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2026-03-25 12:54:25 UTC

Antimatter traveled by truck for the first time.
From Science News: "Scientists at CERN transported 92 antiprotons eight kilometers across the lab grounds."
https://flip.it/nj5b0C
#Physics #CERN #Science #Antimatter

2026-03-24 22:59:58 UTC

How many times can you clone a clone? @nprofile…w6mj has the results of a 20-year study of mice by biologists in Japan.
https://flip.it/g-AFg4
#Science #Genetics #Biology #Mice

2026-03-24 15:05:51 UTC

Is it better to be a morning person or a night owl? What the science says.
From @nprofile…qvea: "The key isn’t waking up early — it’s syncing your life to your natural rhythm."
https://flip.it/rxs-X9
#Health #Sleep #Science #Psychology

2026-03-24 13:23:41 UTC

How realistic is the new movie "Project Hail Mary?"
Two Science News journalists analyze the film adaptation of a book by science fiction author Andy Weir.
Spoilers ahead: https://flip.it/vaA1mm
#Science #Film #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Movies

2026-03-23 22:21:10 UTC

Do we really need magnesium supplements? The super mineral is feted on TikTok for its ability to cure "insomnia, constipation and existential dread," but we may be better off just eating our greens. Here's more from @nprofile…jc9c.
https://flip.it/jf_gfJ
#Magnesium #Nutrition #Diet #Healt

2026-03-23 18:12:51 UTC

"In some circles, men now test their testosterone every six months—swapping numbers in locker rooms and group chats the way they compare bench press stats—as they try to counter a significant decline in average testosterone levels in recent years." Here's @nprofile…3m8f's story on "T-maxxing."
https://flip.it/yJJPh4
#Health #Science #Testosterone #Tmaxxing

2026-03-22 22:31:37 UTC

We’ve all almost certainly been in a conversation in which the listener busts in as the speaker is finishing their sentence. That’s because our brains are wired to predict how a sentence will end, often resulting in a lightning-fast response. People with some hearing loss rely on this predictive sense even more. Read about from Phys.org:
https://flip.it/G6fNeY
#Science #Health #Brain #Hearing #Talking #Communication

2026-03-22 20:02:46 UTC

In the early 1980s, it appeared the debate over humans having free will may finally had been settled. Experiments carried out by neuroscientist Benjamin Libet seemed to show decisions being made in the brain before people were even aware of them. But the scientists of today are skeptical. Read more from @nprofile…tn98:
https://flip.it/JXASI4
#Science #Humans #Neurology #Brain #Health

2026-03-21 21:25:40 UTC

Humans have a remarkably long lifespan compared to most other mammals, but it comes with some costs. One is a decline in organ function, leading to an increased risk of chronic disease as the years mount. One study identified a turning point at which acceleration aging typically occurs: around age 50. You don’t say? Read more from @nprofile…lxkl:
https://flip.it/p2am4l
#Science #Health #Humans #Biology #Aging

2026-03-20 22:44:07 UTC

The Southwestern U.S. is accustomed to coping with deadly heat. But in March? “This is what climate change looks like in real time,” says one climate scientist. @nprofile…wh5k has more on the increasingly common heat waves of a warming world:
https://flip.it/b9GHVZ
#Science #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #USA #HeatWave

2026-03-20 19:34:38 UTC

Given enough time and exposure to a hazard, life has shown a remarkable ability to adapt to all sorts of wild conditions — from extreme heat to complete lack of oxygen to dangerous radiation levels. But for a group of people living high in the Argentinian Andes, an unusual genetic advantage has given them the ability to consume drinking water containing the highly toxic chemical element arsenic. @nprofile…lxkl tells us more about how scientists remain puzzled by their ability "to shrug off dangerously high arsenic levels."
https://flip.it/kifydJ
#Science #Humans #Argentina #Health #SouthAmerica

2026-03-20 16:02:30 UTC

New study challenges a site that’s key to how humans got to the Americas.
From @nprofile…wh5k: "For decades, the strongest evidence for the earliest human settlement in the Americas came from a site in Chile called Monte Verde."
https://flip.it/6AxG.7
#Anthropology #Human #Science #History

