the lack of protection in other places When Covid-19 first emerged, the "Hermit Kingdom" lived up to its nickname – shutting its borders in January 2020, long before most of the world had taken real heed of the disease spreading in China. With healthcare already on its knees and a malnou
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Phys.org
Policy and farm management help China mitigate climate change
 
Production of animal protein in China has increased by 800% over the past 40 years, driven by population growth, urbanization and higher worker wages. However, the amount of climate-warming nitrous oxide released from animal farming in the country has not risen as quickly, thanks to science-led policy and farm management interventions in the way animals are fed and their manure recycled.
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The Atlantic
Something's Up With Harry Styles's Vibe
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So much music exists to provoke bold emotions—ecstasy, amazement, deep blues. Other music conjures pastel feelings, soft and in-between. For example, much of Harry Styles's third album, Harry's House , imparts the mild joy that one might get from completing a list of chores. Some songs spark the regret of failing to book the ideal dinner reservation. Over multiple listens, another sensation, like
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MIT Technology Review
The Download: The monkeypox outbreak latest, and the online trail left by mass shooters
 
This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. What you need to know the monkeypox outbreak The news: Monkeypox infections are spreading around the world, with 62 confirmed cases so far, and 55 suspected, according to a database compiled by researchers at the University of Oxford and Harvard Medical School
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The Atlantic
The Review: Knocked Up
 
Fifteen years on, what can we learn from how the movie Knocked Up treated abortion, pregnancy, and women's bodily autonomy? And what does it say in the era of a leaked Supreme Court opinion that could overturn Roe v. Wade as we know it? Join The Review as Sophie Gilbert, Megan Garber, and Hannah Giorgis dissect Judd Apatow's 2007 film. Listen to the discussion here: The following transcript has b
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Phys.org
Developmental origin of the adrenal cortex in humans and cynomolgus monkeys
 
Sitting atop each kidney and measuring only around two centimeters long, the adrenal glands are tiny but mighty. These glands produce steroid hormones, including those involved in stress response, blood pressure maintenance, and fertility. When their development goes awry, it can cause a life-threatening condition called primary adrenal insufficiency, also known as Addison's disease. Many of the g
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
An exploration of global patterns of trade in arachnids reveals 1,264 species from 66 families
 
A small team of researchers with members from Thailand, Finland and China, has found that there is a very large and active trade in arachnids across the internet. In their paper published in the journal Communications Biology, the group describes their study of arachnid trade via the internet and possible repercussions of so many of the creatures being traded across the world.
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The Atlantic
A Second Chance at Friendship
 
Each installment of " The Friendship Files " features a conversation between The Atlantic 's Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history and significance of their relationship. This week she talks with two men who first met while doing national military service in Singapore. They didn't talk much then. More than a year later, they reconnected online, took a hike together, and found
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Singularity Hub
Volvo and DHL Are Partnering on Hub-to-Hub Autonomous Trucking
 
You've probably heard the term " the Great Resignation " in the last year or so, as millions of people reportedly quit their jobs during the pandemic. Hospitality was one of the hardest-hit industries, and multiple sectors of the economy felt (and are still feeling) the pain. Trucking wasn't spared, and it's been a blow to a crucial piece of the supply chain that was already experiencing labor sh
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Phys.org
How seascapes of the ancient world shaped the genetic structure of European populations
 
Trinity scientists, along with international colleagues, have explored the importance of sea travel in prehistory by examining the genomes of ancient Maltese humans and comparing these with the genomes of this period from across Europe. Previous findings from the archaeological team had suggested that towards the end of the third millennium BC the use of the Maltese temples declined.
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Phys.org
All-optical phase recovery and quantitative phase imaging performed instantly without a computer
 
Optical imaging and characterization of weakly scattering phase objects, such as isolated cells, bacteria and thin tissue sections frequently used in biological research and medical applications, have been of significant interest for decades. Due to their optical properties, when these 'phase objects' are illuminated with a light source, the amount of scattered light is usually much less than the
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ScienceDaily
PFAS chemicals do not last forever
 
Once dubbed 'forever chemicals,' per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, might be in the market for a new nickname. Adding iodide to a water treatment reactor that uses ultraviolet (UV) light and sulfite destroys up to 90% of carbon-fluorine atoms in PFAS forever chemicals in just a few hours, reports a new study led by environmental engineers. The addition of iodide accelerates the speed of
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ScienceDaily
Haywire T cells attack protein in 'bad' cholesterol
 
Detecting these T cells may lead to diagnostics to better detect heart disease–and disease severity–through a blood sample. The knowledge also brings researchers closer to developing a vaccine that dampens this dangerous immune cell activity to prevent atherosclerosis.
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Phys.org
Where do "Hawaiian box jellies" come from?
 
