Notices tagged with science, page 26

If the moon is the final frontier for humankind, we need to figure out what we’re going to eat up there. In the next two years, NASA plans to send astronauts back to the moon, which provides some insight into what our lunar lunches will look and taste like. “Food is something that keeps astronauts sane,” says Dr. Sonja Brungs of the European Space Agency. BBC Travel has more on what astronauts eat — and what the rest of us might one day consume there. https://flip.it/Xp352-
#Science #Food #NASA #Moon

Every time scientists are able to understand another biological process linked to Alzheimer's disease, it offers another way that they might eventually be able to treat or prevent it. New research has shed light on the protein contactin-4 and its relationship with the amyloid precursor protein (APP), which could help unravel the mystery of the disease. Science Alert explains: https://flip.it/nE342h
#Science #Health #Brain #Alzheimers

For the first time ever, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered three of the universe’s earliest galaxies. In a new study, researchers reported the possible detection of three infant galaxies sprouting from a primordial cloud of hydrogen and helium gas just 400 to 600 million years after the Big Bang. Live Science elaborates: https://flip.it/BgahqS
#Science #Space #Universe #Galaxies

The hornet has landed: Scientists combat new honeybee killer in the U.S.

@KnowableMag reports: "An invasive yellow-legged wasp has been decimating beehives in Europe — and bedeviling Georgia since last summer. Researchers are working nest by nest to limit the threat while developing better eradication methods."

https://flip.it/a3Z8Sl

#Bees #Insects #Entomology #Honeybee #Science

Meet Anna Schulz, Flipboard curator and head of global climate law, policy and governance at the International Institute for Environment and Development (@rivertravel).

Follow Anna's Water Magazine where she tracks stories about water issues around the world.
@water-rivertravel

#climate #science #ScienceMastodon #ClimateChange #ClimateAction

Biological puzzles abound in an up-close look at a human brain.

Science News reports: "Never-before-seen details may eventually lead to a better understanding of how the brain works."

(Free registration may be required) https://flip.it/gX-Ea5

#Brain #Neuroscience #Science #Biology

Massive cradle of baby stars revealed in new space telescope images.

AP reports on the European Space Agency's Euclid observatory: https://flip.it/58hAua

#Space #Astronomy #Stars #ESA #Euclid #Science

USDM Climate Clip May 23, 2024

The total percentage of drought coverage across the U.S. is at its lowest since March 2020. This U.S. Drought Monitor week saw widespread improvement in drought-related conditions on the map across areas of the South, the Plains, the Midwest, the Mid-Atlantic, and the West.

Subscribe to the NDMC YouTube channel for weekly updates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eto-Rk4EZSI

#USDroughtMonitor #ClimateClips #drought #drought2024 #science #climate #UnitedStates #US #USA

No showers, no privacy: What it’s really like to live in Antarctica.

CNN reports on the experiences of the few thousand humans who can say that they have lived in Antarctica.

https://flip.it/Ds6HJa

#Antarctica #Research #Science

How cockroaches spread around the globe to become the pest we know today.

From AP: "A new study uses genetics to chart cockroaches’ spread across the globe, from humble beginnings in southeast Asia to Europe and beyond. The findings span thousands of years of cockroach history and suggest the pests may have scuttled across the globe by hitching a ride with another species: people."

https://flip.it/s3NAD4

#Cockroach #Insects #Entomology #Bugs #Science #Evolution

Massive invasive snakes are on the loose and spreading in Puerto Rico.

Vox reports: "Runaway pets — and possibly some zoo escapees — have fueled the spread of invasive snakes across the island. It’s an environmental catastrophe in the making."

https://www.vox.com/24144224/invasive-species-snakes-puerto-rico

#Snakes #PuertoRico #Animals #InvasiveSpecies #Ecology #Science

Migratory freshwater fish populations ‘down by more than 80% since 1970’
‘Catastrophic’ global decline due to dams, mining, diverting water and pollution threatens humans and ecosystems, study warns

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/21/living-planet-index-migratory-freshwater-fish-populations-decline-dams-weirs-mining-water-abstraction-pollution-threat-aoe

see also my recent feature on #MigratorySpecies https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-dangers-of-migrating.html

and the section on #DamRemoval in the recent feature on #RiverRestoration https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/05/rivers-restored.html

#science #ecology #environment #rivers

How high-tech tracking is keeping tabs on wildlife.

CNN reports on a "Find my Friends for rhinos" being used in Kenya: https://flip.it/1apw8p

#Animals #Rhino #Conservation #Endangered #Science

Ed Dwight became America’s first Black astronaut candidate some 60 years ago. He wasn’t picked for the 1963 class and that he would never experience the weightlessness of outer space. That changed on Sunday as Dwight, now 90, rocketed into space with Blue Origin, becoming the oldest person to take a space flight. The previous recordholder? William Shatner. Read more from AP: https://flip.it/2gimpG
#Science #Space #SpaceExploration #BlueOrigin

There’s a gravity hole — a spot where the Earth’s gravitational pull is weaker — in the Indian Ocean, causing the sea level to dip by over 328 feet (100 meters). The anomaly has puzzled geologists for a long time, but researchers think they’ve found a credible explanation: magma. Read more from CNN: https://flip.it/CC.EAZ
#Science #Geology #Asia #Ocean #IndianOcean

If you’ve noticed a green-colored flash with the sun on the horizon just after sunset or before sunrise, consider yourself lucky. What causes these brief, rare and colorful spectacles? They’re the result of sunlight being separated into different colors, an optics researcher at the University of Glasgow explains. Live Science has more, including how and where you will more likely to see a green flash at dusk or dawn. https://flip.it/FDQgx2
#Science #Earth #Color #Sun #Scenery #Sunrise #Sunset

Most of us will undergo a procedure requiring a general anesthesia at some point in our lives. Although it’s one of the safest medical practices, we still haven’t grasped what the anesthesia does to our brains. A new study, however, sheds some light on why the drug seems to only affect specific parts of the brain. Science Alert explains: https://flip.it/SV41nP
#Science #Health #Medicine

May has been an exciting month for our Sun. A barrage of solar storms and coronal mass ejections created the strongest solar storm to reach Earth in two decades — and possibly one of the strongest displays of auroras in the past 500 years. NASA.gov tells us how the agency tracked it, and the images and videos are astonishing, too. https://flip.it/VBUyCn
#Science #Space #SolarStorms #Aurora #NASA

It’s surprising how many animals can act weirdly human. From territorial chimps to extroverted orcas, Live Science points us to 32 such animals that demonstrate humanlike behavior. https://flip.it/WyuSD1
#Science #Animals #Humans

Last year, data from the James Webb Space Telescope soured hopes that TRAPPIST-1 c had an atmosphere that could support life. But recent results have revived those earlier atmospheric hopes. Read more from Big Think. https://flip.it/ClyATt
#Science #Space #JWST