Notices by Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social), page 37

Astronomers have found a magnetic star for the first time beyond the Milky Way after an incredibly brief, ultrabright explosion in the so-called Cigar Galaxy. Will this be the first of many other extragalactic magnetar discoveries? Live Science has more. https://flip.it/iHsynr
#Science #Space #Stars #MilkyWay #Astronomy

Coal-fired power plants in the U.S. will have to capture smokestack emissions or shut down after an Environmental Protection Agency ruling on Thursday. The rule is part of President Joe Biden’s efforts to roll back planet-warming pollution. The Associated Press reports: https://flip.it/Fo8DPI
#Science #Environment #Pollution #ClimateChange

"U.S. health and agriculture officials are ramping up testing and tracking of bird flu in dairy cows in an urgent effort to understand — and stop — the growing outbreak."

AP reports: "So far, the risk to humans remains low, officials said, but scientists are wary that the virus could change to spread more easily among people."

https://flip.it/ulVdXl

#BirdFlu #Disease #PublicHealth #Agriculture #Cows

An unprecedented wildfire season in Canada last year made headlines as smoke spread across major cities in North America. What do meteorologists expect in 2024?

Accuweather has a wildfire forecast:
https://flip.it/M0dVuo

#Wildfires #Pollution #AirQuality #Air #ClimateChange #Meteorology #Canada

How the Great Alaska Earthquake shook up science.

@Smithsonianmag reports: "Sixty years ago, the largest earthquake in U.S. history shocked geologists. It’s still driving scientific discoveries today."

https://flip.it/b._uNl

#Earthquake #Seismology #Science #Geology #Alaska

The first glow-in-the-dark animals may have been ancient corals deep in the ocean.

AP quotes a new study's author: "Light signaling is one of the earliest forms of communication that we know of — it’s very important in deep waters.”

https://flip.it/qJ2-nM

#Animals #Ocean #Evolution #Biology #Coral #Science

Greetings, Earth! NASA can understand Voyager 1 again.

@popsci reports: "The 46-year-old space probe is making sense for the first time in five months after remote repairs."

https://flip.it/EOSsf4

#Voyager #Space #NASA

Can wind and solar solve climate change? Foreign Policy magazine reviews a new book that "unwittingly makes the case that they can’t."

Here's their review of Brett Christophers’s "The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet."

(Subscription may be required) https://flip.it/LT82MB

#ClimateChange #Solar #Wind #Climate #Capitalism

The idea that matter is mostly empty space is mostly wrong.

From Big Think: "Practically all of the matter we see and interact with is made of atoms, which are mostly empty space. Then why is reality so... solid?"

https://flip.it/RABuL6

#Physics #QuantumPhysics #Science #Space

"Forget about red hot. A new color-coded heat warning system relies on magenta to alert Americans to the most dangerous conditions they may see this summer."

AP reports on a new online heat risk system from the U.S. National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: https://flip.it/3-YkpL

#Heat #ClimateChange #Climate #Summer #GlobalWarming

The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day. CNN explores one place where a lot of it ends up: the Western coast of Java in Indonesia.

The package includes amazing (and alarming) photos: https://flip.it/HY-fvr

#Plastic #Pollution #EarthDay #Environment #Ocean #PlasticPollution #Indonesia

In honor of Earth Day, Vox launched a special Home Planet package. Here's the entire collection, which includes fascinating stories on giving up meat, fostering pigeons and the "Squirrel Census."

https://flip.it/IQd-yq

#EarthDay #ClimateChange #Climate #Green #GreenLiving

Today is the 54th Earth Day. New Scientist explores the origins of the event and much more in a curated collection of stories. Topics include climate change, life on earth and the origins of life.

https://flip.it/An0S7H

#EarthDay #ClimateChange #Climate #Science

"Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average, two top climate monitoring organizations reported Monday, warning of the consequences for human health, glacier melt and economic activity."

AP reports: https://flip.it/.b.S57

#ClimateChange #Climate #GlobalWarming #Europe #EarthDay

Is life capable of spreading from planet to planet? A pair of astronomers recently proposed a detection strategy based on the concept of panspermia, the idea that life can start on one planet and spread to others by hitching rides on meteorites. More from Live Science: https://flip.it/ef13Z0
#Science #Life #Aliens #Space #Meteorites

Drugs like Ozempic are very effective at helping people lose weight. But will the weight come back after they stop taking them? Yes, for most people, it will. Science Alert looks into whether these medications are just another (expensive) form of yo-yo dieting. https://flip.it/.7L1q2
#Science #Health #Dieting #WeightLoss #Ozempic

With the world generating twice as much plastic in the past two decades, plastic waste has been showing up just about everywhere. In this storyboard, Bloomberg Green investigates the growing crisis, makes the case for a legally binding global treaty, reveals the messy truth about recycling, and more. https://flip.it/RdkuUk
#Science #Earth #Recycling #Plastic #Pollution

Lampreys look like something out of a horror movie, with their sucky mouths chock full of teeth, eel-like bodies and parasitic behaviors. And, it appears the water creatures off clues to the origin of our fight-or-flight instinct. More from Popular Science. https://flip.it/E1UeWQ
#Science #MarineBiology #Ocean #Animals

@Flipboard has a variety of Magazines (topical collections) that you can easily follow on Mastodon. For science geeks, here are just a few you might consider:

Climate Change and Weather Misinformation by News Lit Project
@climate-change-and-weather-misinformation-NewsLitProject

Oceans by Bloomberg Green
@oceans-BloombergGreen

News Straight from Space by Mashable
@news-straight-from-space-Mashable

Physics by Science Alert
@physics-ScienceAlert

The Climate Exchange
@the-climate-exchange-science

#FollowFriday #Science #ClimateChange

For the first time in one billion years, two lifeforms truly merged into one organism.

@popsci reports: "This incredibly rare event occurred between a type of abundant marine algae and a bacterium was observed in a lab setting."

https://flip.it/wmVVv-

#Life #Biology #Evolution #Science