Notices tagged with science, page 56

Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis died #OTD in 1843.

He is best known for his work on the supplementary forces that are detected in a rotating frame of reference, leading to the Coriolis effect. He was the first to apply the term travail (translated as "work") for the transfer of energy by a force acting through a distance, and he prefixed the factor ½ to Leibniz's concept of vis viva, thus specifying today's kinetic energy. via @wikipedia

#science #physics

The neuroscience of beauty: What your brain finds beautiful — and how this shapes your thoughts.

BBC Science Focus asks: "We seem pre-programmed to appreciate beauty, but why is this?"

https://flip.it/sgI-XE

#Beauty #Neuroscience #Brain #Science

Traditional porcelain and ceramic toilet bowls could be on the way out. A new 3D-printed bowl developed by scientists at Huazhong University in China is so slippery that nothing sticks to it. Science Alert has more:
https://flip.it/uATfwQ
#Science #Inventions #Toilets #Cleaning

El Niño creates the largest natural variability in the planet’s climate and can reshape weather patterns around the world, bringing drought for tens of millions and floods to others. Axios tells us more: https://flip.it/.GR81_
#Science #Climate #Earth #Weather #ElNino

An experiment on Mars has shown that it's feasible to extract breathable oxygen from the thin Martian atmosphere. Science Alert has more: https://flip.it/6nNL3a
#Science #Mars #Space #SpaceExploration

“Alien” bodies were unveiled before Mexico’s congress earlier this week. Scholars denounced the claim as “complete nonsense.” More from Live Science: https://flip.it/3QHmxS
#Science #Space #Aliens

Serious brain trauma starts well before young athletes go pro.

Wired reports: "A new study of amateur athletes who died before turning 30 reveals that many already showed signs of neurodegeneration."

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#Athletics #Sports #Brain #Science

The #InverseVaccine concept has been shown in vitro to undo damage done by the immune system in autoimmune diseases such as #MultipleSclerosis without shutting down the rest of the #ImmuneSystem. 👏
#Science #MolecularEngineering

https://pme.uchicago.edu/news/inverse-vaccine-shows-potential-treat-multiple-sclerosis-and-other-autoimmune-diseases

Nothing like someone picking apart your data not realising how much is balanced on top of it... ⁠
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#Jenga #Science #ProejctMeetings

The Race to Save the Pekapeka-Tou-Poto, New Zealand's Unique Bat

For scientists, monitoring the feisty, endangered burrowing bat includes moments of "actual madness."#conservation #wildlife #animals #science #scientistsatwork #bats #section-Articles
The Race to Save the Pekapeka-Tou-Poto, New Zealand's Unique Bat

Earth is outside its "safe operating space for humanity" on most key measurements, study says.

AP reports: "Earth’s climate, biodiversity, land, freshwater, nutrient pollution and 'novel' chemicals (human-made compounds like microplastics and nuclear waste) are all out of whack, a group of international scientists said."

https://flip.it/3mKY8x

#ClimateChange #Climate #Environment #Pollution #Earth #Science

Newly discovered green comet Is passing by Earth this week.

Smithsonian Magazine reports: "Comet Nishimura, which appears only once every 435 years, is on track to approach the sun and shoot into deep space."

https://flip.it/CX3A-6

#Comet #Space #Astronomy #Nishimura #Science

Iran’s researchers are increasingly isolated as the government prepares to wall off internet.

Science Journal reports the country is launching a "National Information Network (NIN) intended to keep most Iranians off the World Wide Web."

https://flip.it/XcLjAh

#Iran #Science #Scientist #Internet

Nearly 85% of bee species live in the ground, but little is known about how they construct and modify their nests. CT scans, however, could “really give a lot of insight into what’s happening.” More from Science.com: https://flip.it/RpUzTC
#Science #Biology #Bees #Insects

Where should our next big telescope be installed? The Moon. Science Alert tells us more about a plan to put one on the lunar surface: https://flip.it/TgdqD9
#Science #Moon #Space #SpaceExploration #Telescope

A new material that packs deadly heat for viruses on its outer surface while staying cool on the reverse side could transform the way we make and use personal protective equipment (PPE). Here's more from phys.org: https://flip.it/BvP5t9
#Science #Health #PPE

An egg casing from a mystery species? A dead sponge? A coral? Scientists are befuddled by the strange, golden orb found two miles below the surface off the coast of Alaska. More from Science Alert: https://flip.it/VFSX1n
#Science #Ocean #MarineLife #Alaska

A star like our own Sun in a nearby galaxy is gradually being eaten away by a small but ravenous black hole. Here’s more from Eurasia Review: https://flip.it/WtJ42T
#Space #Science #BlackHoles #Stars

Snakes are known for gulping down truly gargantuan meals. But the Gans’ egg-eater outpaces them all, relative to the size of its body. Live Science tells us about how the nonvenomous African snake cand swallow spherical bird eggs whole: https://flip.it/XIa3dK
#Science #Animals #Snakes #Biology

SpaceX must take a series of steps before it can launch its mega rocket again after its debut ended in an explosion, U.S. federal regulators said. More from the Associated Press: https://flip.it/C5xirX
#Science #Space #SpaceX #SpaceExploration #ElonMusk