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2024-08-19 21:21:15

Some researchers believe cooking is what allowed our ancestors to unlock the extra calories needed to grow the brain. So, all hail fire! But when did humans first roast food over fire? Evidence suggests between 50,000 years ago and 2 million years ago. Live Science sheds light on this mystery: https://flip.it/K_8dwC
#Science #Humans #Food #Ancestors #Eating

2024-08-07 15:46:51

Flirt or flight? How humans are scaring fish off finding a mate.
CNN reports: "A team led by scientists at Lancaster University in the U.K. found that the fish are becoming more scared of humans and spending less time on courting behavior, with potentially important impacts on population levels."
https://flip.it/0a0cux
#Fish #Animals #Science #Evolution #Ocean #Fishing

2024-07-13 21:30:12

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have witnessed the dramatic dance between a supermassive black hole-powered quasar and merging galaxies less than a billion years after the Big Bang. Live Science tells us how the observations could help scientists better understand how galaxies and supermassive black holes grew in the early universe. https://flip.it/Xlvd8Y
#Science #Space #JWST #NASA

2024-05-30 20:53:23

AI chatbots and large language models struggle to convey genuine empathy, a new study found, but that’s not the worst of it. Research led by a Stanford computer scientist shows that these conversation agents can also encourage toxic belief systems like Nazism, racism, and sexism. Live Science reports: https://flip.it/Q3T4Uu
#Science #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Chatbots #Empathy

2024-05-01 16:29:56

Does anger take a toll on the heart?
@npub1mct…payn reports on a new study showing "that anger may indeed affect the heart because of how it impairs blood vessel function."
https://flip.it/I.u-_h
#Heart #Health #Research #Science

2024-04-22 19:44:04

The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day. CNN explores one place where a lot of it ends up: the Western coast of Java in Indonesia.
The package includes amazing (and alarming) photos: https://flip.it/HY-fvr
#Plastic #Pollution #EarthDay #Environment #Ocean #PlasticPollution #Indonesia

2024-03-12 15:02:59

"Mars may be around 140 million miles away from Earth, but the red planet is influencing our deep oceans by helping drive 'giant whirlpools,' according to new research."
CNN reports on the research from Nature Communications journal: "The two planets affect each other through a phenomenon called 'resonance,' which is when two orbiting bodies apply a gravitational push and pull on each other — sometimes described as a kind of harmonization between distant planets."
https://flip.it/E3U3Z0
#Mars #Earth #Ocean #Space #Science

2023-12-25 15:05:22

Just how big can a snowflake get? It depends on what you mean by "snowflake." ❄️
NPR reports: https://flip.it/HS_hOl
#Snow #Snowflake #Science #Weather

2023-12-24 18:42:16

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2023-12-23 23:52:03

Here’s something to sip on during this annual period of indulgence. Soon after you drink, alcohol enters your bloodstream and travels to your brain. It might make you drowsy and fall asleep easily, but then you wake up at 3 a.m. Science Alert explains why. https://flip.it/QIydET
#Science #Brain #Alcohol #Sleep #REM

2023-12-22 18:52:52

Nearly two years ago, the underwater Hunga volcano in the South Pacific experienced an eruption so strong its caldera collapsed completely. A small team of scientists has partly mapped the magmatic system under the volcano from both before and after the eruption. Phys.org has more on what they found: https://flip.it/nhwv-e #Earth #Volcano #Science

2023-12-19 00:52:04

A volcano is erupting in southwest Iceland after weeks of earthquakes rocking the region. Live Science has more: https://flip.it/hDRsGZ
#Science #Iceland #IcelandVolcano #Volcano #Eruption

2023-12-14 20:46:07

Can rocks absorb enough CO2 to fight climate change? These companies think so.
@npub1jhy…6dp5 reports: "Alphabet, Stripe, Shopify, and other companies struck a deal with startup Lithos to capture CO2 using rocks. It’s a major boost to a tactic for fighting climate change that has yet to prove itself at scale."
https://flip.it/LWSLh6
#ClimateChange #Climate #Carbon #CarbonCapture #Environment #Science

2023-12-07 18:25:08

After the warmest autumn ever, experts are certain that 2023 will be the warmest year in recorded history. Several factors are having an impact, but the biggest is human-caused climate change. Live Science explains: https://flip.it/9kO.0T
#Science #ClimateChange #Earth #Climate

2023-10-10 21:11:53

More mammals can glow in the dark than previously thought.
Smithsonian Magazine reports: "A new study found that 125 different mammal species are fluorescent under ultraviolet light, suggesting the property is widespread."
https://flip.it/FUZVOV
#Animals #Mammals #Science

2023-09-19 21:28:49

Scientists recover RNA from an extinct species for the first time.
Gizmodo reports: "A team of researchers managed to isolate and sequence century-old RNA from the thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger."
https://flip.it/FIvxb3
Here's the full research paper: https://genome.cshlp.org/content/early/2023/09/08/gr.277663.123
#DNA #RNA #Extinct #Animals #Science #Genetics

2023-09-18 14:14:10

Why the earliest galaxies are sparking drama and controversy among astronomers.
NPR reports: "The James Webb Space Telescope is ... helping usher in a new era of astrophysics. Astronomers can now study farther, earlier galaxies than ever before."
https://flip.it/Xw8E7Y
#Space #Webb #NASA #Astronomy #Astrophysics

2023-09-14 13:22:28

What would it take to build a self-sustaining astronaut ecosystem on Mars?
@npub1su4…a0dw explores the question: https://flip.it/7V1NVO
#Mars #Space #NASA #Astronauts