An insightful cross-disciplinary team of University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa researchers, working for over a decade, published a study recently revealing that a key number of hours of darkness during the lunar cycle triggers mature "Hawaiian box jellyfish" (Alatina alata) to swim to leeward O'ahu shores to spawn.
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Phys.org
Unraveling a perplexing explosive process that occurs throughout the universe
 
Mysterious fast radio bursts release as much energy in one second as the Sun pours out in a year and are among the most puzzling phenomena in the universe. Now researchers at Princeton University, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have simulated and proposed a cost-effective experiment to produce and observ
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Phys.org
Geothermal drilling successes offer potential gain for petroleum industry
 
Texas A&M University researchers Dr. Sam Noynaert and Fred Dupriest recently presented results from a geothermal project that drastically reduced well-completion times and drill bit changeouts to an audience of mostly petroleum drillers. The Department of Energy (DOE) funded the project, which improves geothermal drilling practices with physics-based instruction and oil and gas techniques to lower
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Science | The Guardian
'Smooth brain, just vibes': what is life like for those who refuse the news?
 
Fewer Australians are following the headlines – but there's a fine line between switching off and staying connected to the world Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email and listen to our podcast It was during the second Sydney lockdown, in 2021, that Cass decided to unplug. "I was finding myself really anxious about the state of the world. And when I looked at the news, I was like, there's ac
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iBiology (uploads) on YouTube
Modeling a Soil Microbiome
 
http://www.iBiology.org Dirt is anything but dumb. Inside soil lives a community of microbes that play an important role in everything from the environment to agriculture. In this Share Your Research talk, Dr. Julia Nepper describes her postdoctoral research to model and understand the microbial community inside the rhizosphere, the soil adjacent to plant roots. Dr. Nepper performed a series of e
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ScienceDaily
Mixing laser- and x-ray-beams
 
Unlike fictional laser swords, real laser beams do not interact with each other when they cross — unless the beams meet within a suitable material allowing for nonlinear light-matter interaction. In such a case, wave mixing can give rise to beams with changed colors and directions.
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Futurity.org
Team measures microbes in American diets
 
New research aims to measure the friendly microbes in raw and fermented foods. "Ultimately we want to understand if there should be a recommended daily intake of these microbes to keep us healthy, either through the foods or from probiotic supplements," says Maria Marco, a professor in the food science and technology department at the University of California, Davis. "In order to do that, we need
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Futurity.org
8 tips to get you through the baby formula shortage
 
An expert has tips to help you navigate the national shortage of baby formula, which has many parents worried they won't be able to feed their babies. More than 40% of top-selling formula brands are reportedly out of stock at stores around the country. The shortage stems from pandemic supply issues worsened by recalls and the shutdown of an Abbott Laboratories production plant in February. Unders
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Futurism
Best 55-Inch TVs in 2022
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If you've been having the sneaking suspicion that TVs have been slowly creeping up in size, you're not alone. We've come a long way since the heyday of boxy CRT tube TVs, which have made way for increasingly small flat-panel models. In fact, as the TVs get thinner, their screens tend to get larger, since TV manufacturers are able to shrink their bezel (borders). This allows them to maximize the s
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iBiology (uploads) on YouTube
The Century of Biology: R. Alta Charo
 
http://www.iBiology.org In The Century of Biology, noted bioethicist R. Alta Charo ponders the ever-shifting interrelationship between humans and nature. The power of CRISPR and genome editing fundamentally reshapes the realm of the possible, as humans can manipulate life with precision on the molecular level. What we will do with this power is a question that far exceeds the limits of biology an
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ScienceDaily
Climate change likely to reduce the amount of sleep that people get per year
 
Most research looking at the impact of climate change on human life has focused on how extreme weather events affect economic and societal health outcomes on a broad scale. Yet climate change may also have a strong influence on fundamental daily human activities — including a host of behavioral, psychological, and physiological outcomes that are essential to wellbeing. Investigators now report th
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ExtremeTechExtreme – ExtremeTech
Boeing Starliner Launches Successfully, Headed For Space Station
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft onboard is seen as it is rollout out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 ahead of the Orbital Flight Test mission, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Orbital Flight Test with be Starliner's maiden mission to the International Sp
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iBiology (uploads) on YouTube
How is the Expansion and Shrinking of Fat Cells Controlled in Our Body?
 