2026-03-19 20:15:29 UTC

Americans are getting less information about climate change through the media than at any point in the last decade. Could dance music bridge the gap? @InsideClimateNews@flipboard.com has more on what climate communicators could learn from Bad Bunny:
https://flip.it/.ZpcbZ
#Science #ClimateChange #BadBunny #GlobalWarming

2026-03-19 15:59:35 UTC

Why can’t we simulate the human body the way we simulate a car or a plane?
@nprofile…0sda has a fascinating story: How Your Virtual Twin Could One Day Save Your Life.
https://flip.it/pg8Gg8
#Science #Medicine #3DPrinting #Technology

2026-03-19 14:25:36 UTC

Inventor Beulah Louise Henry’s unstoppable rise to becoming "Lady Edison."
From @nprofile…qvea: "With 49 patents and over 100 inventions, Henry built an empire catering to women and children."
https://flip.it/iLkz90
#Science #History #WomensHistoryMonth #Inventions

2026-03-17 20:59:41 UTC

Good news, folks! mRNA vaccines don't cause "turbo cancers" — first, because those don't exist, and second, because mRNA technology has been studied for decades and large population studies have found no increased cancer risk at all following vaccination. Here's more from @nprofile…9p7q on how the rapid spread of vaccine misinformation is threatening the development of this potentially transformative technology.
https://flip.it/sxUmR0
#Science #COVID #Vaccination #Misinformation #Cancer

2026-03-16 22:48:57 UTC

Potentially good news for people with osteoporosis. Scientists from the University of Leipzig in Germany and Shandong University in China identified the cell receptor GPR133 (also known as ADGRD1) as being crucial to bone density. @nprofile…lxkl shares what they discovered after running some tests on mice:
https://flip.it/uWjGo-
#Science #Health #Osteoporosis #Humans #Research

2026-03-16 14:43:39 UTC

These charcoal-eating fungi flourish after fires. Uncovering their genetic secrets could help rebuild burned ecosystems.
From @nprofile…nxdh: https://flip.it/vPPj1B
#Fungi #Ecology #Science #Wildfires #Botany

2026-03-16 00:17:45 UTC

You haven’t noticed that the days are getting ever so slightly longer, but a new study shows that they are — and it points to climate change. @nprofile…7lud explains what’s happening and why it can be a problem:
https://flip.it/ZerBDD
#Science #ClimateChange #Climate #GlobalWarming

2026-03-12 15:44:50 UTC

Scientists discover a new twist in why falling cats land on their feet.
@nprofile…lxkl reports on a new study from Japan: https://flip.it/tUIxfC
#Cats #Animals #Science

2026-03-10 12:51:00 UTC

From chirps to "hellos": Why some birds talk like people.
"Brains, bonds, and a strange voice box help some birds mimic our speech," according to @nprofile…qvea.
https://flip.it/YQYSRr
#Birds #Animals #Science #Biology #Pets

2026-03-09 22:08:40 UTC

Like many relationships that have lasted billions of years, the gap between Earth and the Moon is widening. It might not be enough for the two behemoths to seek a relationship counselor just yet, but they are farther apart. How much and why? @nprofile…tn98 dives into that:
https://flip.it/oRWG5X
#Science #Space #Moon #Earth

2026-03-09 12:59:41 UTC

Spacecraft’s impact changed asteroid’s orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds.
From @nprofile…wh5k: "It’s the first time that a celestial body’s orbit around the sun was deliberately changed."
https://flip.it/orv-g_
#NASA #Space #Science #Asteroid

2026-03-08 22:41:55 UTC

Vision does not come automatically after sight restoration. In fact, when people born blind gain sight, the hardest part isn’t opening their eyes — it’s teaching the brain how to see. @BigThink@flipboard.com tells us how newly sighted people build a visual world:
https://flip.it/8qbtNV
#Science #Health #Brain #Neurology #Vision

2026-03-08 19:45:38 UTC

The iceberg known as A23a was once the largest on Earth, covering an area more than twice the size of Greater London. Now, A23a is in its death throes. “To watch it be so stable for so long, and then just disintegrate over one year, has been fascinating,” says Dr. Catherine Walker of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, who was born the same year as A23a. @nprofile…ptpw has more on the iceberg’s demise:
https://flip.it/JVj8sb
#Science #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Earth

