"The world's first wooden satellite has been built by Japanese researchers who said their tiny cuboid craft is scheduled to be carried into space off on a SpaceX rocket in September."
CBS News reports: "The creators expect the wooden material will burn up completely when the device re-enters the atmosphere -- potentially providing a way to avoid the creation of metal particles when a retired satellite returns to Earth."
Butterflies, bees, bugs and more: The summer of insect-counting gets underway in Germany.
AP reports on the country's "'insect summer,' now in its seventh year, organized by the country’s Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union, or NABU."
Rotten bananas in a scorching India expose climate change's food cost.
@BloombergGreen reports: "India wastes more food than almost any other country partly because of spotty refrigeration. Climate change is making the problem worse."
It's firefly season at Congaree National Park in South Carolina, and a lucky few won the park lottery this year — an opportunity to see thousands of fireflies, blinking in synchrony, for a few short weeks this spring.
NPR reports: "According to the National Park Service, there are just three types of fireflies in North America that are synchronous, meaning they coordinate their belly lanterns to flash at exactly the same time."
Boeing’s 1st astronaut flight now set for June after a review of small leak on new capsule.
AP reports: "Officials for the company and NASA said Friday that intensive reviews indicate the Starliner capsule can safely fly two test pilots to the International Space Station, despite a propulsion system leak."
How did scientists calculate the speed of a supermassive black hole? Much in the same way crash-scene investigators can determine the speed of a car on impact. This cosmic predator gobbled up a star and left only its “wobbling” remains after imposing a grisly death. Live Science explains: https://flip.it/AkUicp #Science#Space#BlackHoles
If the moon is the final frontier for humankind, we need to figure out what we’re going to eat up there. In the next two years, NASA plans to send astronauts back to the moon, which provides some insight into what our lunar lunches will look and taste like. “Food is something that keeps astronauts sane,” says Dr. Sonja Brungs of the European Space Agency. BBC Travel has more on what astronauts eat — and what the rest of us might one day consume there. https://flip.it/Xp352- #Science#Food#NASA#Moon
Every time scientists are able to understand another biological process linked to Alzheimer's disease, it offers another way that they might eventually be able to treat or prevent it. New research has shed light on the protein contactin-4 and its relationship with the amyloid precursor protein (APP), which could help unravel the mystery of the disease. Science Alert explains: https://flip.it/nE342h #Science#Health#Brain#Alzheimers
For the first time ever, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered three of the universe’s earliest galaxies. In a new study, researchers reported the possible detection of three infant galaxies sprouting from a primordial cloud of hydrogen and helium gas just 400 to 600 million years after the Big Bang. Live Science elaborates: https://flip.it/BgahqS #Science#Space#Universe#Galaxies
The hornet has landed: Scientists combat new honeybee killer in the U.S.
@KnowableMag reports: "An invasive yellow-legged wasp has been decimating beehives in Europe — and bedeviling Georgia since last summer. Researchers are working nest by nest to limit the threat while developing better eradication methods."
"A drake mallard has set a speed record of 103 mph while migrating across southern Minnesota and southeast North Dakota [in the U.S.] on April 6, breaking the Cohen Wildlife Ecology Lab’s previous record of 99.3 mph set on the same day."
Outdoor Life reports: "The two GPS-tracked mallard caught the same weather front that helped them reach top speeds on their return flights to Canada."
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