Notices by Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social), page 52

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."

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#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

Could our Universe be a simulation? How would we even tell?

@arstechnica writes about "the philosophical debate on the nature of our Universe."

https://flip.it/1B6_rQ

#Science #Philosophy #Computer #Reality #ScienceFiction

Mysterious bass sounds irking Florida residents might just be fish mating loudly.

@Smithsonianmag reports: "The Tampa community raised money to fund an investigation, and now, a local scientist will install underwater microphones to look for the source of the racket."

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#Fish #Science #Florida #Mystery

See dazzling new images of 19 spiral galaxies captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.

@Smithsonianmag has the photos: https://flip.it/F9QJM5

#Space #Astronomy #Galaxy #NASA #JWST

How did humans learn to walk upright?

@popsci reports: "Extinct ape’s inner ear holds clues."

https://flip.it/Sl8p78

#Human #Evolution #Apes #Science

Go inside the world's first reactor that will power Earth using the same nuclear reaction as the Sun.

@euronews visits the world’s largest magnetic confinement chamber in France: https://flip.it/pys4XI

#Energy #Fusion #Nuclear #France #ClimateChange

"The U.S. syphilis epidemic isn’t abating, with the rate of infectious cases rising 9% in 2022, according to a new federal government report on sexually transmitted diseases in adults."

But AP reports other STD rates are down or flat: https://flip.it/UEJavz

#Syphilis #STD #Health #PublicHealth

"NASA’s retired space shuttle Endeavour was carefully hoisted late Monday and attached to a huge external fuel tank and its two solid rocket boosters at a Los Angeles museum where it will be uniquely displayed as if it is about to blast off."

AP reports: https://flip.it/aQ0_xr

#NASA #Space #Endeavour #SpaceShuttle #LA #Museum

"Like a moth to flame, many scientists and poets have long assumed that flying insects were simply, inexorably drawn to bright lights."

AP reports that new research shows it’s confusion, not fatal attraction: https://flip.it/rskTaX

#Insects #Bugs #Entomology #Moth #Science

Scientists document first-ever transmitted Alzheimer’s cases, tied to no-longer-used medical procedure.

@STAT reports: https://flip.it/.Uo7Hv

#Alzheimers #Brain #Disease #Health

A new satellite could help scientists unravel some of Earth's mysteries.

USA Today reports on NASA's PACE satellite: https://flip.it/j_qrlp

#NASA #Satellite #Earth #ClimateChange #Space #Science

The moon is shrinking, which could cause a bit of a problem with the scheduled Artemis 3 landing in 2026. No, the moon is still a plenty big enough target. But the shrinking is causing moonquakes and lunar landslides. So when human boots tread the moon yet again, the humans in question will have to plan for the possibility that the ground under those boots is not as stable as they might hope. Live Science explains: https://flip.it/In2xiZ
#Science #Moon #Artemis #Space #LunarLanding

The James Webb Space Telescope never ceases to amaze. Recently released images of 19 distant galaxies captured by the $10 billion instrument reveals highly detailed, face-on views that have astronomers excited. "I feel like our team lives in a constant state of being overwhelmed — in a positive way — by the amount of detail in these images,” Thomas Williams, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, said in a statement. Read more and see the images yourself at Space.com. https://flip.it/RGWQB9
#Science #Space #SpaceExploration #JWST

A wildlife filmmaker and biology student appear to have captured the first-known footage of a newborn great white shark. Read about it at Science Alert, and watch video of the moment, among many others, caught by a drone camera off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif. https://flip.it/uME2nw
#Science #Sharks #MarineBiology #GreatWhiteSharks #Ocean

The Marshall Islands aren’t giving In to sea level rise.

@hakaimagazine reports "The precariously placed island nation has put together a comprehensive — if expensive — plan to survive."

https://flip.it/wr3Wa2

#ClimateChange #Climate #MarshallIslands #Pacific #Sea #GlobalWarming

The European Space Agency and NASA have OK’d their Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) project, a gigantic gravitational wave detector that will spot ripples in space-time caused when black holes collide with other massive objects. Live Science explains. https://flip.it/LCnBeR
#Science #Space #NASA #ESA #LISA

From Phys.org: Climate change was the chief driver of the historic agricultural drought that affected millions of people across the Amazon basin. Plus, some scientists believe drying and warming may intensify in the region. https://flip.it/uLLpmG
#Science #ClimateChange #AmazonRainforest #Brazil

Autism is highly heritable. An estimated 40% to 80% of cases are tied to genes passed down through families. Live Science expands on a new study that suggests a “butterfly effect” may explain how autism-related genes in DNA get switched on. https://flip.it/iIy8_A
#Science #Autism #DNA #Genome

If it were ever possible to take a flight through the extreme conditions of Neptune's atmosphere, we might witness diamond rain tapping at our window. Science Alert has more on the research that shows how the fascinating phenomenon may be happening on more planets than we realized. https://flip.it/edHGAd
#Science #Space #Diamonds #Neptune