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A new study in mice found limited intake of one particular essential amino acid slowed the impacts of aging and even lengthened their lifespan. Could these findings help people improve their quality of life and longevity? Science Alert reports: https://flip.it/4DYT-L
#Science #Health #Longevity #Humans

Can we end the AIDS epidemic by 2030? Countries around the world have signed onto a United Nations program that, if successful, would reduce AIDS-related deaths by 90%. Live Science has more: https://flip.it/e3AloJ
#Science #AIDS #Health #UnitedNations

Scientists find huge planet that shouldn’t exist.

The Independent reports: "The planet appears to be too big for its sun, and therefore calls into question our understanding of how planets and solar systems form."

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#Space #Astronomy #Planet #Science

Scientists in South Africa have rediscovered 11 De Winton's golden moles, which haven't been seen since 1936.

@NPR reports: "How does one go about finding a seemingly extinct, sand-dwelling mole that hasn't been seen in nearly 90 years? With the help of a dog and DNA, of course!"

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#Animals #Endangered #SouthAfrica #Science

Neanderthals: More knowable now than ever.

@KnowableMag reports: "They have held our fascination ever since we first identified their remains. Today, thanks to new artifacts and technologies, findings about our closest relatives are coming thick and fast."

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#Neanderthals #Human #Evolution #Archaeology #Science

This bird hasn’t been seen in 38 years. Its song may help track it down.

Science News reports: "Scientists are eavesdropping on a South American forest in search of the purple-winged ground dove."

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#Birds #Animals #SouthAmerica #Endangered

NASA reveals hundreds of city-sized objects shooting light into space.

Mashable reports: "Scientists using the agency's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have announced the discovery of nearly 300 unique neutron stars, called pulsars."

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#NASA #Space #Astronomy #Pulsars #Stars

From data access to scientific merit, one woman is working to make astronomy — and all STEM fields — more inclusive.

@WIRED profiles Dr. Dara Norman, the incoming president-elect of the American Astronomical Society.

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#Astronomy #Science #Diversity #DEI #STEM

The unlikely love story of an endangered tree and the little bird who eats its seeds.

The Narwhal reports: "The balance of an ecosystem hangs on the survival of a scraggly mountain tree. In northwest British Columbia, ecologists are facing climate change, droughts and wildfires as they work to protect whitebark pine and the species that rely on it."

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#ClimateChange #Climate #Birds #Endangered #BritishColumbia #Canada

U.S. life expectancy rose in 2022, but not enough to erase the pandemic's toll.

NBC News reports: "The increase was largely driven by a drop in Covid deaths. Still, life expectancy in the U.S. lags behind other wealthy nations."

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#Life #LifeExpectancy #Health #USA #COVID

Scientists say there may be life under Mercury's salt glaciers.

Futurism reports researchers are looking at areas "similar to extremely harsh and salt-rich environments on Earth where life still finds a way to exist."

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#Mercury #Space #Life #Science

Yellowstone National Park is one of the most geologically active areas of the United States, known for hot springs and geysers as well as a history of volcanic activity. Researchers using lidar technology, which can map the ground underneath the park’s foliage, are now shedding light on the visible scars made by prehistoric landslides and earthquakes as well as gauging future risks to the area. Read more from CBS News.

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#Yellowstone #Geology #Earthquakes

Unvisited by spacecraft for more than 35 years, Uranus inhabits one of the least explored regions of our solar system.

A planetary scientist explores "what NASA would learn from a mission to a wild world" for @TheConversationUS

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#Uranus #Space #SolarSystem #NASA

As Dubai prepares for COP28, some world leaders signal they won’t attend the climate talks.

AP reports: "The two-week meeting of international leaders aims to assess where the world stands when it comes to limiting emissions to slow global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) compared with pre-industrial times."

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#COP28 #ClimateChange #Climate

An unusual blob of warmth in the western Pacific Ocean may be making this year’s “strong” El Niño behave unexpectedly. Live Science explains: https://flip.it/mmkSsb
#Science #ElNino #Weather #Climate #PacificOcean

From Science Alert: Flicking the switch on any kind of electrical device triggers a marching band of charged particles stepping to the beat of the circuit's voltage. But a new discovery in exotic materials has found electricity doesn't always move in step, and can in fact sometimes bleed in a way that has physicists questioning what we know about the nature of particles. https://flip.it/_jI7zb
#Science #Electricity #ExoticMetals

More than 400 million Urinary Tract Infections occur each year, and yet, as Dr. Jennifer Rohn points out, little progress has been made in treating UTIs. “I think it’s a problem because this is primarily a disease of women,” Rohn recently said in a speech. Teen Vogue has more: https://flip.it/tojPCv
#Science #Health #Medicine

Since 1980, more than 40,000 scientific publications have been retracted due to errors, outdated knowledge or outright fraudulence. Yet these zombie publications continue to be cited and used, unwittingly, to support new arguments. Writing for The Hill, Jodi Schneider explains how to stop their spread. https://flip.it/9QiK4k
#Science #Studies #ScientificResearch

Deliberate and strenuous activities like jogging or cycling are often linked to mental health improvement. But a recent study shows that there might be an easier way to give yourself a higher sense of wellbeing. Science Alert has more. https://flip.it/Vxo9Uu
#Science #Health #MentalHealth #Exercise

You may have seen how volcano eruptions are depicted in cartoons, with red-hot lava shooting straight up in the sky before cascading down the slopes of the mountain. It’s called volcanic fountaining, and it does occur in real life, as the 2021 eruption of Fagradalsfjall in Iceland displayed. A team of Earth scientists, meteorologists, geologists and volcanologists might have found the answer to why this happens. Phys.org explains: https://flip.it/3yZCSA
#Science #Volcano #Earth