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ScienceDesk, 4 months ago to Health

Hydroxychloroquine could have caused 17,000 deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic, study finds.

Politico reports: "The anti-malaria drug was prescribed to some patients hospitalized with COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic, 'despite the absence of evidence documenting its clinical benefits.'"

https://flip.it/-LPICx

#COVID19 #COVID #Pandemic #Hydroxychloroquine #Misinformation #Health

ScienceDesk, 9 months ago to environment

One of our favorite things about Mastodon is the huge presence of members interested in the environment and climate change.

Here are just a few of our favorite green voices:

@kathhayhoe is a climate scientist

@breadandcircuses focuses on the "distraction from what's REALLY happening"

@Ruth_Mottram is a climate scientist

@gwagner is a climate economist

@Brad_Rosenheim is a climate scientist

@gerrymcgovern focuses on e-waste

#FollowFriday #Green #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange

ScienceDesk, 4 months ago to science

Plants are surrounded by a fine mist of airborne compounds that they use for communication and protection. A team of Japanese researchers has deployed real-time imaging techniques to reveal how plants receive and respond to these aerial alarms. Science Alert has more, including footage showing a plant “talking” to its neighbor. https://flip.it/lAl00b
#Science #Plants #Biology #Botany

ScienceDesk, 7 months ago to random

More than three years into the pandemic, the millions of people who have suffered from long COVID finally have scientific proof that their condition is real.

NBC News reports: "Scientists have found clear differences in the blood of people with long COVID — a key first step in the development of a test to diagnose the illness."

https://flip.it/bHHxq-

Here's the original study in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06651-y

#COVID #COVID19 #LongCOVID #COVIDIsNotOver #Pandemic

ScienceDesk, 4 months ago to climate

We post often about the existential problem of climate change. 🌎 Here are some of our favorite climate voices on Mastodon:

@davidho

@Ruth_Mottram

@petergleick

@kathhayhoe

@gwagner

@andrewdessler

@MichaelEMann

@kim_harding

@breadandcircuses

@gerrymcgovern

@Brad_Rosenheim

@insideclimatenews

Please suggest other climate accounts to follow!

#FollowFriday #ClimateChange #Climate #Environment

ScienceDesk, 3 months ago to science

Looking for more science coverage on Mastodon? Check out these new @Flipboard Magazines that you can follow:

"Science News" by The Verge: @science

"Green" by Euronews: @green

"Innovation" by Smithsonian Magazine: @innovation

"Climate Change Science" by Bloomberg Green: @climate

"Space" by Science Alert: @space

"Ancient History" by The Collector: @ancient

"Animals, Animals, Animals" by Mashable: @animals

"Environment" by The Christian Science Monitor: @environment

#Science #ClimateChange #FollowFriday

ScienceDesk, 7 months ago to Archaeology

Further evidence points to footprints in New Mexico being the oldest sign of humans in the Americas.

AP reports "The footprints were discovered at the edge of an ancient lakebed in White Sands National Park and date back to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago."

https://flip.it/1UVOjB

And here's the original research in Science: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh5007

#Human #Archaeology #WhiteSands #NewMexico

ScienceDesk, 7 months ago to climate

Interested in thoughtful commentary on climate change? Here are just a few of our favorite voices on Mastodon:

@Climatehistories

@ClimateMigration

@kathhayhoe

@insideclimatenews

@gwagner

#FollowFriday #ClimateChange #Climate #Environment #GlobalWarming

ScienceDesk, 2 months ago to science

One the list of illnesses that nobody wants, cancer and HIV rank pretty high. Paul Edmonds had both. But ever since a particular treatment five years ago, the California man has been cleared of each disease. Science Alert has more on this astonishing story of hope. https://flip.it/TGFyYY
#Science #Health #Cancer #HIV

ScienceDesk, 8 months ago to Health

The effects of long COVID might rival heart disease and cancer, research indicates.

Popular Science reports: "Three years into the global COVID-19 pandemic, an estimated four million Americans report that long COVID is severely impacting their daily lives."

https://flip.it/_kjuDq

#COVID #COVID19 #Pandemic #LongCOVID #Health #COVIDIsNotOver

ScienceDesk, 9 months ago to climate

Growing numbers of people are following @gretathunberg in avoiding plane trips — but greener travel can be costly.

Context explains why: https://flip.it/oS_VXf

#Climate #ClimateChange #Travel #Aircraft #Airplanes #Train #Green

ScienceDesk, 6 months ago to space

NASA’s free streaming platform launches today.

