Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon that could be used to shelter future explorers.
AP reports the cave is "not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago."
Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon that could be used to shelter future explorers.
AP reports the cave is "not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago."
Astronomers may have found a rare "missing link" black hole in the Milky Way after spotting a group of improbably fast-moving stars at the heart of a nearby stellar cluster. If confirmed, the cosmic juggernaut, known as an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH), would be the second-largest black hole ever found in our galaxy. More from Live Science: https://flip.it/IgYWZI
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With threats such as melting sea ice and Russia’s provocative moves to boost its military bases in the Arctic, NATO is paying more attention to the security risks of climate change, a new report shows. The report, along with discussions held during the NATO summit in Washington last week, also injects a newly emerging cybersecurity threat into the climate change security discussion. Axios reports: https://flip.it/3sYncS
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The news is nothing new, but a reminder doesn't hurt: Modifiable risk factors such as cigarette smoking and a lack of exercise could be responsible for close to half of all the cancer-related deaths in the U.S., according to a new study that confirms long-held beliefs on health. "These findings show there is a continued need to increase equitable access to preventive health care and awareness about preventive measures," says Ahmedin Jemal, a cancer epidemiologist at the American Cancer Society. ScienceAlert has more: https://flip.it/xFZOh1
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How the prehistoric pterosaurs took flight has been a mystery. But new research shows that a lattice-like structure stopped pterosaurs' broad-ended tails fluttering like flags in the wind and instead, once stiffened, helped guide these flying reptiles into the sky. ScienceAlert explains: https://flip.it/MdbyGy
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Stunning though they may be, the auroras are making scientists increasingly nervous about the potential threats they pose to our electrical infrastructure. BBC Science Focus has more: https://flip.it/hZ-AC4
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Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have witnessed the dramatic dance between a supermassive black hole-powered quasar and merging galaxies less than a billion years after the Big Bang. Live Science tells us how the observations could help scientists better understand how galaxies and supermassive black holes grew in the early universe. https://flip.it/Xlvd8Y
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The world’s first carbon capture-and-storage project sits 200 kilometers off Norway’s coast in the North Sea. It stores around 1 million metric tons of CO2 per year and is hailed as a success in cutting greenhouse gases emissions. But critics don’t see the technology, in its current form, shifting the world away from oil and gas. Writing for Knowable Magazine, Natasha Gilbert explains: https://flip.it/Fo-H2O
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Astronomers discover Earth’s closest black hole.
@popsci reports: "Omega Centauri contains an intermediate-mass black hole about 18,000 light years away."
Here's the original study from Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07511-z
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Animals use physics? Let us count the ways.
From @KnowableMag: "Cats twist and snakes slide, exploiting and negotiating physical laws. Scientists are figuring out how."
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Lions' record-breaking swim across channel captured by drone camera.
@newscientist reports: "Two lions, one missing a leg, made a 1.5-kilometre swim through crocodile-infested waters in Uganda, probably in order to mate with females."
#PPOD: Enjoy one of the greatest images ever taken by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, from very early in her exploration of Yellowknife Bay at Gale Crater. The rover is now far away from this location, conquering the summit of Mount Sharp. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
"Astronomers have homed in on a world they believe might have just the right conditions for a thick atmosphere and an ocean half the size of the Atlantic."
@Mashable reports: "The exoplanet — a world orbiting a star other than the sun — is LHS 1140 b, and it's about 48 light-years away from Earth, in the constellation Cetus."
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Three animals that can detect disease in humans.
From @TheConversationUS: "Many species of animals – from the microscopic worm C elegans, to ants, mice and dogs – have all successfully demonstrated the ability to detect diseases in people and from biological samples during experiments."
Scientists say they have identified a root cause of lupus — one that could pave the way for new treatments.
NBC News reports: "An imbalance of T cells, which play a key role in the body’s immune response, could explain most cases of the disease, according to new research."
Serbian inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist Nikola Tesla was born #OTD in 1856.
Some of Tesla´s inventions and innovations: alternating Current (AC) system; induction motor; Tesla coil; wireless transmission of electricity; radio technology; remote control; neon and fluorescent lighting; X-Ray technology; Tesla turbine; oscillators and frequency generators.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla
Books by Nikola Tesla at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5067
Four volunteers, 378 days: NASA completes first mission simulating astronaut life on Mars.
NBC News reports: "Kelly Haston, Ross Brockwell, Anca Selariu and Nathan Jones spent more than a year living in a 3D-printed habitat called the Mars Dune Alpha."
Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that the Jupiter-sized planet HD 189733 b, one of the closest “hot Jupiter” planets to Earth, stinks like rotten eggs. If you guessed sulfur was somehow involved, you were right. Read more from Space.com: https://flip.it/7vU_SM
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One of the most detailed studies yet has cemented the link between autism and the microbiome in the gut, a development could provide new ways of detecting and understanding the neurological disorder. "What is exciting about this study is that it opens up the possibility of investigating specific biochemical pathways and their impact on different autistic features," says neuroscientist Bhismadev Chakrabarti of the University of Reading in the UK, who was not associated with the research. ScienceAlert has more: https://flip.it/tiXh9D
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A cancer treatment's success hinges on its capacity to damage cancer cells enough to kill them or stop them from growing. However, some cancer cells can change their molecular makeup to either mitigate or cancel out the therapy's effect. It’s no easy task. But scientists have developed a way to turn tumor cells against their neighbors, forcing the cancer to cooperate with treatment. Live Science explains: https://flip.it/ijB6_9
#Science #Health #Cancer #Disease #Human #Medicine
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