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Probably all of us have experienced déjà vu at one point or another. Like that scene in “The Matrix” when Neo thought he saw a black cat twice. But what about “jamais vu?” That’s when something you know to be familiar feels unreal or novel in some way. ScienceAlert has more, including the mechanism behind this lesser-known phenomenon. https://flip.it/UBagqu

#Science #Psychology #Neurology #Human

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@davidgillaspy @TheConversationUS Correct, but China is the first to bring back rocks from the "far side" of the moon.

"The Perseid meteor shower is expected to reach its peak on the evening of Sunday, Aug. 11, and before dawn on Monday, Aug. 12, according to NASA."

Here's how to see it, according to ABC News, which says, "Marking one of the most plentiful meteor showers in the Northern Hemisphere, the Perseids showcase approximately 50 to 100 meteors per hour."

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#Perseid #Meteor #Space #NASA #Astronomy #Science

Wildfires, especially urban fires, rarely occur near reefs, scientists say.

So how is the Maui marine ecosystem faring one year after a devastating catastrophe? ABC News reports: https://flip.it/SlxfNU

#Maui #Hawaii #Wildfire #Environment #Ocean #Coral #ClimateChange #Science

Saturn’s moon Mimas may hide a surprisingly young ocean.

@KnowableMag has a Q&A with planetary scientist Alyssa Rhoden: https://flip.it/43OG-k

#Saturn #Space #Astronomy #Planet #Moon #Science

Could scientists turn Toxoplasma gondii from foe into friend?
@TheConversationUS reports that researchers are experimenting with using the parasite "to inject therapeutic proteins into brain cells."

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#Science #Brain #Medicine #Health #Biology #Microbiology

Scientists are starting to uncover how neighborhood can affect the biology of cancer.

From @STAT: "The worse outcomes for people from poorer, more stress-filled neighborhoods suggest that our physical and social spaces are somehow influencing our biology."

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#Health #Cancer #PublicHealth #Disease #Epidemiology #Science #Biology

While the Olympics are mostly about human ability, technology and science play a role in the modern Games.

@Smithsonianmag explore five innovations that transformed Olympic sports: https://flip.it/fGjeNF

For ongoing Olympics coverage, follow @olympics-espn

#Olympics #Technology #Science #Athletes #Tech #Paris2024 #ParisOlympics #Sports

Flirt or flight? How humans are scaring fish off finding a mate.

CNN reports: "A team led by scientists at Lancaster University in the U.K. found that the fish are becoming more scared of humans and spending less time on courting behavior, with potentially important impacts on population levels."

https://flip.it/0a0cux

#Fish #Animals #Science #Evolution #Ocean #Fishing

NASA delays next crew launch to buy more time at the space station for Boeing’s troubled capsule.

AP reports: "The space agency said Tuesday it’s bumping SpaceX’s four-person flight from this month to next. It’s now targeted for Sept. 24 at the earliest."

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#Boeing #NASA #Space #Starliner #SpaceX #ISS

Fossils suggest even smaller "hobbits" roamed an Indonesian island 700,000 years ago.

From AP: "Twenty years ago on an Indonesian island, scientists discovered fossils of an early human species that stood at about 3 1/2 feet (1.07 meters) tall — earning them the nickname 'hobbits.' Now a new study suggests ancestors of the hobbits were even slightly shorter."

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#Anthropology #Human #Evolution #Science #Indonesia

Could all life on earth have started with a flash of lightning?

From Popular Mechanics: "A new study from Harvard University suggests that cloud-to-ground lightning — as opposed to other theories like cloud-to-cloud lightning or panspermia — likely provided the necessary material for the first organisms to form."

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And here's the full study: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2400819121

#Life #Evolution #Biology #Earth #Science

"China achieved a historic feat by bringing back the first-ever sample from the lunar far side in June 2024."

For @TheConversationUS, a planetary scientist explains what the 5 pounds of rocks and soil could reveal: https://flip.it/SyAoQX

#Moon #Space #China #Lunar #Science

How did ancient Egyptians stack those heavy stones of the oldest pyramid? Scientists float new theory.

CNN reports on new research suggesting water played a crucial role: https://flip.it/7xmSuZ

The research was first published in PLOS One journal: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0306690

For similar content, follow @archeology-today-science

#Egypt #Pyramids #Archaeology #AncientEgypt #History #Science #Engineering

"Scientists have proposed a novel idea for the moon: As wild species are increasingly threatened by a quintuple whammy of habitat destruction, exploitation, invasive species takeovers, pollution, and relentless climate change, they want to capitalize on extremely frigid lunar environs to naturally cryopreserve animal cells — a difficult thing to artificially sustain on our world."

@Mashable explains the idea for a lunar vault: https://flip.it/O5tTdQ

Here's the original paper in BioScience journal: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biae058/7715645?login=false

#Moon #Space #Conservation #Science #ClimateChange #Biology

One church, two astronauts. How a Texas congregation is supporting its members on the space station.

From AP: "It is unknown how many have practiced their faith in orbit, according to NASA, because some keep it private. But flight-certified religious items are permitted."

https://flip.it/TLUiwH

#NASA #Space #Astronaut #Religion #Faith

Astronomers and stargazers are eagerly awaiting the appearance of a "new" star, which will burst into view in the skies any night now. The T Coronae Borealis nova will soon appear above our heads for the first time in 78 years. Live Science has more: https://flip.it/ZkMJc8
#Science #Space #Stars #Borealis #Sky #Astronomy

Anecdotal evidence suggests that people with autism tend to enjoy board games more than most, and now two new studies identify some reasons why this might be the case. One may be that there's a rigid structure to proceedings, with less need to make small talk, which is “both stimulating and comforting” for players, the authors report. Read more from ScienceAlert: https://flip.it/UvJXzA
#Science #Autism #Humans #Psychology

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Go figure, it turns out the Moon is pretty inhospitable. Using data from the Chinese lunar probes Chang’e-1 and Chang’e-2, scientists found excessive heat below the surface of a suspected volcanic feature on the Moon known as Compton-Belkovich. BBC Science Focus tells us why that can only mean one thing — radioactive decay.
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#Science #Space #Moon #Radioactive

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A new excavation of a 2,500-year-old graveyard in Norway has archaeologists asking why they found it filled with young children. While it’s not certain anything sinister happened, the discovery was quite creepy. Read more from @ScienceAlert.
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#Science #Archeology #History #Norway #Humans

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