http://www.iBiology.org The fat layer in our skin has the ability to expand and shrink. Yet, the regulatory mechanisms for skin fat growth and shrinking are not well understood. In this Share Your Research Talk, Edriss Yousuf describes his thesis research on the regulation of skin fat. He discovered a non-immune function of regulatory T cells and showed that they can induce autophagy in skin fat
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Futurity.org
Why you should worry about plastic and your health
 
Recent studies have found evidence of microplastics in the human body, including the bloodstream and lungs. But that's not the only way plastic can affect human health. While studying mosquito-borne viral infections (arboviruses) in Kenya, Desiree LaBeaud and collaborators realized that the mosquitoes were coming from the plastic trash. "This work has changed me forever," says LaBeaud, an infecti
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
DNA contained in honey reveals honeybee health
 
Researchers from the B.S.R.C. "Alexander Fleming" in Greece have optimized a method to characterize DNA traces in honey, revealing the species that honeybees interact with. This collaborative work led by researcher Dr. Solenn Patalano allowed the monitoring of the variability of bee diets across the year, revealing bee microbiota in a non-invasive way, as well as identifying pathogenic species the
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Phys.org
Scientists explain why meridional heat transport is underestimated
 
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a phenomenon responsible for transporting ocean heat northward through the Atlantic Ocean. This process significantly influences the Arctic and North Atlantic oceanic climate and the Eurasian continental climate. The corresponding cross-equatorial northward heat transport also determines the location of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (I
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cognitive science
cognitive science literature on the formation of the world
 
Im someone with a philosophy background who got into cogsci and neuropsychology through Merleau-Ponty and phenomenology and for the past month or so Ive brushed up my knowledge on biology and read cogsci's history. Ive enjoyed the field(s) quite a bit but more of a leisure activity kind of enjoyment. My obsessive intrest viz. our formation/conception of the world, phenomenological/ecological appr
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Futurity.org
Traumatic events may blunt benefits of positive interventions at school
 
In the midst of traumatic events, such as a neighborhood shooting, positive classroom behavior management interventions may not work as well for all kids, a new study shows. In general, offering students positive encouragement rather than negative reprimands not only reduces disruptive student classroom behavior but can also improve students' academic and social outcomes, says Keith Herman, profe
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Phys.org
Space agencies provide global view of our changing environment
 
In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, ESA, NASA and JAXA worked closely together to create an open-source platform, based on the Euro Data Cube, that used a wealth of data from Earth-observing satellites to document the worldwide changes happening to our society and the environment. Now, the COVID-19 Earth Observing Dashboard has been expanded to contain six new focus areas which offers a p
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Phys.org
Researchers find imperfections provide protection for system symmetry
 
An international research collaboration has discovered how to exploit certain defects to protect confined energy in acoustics systems. Their experimental approach provides a versatile platform to create at-will defects for further theoretical validation and to improve control of waves in other systems, such as light, according to principal investigator Yun Jing, associate professor of acoustics an
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Phys.org
Hubble focuses on large lenticular galaxy 1023
 
This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image looks at one of the nearest, massive lenticular galaxies to Earth, NGC 1023 some 36 million light-years away. Lenticular galaxies get their names from their edge-on appearance that resembles a lens. They are intermediate galaxies between ellipticals and spirals. Lenticular galaxies have a large central bulge and a flattened disk like spirals, but no spira
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Futurity.org
Roads and railway would threaten tiger survival in Nepal park
 
Expanding roads and completion of a planned railway in Nepal's Chitwan National Park could increase deaths of endangered tigers, disrupt habitats, and exacerbate other threats to biodiversity, a new study shows. Using an advanced simulation model, researchers investigated how the rapid development of transport infrastructure, which is a major threat to endangered species worldwide, could affect f
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Phys.org
Engineers evaluate the factors affecting battery performance at low temperatures
 
Energy storage with rechargeable battery technologies powers our digital lifestyles and supports renewable energy integration into the power grid. However, battery function under cold conditions is an ongoing challenge, motivating researchers to improve low temperature performance of batteries. Aqueous batteries (in a liquid solution) do better than non-aqueous batteries in terms of rate capabilit
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Phys.org
Denying abortion access has a negative impact on children and families
 
The Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court proceedings in the United States have put the spotlight on the issue of abortion rights. Limiting access to safe abortions has many consequences, including increases in poverty, unemployment and pregnancy-related deaths. Another key area of impact from restricting abortion access is on family well-being and child development.
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Nature
Monkeypox goes global: why scientists are on alert
 
Nature, Published online: 20 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01421-8 Scientists are trying to understand why the virus, a less lethal relative of smallpox, has cropped up in so many populations around the world.
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Phys.org
A new tool to verify the geographical origins of virgin olive oil
 