2026-03-08 00:18:40 UTC

The first confirmed detection of an exoplanet, a planet outside our Solar System, came in 1992. We’ve found a lot more in the years since then. Is alien life next? Read more from @nprofile…tn98, including which colours we should look for in our search for life out there:
https://flip.it/UNv-V3
#Science #Space #SpaceExploration #AlienLife

2026-03-07 20:59:47 UTC

It took five decades of work, but one of the world’s driest regions is being transformed into a carbon sink. You’ve heard plenty about deforestation. @nprofile…lxkl provides a more upbeat look at an afforestation project in northwestern China that may add one piece to the puzzle in the fight against climate change:
https://flip.it/RS1Ldd
#Science #Environment #ClimateChange #China

2026-03-05 19:57:43 UTC

Parkinson’s disease is linked to a wide range of risk factors, and new research suggests plastic could be part of the problem. @nprofile…lxkl has more, including how microplastics and nanoplastics may be disrupting some of the brain processes associated with the neurological disease. @nprofile…lxkl has more:
https://flip.it/SYLJTs
#Science #Health #Parkinsons #BrainHealth #Neurology

2026-03-05 16:53:59 UTC

Scientists reconstruct the face of a 3.7-million-year-old human relative.
@nprofile…lxkl reports on "Little Foot," an Australopithecus specimen.
https://flip.it/WgjF8C
#Anthropology #Human #Science #Evolution

2026-03-04 18:03:15 UTC

To understand left- and right-handedness, Professor Eric Horstick looks at zebrafish, which have transparent bodies, develop into adults in a few days, and their genetics and brain structure are highly similar to humans'. Here's his story for @conversationus@newsie.social.
https://flip.it/weK2Vd
#Science #Genetics #Handedness

2026-03-04 16:30:08 UTC

Scientists from institutions across the U.S. have now developed a strikingly "universal" vaccine, which has protected mice against a range of viruses, bacteria, and even allergies.
@nprofile…lxkl reports: https://flip.it/GoWAFW
#Vaccines #Medicine #Science #Health #Disease

2026-03-04 13:34:10 UTC

Ancient Greece’s most famous oracle was just high on gas fumes.
From @nprofile…qvea: "The Oracle of Delphi, also known as the Pythia, likely inhaled ethylene to enter her famous trance."
https://flip.it/sAbjVa
#Archaeology #Greece #Science

2026-03-03 14:02:43 UTC

In the U.S., Appalachia’s iconic salamander was slated for federal protection. It’s still in limbo.
@nprofile…7j37 reports: "As climate change remakes the mountains, the fight to save the hellbender is becoming a fight for home."
https://flip.it/tdiXKf
#Animals #Climate #ClimateChange #Appalachia #Science

2026-03-02 22:17:31 UTC

Skywatchers across North America, Australia and Asia will be in for a treat in the dark hours of March 3 — a total lunar eclipse. @Space.com@flipboard.com has a list of the best viewing times:
https://flip.it/EnuJlg
#Science #Space #TotalEclipse #BloodRedMoon

2026-03-01 20:39:25 UTC

AI models are getting better at studying and diagnosing specific diseases and neuropsychiatric conditions. Case in point, AI has shown promise in uncovering patterns associated with tumors, strokes and neurodegenerative diseases by analyzing large amounts of brain scans collected using magnetic resonance imaging. Read more from Phys.org:
https://flip.it/I8rTIY
#Science #Health #AI #BrainHealth #Neurology #ArticificalIntelligence

2026-02-28 22:56:13 UTC

NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover has been exploring a region of geological formations that look like spiderwebs from outer space. Did ancient groundwater flow on this part of the Red Planet later than scientists believed? Read more from NASA.gov:
https://flip.it/nokjzF
#Science #Mars #NASA #CuriosityRover #Space #SpaceExploration

2026-02-28 19:53:28 UTC

Does birdwatching hold a secret for longevity? The skills you develop out in the woods could reorganize the structure of your brain and improve cognition, a new study reveals. Read more from @nprofile…tn98:
https://flip.it/c3k5hy
#Science #Health #Neurology #BrainHealth #Birdwatching #Hobbies

