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steve dustcircle ⍻ (dustcircle@masto.ai)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Nov-2023 01:53:35 JST steve dustcircle ⍻

Mystery Solved. How We Get Ultra-Compact #DwarfGalaxies
https://www.universetoday.com/164208/mystery-solved-how-we-get-ultra-compact-dwarf-galaxies/
#science #space #universe #nasa

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Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 08:38:31 JST Flipboard Science Desk

You’re a hero on a journey, is how one team of scientists might advise for living a more meaningful existence. Science Alert has more: https://flip.it/hf9K_C
#Science #Living #Meaningful #HeroesJourney
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1. Scientists Reveal a Simple Hack to Make Your Life Feel More Meaningful
  
  from @ScienceAlert
  
  If you're keen to live a more meaningful existence, consider framing your life as a hero's journey, says a team of scientists who conducted eight studies that "point to a profound connection between the lives we live and the stories we tell." The hero's...
Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 04:36:37 JST Flipboard Science Desk

At a meeting of Pacific leaders in the Cook Islands, Australia offered a lifeline to help residents of Tuvalu escape the rising seas and increasing storms brought on by climate change. AP reports: https://flip.it/Q_ZG4c
#Science #ClimateChange #PacificIslands #Tuvalu #Australia
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1. Australia offers to help Tuvalu residents escape rising seas and other ravages of climate change
  
  Australia is offering the island nation of Tuvalu a lifeline to help residents escape the rising seas and increased storms that climate change is bringing.
Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 05:44:10 JST Flipboard Science Desk

Thousands of years ago, a woman underwent two surgeries to her head — and survived both procedures. The discovery comes after scientists analyzed a skull that was unearthed in a Copper Age burial site in Spain. Live Science has more: https://flip.it/OZmo1M
#Science #CopperAge #PreHistoric #Archeology
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1. Copper Age woman survived two skull surgeries up to 4,500 years ago
  
  Multiple holes in a skull found at a burial site in Spain were the result of prehistoric surgeries.
Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 03:55:02 JST Flipboard Science Desk

The James Webb Space Telescope may have finally confirmed how planets take shape. An international team of researchers recently processed JWST data that backs up the theory of “icy pebble drift.” Science Alert has more: https://flip.it/SkjNjn
#Science #Space #JWST #Planets #SpaceExploration
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1. JWST May Have Finally Confirmed How Planets Take Shape
  
  from @ScienceAlert
  
  A crucial piece of evidence in support of a long-standing hypothesis on planet formation has been observed by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), meaning astronomers are confident they've got a part of the cosmic process right.
Alan Kotok (technewslit@journa.host)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 07:49:14 JST Alan Kotok

Peanut Allergy Toothpaste Shown Safe in Trial
Results of a clinical trial show a peanut allergy treatment formulated as a toothpaste can safely deliver immunotherapy to raise recipients' peanut tolerance.
https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=45390
#News #Press #Science #Business #Biotechnology #Peanuts #Allergies #ClinicalTrial #Toothpaste #Immunotherapy #Allergens #Proteins #Chemistry

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Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 03:12:50 JST Flipboard Science Desk
- Knowable Magazine
Untangling the genetics that underlie our facial features.
@KnowableMag reports: "After turning up hundreds of genes with hard-to-predict effects, some scientists are now probing the grander developmental processes that shape face geometry."
https://flip.it/HYiEvC
#Genetics #Genes #Human #Evolution #Science
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1. Untangling the genetics that underlie our facial features
  
  After turning up hundreds of genes with hard-to-predict effects, some scientists are now probing the grander developmental processes that shape face geometry
Project Gutenberg (gutenberg_org@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2023 03:09:47 JST Project Gutenberg
- Wikipedia
Klára Dán von Neumann died #OTD in 1963.
Hungarian mathematician, self-taught engineer and computer scientist, noted as one of the first computer programmers. She was the first woman to execute modern-style code on a computer. Klára made significant contributions to the world of programming, including work on the Monte Carlo method, ENIAC, and MANIAC I. She was introduced to a lot of her work through her husband, John von Neumann. via @wikipedia
#science #mathematics
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1. This photograph of Klara Dan von Neumann was taken by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt and published in Time Life magazine.
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Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Nov-2023 23:39:12 JST Flipboard Science Desk

U.S. man receives first-ever eye and face transplant.
People Magazine reports: "While more than 45 face transplants have been performed around the world, this marks the first time surgeons have successfully transplanted a whole eye."
https://flip.it/4NMl3u
#Medicine #Science
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Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2023 23:40:00 JST Flipboard Science Desk

Humanity just lived through the hottest 12 months in at least 125,000 years.
CNN reports "Scientists have compared this year’s climate-change fallout to 'a disaster movie.'"
https://flip.it/xqzpj5
#ClimateChange #Climate #GlobalWarming #Environment #Science
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1. Humanity just lived through the hottest 12 months in at least 125,000 years | CNN
  
  from Manav Tanneeru
  
  Scientists have compared this year’s weather extremes to “a disaster movie,” and new data is now revealing just how exceptional the global heat has been.
Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2023 08:10:28 JST Flipboard Science Desk