@popcore tells us what to watch on the commercial free on-demand streaming service: https://flip.it/HYOlQy

#NASA #Space #Streaming #TV

ScienceDesk, 3 months ago to space

Ed Dwight was denied the opportunity to be the first Black astronaut. Now 90, Dwight is getting his due in a new National Geographic documentary “The Space Race.” Read more from the Associated Press. https://flip.it/kjAxvr
#Space #Science #NASA #NationalGeographic #Astronaut

ScienceDesk, 3 months ago to science

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

ScienceDesk, 12 days ago to animals

Scientists are learning the basic building blocks of sperm whale language after years of effort.

AP reports on new research from the Caribbean island of Dominica: https://flip.it/43UWRD

#Whales #Animals #Language #Science

ScienceDesk, 4 months ago to science

Turns out, we may have been mistaken in how we’ve viewed Neptune this whole time. For decades, scientists have wondered why Neptune and Uranus, extremely similar in most ways, were such noticeably different colors. Now, however, scientists have reprocessed data and revealed that the two planets are actually very close in color. Science Alert has more: https://www.sciencealert.com/new-images-reveal-the-surprising-truth-about-what-neptune-really-looks-like
#Science #Space #SolarSystem #Uranus #Neptune #SpaceExploration

ScienceDesk, 1 month ago to photography

Think your smartphone camera is fast? A group of scientists have made a camera that can shoot 156 trillion frames per second. The swept-coded aperture real-time femtophotography, or SCARF, is designed for experiments where events happen too fast for most sensors to detect, paving the way for scientific breakthroughs in engineering and medicine. Read more from Engadget about the device.

https://flip.it/ydtCY9

#Photography #Camera #Engineering

ScienceDesk, 4 months ago to mentalhealth

A new study in Japan has once again raised questions about the relationship between oral health and brain health; which most experts agree are surprisingly interconnected, Science Alert Reports:
https://www.sciencealert.com/expert-reveals-a-surprising-link-between-oral-health-and-your-brain

#mentalhealth #oralhealth #brain

ScienceDesk, 4 months ago to space

The remains of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry, "Star Trek" actor James Doohan, and a bunch of other dead people are floating in space after Astrobotic Technology's Peregrine lander failed to land on the moon.

Futurism has the latest: https://flip.it/o-rXa7

#Astrobotic #Moon #Space #StarTrek

ScienceDesk, 6 months ago to climate

Humanity just lived through the hottest 12 months in at least 125,000 years.

CNN reports "Scientists have compared this year’s climate-change fallout to 'a disaster movie.'"

https://flip.it/xqzpj5

#ClimateChange #Climate #GlobalWarming #Environment #Science

ScienceDesk, 7 months ago to ocean

We had no idea that krill fishing was a thing!

Factory fishing in Antarctica for krill targets the cornerstone of a fragile ecosystem.

AP reports the harvested krill is used "for feeding farm-raised fish, omega-3 pills, pet food and protein shakes."

https://flip.it/VrT0jZ

#Ocean #Antarctica #Whales #Environment

ScienceDesk, 3 months ago to science

For over a decade, @Flipboard has been curating the best content around the clock. Today we're taking the next step to making all that excellent curation available to everyone in the Fediverse.

With the federation of @science you can now follow niche Flipboard Magazines here on Mastodon. To avoid confusion, we're renaming this flipboard.social account to "Flipboard Picks in Science." We recommend you follow both our Mastodon account and our newly federated Flipboard Magazines for the latest.

Here are just four great new Flipboard Magazines to follow:

Space news: @space

Archeology: @archeology

Deep dives in science: @deep

General science news: @general

#Science #Mastodon #Fediverse

ScienceDesk, 7 months ago to scifi

Sci-fi books are rare in school even though they help kids better understand science.

That's the view of one professor who says "Science fiction can lead people to be more cautious about the potential consequences of innovations."

From @TheConversationUS: https://flip.it/T2vmZY

#SciFi #ScienceFiction #Science #Books

ScienceDesk, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to science

A state of emergency has been declared in southern Iceland after the eruption of another volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula, the fourth since December. The head of department at the Icelandic Meteorological agency said there could be "dangerous" consequences if lava reaches the sea as it flows southwards. BBC News has more, including video and photos.

https://flip.it/1dNiPZ

CORRECTION (added March 19): The BBC story incorrectly identified the meteorological agency as being Norwegian.

#Science #Iceland #Volcano #Geology #Eruption

ScienceDesk, 2 months ago to physics

This Black queer physicist is shining a light on dark matter.

@LGBTQNation profiles theoretical physicist and Black feminist scholar Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.

https://flip.it/_qPIsy

#Physics #Science #LGBTQ #BlackMastodon #WomensHistoryMonth