2026-02-28 07:34:36 UTC

The total lunar eclipse scheduled for March 3 will be visible to observers across East Asia, Australia, the Pacific and western North America. It’ll also be the last of its kind for a while. Read more from @Space.com@flipboard.com:
https://flip.it/fNEGED
#Science #Space #Moon #Sun #Eclipse

2026-02-27 15:03:07 UTC

Ancient coupling may have happened more between human females and Neanderthal males.
From @nprofile…wh5k: "How exactly this happened remains a huge question mark. Did human women venture into Neanderthal populations, or were the Neanderthal males drawn to larger human enclaves?"
https://flip.it/gy1hWg
#Anthropology #Science #Human #Evolution #Neanderthal

2026-02-26 21:42:16 UTC

A year ago, NASA's Lunar Trailblazer probe launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida But a day later, mission managers lost contact with the spacecraft and haven’t heard from it ever since. What went wrong with the $72 million mission attempting to map the water on the moon? @nprofile…2qhs found out:
https://flip.it/ddAAgg
#Science #NASA #Space #SpaceExploration

2026-02-26 21:00:27 UTC

We know that coffee helps get the world out of bed, and it may even improve athletic performance (like sprinting to the bus after waking up late again) and many cognitive skills. So when’s the best time to take this performance-enhancing drug? @nprofile…tn98 takes a look:
https://flip.it/d7Ke95
#Science #Health #Coffee #Nutrition

2026-02-26 13:37:43 UTC

Old Apollo rocks shed new light on the moon’s magnetic field long ago.
From @nprofile…wh5k: "The study by University of Oxford researchers suggests that while the moon’s magnetic field has been weak during most of its existence, it strengthened and even exceeded Earth’s magnetic activity during extremely brief periods 3 billion to 4 billion years ago."
https://flip.it/iKpdQy
#Moon #Space #Science #NASA

2026-02-24 13:32:16 UTC

A horse’s neigh may be unique in the animal kingdom. Now scientists know how they do it.
From @nprofile…wh5k: https://flip.it/0xv655
#Horse #Animals #Science

2026-02-22 21:45:16 UTC

For decades, scientists have been studying “gravity holes,” the enormous depressions in the Earth’s crust where the effects of gravity are significantly lower than average. In Antarctica, gravity holes may have a lot to do with climate, a new paper published in “Scientific Reports” finds. Read more from @nprofile…4cmg:
https://flip.it/2hUPD4
#Science #Climate #Antarctica #Geology

2026-02-21 20:03:13 UTC

NASA’s new moon rocket hits another snag, delaying astronauts’ first lunar trip in decades to spring. @nprofile…wh5k reports:
https://flip.it/DkYOQC
#Science #NASA #ArtemisII #Space #SpaceExploration

2026-02-20 20:32:24 UTC

The great taste of recycled water might not be something you expected to read on a Friday where other drinks could be on your mind. But one day, Matt Simon writes, “you’ll appreciated drinking recycled toilet water.” Read more from @nprofile…7j37:
https://flip.it/WQOHBU
#Science #Climate #Health #Environment #Recycling

2026-02-20 16:37:44 UTC

NASA targets March for first moon mission by Artemis astronauts after fueling test success.
@nprofile…wh5k reports: "The astronauts will be the first to fly to the moon since Apollo 17 closed out NASA’s first chapter in moon exploration in 1972."
https://flip.it/Cy6L2-
#NASA #Moon #Space #Science

2026-02-19 23:41:19 UTC

The mother of a South Carolinian seven-year-old hospitalized since January with encephalitis (brain swelling) caused by measles says that she would not have vaccinated him, even if she had known this could be the outcome. "God has chosen Ethan for a reason," 35-year-old Kristina told @nprofile…g2cq.“With my own eyes, I have seen the damage [vaccination] does to kids who are perfectly normal, and then once they get it, they're not the same anymore,” she claimed.
https://flip.it/zOvv55
#USNews #Medicine #Science #Measles #NorthCarolina

