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2025-05-06 21:39:18

"A sea culture tradition spanning generations may have given the people of an isolated South Korean island a unique set of genetic 'superpowers'," DW reports. Here's their story about the Haenyeo — literally "sea women" — of Jeju Island, 53 miles south of the South Korean mainland. From adolescence these women learn to deep dive to harvest food from the seabed. Researchers believe that they are now genetically adapted to dive longer than other humans, have lower blood pressure and enhanced cold-water tolerance. Here's a look at how that knowledge might be applied to develop new medical therapies.
https://flip.it/1xSkEn
#Science #Medicine #SouthKorea #JejuIsland #Diving #Genes #Darwin #GeneticAdaptation

2025-04-30 22:02:33

What does it feel like to be a science journalist — or any kind of journalist — in the USA right now? Talia Lavin talked to Deborah Blum, director of the Knight Science Journalism Center at MIT, a specialist in toxicology, and the woman who literally wrote the book on the history of U.S. food regulations. "As a country, we tend to suffer from what I think of as regulatory memory failure. We don't have a sense of what things were like before regulations went into play. Most Americans don't really have a sense of what the environmental landscape of the United States looked like before the EPA, for instance," says Blum. "Instead, we demonize regulation, when often we're really talking about consumer protection. And when we're talking consumer protection, we're talking about protection for every American citizen. But until you have those kinds of universal standards in place, the people who suffer the most are going to be the people who can't afford the good stuff."
https://flip.it/EEAN0S
#Journalism #ScienceJournalism #Media #FoodSafety #RFK #EPA #Regulation #USA #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #Food

2025-04-30 19:13:24

A dead Soviet space probe from 1972 is falling back to Earth.
@npub1dvm…weag reports: "Kosmos 482 poses small risks 'similar to that of a meteorite impact.'"
https://flip.it/vzgZCh
For similar stories, follow [@jaw-dropping-space-stuff-PopularScience](https://flipboard.com/@popularscience/jaw-dropping-space-stuff-gstrlh0lz ).
#Space #Soviet #Russia #Science

2025-04-24 17:31:17

Can the legal system catch up with climate science?
From @npub15wh…e9hw: "Dartmouth's Christopher Callahan and Justin Mankin ... argue that we can now assign monetary values to the damage caused by emissions that can be traced back to individual companies."
https://flip.it/f2yyZb
#ClimateChange #Climate #FossilFuels #Science #Law

2025-04-15 13:51:04

Could Spinosaurus swim? The fierce dinosaur ignites debate.
From Science News (registration may be required): https://flip.it/8TqW7M
#Dinosaurs #Paleontology #Science

2025-04-14 13:55:09

Blue Origin completes space trip featuring all-female crew.
NBC News reports: "Today’s female-only spaceflight was the first since 1963, when Valentina Tereshkova of the former Soviet Union became the first woman in space."
https://flip.it/trsIsU
#BlueOrigin #Space #Astronaut #Women

2025-04-11 23:01:35

In contrast to the popular idea of black holes constantly "gobbling up" matter, they can spend long periods of time in a dormant, inactive phase. But sometimes, they pop back to life. Such was the case with the black hole at the center of an unremarkable galaxy some 300 light-years away. The gravitational monster "suddenly lit up and recently began producing unprecedented flashes of X-ray light.” Read about it from phys.org:
https://flip.it/_0u79-
#Science #Space #BlackHoles #BackYardAstronomy

2025-04-09 19:17:24

President Donald Trump signed executive orders Tuesday to bolster the country’s declining coal industry, relaxing restrictions on coal mining, leasing and exports in what the White House said was an effort to meet the energy-intensive needs of artificial intelligence data centers. NBC News reports:
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/trump-signs-executive-order-boost-us-coal-industry-part-fuel-artificia-rcna200269
#Trump #Coal #AI #Mining #WhiteHouse #Energy

2025-04-08 17:22:34

Do insects feel pain? Bugs are everywhere in farming and research — but insect welfare is just catching up.
An ethics professor explores the issue in an essay for [@ConversationUS](https://flipboard.com/@ConversationUS ): https://flip.it/_1Ow1u
#Insects #Ethics #Science #Research #Animals

