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Metallic nodules scattered across the seabed in the Indian and Pacific oceans are a source of oxygen for nearby marine life — a finding that could upend our understanding of the deep ocean. It also raises concerns about the impact of deep-sea mining. New Scientist explains: https://flip.it/cB-2p0
#Science #Ocean #Geology #MarineLife

Crocodiles that were nearly extinct make a comeback in Cambodia.

CNN reports: "Siamese crocodiles are a freshwater species that can grow up to 4 meters (13.1 feet) in length. ... hunting and large-scale farming, which impacted its wetland habitat, drove the species to the brink of extinction."

https://flip.it/FUZ3QO

#Crocodiles #Reptiles #Ecology #Conservation #Environment #Cambodia #Science

What would a Kamala Harris presidency mean for the climate? Grist takes a look at her record in California, the Senate and the White House, and statements she's made in the past. "We must do more,” Harris said at last years' COP28. “Our action collectively, or worse, our inaction will impact billions of people for decades to come.”

https://flip.it/eg6fbY

#ClimateChange #Climate #ClimateCrisis #KamalaHarris #USPresidency

The James Webb Space Telescope has shown some of the earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen. Many believed that the revelations were “breaking” our understanding of the Big Bang. Live Science tells us how the truth is much more nuanced — and much more interesting. https://flip.it/x-KSX-
#Science #Space #JWST #SpaceExploration

A newly discovered hormone in mice that prevents bone loss during lactation could one day be used to treat osteoporosis in humans. Read more from New Scientist: https://flip.it/2nFj9C
#Science #Health #Pregnancy #Osteoporosis

Things just got a little easier (too easy?) for U.S. students taking the ACT exam, the standardized test for college admissions. The science section will now be optional. Read more from NPR: https://flip.it/Ne9fEA
#Science #Education #USA #College #School

Can you vape the internet? You can sure try! After an image of a vape with a screen that showed Facebook and X icons went viral, @404mediaco’s Samantha Cole ordered the Swype Vape 30K Puffs Touch Screen Disposable and put it through its paces, as well as explaining the rise of so-called “smart vapes.”

https://www.404media.co/twitter-internet-vape-touchscreen-swype/

#Technology #Tech #Vaping #SmartVapes #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

In the state of Massachusetts, people who are convicted of a felony can’t vote, but those who are incarcerated for misdemeanors, or who are imprisoned while waiting for a trial, can. @gbhnews covers a new effort to provide voting opportunities and information to those individuals. “The idea is to expand voter access behind the wall,” said DeAnza Cook, a board member of non-profit Healing Our Land.

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-07-18/new-ballot-boxes-arrive-to-boston-jails-this-fall

#USElection #Voting #Boston #VotingRights #Prisons #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

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Science from Smithsonian Magazine: @science-Smithsonianmag

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Climate Control & the Environment from Outside Magazine: @climate-control-the-environment-outside

Climate Change Science from Bloomberg Green: @climate-change-science-BloombergGreen

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#FollowFriday #Science #MastodonMigration #Media

Two Pompeii skeletons reveal a new story of death at mega disaster.

@popsci reports: "Earthquakes potentially 'influenced the choices of the Pompeiians who faced an inevitable death.'"

https://flip.it/suS6Zn

#Pompeii #Archaeology #Earthquake #History #Science

Saturn's moon Titan has an equivalent of freshwater rivers and salty oceans.

New Scientist reports: "The liquid hydrocarbon seas, lakes and rivers on Titan have varying compositions and signs of active tides or currents."

https://flip.it/pHy16e

#Saturn #Space #Astronomy #NASA #Science

You probably haven’t noticed, but the days are getting a bit longer. The reason is climate change. Two new studies suggest that as polar ice sheets rapidly melt, the planet is changing shape, which is slowing its rotation. Hence, longer days, if only by a few milliseconds per day. USA Today reports: https://flip.it/guQhJy
#Science #ClimateChange #Earth #GlobalWarming

@petes_bread_eqn_xls Fixed and thank you!

Next time you’re flying about near Venus, keep your ears open for some Missy Elliot. NASA has recently made special use of its communication system, called the Deep Space Network, by sending the lyrics of Elliot’s song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” to Venus. “Both space exploration and Missy Elliott’s art have been about pushing boundaries,” said Brittany Brown, director of NASA’s Digital and Technology. Read more from DigitalTrends: https://flip.it/i1x8Z1
#Science #Space #SpaceExploration #Music #MissyElliot #HipHop

Let’s talk about one of the Science Desk’s “favorite” subjects: bowel movements. How often you go, or don’t go, might say a lot about your long-term health, a new study says. Researchers put their participants’ self-reported frequencies into four groups: constipation, low-normal, high-normal and diarrhea. Not too difficult to see which categories you want to be in. Science Alert has more, including what you can do to improve your prospects. https://flip.it/lG2PN8
#Science #Health #Humans #Biology #Nutrition

Follow @humans-ScienceAlert for articles on the human condition.

Sotheby's has auctioned off the skeleton of a dinosaur named Apex, billed as "the finest for Stegosaurus to ever come to market," for almost $45 million, a record.

USA Today says it's the most expensive fossil ever sold.

https://flip.it/F1HHYH

#Dinosaurs #Fossil #Paleontology #Apex #Auction #Science

Fixing Boeing's leaky Starliner — and returning NASA's stranded astronauts to Earth — is much harder than it sounds.

Live Science reports: "Astronauts are stuck on the International Space Station after yet more problems with Boeing's beleaguered Starliner. Here's why an investigation into the issues is so difficult, even for NASA."

https://flip.it/DKtQut

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

Today is Glioblastoma Awareness Day, which has the goal of educating people about the most common, complex, treatment-resistant and deadly type of brain cancer. Here's a story from MedicalNewsToday about a promising new treatment — an mRNA vaccine that could potentially retrain the body's immune system to attack and treat glioblastoma. A study on dogs with brain tumors published in the journal Cell earlier this year showed an increase in survival rates, and the scientists have now expanded their research to a small clinical trial on humans.

https://flip.it/HbTwb3

#Science #Medicine #MRNA #Glioblastoma #Cancer #BrainTumor #GlioblastomaAwarenessDay

Uncontacted Amazon tribe photographed in unusual sighting near logging area in Peru

NBC News reports: "More than 750 people strong, [the Mashco Piro people] are believed to be the world’s largest uncontacted tribe, having survived massacres and enslavement during the rubber boom of the 19th century."

https://flip.it/NTh2zR

#Amazon #Indigenous #Anthropology #Peru #Science

COVID-19 levels have been rising in the United States again.

CNN explores: "Why is this summer wave happening, and do I really have to worry about infection again?"

https://flip.it/uo3lpz

#COVID19 #COVID #Pandemic #Health #Disease #Science