2026-02-19 20:16:18 UTC

In a recent experiment, lab-grown brain tissues were able to solve a fundamental engineering problem, and the results may help researchers probe how neurological disease alters the brain's capacity for plasticity. "We're trying to understand the fundamentals of how neurons can be adaptively tuned to solve problems,” says Ash Robbins, robotics and artificial intelligence researcher at the University of California-Santa Cruz. Read more from @nprofile…lxkl:
https://flip.it/NMf3bO
#Science #Brain #Neurology #Health

2026-02-19 19:28:01 UTC

Scientists at Monash University say they have found a way to permanently "switch off" genes that help cancer cells thrive. This could help development of a new style of treatment that might be more effective and less difficult for patients. “We have potentially identified a new way to exploit cancer’s weaknesses,” said Dr. Omer Gilan, who worked on the research. Here's more from SciTech Daily.
https://flip.it/fXvz-L
#Science #Medicine #Cancer #CancerTreatment #Genetics #Epigenetics

2026-02-19 14:07:51 UTC

Have we entered a new age of AI-enabled scientific discovery?
From Science News: "Cutting through the hype reveals what’s actually possible."
https://flip.it/-L9dZJ
#AI #Science #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology

2026-02-10 00:34:23 UTC

Can a simple brain exercise cut dementia by 25%? Much like boosting your speed on the treadmill can unlock physical benefits, a study claims that speed training for your brain has a similar effect. Read more from @nprofile…lxkl:
https://flip.it/xpxPZM
#Science #Health #Brain #Neurology #Dementia #Games

2026-02-09 18:27:40 UTC

The climate crisis is real, human-created and scary, but we shouldn't give in to the idea that it's too late to do anything at all. Here's Hannah Ritchie's story for MIT Press Reader, adapted from her new book, "Clearing the Air," on what the latest science actually says, and how climate fatalism can put us on a worse trajectory.
https://flip.it/JG-5g0
#Science #Climate #ClimateCrisis #Environment

2026-01-08 15:46:52 UTC

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@nprofile…a4ch We will do the same!

2025-12-04 21:06:37 UTC

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@nprofile…nvk3 Oh dear! We'll add a quick clarifying sentence — we're not the Flipboard Bad Science Desk!

2025-10-22 20:16:34 UTC

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2025-10-18 21:48:05 UTC

A woman's nausea was triggered by a huge mass in her stomach. Who knew diet soda would be among the possible treatments? @nprofile…2zaa tells us more:
https://flip.it/Rla2OX
#Science #Health #Medicine

2025-10-13 22:14:23 UTC

Global temperature rise may feel like it’s gradual, but the changes it brings can turn out to be sudden, massive, and self-reinforcing. A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. Is it too late to save them? Maybe not. Read more from @nprofile…zc9u:
https://flip.it/GMJdXq
#Science #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #CoralReefs

2025-10-13 15:42:59 UTC

Three-legged lizards can thrive against all odds, challenging assumptions about how evolution works in the wild.
@nprofile…et2z explores the chance encounter that lead to new research: https://flip.it/EkZSe_
#Lizard #Animals #Science #Biology #Evolution

2025-10-12 20:06:19 UTC

The speed of light is nearly inconceivable. But for the first time, physicists have simulated what objects moving near the speed of light would look like — an optical illusion called the Terrell-Penrose effect. @nprofile…7erv has more:
https://flip.it/16yNm8
#Science #ScienceNews #Einstein #SpeedofLight

2025-09-10 15:46:25 UTC

Are "SwiftQuakes" a real thing? Seismologists investigate the impact of Taylor Swift concerts.
@nprofile…uxdl reports: https://flip.it/w657tW
#Earthquake #TaylorSwift #Seismology #Science #Music #PopCulture

2025-09-10 12:49:12 UTC

Scientists are baffled by a powerful and long-lasting gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy.
From @nprofile…jaq5: "Astronomers reported Tuesday it’s unlike anything they’ve witnessed before."
https://flip.it/_TUh40
#Space #Astronomy #Science

2025-08-21 12:49:42 UTC

How many giraffe species are in Africa? New scientific analysis quadruples the count.
From @nprofile…jaq5: https://flip.it/vBTBvU
#Animals #Giraffe #Science #Africa #Wildlife