Olive oil is one of the most prestigious agri-foods in Spain and it is the base of the Mediterranean diet. Adulteration and commercial fraud cases occur when it comes to the origin and varieties of a product with such an economic and business interest. Now, a team from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, Torribera Food and Nutrition Campus and the Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety Res
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Futurism
Deal: Get Up to 6 Months of Apple Services Totally Free
 
For a limited time, Apple is offering free access to its services for six months . Apple is betting you'll love their full suite of services that spans everything from entertainment to lifestyle that they're offering half a year of full access to new subscribers. For the uninitiated, here's what you can expect from your free trial. — Jam Out With Apple Music : A destination for the ultimate in mu
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Livescience
Marley Spoon review
 
We reviewed the cook-it-yourself meal kit from Marley Spoon to see how it compared in terms of taste, ease and nutrition
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Phys.org
Grim drought outlook for western US offers warnings for the future
 
Much of the western U.S. has been in the grip of an unrelenting drought since early 2020. The dryness has coincided with record-breaking wildfires, intense and long-lasting heat waves, low stream flows and dwindling water supplies in reservoirs that millions of people across the region rely on.
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Phys.org
G20 failing to update carbon-cutting pledges: report
 
Nations in the G20 group of major economies have yet to strengthen greenhouse gas reduction goals despite agreeing to revisit their plans ahead of critical UN climate talks in November, according to an analysis by leading research NGOs seen exclusively by AFP.
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Phys.org
Collaboration reveals interplay between charge order and superconductivity at nanoscale
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High temperature superconductivity is something of a holy grail for researchers studying quantum materials. Superconductors, which conduct electricity without dissipating energy, promise to revolutionize our energy and telecommunication power systems. However, superconductors typically work at extremely low temperatures, requiring elaborate freezers or expensive coolants. For this reason, scientis
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Futurity.org
To invade land, plants had to fend off fungus
 
New findings clarify how plant life established itself on the surface of our planet. Specifically, the researchers demonstrate that two genes are indispensable for allowing terrestrial plants to defend themselves against fungal attack—a defense mechanism that they trace back 470 million years. They say it's likely that these defenses paved the way for all terrestrial plant life. When plants evolv
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Phys.org
A dazzling Hubble collection of supernova host galaxies
 
Spanning from 2003 to 2021, this collection of images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features galaxies that are all hosts to both Cepheid variables and supernovae. These two celestial phenomena are both crucial tools used by astronomers to determine astronomical distance, and have been used to refine our measurement of Hubble's constant, the expansion rate of the universe
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Phys.org
Flow of liquid metals found to exhibit surprising turbulence
 
Some metals are in liquid form, the prime example being mercury. But there are also enormous quantities of liquid metal in the Earth's core, where temperatures are so high that part of the iron is molten and undergoes complex flows. A team at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) has now simulated a similar process in the laboratory and made a surprising discovery: Under certain circumst
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Phys.org
What the new Jurassic Park movie gets wrong: Aerodynamic analysis causes a rethink of the biggest pterosaur
 
One of the most exciting moments of the new Jurassic Park sequel, "Jurassic World Dominion," is when the Quetzalcoatlus swoops down from the sky and attacks the heroes' aircraft. With its gigantic wings reaching 10 meters in length end to end, the Quetzalcoatlus was the largest pterosaur that ever existed. However, an aerodynamic analysis led by researchers from Nagoya University suggests that "Ju
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Phys.org
Music alleviates collective grief
 
In February 2020, a group of musicians from around the world living in China recorded their cover of a song by Michael Jackson on video to express their support to the families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and to those working in the frontline. The video went viral. Now, in a study conducted by the Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine and by the Institut de Neurociències (INc-UAB) a
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ScienceDaily
Earth's core: Unexpected flow behavior in liquid metals
 
Some metals are in liquid form, the prime example being mercury. But there are also enormous quantities of liquid metal in the Earth's core, where temperatures are so high that part of the iron is molten and undergoes complex flows. A team has now simulated a similar process in the laboratory and made a surprising discovery: Under certain circumstances, the flow of liquid metal is far more turbule
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ScienceDaily
Uncovering new details of the brain's first line of defense
 
