Harvard astronomer's "alien spherules" are industrial pollutants (bigthink.com)
Finding alien technology on the seafloor would be truly incredible. This extraordinary claim, however, is debunked by the actual evidence.
Gonorrhea is becoming unstoppable; highly resistant cases found in US (arstechnica.com)
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Wasabi, beloved on sushi, linked to "really substantial" boost in memory, Japanese study finds (www.cbsnews.com)
Study finds human-driven mass extinction is eliminating entire branches of the tree of life (phys.org)
For the first time in 51 years, NASA is training astronauts to fly to the Moon (arstechnica.com)
The ocean's color is changing as a consequence of climate change: The color changes reflect significant shifts in essential marine ecosystems. (www.sciencedaily.com)
90% Reduction: Scientists Discover Natural Molecule That Eradicates Plaques and Cavities (scitechdaily.com)
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Study links long-term artificial sweetener intake to increased body fat adipose tissue volume (www.sciencedaily.com)
Voyager 2 phones home and says everything is cool (arstechnica.com)
Scientists spot viruses attaching to other viruses for first time (newatlas.com)
Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty (www.nature.com)
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Scientists face impossible choice over preservation of priceless blue crab blood: Let vital medicines wither or an endangered bird (fortune.com)
Barely Contained Rage: An Open Letter to Johnson & Johnson (www.youtube.com)
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New theory seeks to unite Einstein’s gravity with quantum mechanics (www.ucl.ac.uk)
New Atlas: Water can evaporate with just light, no heat, says surprising study (newatlas.com)
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Antimatter falls down, not up: CERN experiment confirms theory (www.nature.com)
JWST Spots Giant Black Holes All Over the Early Universe (www.quantamagazine.org)
Years before she was even sure the James Webb Space Telescope would successfully launch, Christina Eilers started planning a conference for astronomers specializing in the early universe. She knew that if — preferably, when — JWST started making observations, she and her colleagues would have a lot to talk about. Like a time...
US scientists achieve net energy gain for second time in a fusion reaction (www.theguardian.com)
Did you know that you can donate your computer's spare computational power to scientific research? (sopuli.xyz)
Help find genes correlated with cancer, map the galaxies, or develop an open-source covid therapeutic. Whatever area of science you are interested in, there is a BOINC project you can participate in. Some of them (like the black hole database) will even credit you for your findings!...
SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites 'leak' so much radiation that it's hurting radio astronomy, scientists say (www.space.com)
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Your appendix is not, in fact, useless. This anatomy professor explains (www.npr.org)
It turns out that the appendix appears to have two related functions. The first function is supporting the immune system. The appendix has a high concentration of immune tissue, so it’s acting to help the immune system fight any bad things in the gut....
Scientists discover first new antibiotics in over 60 years using AI (www.euronews.com)
The Predictive Validity of Intimate Partner Violence Warning Signs (journals.sagepub.com)
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is harmful and prevalent, but leaving abusive partners is often challenging due to investments (e.g., children, shared memories). Identifying warning signs of abuse early on is one prevention strategy to help people avoid abusive long-term relationships. Using university and online samples, the...
More than 10,000 research papers were retracted in 2023 (www.nature.com)
The number of retractions issued for research articles in 2023 has passed 10,000 — smashing annual records — as publishers struggle to clean up a slew of sham papers and peer-review fraud. Among large research-producing nations, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Russia and China have the highest retraction rates over the past two...
Haemoglobin discovered in cartilage (www.thehindu.com)
Haemoglobin is a key component of red blood cells, and transports oxygen across the body. However, a team led by Dr Feng Zhang and Dr Quiang Sun has discovered haemoglobin bodies (‘hedies’) in cartilage chondrocytes. They also saw that hedies are essential for chondrocyte survival, and that they store and release oxygen as...