2025-08-14 12:16:59 UTC

People often miscalculate climate choices, a study says. One surprise is owning a dog.
From @nprofile…jaq5: “People over-assign impact to actually pretty low-impact actions such as recycling, and underestimate the actual carbon impact of behaviors much more carbon intensive, like flying or eating meat."
https://flip.it/1oeCp-
#ClimateChange #Environment #Climate #Green #Science

2025-08-13 21:39:33 UTC

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2025-04-08 12:59:45 UTC

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And here's a piece from @nprofile…urge: https://time.com/7275439/science-behind-dire-wolf-return/

2025-04-07 21:03:13 UTC

Colon cancer survivors who exercise regularly live longer, according to research.
@nprofile…k2rj reports: "When it comes to colon cancer, the good news is that overall, death rates have been falling thanks to improvements in screening and treatment."
https://flip.it/OwZcaR
#Cancer #Health #Exercise #Fitness #Science

2025-04-07 17:00:14 UTC

Super Rat: the record-setting rodent sniffing out landmines and saving lives.
From @nprofile…6aen: "Rats don’t always have the best reputations, but one named Ronin with a super sense of smell is working to change that."
https://flip.it/oyPvly
#Animals #Rat #Landmines #Science #Cambodia

2025-04-05 21:10:22 UTC

A distant galaxy is home to a ravenous supermassive black hole that appears to be playing with its food. Located over 12 million light-years from Earth, a spiral galaxy known as NGC 4945 is blowing powerful winds of material from the supermassive black hole located at its core. @nprofile…7erv has more on this “messy eater.”
https://flip.it/b5q9OU
#Science #Space #BlackHoles #ScienceNews Astronomy

2025-04-05 21:01:38 UTC

Mobile phone footage has emerged that appears to contradict Israel's account of why soldiers opened fire on a convoy of ambulances and a fire truck on March 23, killing 15 rescue workers. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) initially denied the vehicles had their headlights or emergency signals on. Watch the video and read more at @nprofile…ap4v:
https://flip.it/Of3XLh
#News #WorldNews #IsraelHamasWar #Gaza

2025-04-04 16:46:38 UTC

75% of U.S. scientists who answered @nprofile…4m3n poll consider leaving the country. Many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
https://flip.it/T8.pW_
#Science #Trump #USPolitics #Research

2025-04-03 15:00:00 UTC

This is what forecasters mean when they talk about a 100-year flood.
From @nprofile…jaq5: "Here’s what to know about how scientists determine how extreme a flood is and how common these extreme events are becoming."
https://flip.it/fH4N8U
#Weather #Meteorology #Science #Flood #ClimateChange

2025-04-02 18:55:11 UTC

More than 1,900 scientists and engineers have signed a letter saying they “see real danger in this moment” as the Trump administration slashes federal support for scientific research.
@nprofile…zndp reports: https://flip.it/N8Gw4v
#Science #Trump #Research #USPolitics

2025-03-31 19:10:25 UTC

U.S. scientists lost $3 billion in NIH grants since Trump took office.
@nprofile…wgry has the details: https://flip.it/yeWxGK
Original article from @nprofile…e7lk (paywalled): https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/28/trump-administration-science-research-cuts/
#Science #Trump #Research #USPolitics

2025-03-31 14:00:02 UTC

Pursuing the electrical fluid: How scientists discovered the electron, from @nprofile…nu7u.
https://flip.it/B1imNR
#Physics #Science #Quantum #History

2025-03-29 19:44:45 UTC

NASA is keeping an eye on a strange anomaly in Earth's magnetic field: “a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the skies above the planet, stretching out between South America and southwest Africa,” writes Peter Dockrill. While it doesn’t have much impact to life on this planet, NASA likens it to a kind of “pothole in space” that can create a headache for orbital spacecraft like the International Space Station. Read more from @nprofile…rvza:
https://flip.it/NaOqHX
#Science #Space #Earth #NASA #ISS

2025-03-28 20:55:39 UTC

Have earth's oceans always been blue? 🌊 🔵
@nprofile…5khg reports on research suggesting the sea might have glimmered with green hues for over 2 billion years.
https://flip.it/sgB8.j
#Ocean #Science #Biology #Evolution

