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Hats off to these cats. Researchers from the University of Montreal have created a first-of-its-kind electrode-lined crochet beanie that can be used to measure a cat’s brain activity. This marks what’s believed to be the first known example of EEG recording in conscious cats. Plus, the clever caps are stylish. @PopularScience has more: https://flip.it/M0y87q
#Science #Cats #Pets #Animals #Caturday

A new study reveals a missing area of brain activity in the minds of people with schizophrenia who hear voices. This could be good news for those seeking treatment. @ScienceAlert has more: https://flip.it/R57DZC
#Science #Humans #Health #MentalHealth #Medicine

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block Biden administration’s new anti-pollution regulations — for now. Nina Totenberg of @npr reports on the decision and why it isn’t necessarily permanent. https://flip.it/OvNDSK
#Science #ClimateChange #Polution #USA #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #GlobalWarming

A recent study found that the number of researchers leaving science within the first decade is nearly 50%. And women are twice as likely as men to leave the field. “When you have this kind of big data, it becomes more compelling to recognize that this is a problem,” says Joya Misra, a sociologist at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who studies gender and inequality in academia. Nature attempts to untangle it all: https://flip.it/2ZSKZC
#Science #Research #ScienceNews #Researchers #Academics #Academia

Most motorists driving down a secluded road fear the dreaded damaged tire. Imagine it happening on Mars. New photos reveal several sizable holes in one of the wheels of NASA's Curiosity rover, highlighting the toll that 12 years of scrambling across the Red Planet's harsh landscape has taken on the intrepid roaming robot. @LiveScience@Flipboard reports: https://flip.it/bB5pFh
#Science #Space #SpaceExploration #Mars #NASA #CuriosityRover

The presence of a partially molten layer between the Moon's rocky mantle and solid metal core is looking more likely following a study on its changing shape and gravity. @ScienceAlert has more: https://flip.it/R.NEvm
#Science #Space #Moon #SpaceExploration #Earth

Are you my baby? The clever ways that brood parasites trick other birds.

From @KnowableMag: "Cuckoos, cowbirds and other species outsource their parental duties. Scientists are uncovering new twists in this sneaky — and often treacherous — game of survival."

https://flip.it/BrNraI

#Birds #Animals #Science

Lost biblical plant with medicinal properties resurrected from 1,000-year-old seed.

From CNN: "Botanists have grown a long-lost tree species from a 1,000-year-old seed found in a cave in the Judean Desert in the 1980s. The researchers involved in the project say they believe the tree species, which is thought to be extinct today, could have been the source of a healing balm mentioned in the Bible and other ancient texts."

https://flip.it/Ph5Qvo

#Botany #Plants #Archaeology #Science

Voyager 2 shuts down science experiment as power stores dwindle.

From CNN: "Mission engineers sent a command to shutter the Voyager 2’s Plasma Science, or PLS, experiment — which was used to observe solar winds — on September 26 using the Deep Space Network, a series of massive radio antennae that can beam information billions of miles through space. It took 19 hours for the message to reach Voyager 2, and a return signal was received 19 hours later."

https://flip.it/Ysn0fc

#Voyager #Space #NASA #Science #Voyager2

A river’s shift 89,000 years ago may have added up to 160 feet to Everest’s height, NBC reports.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/everest-worlds-tallest-mountain-growing-even-taller-rcna173395

A solar eclipse event will create a “ring of fire” in the skies over parts of South America on Wednesday, according to NASA, CNN Reports:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/science/annular-solar-eclipse-october-time-path/index.html

#solareclipse #nasa

@carnildo Thanks for the fact check! We've updated our post to reflect the comparison was only for "recent decades" and doesn't go back to 1900.

Hurricane Helene by the numbers: Catastrophic destruction covers 400 miles.

From @abc: Nearly 160 people died with many still missing. Only Hurricane Katrina caused more deaths in the U.S.

https://flip.it/RwDym-

And @nbcnews has a smart piece: The science behind how a Florida hurricane ravaged North Carolina. https://flip.it/yfsEsv

#Helene #Hurricane #HurricaneHelene #ClimateChange #Climate #Science

The science behind how a Florida hurricane ravaged North Carolina.

From @nbcnews: "Climate change is making hurricanes stronger and wetter. Mountains can lead storms to dump more rain. The combination can be destructive."

https://flip.it/zjjUkQ

#Helene #Hurricane #HurricaneHelene #ClimateChange #Climate #Weather #NorthCarolina

Ozempic is so popular people are trying to "microdose" it.

From @USAToday: "Though an off-label use, microdosing, or taking these drugs at a dose smaller than the standard amount, can have serious health benefits, according to experts − when done under the care and guidance of a doctor."

https://flip.it/m1kE3y

#Ozempic #Weight #Health #Obesity #Medicine #Drugs

Mysteries of the universe revealed? Hardly. But CERN still fascinates, discovers on its 70th anniversary.

From @AssociatedPress: "Over the last seven decades, CERN, the sprawling research center on the Swiss-French border at Geneva, has become a household name in Europe, the West and beyond, but its complex inner workings remain a puzzle to many people. Here’s a look at CERN and how its discoveries have changed the world and our view of the universe — and could change them more in coming years."

https://flip.it/icF-tw

#CERN #Physics #Science #DarkMatter #Universe

"The 'science of reading' is a body of knowledge referring to how students learn to sound out words, learn vocabulary, and read increasingly sophisticated texts. More teachers are being encouraged to use evidence-based practices aligned to this research, and and in some cases, are required to use or discard certain teaching approaches."

But Education Week reports that teachers and experts continue to debate the approach: https://flip.it/oMyAvf

#Reading #Education #Science #Literacy #Books

Chemists discovered the first new chemical bond in more than a decade.

@newscientist reports: "Though it was first predicted in the 1930s, chemists have just now managed to create a covalent bond that only uses one electron."

Registration may be required: https://flip.it/JAMVz7

#Chemistry #Science #Research #Discovery

Artificial intelligence helps uncover hundreds of unknown ancient symbols hidden in Peru’s Nazca Desert.

From CNN: "The carvings include birds, plants, spiders, humanlike figures with headdresses, decapitated heads and an orca wielding a knife."

https://flip.it/726E_b

Here's the original study from PNAS: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2407652121

#Anthropology #Archaeology #Nazca #Peru #Science #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Stuck NASA astronauts welcome SpaceX capsule that’ll bring them home next year.

AP reports: "SpaceX launched the rescue mission on Saturday with a downsized crew of two astronauts and two empty seats reserved for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who will return next year. The Dragon capsule docked in darkness as the two craft soared 265 miles (426 kilometers) above Botswana."

https://flip.it/zxKO.D

For similar stories, follow @space-ScienceAlert

#NASA #SpaceX #Space #Astronauts #Boeing #ISS