Notices by Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social), page 32

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."

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#Bees #Insects #Entomology #Honeybee #Science

Biological puzzles abound in an up-close look at a human brain.

Science News reports: "Never-before-seen details may eventually lead to a better understanding of how the brain works."

(Free registration may be required) https://flip.it/gX-Ea5

#Brain #Neuroscience #Science #Biology

Massive cradle of baby stars revealed in new space telescope images.

AP reports on the European Space Agency's Euclid observatory: https://flip.it/58hAua

#Space #Astronomy #Stars #ESA #Euclid #Science

Big Tech thinks it can plant trees better than everyone else. 🌲

@theverge reports: "Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Salesforce launched a new coalition to try to cancel out their greenhouse gas emissions."

https://flip.it/Cj3WIc

For more science coverage from The Verge, follow @science-news-theverge

#Trees #Tech #ClimateChange #Climate #GlobalWarming

"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."

https://flip.it/lA_nWT

#Birds #Ducks #BirdWatching #Ecology #Wildlife

No showers, no privacy: What it’s really like to live in Antarctica.

CNN reports on the experiences of the few thousand humans who can say that they have lived in Antarctica.

https://flip.it/Ds6HJa

#Antarctica #Research #Science

"Venezuela is the first country in modern history to lose all of its glaciers after climate scientists declared its remaining glacier little more than an ice field."

AccuWeather reports: https://flip.it/ABN0lt

#Glaciers #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Climate #Venezuela

Batten down the hatches: The Atlantic hurricane season begins soon. 🌀 🚨

@arstechnica reports that one reputable forecast team predicts 33 named storms this year.

https://flip.it/yPkWt6

#Hurricane #Weather #Meteorology #ClimateChange #Climate #Ocean

@Unknowable @rahmstorf @W_Lucht @pvonhellermannn Will governments listen to the World Bank? Is there anyone they'll listen to?

#auspol #climate

Huge jellyfish invasion could disrupt Arctic ecosystems as waters warm.

New Scientist reports: "The Arctic could see a surge of jellyfish as climate change leads to warmer waters and less ice – a process known as 'jellification.'"

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#Jellyfish #Animals #Arctic #Ocean #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

How cockroaches spread around the globe to become the pest we know today.

From AP: "A new study uses genetics to chart cockroaches’ spread across the globe, from humble beginnings in southeast Asia to Europe and beyond. The findings span thousands of years of cockroach history and suggest the pests may have scuttled across the globe by hitching a ride with another species: people."

https://flip.it/s3NAD4

#Cockroach #Insects #Entomology #Bugs #Science #Evolution

@STAT is investigating the denial of reproductive autonomy for people with sickle cell disease.

Their latest article explores "how doctors are pressuring sickle cell patients into unwanted sterilizations."

https://flip.it/1k2pnu

#SickleCell #Disease #ReproductiveRights #Health #Medicine #Discrimination #BlackMastodon

Massive invasive snakes are on the loose and spreading in Puerto Rico.

Vox reports: "Runaway pets — and possibly some zoo escapees — have fueled the spread of invasive snakes across the island. It’s an environmental catastrophe in the making."

https://www.vox.com/24144224/invasive-species-snakes-puerto-rico

#Snakes #PuertoRico #Animals #InvasiveSpecies #Ecology #Science

How high-tech tracking is keeping tabs on wildlife.

CNN reports on a "Find my Friends for rhinos" being used in Kenya: https://flip.it/1apw8p

#Animals #Rhino #Conservation #Endangered #Science

Ed Dwight became America’s first Black astronaut candidate some 60 years ago. He wasn’t picked for the 1963 class and that he would never experience the weightlessness of outer space. That changed on Sunday as Dwight, now 90, rocketed into space with Blue Origin, becoming the oldest person to take a space flight. The previous recordholder? William Shatner. Read more from AP: https://flip.it/2gimpG
#Science #Space #SpaceExploration #BlueOrigin

There’s a gravity hole — a spot where the Earth’s gravitational pull is weaker — in the Indian Ocean, causing the sea level to dip by over 328 feet (100 meters). The anomaly has puzzled geologists for a long time, but researchers think they’ve found a credible explanation: magma. Read more from CNN: https://flip.it/CC.EAZ
#Science #Geology #Asia #Ocean #IndianOcean

If you’ve noticed a green-colored flash with the sun on the horizon just after sunset or before sunrise, consider yourself lucky. What causes these brief, rare and colorful spectacles? They’re the result of sunlight being separated into different colors, an optics researcher at the University of Glasgow explains. Live Science has more, including how and where you will more likely to see a green flash at dusk or dawn. https://flip.it/FDQgx2
#Science #Earth #Color #Sun #Scenery #Sunrise #Sunset

Most of us will undergo a procedure requiring a general anesthesia at some point in our lives. Although it’s one of the safest medical practices, we still haven’t grasped what the anesthesia does to our brains. A new study, however, sheds some light on why the drug seems to only affect specific parts of the brain. Science Alert explains: https://flip.it/SV41nP
#Science #Health #Medicine

May has been an exciting month for our Sun. A barrage of solar storms and coronal mass ejections created the strongest solar storm to reach Earth in two decades — and possibly one of the strongest displays of auroras in the past 500 years. NASA.gov tells us how the agency tracked it, and the images and videos are astonishing, too. https://flip.it/VBUyCn
#Science #Space #SolarStorms #Aurora #NASA

It’s surprising how many animals can act weirdly human. From territorial chimps to extroverted orcas, Live Science points us to 32 such animals that demonstrate humanlike behavior. https://flip.it/WyuSD1
#Science #Animals #Humans