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Boeing's Starliner spacecraft with two NASA astronauts launches successfully from Florida.

CBS News reports: "The long-awaited flight marked the first launch of an Atlas 5 with astronauts aboard and the first for the Atlas family of rockets since astronaut Gordon Cooper took off just a few miles away on the Mercury program's final flight 61 years ago."

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#Boeing #Starliner #NASA #Space #SpaceX #Astronaut

Earth’s "Gateway to Hell" is growing in Siberia.

@popsci reports "the Batagay megaslump is a sign of the times."

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#ClimateChange #Permafrost #Arctic #Climate #Siberia

2024’s summer solstice is Earth’s earliest since 1796.

Big Think explains why: https://flip.it/OKIEfP

For more science stories, follow @general-science-news-science

#Solstice #Summer #Earth #SummerSolstice #Space #Science

Archaeologists have fully mapped a series of ancient rock art in Venezuela and Colombia, including the world's largest monumental engraving, Live Science reports:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2000-year-old-rock-art-including-nearly-140-foot-long-snake-may-mark-ancient-territories-in-colombia-venezuela

#Archaeology #Hieroglyphic #Colombia #Venezuela #Southamerica

NASA said the Hubble Space Telescope has temporarily stopped observing the cosmos.
https://apnews.com/article/nasa-hubble-space-telescope-00b58a8b308ebe4725925b6e753cc3d1

#NASA #Space #Hubblespacetelescope #Hubble

A new randomized controlled trial adds weight to claims that circumcision may reduce the risk of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among men who have sex with men, Science Alert reports:
https://www.sciencealert.com/randomized-trial-finds-circumcised-men-are-less-likely-to-get-hiv

#HIV #Men #Health #LGBTQ

"In his first public testimony since stepping down from [U.S.] government office at the end of 2022, Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday fended off a variety of attacks from Republican politicians at a fiery hearing called to discuss lessons learned during the pandemic."

NBC News reports: "Fauci has emerged as one of the people most vilified by supporters of former President Donald Trump, with many blaming him for the pandemic based on a wide array of false or misleading claims. Calls to prosecute Fauci for unspecified crimes have become common on the right."

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#COVID #COVID19 #Fauci #Pandemic #USPolitics #Health #Science

Three boys found a T. rex fossil in North Dakota in the U.S. Now a Denver museum works to fully reveal it.

AP reports on the remarkable discovery: https://flip.it/myd4ZQ

#Dinosaurs #TRex #Fossil #Paleontology #Science

Cicadas are back, but climate change is messing with their body clocks.

CBS News reports: "Cicada watchers used to be able to predict their emergence as easily as astronomers could predict the recent solar eclipse. But that has become more challenging as the cicadas' patterns are changing as warm spring days happen more often."

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#Cicadas #Insects #Bugs #Entomology #ClimateChange #Science

Mexico's first female president is also a scientist. Claudia Sheinbaum has a Ph.D. in energy engineering.

In an interview with the AP last year, she said, "I believe in science.”

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#Mexico #Sheinbaum #Science

Opus caementicium, also known as Roman concrete, was an ultradurable building material used in the construction of countless monumental buildings that survived extremely harsh conditions for thousands of years. What was the Romans' secret? Heritage Daily has more: https://flip.it/ay8Q9N
#Science #Construction #Concrete #RomanEmpire

For people with high blood pressure, a new study shows that an individual’s circadian rhythm may be a key factor in when they should take their medication. In other words, night owls may benefit from taking the medicine at night, early birds in the morning. Science Alert has more: https://flip.it/A4NIf1
#Science #Health #Medicine

Like whale blubber, oil as a dominant source of energy will gradually be phased out over the next decades. Are we on the verge of becoming a post-oil world? Read more from Live Science: https://flip.it/TYWTCx
#Science #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

Just minutes to go in countdown, Boeing is once again forced to call off its first launch of its Starliner spacecraft with NASA astronauts aboard. NBC News has more on this latest setback in Boeing’s attempt to reach the International Space Station with a crew. https://flip.it/.H0Uq-
#Science #Space #SpaceExploration #NASA #Boeing #ISS

As if the decision to withdraw life support for patients with traumatic brain injuries weren't excruciating enough, a small modeling study suggests that it has at times been withdrawn too early. The American College of Surgeons recommends full ICU treatment for at least 72 hours. But there are no guidelines in the U.S. as to which patients should be taken off life support and when. Live Science reports: https://flip.it/0-aEj2
#Science #Health #Brain #Injury

Martian meteorites are turning out to be quite an asset. These tiny bits of rock were chipped off of Mars, flung into space, and eventually landed on Earth about 11 million years ago. Today they’re giving scientists new insight into the fine structure of the outer later of the red planet. Science Alert explains: https://flip.it/Lb8hDb
#Science #Mars #Earth #Meteorites

Panama’s government recently presented keys to the new houses it was providing for about 300 families from a small island in the San Blas Archipelago. What spurred the kind gesture? Increasing floods and damage from storms caused by climate change. The Atlantic shares more in this photo feature that spotlights the country’s relocation efforts for Indigenous communities threatened by a rising sea and staggering lack of space. https://flip.it/3vegLI
#Science #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Panama

How much does misinformation affect the people who consume it? Researchers at MIT and Penn set out to analyze the impact of 13,000 headlines on vaccination intentions among roughly 233 million U.S.-based Facebook users. Read more from Science Alert, including what type of content had the biggest influence over vaccine hesitancy. https://flip.it/jbP52i
#Science #Health #SocialMedia #Misinformation

AI chatbots and large language models struggle to convey genuine empathy, a new study found, but that’s not the worst of it. Research led by a Stanford computer scientist shows that these conversation agents can also encourage toxic belief systems like Nazism, racism, and sexism. Live Science reports: https://flip.it/Q3T4Uu
#Science #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Chatbots #Empathy

On the lunar surface, a single Earth day would be 56 microseconds shorter — a tiny number that can lead to significant inconsistencies over time. That’s why scientists aren’t just looking to create a new “time zone” for the Moon, but an entirely new “time scale” that accounts for the faster speed at which seconds tick by up there. CNN explains: https://flip.it/V_LgSS
#Science #Space #Moon #Time #NASA