A research team has mapped out the development and genetic trajectory of previously understudied macrophages associated with the central nervous system. Among other things, the team found that meningeal macrophages are formed during gestation and develop in the same way as microglia, while perivascular macrophages develop after birth. Their new insights could pave the way for better understanding
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ExtremeTechExtreme – ExtremeTech
Intelligent Drug-Releasing Contact Lenses Could Help Treat Glaucoma
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(Photo: Harpreet Singh/Unsplash) A new type of contact lenses capable of detecting pressure build-up and releasing drug reserves could be used to treat glaucoma. Glaucoma—which is technically a group of ophthalmic conditions—typically occurs in older adults and results in gradual vision loss, with some patients experiencing total blindness. The most common form of the condition is called open-ang
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ExtremeTechExtreme – ExtremeTech
This Week in Space: Behold, the Super Flower Blood Moon
 
Good morning, fellow space cadets, and welcome to the latest edition of your weekly space news briefing. It's finally Friday! This week, NASA has been the main mover and shaker. Today, we've got NASA mission updates from Voyager and Perseverance, and an updated launch timetable for Artemis. We'll hear from the ESA's Great Mission Control Bake-Off. Finally, we'll leave you with some can't-miss pho
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
Learning more about bird diversity: What a museum collection in Romania can tell us
 
Containing specimens from different locations, sometimes spanning across centuries, museum collections can teach us a lot about how some animals are built and how we can protect them. Properly labeled, preserved specimens can show us how the environment and species distribution has changed over extended time periods. Because in many cases these collections remain largely unexplored, a revision can
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Phys.org
Biocompatible binary hologram with drug-elution capabilities
 
Holographic devices are used for security enhancement, entertainment, 3D display technologies and augmented reality and more. Due to their high information capacity, the ability to track ongoing external processes by assessing changes in the diffraction pattern, as well as well-established and simple methods for their production from various materials, holograms are finding new applications in var
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ExtremeTechExtreme – ExtremeTech
First Human Trial of Experimental Cancer-Killing Virus Underway
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(Photo: Marcelo Leal/Unsplash) Researchers at California's City of Hope National Medical Center have created a virus that kills cancer cells, and its first human trial is officially underway. The CF33-hNIS virus (referred to as Vaxinia) is an oncolytic virus, a genetically-engineered variety that habitually targets cancer cells while ignoring healthy cells. But beyond infecting and killing cancer
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Phys.org
New imaging spectrometer surveys atmospheric dust from the ISS
 
Scientists on Earth will soon see our planet's atmospheric dust sources in high resolution, as a new state-of-the-art imaging spectrometer—developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Cornell University—aims to survey the land surface from 250 miles above us on the orbiting International Space Station.
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Nature
Daily briefing: Ten innovative face-mask designs
 
Nature, Published online: 19 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01427-2 How to build a better mask to protect again pollution and pathogens. Plus, monkeypox has been detected in Europe and the United States, and pollution causes one in six deaths worldwide.
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Phys.org
New process revolutionizes microfluidic fabrication
 
Microfluidic devices use tiny spaces to manipulate very small quantities of liquids and gases by taking advantage of the properties they exhibit at the microscale. They have demonstrated usefulness in applications from inkjet printing to chemical analysis and have great potential in personal medicine, where they can miniaturize many tests that now require a full lab, lending them the name lab-on-a
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Phys.org
Study findings contradict the belief that humpback whales learn their songs from other whales
 
In a quieter era when a ship's progress at sea arrived only through the courtesy of the wind, sailors told stories of intriguing sounds coming from humpback whales. If conditions were curiously calm and a vessel through coincidence or pursuit found itself in the close company of humpbacks, crews could hear a mysteriously beautiful call coming from the ocean that seemed to softly shimmer through th
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Phys.org
How one of the X chromosomes in female embryonic stem cells is silenced
 
In most mammals, females have two X chromosomes and males have one X and one Y chromosome in each of their cells. To avoid a double dose of X-linked genes in females, one of the Xs is silenced early in the developmental process. This silencing is critical, yet how it happens has been relatively mysterious. Two new U-M studies reveal more about this silencing process and insights that could improve
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Phys.org
Deep visual proteomics technology provides cell-specific, protein-based information to analyze cancer
 
How does cancer arise? How does cellular composition influence tumor malignancy? These questions are profound and challenging to answer, but are crucial to understand the disease and find the right cure. Now, a German-Danish team led by Professor Matthias Mann has developed a ground-breaking technology called deep visual proteomics. This method provides researchers and clinicians with a protein re
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Futurity.org
Dolphins seem to treat skin trouble by rubbing on coral
 
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins appear to line up to treat skin conditions by rubbing against corals, researchers report. In the journal iScience , researchers show that these corals have medicinal properties, suggesting that the dolphins are using the marine invertebrates to medicate skin conditions. "…these coral reefs are bedrooms for the dolphins, and playgrounds as well." Thirteen years ago
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forskning.se
Ny lag om organdonation kan hindra rätten att neka vård
 
