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A newly discovered hormone in mice that prevents bone loss during lactation could one day be used to treat osteoporosis in humans. Read more from New Scientist: https://flip.it/2nFj9C
#Science #Health #Pregnancy #Osteoporosis

Things just got a little easier (too easy?) for U.S. students taking the ACT exam, the standardized test for college admissions. The science section will now be optional. Read more from NPR: https://flip.it/Ne9fEA
#Science #Education #USA #College #School

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Two Pompeii skeletons reveal a new story of death at mega disaster.

@popsci reports: "Earthquakes potentially 'influenced the choices of the Pompeiians who faced an inevitable death.'"

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#Pompeii #Archaeology #Earthquake #History #Science

Saturn's moon Titan has an equivalent of freshwater rivers and salty oceans.

New Scientist reports: "The liquid hydrocarbon seas, lakes and rivers on Titan have varying compositions and signs of active tides or currents."

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#Saturn #Space #Astronomy #NASA #Science

You probably haven’t noticed, but the days are getting a bit longer. The reason is climate change. Two new studies suggest that as polar ice sheets rapidly melt, the planet is changing shape, which is slowing its rotation. Hence, longer days, if only by a few milliseconds per day. USA Today reports: https://flip.it/guQhJy
#Science #ClimateChange #Earth #GlobalWarming

Next time you’re flying about near Venus, keep your ears open for some Missy Elliot. NASA has recently made special use of its communication system, called the Deep Space Network, by sending the lyrics of Elliot’s song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” to Venus. “Both space exploration and Missy Elliott’s art have been about pushing boundaries,” said Brittany Brown, director of NASA’s Digital and Technology. Read more from DigitalTrends: https://flip.it/i1x8Z1
#Science #Space #SpaceExploration #Music #MissyElliot #HipHop

Let’s talk about one of the Science Desk’s “favorite” subjects: bowel movements. How often you go, or don’t go, might say a lot about your long-term health, a new study says. Researchers put their participants’ self-reported frequencies into four groups: constipation, low-normal, high-normal and diarrhea. Not too difficult to see which categories you want to be in. Science Alert has more, including what you can do to improve your prospects. https://flip.it/lG2PN8
#Science #Health #Humans #Biology #Nutrition

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Sotheby's has auctioned off the skeleton of a dinosaur named Apex, billed as "the finest for Stegosaurus to ever come to market," for almost $45 million, a record.

USA Today says it's the most expensive fossil ever sold.

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#Dinosaurs #Fossil #Paleontology #Apex #Auction #Science

Fixing Boeing's leaky Starliner — and returning NASA's stranded astronauts to Earth — is much harder than it sounds.

Live Science reports: "Astronauts are stuck on the International Space Station after yet more problems with Boeing's beleaguered Starliner. Here's why an investigation into the issues is so difficult, even for NASA."

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#Boeing #Starliner #NASA #ISS #Space #Astronauts #Science

Uncontacted Amazon tribe photographed in unusual sighting near logging area in Peru

NBC News reports: "More than 750 people strong, [the Mashco Piro people] are believed to be the world’s largest uncontacted tribe, having survived massacres and enslavement during the rubber boom of the 19th century."

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#Amazon #Indigenous #Anthropology #Peru #Science

COVID-19 levels have been rising in the United States again.

CNN explores: "Why is this summer wave happening, and do I really have to worry about infection again?"

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#COVID19 #COVID #Pandemic #Health #Disease #Science

How hot is too hot for humans?

NBC News reports: "Researchers have been racing to determine what kind of temperatures humans can survive in without air conditioning in a warming world."

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#Heat #HeatWave #ClimateChange #Climate #Summer #GlobalWarming #Science

To avoid sea level rise, some researchers want to build barriers around the world’s most vulnerable glaciers.

Science journal says the "call to study glacial geoengineering stirs up 'civil war' among polar scientists."

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#Glacier #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Climate #Arctic #Ocean #Science

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."

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#Moon #Space #NASA #Astronaut #Science

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
#Science #Space #SpaceExploration #MilkyWay

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
#Science #ClimateChange #NATO #GlobalWarming

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
#Science #Health #Medicine #Cancer

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
#Science #Animals #Reptiles #History #Biology

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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
#Science #Auroras #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #Electricity

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