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"Astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore had expected to be in space for days, not months. How will their physical and mental health cope?"

@dw explores the stranded Starliner situation: https://flip.it/yBWw-5

#Space #Astronauts #Starliner #Boeing #NASA #Science

Monday’s supermoon was the first of four this year.

AP has photos of the lunar spectacle from around the world: https://flip.it/OoqNog

#Moon #SuperMoon #Astronomy #Lunar #Space

The invisible problem with sending people to Mars.

From @theverge: "Getting to Mars will be easy. It’s the whole ‘living there’ part that we haven’t figured out."

https://flip.it/xo554C

For similar content, follow @the-verge-s-space-news-theverge

#Mars #Space #NASA #Science

Some researchers believe cooking is what allowed our ancestors to unlock the extra calories needed to grow the brain. So, all hail fire! But when did humans first roast food over fire? Evidence suggests between 50,000 years ago and 2 million years ago. Live Science sheds light on this mystery: https://flip.it/K_8dwC
#Science #Humans #Food #Ancestors #Eating

About 280 million people worldwide have depression, and about 1 million have a mental health concern of any kind. These issues may have spiked in recent years, but they’re hardly new. Those who lived in the ancient world also experienced mental health problems. ScienceAlert shares four insights into how they dealt with them. https://flip.it/BC9CS6
#Science #Health #MentalHealth #Humans #Depression

Follow @ScienceAlert for more on science.

Earthquake scientists are learning warning signs of the "big one.' When should they tell the public?

From NBC News: "For U.S. seismologists, Japan’s 'megaquake' warning last week renewed discussion about when and how to warn people on the West Coast if they find elevated risk of a major earthquake."

https://flip.it/qZVueu

#Earthquake #Seismology #Science #California #WestCoast

The new space mission that will reshape how we see climate change forever.

From BBC Science Focus: "When it launches in 2026, the Copernicus programme’s Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring satellite will give us a new window onto Earth’s atmosphere … and how we’re altering it."

https://flip.it/A-mFIu

#Space #ClimateChange #Science #Copernicus #ESA

Earth's days are currently around 24 hours long, but that wasn't always the case. In fact, days used to be two hours longer (Just think of all the extra time you could have spent at work!). LiveScience explains more, including how the moon siphons away our planet’s kinetic energy: https://flip.it/z6ljwH
#Science #Earth #Moon #Energy #Time

The asteroid that hit the Gulf of Mexico 66 million years ago, causing a mass extinction event that wiped out about 60% of the planet’s non-avian dinosaurs, had a lot of time to build up its destructive momentum. New evidence suggests that the asteroid originated from beyond the outer limits of the solar system. BBC Science Focus explains: https://flip.it/JZk6AT
#Science #Space #Earth #Dinosaurs #Extinction #Asteroids

Follow @sciencefocus for more on science.

How are Boeing Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams going to get home? The question has plagued Boeing — and concerned many others in general — since the damaged ship docked at the International Space Station in mid-June, turning an eight-day flight into a monthslong epic that has left the pilots stranded. Time magazine has more, including an extreme contingency plan that would involve flying the Starliner home empty. https://flip.it/VdsmJU
#Science #Space #SpaceExploration #NASA #Boeing #ISS #Starliner

With a limited capacity to transfer data, many satellites are becoming unable to keep up with the demand. But a new “laser-powered” project being launched in the state of Western Australia could revolutionize global communications and make space-to-Earth communication 1,000 times faster. More from ScienceAlert: https://flip.it/XbOUDX
#Science #Space #SpaceExploration #Satellites #Communication #Lasers

For more articles about space, follow @space-ScienceAlert.

Some populations of freshwater crocodiles are dying in droves across northern Australia. The culprit is the pervasiveness of a super-poisonous toad humans brought to the continent decades ago. The animals suffer a fairly quick and likely painful death. Their decline also leaves a “huge hole in the ecosystem,” conservationist Georgia Ward-Fear says. NPR has more: https://flip.it/jHLwvf
#Science #Animals #Australia #Crocodiles #Toads #Ecosystems #NPR

To reduce carbon emissions and mitigate the effects of climate change, some governments and companies have been investing in the electrification of both public transport and private vehicles. China has taken note with the introduction of electric buses. Despite its predicted advantages for reducing carbon emissions, transitioning from fuel-based to electric public transport could put a significant strain on electricity grids. Read more from TechXplore. https://flip.it/poaFep
#Science #ClimateChange #GlobalWarning #Climate #China #Transportation

Humans have long been fascinated with understanding how life began and evolved on Earth, and modern scientists have made significant advances in answering questions around the origins of life here. A recent study might just have unearthed another piece of the puzzle — the organism from which all living organisms have descended. More for ScienceAlert: https://flip.it/e1gpX8
#Science #Earth #Life #Biology #History #Humans

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The space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was a rare strike from an asteroid beyond Jupiter, a new study details. The finding pins down the nature of the fateful space rock and its origin within our solar system, and may benefit technology that forecasts asteroid strikes on our planet, Live Science reports:
https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/dinosaur-killing-asteroid-rare-rock-beyond-jupiter

Humans know very little about the deep sea. That may not stop us from mining it. Sigh.

From @grist: "With a newly elected leader, the International Seabed Authority must decide the future of more than half of the world’s ocean floor."

https://flip.it/4KQ.Qj

#Ocean #Mining #Environment #Science #ClimateChange #FossilFuels

In North America, even landlocked states aren’t safe from hurricanes.

Vox reports: "Average temperatures are rising due to climate change, and because warmer air can hold onto more moisture, the most damaging elements of these storms — the flooding caused by extraordinary rainfall and towering storm surges — will continue to worsen."

https://flip.it/pw9apB

#Hurricane #ClimateChange #Weather #Climate #GlobalWarming #Science

The American West’s megafires are silencing birds.

@grist reports: "One sound index used to monitor biodiversity fell by as much as 15 percent following particularly smoky days, according to a new study."

https://flip.it/Cec9L-

#Wildfires #Birds #ClimateChange #Climate #Biodiversity #Science

Meet the ManhattAnt, the ant that's taken New York's streets by storm.

NPR reports that the species, which first appeared in 2011, is now vying to become the most dominant ant in the city.

https://flip.it/PHwC6l

#Ants #Insects #Entomology #Bugs #NYC #NewYork #Manhattan #Science #InvasiveSpecies

Wildfires are growing under climate change, and their smoke threatens farmworkers, study says.

From AP: "Researchers examined data from the 2020 Glass and LNU Lightning Complex fires in northern California’s Sonoma County, a region famous for its wine. During those blazes, many farmworkers kept working, often in evacuation zones deemed unsafe for the general population."

https://flip.it/lcf_CQ

#Wildfires #ClimateChange #Climate #Agriculture #Farming #Labor #Science