Is blue light actually harmful to your sleep?
Salon reports: "Why the science isn't so clear on this popular belief."
https://flip.it/YvmoyP
#Sleep #Science #Tech #Technology
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  Is blue light actually harmful to your sleep? Why the science isn't so clear on this popular belief
  
  from Matthew Rozsa
  
  Some research shows yellow light is more harmful than blue to a good night's rest. Here's why the research is hazy
physics_magazine (physics_magazine@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Nov-2023 06:05:56 JST physics_magazine

Millimeter-sized “surfers” can self-propel across a vibrating liquid surface, interacting with other surfers to create collective patterns.
https://physics.aps.org/articles/v16/s156
#physicsmagazine #sciencemastodon #physicsnews #sciencejournalism #sciencenews #physics #science #scienceiscool #STEM #fluids #boat #boating #activematter
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2. Synchronized Surfing of Self-Propelled Particles
  
  from @PhysicsMagazine
  
  Millimeter-sized “surfers” can self-propel across a vibrating liquid surface, interacting with other surfers to create collective patterns.
Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Nov-2023 00:20:36 JST Flipboard Science Desk
- The Conversation U.S.
What’s your chronotype? Knowing whether you’re a night owl or an early bird could help you do better on tests and avoid scams.
From @TheConversationUS: https://flip.it/shPrzi
#Psychology #Sleep #Brain #Science
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1. What's your chronotype? Knowing whether you're a night owl or an early bird could help you do better on tests and avoid scams
  
  from Cindi May
  
  Synchronizing your daily activities to your circadian rhythm could help you improve your performance on a variety of cognitive tasks − and even influence diagnosis of cognitive disorders.
Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2023 08:35:15 JST Flipboard Science Desk

Turns out that black holes have been around for quite some time. Scientists recently discovered the oldest black hole yet, confirming that black holes existed at the dawn of the universe. The Associated Press reports: https://flip.it/Ls9fJ-
#Science #Space #BlackHole #JWST #ChandraXRayObservatory
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1. Oldest black hole discovered dating back to 470 million years after the Big Bang
  
  Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet, formed a mere 470 million years after the Big Bang.
Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2023 07:39:27 JST Flipboard Science Desk

Could the reduction in commercial shipping have resulted in an increase in global temperatures? A new study published in Oxford Open Climate Change says yes. CBC explains: https://flip.it/31Off6
#Science #ClimateChange #Climate
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1. Scientists warn Earth warming faster than expected — due to reduction in ship pollution | CBC News
  
  The past five months have shattered global temperature records. A new study led by renowned U.S. climate scientist James Hansen suggests one of the drivers is an unintentional global geoengineering experiment: the reduction of ship tracks.
Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2023 05:42:20 JST Flipboard Science Desk

From Phys.org: New images from the James Webb Space Telescope have helped Australian astronomers unlock the secrets of how infant galaxies started an explosion of star formation in the very early universe. https://flip.it/Wp6VWd
#Science #Space #JWST #Astronomy #SpaceExploration
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1. New Webb images show gas-rich baby galaxies setting the early universe alight
  
  New images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have helped Australian astronomers unlock secrets of how infant galaxies started an explosion of star formation in the very early universe.
Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2023 04:24:30 JST Flipboard Science Desk

Researchers have long created facial approximations of people from the past. But Live Science asks: How accurate are these reconstructions? https://flip.it/FeTFZX
#Science #DNA #History
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1. Facial reconstructions help the past come alive. But are they accurate?
  
  DNA analysis is changing the science of facial reconstructions and making them more lifelike than ever before.
Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 07:38:23 JST Flipboard Science Desk

Deeply entrenched conflicts are dividing not only parts of the world, but many people’s social circles, too. Scientists say it’s essential to understand the biology behind these toxic interactions. NPR’s Yuki Noguchi explains: https://flip.it/vLw4bH
#Science #Brain #Neurology #Communication #Conflict
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1. Lessons from brain science — and history's peacemakers — for resolving conflicts
  
  Humans instinctually forge loyalties to groups to survive. Being aware of these impulses can help us deescalate arguments and find common ground. Some notable leaders in history show us how it's done.
Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 04:25:24 JST Flipboard Science Desk

Human activity is heating up the planet. Now, it appears, we’re also having a detrimental effect on Earth’s natural salt cycle. Science Alert explains: https://flip.it/tTYSZo
#Science #Climate #Humans #Earth
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1. We're Disrupting Another Major Earth Cycle, And No One's Talking About It
  
  from @ScienceAlert
  
  Human activity is heating up the planet, putting wildlife in danger, and even altering Earth's spin.
Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 06:50:03 JST Flipboard Science Desk

If you’ve ever seen a rat devising a creative way to travel or get food, you won’t be surprised to learn that new research suggests the rodents have an imagination. More from Science Daily: https://flip.it/d0AXKq
#Science #Brain #Rats #Animals #Imagination
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1. Rats have an imagination, new research suggests
  
  Researchers have developed a novel system to probe a rat's thoughts, finding that animals can control their brain activity to imagine remote locations.

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