2025-03-28 13:32:55 UTC

A Venus flytrap wasp? Scientists uncover an ancient insect preserved in amber that snatched its prey.
From @nprofile…jaq5: https://flip.it/s4_N_c
#Insects #Entomology #Science #Amber

2025-03-27 20:49:27 UTC

McKenna Oxenden is her own best advocate. She learned this after years of excruciating pain, popping ibuprofen like candy, and doctors dismissing her pain as normal, nothing to worry about. Finally after three years, she got a diagnosis — endometriosis, a chronic inflammatory disease that impacts 6.5 million women in the United States alone. Oxenden writes about her experience for Houston Landing, shedding light on why a diagnosis can take so long:
https://flip.it/__CWBb
#Science #Health #Disease #Endometreosis

2025-03-26 14:41:10 UTC

Get ready for a partial solar eclipse across Europe and parts of North America and Africa.
@nprofile…jaq5 reports: "The eclipse will be visible Saturday."
https://flip.it/7WJfb2
#Eclipse #Astronomy #Space #Science

2025-03-25 23:24:30 UTC

Nearly four years ago, NASA announced that its Artemis III mission would include a lot of firsts: it would be the first to land on the moon since the end of the Apollo era, the first to touch down near the moon's rugged south pole and the first to put both a woman and a person of color on the lunar surface. @nprofile…k2rj reports:
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/g-s1-55665/nasa-moon-dei-artemis
#NASA #Moon #Artemis3 #Space

2025-03-25 17:28:02 UTC

Researchers from the University of Surrey in the UK ran an experiment involving 36 volunteers aged 60 or over, testing their response to two-hour-long sessions of blue and regular white light twice a day over several weeks. They have discovered that a morning dose of blue light might help older people sleep better in the evening, giving them a boost for their daily activities the following day. @nprofile…rvza reports:
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-morning-dose-of-blue-light-can-help-us-sleep-better-in-old-age
#Sleep #Health #HealthyAging #BlueLight #Rest

2025-03-24 19:38:30 UTC

A "potentially hazardous" pyramid-size asteroid is about to zoom past Earth at around 48,000 mph (77,300 km/h) this week as it reaches its closest point to our planet in more than 100 years. But the hefty space rock poses zero risk of hitting us now or in the future, data shows. @nprofile…7erv
https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/potentially-hazardous-pyramid-size-asteroid-will-make-its-closest-flyby-of-earth-for-more-than-100-years-this-wednesday
#Asteroid #Space #Earth #Universe

2025-03-24 16:52:35 UTC

On Sunday, the genetic testing and heritage company 23andMe announced that it had entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy and was asking a court to arrange its sale. @nprofile…wgry reports:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/03/genetic-testing-company-23andme-declares-bankruptcy/
#Genetics #23andMe #bankruptcy #GeneticData

2025-03-23 22:44:37 UTC

Most of the galaxies in the universe rotate in the same direction. Why this happens highlights a gap in our understanding of how the universe works. "It is still not clear what causes this to happen, but there are two primary possible explanations," says astronomer Lior Shamir of Kansas State University. @nprofile…rvza explores both:
https://flip.it/r0lG1-
#Science #Space #Universe #Galaxies

2025-03-21 18:00:01 UTC

Coca-Cola is installing what the company claims to be the world’s first hydrogen-powered vending machines at the World Expo 2025, which will open to the public in Osaka, Japan, on April 13th, 2025. Co-developed by Fuji Electric, the machines don’t need access to a power outlet and instead rely on replaceable hydrogen cartridges to fuel a chemical reaction that generates electricity, @nprofile…zndp reports:
https://www.theverge.com/news/633779/coca-cola-fuji-electric-vending-machine-hydrogen-power
#CocaCola #Hydrogen #Energy #WorldExpo2025 #Japan

2025-03-21 16:07:28 UTC

The results from a clinical trial at the Washington University on an experimental drug used for slowing disease progress in Alzheimer's patients may also delay onset in people predisposed to the disease who are yet to show symptoms. @nprofile…rvza reports:
https://www.sciencealert.com/anti-amyloid-drug-may-delay-alzheimers-symptoms-in-those-at-risk-clinical-trial-finds
#MentalHealth #Alzheimer #DegenerativeDiseases #Health

