Notices by Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social), page 51

"Peer review isn’t perfect. I know because I teach others how to do it and I’ve seen firsthand how it comes up short."

An essay from @TheConversationUS: https://flip.it/ODGwN3

#PeerReview #Research #Academia #Science

"Could a recently discovered 'super-Earth' have the potential temperature and conditions to sustain life?"

ABC News reports: "The new exoplanet is situated 'fairly close to us' -- only 137 light-years away -- and orbits within a 'habitable zone,' according to NASA."

https://flip.it/5hU3pQ

#Space #NASA #Astronomy #Science

Blue whales in the Atlantic Ocean are harboring a previously unknown and potentially alarming level of hybrid DNA, a new study shows. The findings hint that whale hybrids are much more reproductively viable than previously realized, Livescience reports:
https://www.livescience.com/animals/whales/hidden-hybrid-dna-found-in-blue-whales-reveals-theyve-been-mating-with-other-species-and-their-offspring-are-reproducing

#whales #hybrid #dna #evolution

After swooping by Jupiter's tortured moon on Feb. 3, NASA's Juno spacecraft beamed back some of the closest-ever images of this unique world.
https://mashable.com/article/nasa-io-volcano-moon-images-closest

#nasa #volcano #JunoMission #nasajuno

Scientists at the world's largest atom smasher expressed confidence Monday about moving forward with a multibillion-euro project to build a larger and more powerful particle collider that could help unlock more mysteries of the universe, ABC News reports:
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/scientists-move-forward-plans-giant-new-atom-smasher-106966784

#universe #atom #mystery #nuclear #NuclearEnergy

Chemical records written in sea sponge skeletons suggest we passed the critical threshold of 1.5 °C of warming as early as 2010. If true, this places us close to – or even at – about 2 °C today, Science Alert reports:
https://www.sciencealert.com/we-breached-the-1-5-c-threshold-over-10-years-ago-study-warns

#ClimateChange #globalwarming

Stone age people used this 35,000-year-old woolly mammoth tusk tool to make rope, researchers say.

@Smithsonianmag reports: https://flip.it/KeCNkl

#Archaeology #StoneAge #Human #Science

The internet is freaking out about reheated rice.

Mashable explores the science of food poisoning and B. cereus: https://flip.it/JYgXTd

#Rice #Food #Science

Meet "Dr. Tatiana," the professor getting people on TikTok excited about physics.

@NPR reports: "Videos of her theatrical demonstrations have racked up hundreds of millions of views across TikTok and other social media platforms."

https://flip.it/Qmewko

#Physics #Science #College #TikTok #Education

Many countries have passed laws designed to protect sharks. But new evidence shows that such legislation may not be helping — and could be making the situation worse. Here’s more from The Week: https://flip.it/umn5IL
#Science #Sharks #MarineLife #Ocean

Could potassium-enriched salt offer a solution to high blood pressure? New research shows that potassium chloride looks the same and tastes very similar to sodium chloride, but it also reduces sodium intake while increasing potassium intake. Science Alert has more: https://flip.it/0Jcx4x
#Science #Health #HighBloodPressure #Food

From Live Science: Scientists using the eROSITA X-ray telescope have released a trove of data that reveals more than 900,000 objects in space, including 700,000 supermassive black holes and other "exotic" objects.
https://flip.it/Y9IMb1
#Science #Space #BlackHoles #SpaceExploration

After a brief awakening, Japan’s unmanned Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon (SLIM) is out of action again but will resume its mission if it survives the incredibly cold two-week lunar night. The Japan Times has more on SLIM’s odyssey to the Moon. https://flip.it/s_.zWH
#Science #Space #SpaceExploration #Moon #SLIM

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#FollowFriday #Fediverse #Mastodon #Science

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Indigenous languages are founts of environmental knowledge.

@KnowableMag reports: "Peoples who live close to nature have a rich lore of plants, animals and landscapes embedded in their mother tongues — which may hold vital clues to protecting biodiversity."

https://flip.it/54wnsY

#Biodiversity #Indigenous #Environment #ClimateChange #Language #Science

"Though the James Webb Space Telescope launched only two years ago, NASA already has its eyes on its next flagship space-based telescope, known as the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO)."

@Smithsonianmag says the new telescope "will offer ways to detect signs of life on other planets."

https://flip.it/VnirAy

#Space #NASA #JWST #Telescope #Science

An asteroid as big as a skyscraper will pass within 1.7 million miles of Earth on Friday. But no need to worry!

AP reports: https://flip.it/YpxM7O

#Space #Asteroid #NASA #Earth

Why interstellar objects like ‘Oumuamua and Borisov may hold clues to exoplanets.

@KnowableMag reports: "The detection of two celestial interlopers careening through our solar system have scientists eagerly anticipating more."

https://flip.it/WdpFuD

#Space #Astronomy #Planet #Telescope #Science

The movie "Jaws" portrayed sharks as monsters 50 years ago, but it also inspired a generation of shark scientists.

@TheConversationUS reports: "Before the mid-1970s, much of what was known about sharks came via people who went to sea."

https://flip.it/bcRQmX

#Jaws #Shark #Ocean #Science #Film