Notices tagged with science

Measles cases are rising in the U.S. Do adults need a vaccine booster?

@npr explains why some adults may need to get revaccinated: https://flip.it/_Jh2La

#Measles #Disease #Vaccines #PublicHealth #Science

In their further effort to choke off biomedical science in the US (and science, in general), the administration has found a way to further block NIH research grants despite being ordered to release funds appropriated by congress.
News in Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00540-2
#science #uspol

Fish species thought to be extinct for 85 years rediscovered.

@abc reports: "The last sighting of the Chel snakehead ... [was] recorded from specimens collected between 1918 and 1933 in the Himalayan region of India, leading scientists to believe the species had died out."

https://flip.it/8vzfsw

#Fish #Animals #Endangered #Himalayas #Science

International Mother Language Day

#Research knows no boundaries and #science benefits from cross-border exchange. As an international institute, we host employees and scientists from 56 countries around the world. Each of us has their own native #language, which enriches our institute with fantastic diversity. These include for example Arabic, Bengali, Croatian, Danish, Filipino, Greek, Hebrew, Korean, Nepali, Romanian, Swahili, Turkish, Ukrainian and many more.

What languages do you speak?

Meet the capuchin monkey: Curious, creative and vengeful.

From @KnowableMag: "UCLA’s Susan Perry has devoted decades to studying the fast-motion life of these New World primates and learning how the young acquire the skills they need to thrive."

https://flip.it/5Lm.Pu

#Monkey #Animals #Science #Evolution

This is what an erupting volcano looks like from space.

Credit: NASA Johnson
More details: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/38985/sarychev-peak-eruption-kuril-islands

#space #science #nasa

AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years.

@BBCNews reports: https://flip.it/FzBl0Y

#Superbug #Disease #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Science

Trump’s sweeping layoffs, funding freezes, and executive orders have provoked outcry among federal researchers and their university partners, who fear that science itself is under siege. @NBCNews reports:
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/trumps-nih-budget-cuts-threaten-research-stirring-panic-rcna191744

#Trump #NIH #Science #Health #Layoffs

"For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream"
— Vincent van Gogh

#photography #art #science

Beautiful view of Earth from space taken from the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA Johnson

#space #science #tech #alt4me

Astronaut Jack Fischer's amazing view of the Earth during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA Johnson

#space #science #tech

"Though no one may be around to hear when a tree falls in the forest, countless critters take note." 🌲

From @KnowableMag: "Rotting logs turn out to be vital to forest biodiversity and recycling organic matter."

https://flip.it/RV4l98

#Trees #Forest #Biodiversity #Science #Botany

NASA rover captures images of mysterious "mother-of-pearl" clouds above Mars.

@CBSNews reports: "The clouds, known as noctilucent or twilight clouds, contain frozen carbon dioxide, or dry ice."

https://flip.it/EYamAK

#Mars #Space #NASA #Science

Should we be concerned about an asteroid that is scheduled to make a close encounter with earth in 2032?

NBC News reports: "NASA said that there is currently a 2.3% chance that the asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, will hit Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. While still tiny, that probability nearly doubled from the agency’s initial estimate of 1.2% in late January."

https://flip.it/uMXRoy

#Asteroid #Space #NASA #Astronomy #Science

His genes forecast Alzheimer's. His brain had other plans.

From @npr: "People who inherit one very rare gene mutation are virtually guaranteed to develop Alzheimer's before they turn 50." One 75-year-old avoided this fate.

https://flip.it/1nBi76

#Alzheimer #Genetics #Disease #Health #Medicine #Science

A deep-sea neutrino telescope spots the most energetic ghost particle yet.

From @AssociatedPress: "The newly detected neutrino is around 30 times more active than the previous recordholder. Scientists think it came from outside the Milky Way galaxy but its exact source remains a mystery."

https://flip.it/el00kc

#Neutrino #Physics #Science #Ocean

Quail-sized feathered dinosaur may be the earliest known bird.

New Scientist reports: "Archaeopteryx, long considered the earliest fossil bird, could be knocked off its perch by Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived around 150 million years ago and had a short tail like those of modern birds."

https://flip.it/oimD5a

#Dinosaurs #Birds #Paleontology #Science

A spectacular green meteor lights up the sky over southern India.

Credit: Prasenjeet Yadav
https://www.wired.com/2017/01/bright-green-meteor-lights-mountains-india/
#photography #science

Branching structures exist throughout nature — in trees, of course, but also in leaves, veins and arteries. Mitchell Newberry, a research assistant professor of biology at the University of New Mexico, writes about Dutch artist Piet Mondrian's tree paintings, which evolved from realistic depictions in context, to overlapping lines in shades of gray. “Gray Tree” uses only curved lines of various thickness superimposed on top of one another at seemingly random angles. Yet the image is unmistakably a tree," writes Newberry for @TheConversationUS. "How did Mondrian convey the sense of a tree with so little? The science of trees may offer some clues."

https://flip.it/7UiFaI

#Art #Painting #PietMondrian #Trees #Biology #Branching #Science

Rare fly species wears fake termite head to infiltrate nests.

@PopularScience reports: "A team of scientists discovered a species of blow fly (family Calliphoridae) whose larvae can infiltrate colonies of harvester termites in the Anti-Atlas mountains of southern Morocco."

https://flip.it/nWWr4W

#Insects #Entomology #Science #Biology