2025-03-21 10:35:32 UTC

Researchers have hit upon a discovery that appears to delay the symptoms of Alzheimer’s in some people genetically destined to get the disease in their 40s and 50s. “It’s still a study but it has given me an extension to my life that I never banked on having,” said Jake Heinrichs of New York City.
@nprofile…jaq5 has more:
https://flip.it/m24fSs
#Science #Health #Neurology #Brain #Alzheimers

2025-03-20 23:46:35 UTC

From @nprofile…rvza: A newly developed system combining AI and robotics has been helping a paralyzed man turn his thoughts into mechanical arm movements — including clutching and releasing objects – with the system working for seven months without major readjustment.
https://flip.it/8eNs23
#Science #Tech #AI #Health

2025-03-20 20:01:23 UTC

Forests play an important role in the planet’s ecosystem, including microclimate regulation, biodiversity preservation, and much more. The existence of fast-growing trees may strengthen efforts to offset climate change, but which trees capture the most carbon? Phys.org identifies the species that have the greatest mitigation potential:
https://flip.it/vdn5vQ
#Science #Trees #Earth #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Biology #Ecology

2025-03-20 16:29:20 UTC

In what’s being called “a banger of a surprise,” new observations reveal that the earliest known galaxy is rich with oxygen. "It is like finding an adolescent where you would only expect babies," says cosmologist Sander Schouws of Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands. Read about it at @nprofile…rvza:
https://flip.it/c5otbb
#Space #Science #SpaceExploration #Astronomy

2025-03-20 01:53:54 UTC

A European space telescope launched to explore the dark universe has released a trove of new data on distant galaxies. @nprofile…jaq5 :
https://apnews.com/article/euclid-space-telescope-dark-energy-731a1c70f3603418e6c07a1012258adb
#Space #Telescope #Europe #Galaxies #Universe

2025-03-19 18:47:01 UTC

Workers at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration this week experienced a kind of whiplash as the federal government tried to reinstate probationary employees who had been fired. @nprofile…8c5m reports:
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/noaa-fired-workers-reinstated-weather-storms-rcna197004
#NOAA #DOGE #Trump #TrumpAdministration

2025-03-18 18:05:35 UTC

What to know about the bird flu outbreak in wild birds and what it means for backyard bird feeders.
@nprofile…jaq5 reports: "More than 170 species of North American wild birds have been infected with bird flu."
https://flip.it/DR.HSR
#BirdFlu #Birds #Animals #Disease #BirdWatching

2025-03-18 13:54:17 UTC

Webb telescope images of exoplanets "stunned researchers" directly observing the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar system for the first time.
From @nprofile…njfj: https://flip.it/HVrgO5
#Astronomy #Space #NASA #Science #Astrophysics

2025-03-17 20:57:48 UTC

Researchers created sound that can bend itself through space, reaching only your ear in a crowd.
From @nprofile…4en9: "Newly published research introduces a way to create audible enclaves – localized pockets of sound that are isolated from their surroundings."
https://flip.it/pyCqhH
#Sound #Science #Acoustics #Music

2025-03-15 22:58:57 UTC

After more than nine months on the International Space Station, two astronauts are a step closer to returning home following Friday’s launch of a crew swap mission. Phys.org has more:
https://flip.it/WWH6nC
#Space #Science #SpaceExploration #SpaceX #ISS #Astronauts

2025-03-15 21:02:10 UTC

Scientists led by a team from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark have found a "strong link" between Western-style diets and neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The researchers' analysis also "identifies specific nutrients and foods that could serve as the foundation for improved dietary guidelines and preventative strategies," says food scientist David Horner. Read more at @nprofile…rvza:
https://flip.it/94b4US
#Science #Health #ADHD #Brain #Autism #Nutrition

2025-03-14 19:29:31 UTC

Are you confident in your scientific knowledge? Take a science quiz from @nprofile…jjh8
https://flip.it/kXKEJG
#Science #Quiz #PiDay #Eclipse

2025-03-14 17:12:28 UTC

Measles is unlike other viruses: What to know about long-term complications.
From NBC News: "The virus targets certain types of immune cells in the body, destroying them in the process."
https://flip.it/MaZ0pr
#Measles #Vaccines #Virus #Health #PublicHealth #Science