En ny lag kan komma att göra det tillåtet att behandla döende patienter med respiratorvård och intubering i syfte att bevara organen. Detta även i fall då sjukvården ännu inte vet om patienten önskat donera sina organ. Inlägget dök först upp på forskning.se .
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ScienceDaily
Snake trade in Indonesia is not sustainable enough — but it could be
 
A substantial part of the trade in blood pythons in Indonesia is illegal and underreported, a new study has found. The study found no convincing evidence that the harvest of blood pythons in the area is sustainable. Even though the harvest and trade of the species are regulated by a quota system, misdeclared, underreported and illegal trade remain a serious challenge to its sustainable exploitatio
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Skeptical Science
Breaking Through Twitter's Spiral of Silence with the #ClimateDaily Pledge
 
The Spiral of Silence Problem As climate communicator John Cook cleverly illustrates below, a big obstacle to raising awareness about climate change is the "spiral of silence," a reluctance to talk about it. There are many reasons for this reluctance we can speculate about. Perhaps people don't want to be "Debbie Downers," or don't feel knowledgeable enough to bring it up, or wish to avoid being
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Dagens Medicin
For de fleste var sterilisation den eneste vej væk
 
En ny rapport sætter fokus på overgreb og svigt af tusinder af børn og voksne, som var anbragt under sær- og åndssvageforsorgen i det meste af det 20. århundrede. Dengang kom samfundets tarv før individets, og overlægerne havde stor magt, forklarer historieprofessor Poul Duedahl, der er en af forfatterne bag rapporten.
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Dagens Medicin
En undskyldning er måske på vej
 
Den danske stat har allerede sagt undskyld til de anbragte på børnehjemmet Godhavn og 22 grønlandske børn, der var en del af et socialt eksperiment. Nu kan der komme en undskyldning til tidligere anbragte i særforsorgen, vurderer ekspert i officielle undskyldninger.
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Futurity.org
Profitable franchises need growth and termination
 
Termination is a necessarily element of successful franchises, say researchers. Franchises are the dominant retail model in the United States, and underpinning their success are franchisors who grow a network of franchisees who use their own resources to open and run brick-and-mortar stores . But Stephen Kim, a marketing professor at Iowa State University, says focusing on growth alone misses a b
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Nature
Starting a scientific career with narcolepsy
 
Nature, Published online: 20 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01426-3 Ronja Weber describes living as a PhD student with narcolepsy, a chronic condition that disrupts sleep-wake processes.
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Nature
Daily briefing: Tooth suggests Denisovans roamed Asia
 
Nature, Published online: 18 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01413-8 A fossilized tooth unearthed in a cave in Laos might have belonged to a young Denisovan. Plus, climate change boosts extreme heat in India and videos reveal how Asian elephants mourn.
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Nature
Cosmic countdown
 
Nature, Published online: 20 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01395-7 Time is running out.
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Retraction Watch
Failed to properly register your trial? Just use a different study's number. Actually, don't.
 
Researchers in China have lost a 2019 paper on sedation in people undergoing cardiac surgery after readers complained that the authors had failed to properly register the trial. The paper, "Effect of Perioperative Administration of Dexmedetomidine on Delirium After Cardiac Surgery in Elderly Patients: a Double-Blinded, Multi-Center, Randomized Study," appeared in Clinical Interventions in Aging, …
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ExtremeTechExtreme – ExtremeTech
NASA Investigating Voyager 1 Corrupted Telemetry Data
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Image Credit: NASA / JPL Tech NASA launched Voyager 1 and 2 in 1977 on a mission to explore the outer solar system. The mission has run much longer than anyone expected, but 45 years is a long time for a piece of hardware exposed to the harsh environment of deep space. Therefore, it's not a big surprise that NASA is reporting that Voyager 1 has started sending back scrambled telemetry data . Engi
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Nature Communications – current – nature.com science feeds
Dynamic character displacement among a pair of bacterial phyllosphere commensals in situ
 
Nature Communications, Published online: 20 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30469-3 In this study, the concept of dynamic character displacement among interacting bacterial species from leaf-colonizing families was empirically tested using a proteomics approach. A phenotypic shift towards the utilization of alternative carbon sources was observed during coexistence, thereby minimizing niche over
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Nature Communications – current – nature.com science feeds
Entropy and crystal-facet modulation of P2-type layered cathodes for long-lasting sodium-based batteries
 
