Largest-ever marine reptile found with help from an 11-year-old girl.
NPR reports on an amazing discovery in southwest England: https://flip.it/wPiFoq
Largest-ever marine reptile found with help from an 11-year-old girl.
NPR reports on an amazing discovery in southwest England: https://flip.it/wPiFoq
Video chat apps like Facebook Messenger have often been a favored option for people who want to stay connected to friends and family. Could the same be said of parrots? Popular Science tells us what happened when scientists taught some parrots to video chat. https://flip.it/QqyEWw
#Science #Pets #Animals #Tech
If you’re looking for something other than binge-watching to keep you up into the wee hours of the morning, check your weather forecast. If it’s clear, you could be in for a treat: The Eta Aquariid meteor shower is expected to be one of the best shows in recent years. Read more at CNN: https://flip.it/dnbgYT
#Science #Space #Meteors #MeteorShower
Brain implant technology is rapidly advancing and can help people find their voice or beat neurological disorders. But what happens when the implant is no longer supported by its producer? Science Alert has more on the technology’s huge potential and its downsides: https://flip.it/yDq3i5
#Science Health #Brain #Technology
Were those "alien farts" that the James Webb Space Telescope detected in an Earth-like planet's atmosphere last year, or were they just clouds of methane? A new study makes the case for the latter, potentially dampening hopes that life has already been discovered beyond our solar system. Live Science has more: https://flip.it/yo.FL2
#Science #Space #Aliens
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley’s comet, peaks this weekend. Here’s how to see it.
From AP: "The Southern Hemisphere will have the best view of Eta Aquarids, but a waning moon just 14% full will allow for clear viewing in both hemispheres, according to the American Meteor Society."
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Did you know that "in as many as one in five amphibian species, one or both parents stick around to care for their offspring, using a staggering variety of strategies?"
@KnowableMag reports on the tender art of tadpole parenting: https://flip.it/yRr2OV
A bill in Florida would repeal a 16-year-old law that lists climate change as a priority when making energy policy decisions. Here’s more from the Associated Press, including what the state’s proposed shift in policy involves and how critics are responding. https://flip.it/57eJHv
#Science #ClimateChange #Climate #GlobalWarming #Florida
NASA’s Curiosity has recently discovered that Mars may have been habitable billions of years ago. The rover found rocks in Mars' Gale Crater that contain a surprising amount of manganese oxide — a mineral commonly found in lakes on Earth. Science Alert has more: https://flip.it/7pv1_R
#Science #Mars #NASA #Curiosity
When Rakus, an orangutan at the Suaq Project in Medan, Indonesia, had a nasty wound below his right eye, the animal knew exactly what to do. Scientists observed Rakus pluck and chew up leaves of a medicinal plant, then use his fingers to apply it to the injured area. Within a month, the wound had closed. The Associated Press has more on the orangutan with an apparent sense for naturopathy. https://flip.it/rDVICV
#Science #Animals #Medicine #Naturopathy
New research has revealed huge “tiger stripe” fault lines on Saturn’s moon, Enceladus. How did they get there, and is there life lurking beneath the moon’s icy shell? Live Science has more: https://flip.it/.4uXWY
#Science #Space #Saturn #Astronomy
This Texas veterinarian helped crack the mystery of bird flu in cows.
AP reports: "The first calls that Dr. Barb Petersen received in early March were from dairy owners worried about crows, pigeons and other birds dying on their Texas farms. Then came word that barn cats — half of them on one farm — had died suddenly."
Scientists reveal the face of a Neanderthal who lived 75,000 years ago for a new documentary on Netflix.
CNN reports on the research about a 40-something woman found in a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Cassava: The perilous past and promising future of a toxic but nourishing crop. An anthropology professor shares what he's learned from "studying cassava gardens on the Amazon River and its myriad tributaries in Peru."
@TheConversationUS reports: "Cassava’s many assets would seem to make it the ideal crop. But there’s a problem: Cassava is highly poisonous."
#Cassava #Agriculture #Amazon #Peru #Anthropology #Indigenous
Does anger take a toll on the heart?
@NBC reports on a new study showing "that anger may indeed affect the heart because of how it impairs blood vessel function."
U.S. House votes to remove wolves from endangered list in 48 states.
AP reports: "The Republican-authored bill comes amid national debate on the wolves’ future. Hunters and farmers across the country maintain the species is stable and have been complaining for years about wolf attacks on game species and livestock. They want to be allowed to legally kill the animals."
Lasers reveal prehistoric Irish monuments that may have been "pathways for the dead."
Live Science says archaeologists used lidar (light detection and ranging) to detect a cluster of rare Neolithic structures hidden in farmland.
And here's the original report from Antiquity Journal: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/exploring-the-baltinglass-cursus-complex-routes-for-the-dead/81B05D3592918A99143EAE71B083B436
China compiled the most detailed moon atlas ever mapped.
@popsci reports: "The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe includes 12,341 craters, 81 basins, and 17 different rock types."
Many companies are pushing employees to return to the office. But what's the environmental impact?
@grist explores the question: "Recent data suggest that remote work could speed along companies’ plans to zero out their carbon emissions, but businesses don’t seem to be considering climate change in their decisions about the future of office work."
#ClimateChange #Environment #Work #Climate #RemoteWork #Business
A horse-shaped nebula gets its close-up in new photos by NASA’s Webb telescope.
AP has the story: https://flip.it/ch4lyk
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