Notices tagged with science, page 29

If you’re looking for something other than binge-watching to keep you up into the wee hours of the morning, check your weather forecast. If it’s clear, you could be in for a treat: The Eta Aquariid meteor shower is expected to be one of the best shows in recent years. Read more at CNN: https://flip.it/dnbgYT
#Science #Space #Meteors #MeteorShower

Brain implant technology is rapidly advancing and can help people find their voice or beat neurological disorders. But what happens when the implant is no longer supported by its producer? Science Alert has more on the technology’s huge potential and its downsides: https://flip.it/yDq3i5
#Science Health #Brain #Technology

Were those "alien farts" that the James Webb Space Telescope detected in an Earth-like planet's atmosphere last year, or were they just clouds of methane? A new study makes the case for the latter, potentially dampening hopes that life has already been discovered beyond our solar system. Live Science has more: https://flip.it/yo.FL2
#Science #Space #Aliens

Did you know that "in as many as one in five amphibian species, one or both parents stick around to care for their offspring, using a staggering variety of strategies?"

@KnowableMag reports on the tender art of tadpole parenting: https://flip.it/yRr2OV

#Amphibians #Animals #Frogs #Science

A bill in Florida would repeal a 16-year-old law that lists climate change as a priority when making energy policy decisions. Here’s more from the Associated Press, including what the state’s proposed shift in policy involves and how critics are responding. https://flip.it/57eJHv
#Science #ClimateChange #Climate #GlobalWarming #Florida

NASA’s Curiosity has recently discovered that Mars may have been habitable billions of years ago. The rover found rocks in Mars' Gale Crater that contain a surprising amount of manganese oxide — a mineral commonly found in lakes on Earth. Science Alert has more: https://flip.it/7pv1_R
#Science #Mars #NASA #Curiosity

When Rakus, an orangutan at the Suaq Project in Medan, Indonesia, had a nasty wound below his right eye, the animal knew exactly what to do. Scientists observed Rakus pluck and chew up leaves of a medicinal plant, then use his fingers to apply it to the injured area. Within a month, the wound had closed. The Associated Press has more on the orangutan with an apparent sense for naturopathy. https://flip.it/rDVICV
#Science #Animals #Medicine #Naturopathy

New research has revealed huge “tiger stripe” fault lines on Saturn’s moon, Enceladus. How did they get there, and is there life lurking beneath the moon’s icy shell? Live Science has more: https://flip.it/.4uXWY
#Science #Space #Saturn #Astronomy

This Texas veterinarian helped crack the mystery of bird flu in cows.

AP reports: "The first calls that Dr. Barb Petersen received in early March were from dairy owners worried about crows, pigeons and other birds dying on their Texas farms. Then came word that barn cats — half of them on one farm — had died suddenly."

https://flip.it/cfSV4Y

#BirdFlu #Cows #Disease #Veterinarian #Animals #Science

Scientists reveal the face of a Neanderthal who lived 75,000 years ago for a new documentary on Netflix.

CNN reports on the research about a 40-something woman found in a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan.

https://flip.it/fwuJGc

#Neanderthal #Anthropology #Evolution #Science #Documentary

Does anger take a toll on the heart?

@NBC reports on a new study showing "that anger may indeed affect the heart because of how it impairs blood vessel function."

https://flip.it/I.u-_h

#Heart #Health #Research #Science

Lasers reveal prehistoric Irish monuments that may have been "pathways for the dead."

Live Science says archaeologists used lidar (light detection and ranging) to detect a cluster of rare Neolithic structures hidden in farmland.

https://flip.it/lhXmjV

And here's the original report from Antiquity Journal: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/exploring-the-baltinglass-cursus-complex-routes-for-the-dead/81B05D3592918A99143EAE71B083B436

#Archaeology #Ireland #Anthropology #Prehistoric #Science

China compiled the most detailed moon atlas ever mapped.

@popsci reports: "The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe includes 12,341 craters, 81 basins, and 17 different rock types."

https://flip.it/L6jzpc

#Moon #Space #China #Cartography #Science

If you want to read about why the Hubble Space Telescope is in trouble and is in safe mode right now, here's your link:

https://www.adastraspace.com/p/hubble-space-telescope-safe-mode-gyroscopes

#space #science #hubble #nasa
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The usual approach to detecting dark matter is to search for particles with a specific range of masses. The hope is that even if we see nothing, we'll at least know more about what dark matter is *not*.

Physicists at Fermilab have now released the first data from a different type of detector, one that looks for dark matter over a much wider range at lower sensitivity.

Result: still no dark matter, but a larger swathe of parameter space ruled out.

https://physicsworld.com/a/bread-experiment-tracks-dark-photons-to-new-levels/

#physics #science

It's just like purchasing carbon offsets.

#ActOnClimate #ClimateChange #geography #deforestation #RenewableEnergy #geografia #FossilFuels #ActNow #environment #EndFossilCrimes #ClimateCrisis #Science #warming #Nature #climate #development #gasemissions #ClimateEmergency #climatecrisis #biologia #ClimateAction #photo #photography #GlobalWarming #cartoon #pollution #news #earth #amazon #Politics

A horse-shaped nebula gets its close-up in new photos by NASA’s Webb telescope.

AP has the story: https://flip.it/ch4lyk

#Space #NASA #Webb #Science

The western United States is known for occasional massive snow events that can dump several feet of snow in a short amount of time, much like what happened in California’s epic 2023 winter. However, these storms are on the decline, thanks to climate change. Read more at The Hill: https://flip.it/goxGpx
#Science #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Weather #Snow

Should you freeze your bread? Science Alert looks into the many TikTok claims that doing so makes it healthier. Among the findings, there’s a difference between homemade and store-bought bread. https://flip.it/.t_lQM
#Science #Bread #Chemistry #Foodstodon #Food

If you’ve ever been out in the woods and sworn you’ve heard someone call your name, you might not be going crazy — just experiencing a condition called “auditory pareidolia.” Live Science explains more about this phenomenon of hearing intelligible voices or sounds in meaningless background noise. https://flip.it/KbQ8o-
#Science #Hearing #Health #Mind #NeuroScience