Nature Communications, Published online: 20 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30113-0 The use of Mn-rich layered cathodes in Na-based batteries is hindered by inadequate cycling reversibility and sluggish anionic redox kinetics. Here, the authors report a strategy to stabilize the structure and promote anionic redox via configurational entropy and ion-diffusion structural tuning.
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Nature Communications – current – nature.com science feeds
Free charge photogeneration in a single component high photovoltaic efficiency organic semiconductor
 
Nature Communications, Published online: 20 May 2022; doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30127-8 When light hits organic semiconductors, bound charge pairs, called excitons, are usually produced. Here, the authors show that in the best performing organic solar material to date, free charges, rather than excitons, are directly created by light.
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Undark Magazine
Book Review: An Urgent Plea to Save the World's Megaforests
 
In "Ever Green," John W. Reid and Thomas E. Lovejoy offer a surprisingly hopeful look at the five largest forests remaining on Earth — in New Guinea, the Congo, the Amazon, the North American boreal zone, and the Russian taiga — and their critical role in trapping carbon to help curb global warming.
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Phys.org
Should all chemosensory modalities be unified into a single sense?
 
A new paper published in The Quarterly Review of Biology, entitled "Taste and Smell: A Unifying Chemosensory Theory," proposes the unification of all chemosensory modalities into a single sense, moving toward an interconnected perspective on the gradual processes by which a wide variety of chemicals have become signals that are crucially important to communication among and within cells, organs, a
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Phys.org
First record of a gall-forming aphid fighting off predator
 
A researcher reports evidence of a gall-forming aphid defending itself against predators, a first for the species, Mordwilkoja vagabunda. The insects inject saliva into leaf stalks, inducing the plant to form small growths called galls that the aphids live inside.
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ScienceDaily
Scientists devise method to prevent deadly hospital infections without antibiotics
 
Some 1.7 million Americans each year acquire hospital infections, resulting in nearly 100,000 deaths from infection-related complications. The biggest culprits: medical devices like catheters, stents and heart valves, whose surfaces often become covered with harmful bacterial films. A novel surface treatment developed by a UCLA-led team of scientists stops microbes from adhering to medical devices
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ScienceDaily
Epilepsy drug stops nervous system tumor growth in mice
 
People with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) develop tumors on nerves throughout their bodies. Researchers have discovered that nerve cells with the mutation that causes NF1 are hyperexcitable and that suppressing this hyperactivity with the epilepsy drug lamotrigine stops tumor growth in mice.
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Nature
Galaxies without dark matter perplex astronomers
 
Nature, Published online: 19 May 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-01410-x Researchers say a cosmic collision could have created two galaxies that don't contain the mysterious substance — but others cast doubt on the claim.
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ScienceDaily
'Sting' protein's efforts to clean up brain cell damage may speed Parkinson's disease progress
 
In studies with mouse and human tissue, as well as live mice, researchers report that a snag in the normal process of cleaning up broken DNA in brain cells may hasten the progression of Parkinson's disease. Specifically, the researchers found that a protein dubbed 'STING' responds to clean-up signals in brain cells damaged by Parkinson's disease by creating a cycle of inflammation that may acceler
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ScienceDaily
How a cognitive bias is blocking the rise of electric cars
 
What are the barriers to the adoption of electric cars? Although the main financial and technological obstacles have been removed, their market share still needs to increase. In a recent study, a team investigated the cognitive factors that still dissuade many people from switching to electric cars. They found that car owners systematically underestimate the capacity of electric driving ranges to
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
Poll the audience: Using data from citizen science to keep wild birds in flight
 
Using the eyes and ears of public volunteers can stretch the reach of science, according to a new analysis from Erica Stuber from the Department of Wildland Resources and the Ecology Center. Stuber and a team of researchers examined the accuracy of information produced by citizen science apps for monitoring bird populations. They compared publicly-produced data with officially tracked numbers from
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cognitive science
ASAP
 
What book written by a famous intelligence researcher is an account to the history of the cognitive pychology movement in 1984? submitted by /u/TopEast3275 [link] [comments]
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ScienceDaily
Gout medicine improves survival for heart failure patients, study finds
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A common gout medication, colchicine, significantly improved survival rates for patients hospitalized with worsening heart failure, a new study found. The researchers believe colchicine could also reduce the risk for heart attack and stroke in patients with a buildup of cholesterol in their arteries.
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Futurism
Best Father's Day Gifts of 2022
 
Dads: As old as the hills, rustic as the smell of gasoline — or maybe just that guy who taught you 782 different ways to make spaghetti with butter and parmesan. When Father's Day rolls around and it's time to honor your dad, you may find yourself thumbing through the gift rack at the mall, vacantly searching for another printed tie. But never fear: whatever sort of father you've got, we have the
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Phys.org
A new idea for refining biocrude
 
