Notices tagged with science, page 48

How do you translate astronomical data into music? Composer Sophie Kastner has been collaborating with NASA scientists to do exactly that. The result is a composition titled "Where Parallel Lines Converge," which is based on the information from an image of the center of the Milky Way. Learn more about the process and listen to the music here.

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#Music #Astronomy #Science #Culture

Neanderthals: More knowable now than ever.

@KnowableMag reports: "They have held our fascination ever since we first identified their remains. Today, thanks to new artifacts and technologies, findings about our closest relatives are coming thick and fast."

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#Neanderthals #Human #Evolution #Archaeology #Science

@wonderofscience @bugs #insects #bugs #science

#meme #covid #vaccine #vaccines #vax #shot #jab #science #npc #communism #culture #politics #health

From data access to scientific merit, one woman is working to make astronomy — and all STEM fields — more inclusive.

@WIRED profiles Dr. Dara Norman, the incoming president-elect of the American Astronomical Society.

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#Astronomy #Science #Diversity #DEI #STEM

Scientists say there may be life under Mercury's salt glaciers.

Futurism reports researchers are looking at areas "similar to extremely harsh and salt-rich environments on Earth where life still finds a way to exist."

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#Mercury #Space #Life #Science

Two new translations of our free software introductory video "Rewind". Now available in Brazilian Portuguese and Greek: https://framatube.org/w/9mLheCcHa19bW2Qv2AJjhQ #FreeSoftware #UserFreedom #Software #Science #LearnLibre

An unusual blob of warmth in the western Pacific Ocean may be making this year’s “strong” El Niño behave unexpectedly. Live Science explains: https://flip.it/mmkSsb
#Science #ElNino #Weather #Climate #PacificOcean

From Science Alert: Flicking the switch on any kind of electrical device triggers a marching band of charged particles stepping to the beat of the circuit's voltage. But a new discovery in exotic materials has found electricity doesn't always move in step, and can in fact sometimes bleed in a way that has physicists questioning what we know about the nature of particles. https://flip.it/_jI7zb
#Science #Electricity #ExoticMetals

More than 400 million Urinary Tract Infections occur each year, and yet, as Dr. Jennifer Rohn points out, little progress has been made in treating UTIs. “I think it’s a problem because this is primarily a disease of women,” Rohn recently said in a speech. Teen Vogue has more: https://flip.it/tojPCv
#Science #Health #Medicine

Since 1980, more than 40,000 scientific publications have been retracted due to errors, outdated knowledge or outright fraudulence. Yet these zombie publications continue to be cited and used, unwittingly, to support new arguments. Writing for The Hill, Jodi Schneider explains how to stop their spread. https://flip.it/9QiK4k
#Science #Studies #ScientificResearch

Deliberate and strenuous activities like jogging or cycling are often linked to mental health improvement. But a recent study shows that there might be an easier way to give yourself a higher sense of wellbeing. Science Alert has more. https://flip.it/Vxo9Uu
#Science #Health #MentalHealth #Exercise

You may have seen how volcano eruptions are depicted in cartoons, with red-hot lava shooting straight up in the sky before cascading down the slopes of the mountain. It’s called volcanic fountaining, and it does occur in real life, as the 2021 eruption of Fagradalsfjall in Iceland displayed. A team of Earth scientists, meteorologists, geologists and volcanologists might have found the answer to why this happens. Phys.org explains: https://flip.it/3yZCSA
#Science #Volcano #Earth

Spiral galaxies like our Milky Way are mysteriously hard to come by in our cosmic backyard. Why that is has remained a mystery, but a team of astronomers think they’ve finally figured it out. Live Science explains: https://flip.it/ok7W7r
#Science #Space #SpaceExploration #MilkyWay

Four gargantuan undersea sediment deposits discovered near Italy show evidence of a series of supereruptions dating back some 50,000 years and suggest another big one could be on the way. Science Alert reports: https://flip.it/UAKVwe
#Science #Volcano #Eruptions

The dancing monkeys found in places around the Middle East are known for the cute and humorous ways they move around. It doesn’t come naturally. They were trained to do that. And researchers wondered what impact such activities have on the monkeys. Phys.org tells us what they found: https://flip.it/gXBtF5
#Science #Monkeys #Primates

If you think there simply must be water on the moon, chalk another item into your win column. A fresh analysis of moon rocks brought back from the Apollo mission revealed the presence of hydrogen, which suggests astronauts could someday harvest lunar water. More from Space.com: https://flip.it/dvJv_I
#Science #Space #Moon

After a day (or days) of feasting, many Americans who celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday might be looking to offset their caloric intake by starting a vigorous exercise regimen. But a recent study shows that extreme exercise might have a downside. More from Science Alert: https://flip.it/JWJw1C
#Science #Health #Fitness #Nutrition

There’s at least one rodent on the Solomon Islands that is so big, it can chew through coconuts. Scientists recently captured images of a Vangunu giant rat, an elusive creature that can grow up to 1.5 feet long and, we presume, strike fear into the heart of any rat New York City has ever seen. Live Science has more: https://flip.it/N_RuoK
#Science #Rats #Rodents #Critters

Fascinating footage of a human white blood cell chasing a bacterium captured through a microscope.

Credit: David Rogers

https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Movie_-_Neutrophil_chasing_bacteria

#health #biology #science #phagocytosis