The high content of nitrogen-containing organic compounds (NOCs) in biocrude obtained from hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae is one of the most concerning issues on the applications and environment. The biocrude obtained by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) needs further refining optimization, and the high concentration of nitrogen-heterocyclic compounds such as quinoline, pyridine, etc., will
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ScienceDaily
Scientists reveal how seascapes of the ancient world shaped genetic structure of European populations
 
Scientists have explored the importance of sea travel in prehistory by examining the genomes of ancient Maltese humans and comparing these with the genomes of this period from across Europe. Previous findings from the archaeological team had suggested that towards the end of the third millennium BC the use of the Maltese temples declined. Now, using genetic data from ancient Maltese individuals th
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ScienceDaily
Past events reveal how future warming could harm cold-water corals
 
How will future warming of the planet impact cold-water corals? A new analysis of ancient evidence from the last major global warming event identifies food and oxygen supply as key environmental factors that influence the vitality of cold-water corals in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
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ScienceDaily
New thermal management technology for electronic devices reduces bulk while improving cooling
 
Electronic devices generate heat, and that heat must be dissipated. The high temperatures can compromise device function or even damage the devices and surroundings if it isn't. Now, a team has detailed a new cooling method that offers a host of benefits, not the least of which is space efficiency which offers a substantial increase over conventional approaches in devices' power per unit volume.
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ScienceDaily
New study shows genes can predict response to arthritis treatment and paves the way for future drug development
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New research has shown that molecular profiling of the diseased joint tissue can significantly impact whether specific drug treatments will work to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The researchers also identified specific genes associated with resistance to most available drugs therapies, commonly referred to as refractory disease, which could provide the key to developing new, successful
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Phys.org
Broadening the scope of epoxide ring opening reactions with zirconocene
 
Epoxides belong to a class of organic compounds called "cyclic ethers" that are characterized by a three-atom ring. They are readily available compounds found in medicinal and agrochemical agents, as well as natural products. Epoxides are a valuable industrial precursor as they allow the synthesis of a diverse range of important alcohols, functional polymers, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals thr
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ExtremeTechExtreme – ExtremeTech
NASA's InSight Lander Mission Is Coming to an End
 
NASA's InSight lander arrived on the surface of Mars in late 2018, designed to explore the interior of the red planet for the first time. While some aspects of the mission have not gone to plan, the lander has lasted longer in the harsh conditions than expected. However, nothing can last forever, and NASA now says the mission is coming to an end later this year . It will begin shutting off InSigh
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Futurity.org
0.3% of mid-Atlantic ocean off the US coast is protected
 
Many important ocean regions off the coasts of the mainland United States are significantly unprotected, according to a new analysis of marine protected areas. The study finds that large portions of the coast have only 5% or less of its area conserved and a vast majority of the Mid-Atlantic coast unprotected. Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a key tool for achieving goals for biodiversity, conse
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ScienceDaily
Researchers find another layer to the code of life
 
A new examination of the way different tissues read information from genes has discovered that the brain and testes appear to be extraordinarily open to the use of rare codons to produce a given protein. Testes of both fruit flies and humans seem to be enriched in protein products of these rarely-used pieces of genetic code, suggesting another layer of control in the genome.
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ScienceDaily
Watch dolphins line up to self-medicate skin ailments at coral 'clinics'
 
If a human comes down with a rash, they might go to the doctor and come away with some ointment to put on it. Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins get skin conditions, too, but they come about their medication by queuing up nose-to-tail to rub themselves against corals. Researchers now show that these corals have medicinal properties, suggesting that the dolphins are using the marine invertebrates to
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Futurity.org
Combo immunotherapy slows down liver cancer in mice
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Researchers have discovered a specific combination immunotherapy that shows promise in the fight against liver cancer. The therapy involves a tumor-suppressing lipid molecule called nanoliposome C6-ceramide (LipC6) and an antibody for cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA4). "This represents a new and powerful therapeutic approach." When used together in this study, LipC6 and the anti-CTLA4 anti
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ScienceDaily
How three mutations work together to spur new SARS-CoV-2 variants
 
Like storm waves battering a ship, new versions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have buffeted the world one after another. Recently, scientists keeping tabs on these variants noticed a trend: Many carry the same set of three mutations. In a new study, researchers examined how these mutations change the way a key piece of the virus functions. Their experiments show how this triad alters traits it needs to
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Phys.org
Cooperation rewards water utilities
 
Mark Twain once said, "Whisky is for drinking, and water is for fighting over!" But what if cooperation yielded more benefit than just going it alone, when it comes to urban water utilities?
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