2025-04-06 22:32:11

After another explosive start to tornado season, twisters are cropping up in unexpected places around the United States. In a 48-hour period earlier this month, 31 tornadoes were reported across the country. Scientists are baffled. Read more from [@sciencefocus](https://flipboard.com/@sciencefocus ):
https://flip.it/DS6_YH
#Science #Earth #Storms #Weather #USA

2025-04-03 17:08:16

3-year-old discovers 3,800-year-old treasure during a family outing in Israel.
From NBC News: "Experts identified the find as a Canaanite seal or scarab."
https://flip.it/hi8xFf
#Archaeology #History #MiddleEast

2025-03-27 20:49:27

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

2025-03-17 22:33:38

Why did the iguana cross the ocean?
Science News reports: The mystery of how iguanas crossed the Pacific Ocean may be solved.
https://flip.it/MlPa5c
#Iguana #Animals #Science #Reptiles #Evolution

2025-03-14 22:29:56

Newborn babies have been exposed to measles at a Texas hospital and are receiving antibodies to protect them, NBC reports. The virus was brought into the University Medical Center Children's Hospital by a mother in labor — doctors didn't realize until after her admission that she was infected, and it's unclear when she tested positive. The immunoglobulin injections have been given to babies as young as three days old. A 2021 study found this therapy is highly effective in protecting exposed newborns who are too young to be vaccinated. Emergency masking procedures have also been implemented.
https://flip.it/0.ZRbx
#MeaslesOutbreak #Health #Medicine #Vaccination #Texas #Children

2025-02-28 17:49:43

Are animals more rational than you think?
From MIT Press Reader: "From tool-making crows to alligators that lure birds with twigs, animals may be more rational than we ever imagined."
https://flip.it/BlXBNg
#Animals #Zoology #Science #Philosophy

2025-02-18 23:35:32

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told the U.S. Senate during his confirmation hearings that he would not change America's childhood vaccination schedule. Now, he's vowed to investigate it, telling thousands of U.S. Health and Human Services agency employees: "Nothing is going to be off limits." Here's more from [@AssociatedPress](https://flipboard.com/@AssociatedPress ).
https://flip.it/pkDZrM
#Health #USPolitics #RFKJr #Vaccination #Measles #Children #Parenting

2025-02-12 16:22:10

Quail-sized feathered dinosaur may be the earliest known bird.
New Scientist reports: "Archaeopteryx, long considered the earliest fossil bird, could be knocked off its perch by Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived around 150 million years ago and had a short tail like those of modern birds."
https://flip.it/oimD5a
#Dinosaurs #Birds #Paleontology #Science

2025-02-03 18:42:29

Where does black fall on the color spectrum?
A color scientist explains for [@ConversationUS](https://flipboard.com/@ConversationUS ): https://flip.it/aa8CW5
#Color #Science #Light

2025-01-22 17:09:11

A prominent climate scientist argues it's time to ditch the "myth of neutrality."
[@cbcnews](https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews ) interviews @npub1s0n…xje4: https://flip.it/MWFJvv
#Science #ClimateChange #Politics #Facts

2025-01-20 12:54:43

"A doorbell camera on a Canadian home captured rare video and sound of a meteorite striking Earth as it crashed into a couple's walkway."
Phys.org has the story and video: https://flip.it/Dq9Suo
#Meteorite #Space #Science

2024-12-16 16:35:20

Seven quiet breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2024 you might have missed, from [@BBCNews](https://flipboard.com/@BBCNews )
https://flip.it/WreNXa
#ClimateChange #Nature #Climate #Science #YearinReview

2024-12-11 00:45:42

U.K.-based doctors, nurses and hospital porters with long COVID are suing the NHS for compensation, saying they were not given proper protection during the height of the pandemic and that their lives have been devastated by severe health complications. Context News explains more.
https://flip.it/cwqZCy
#Science #Health #UnitedKingdom #Healthcare #COVID #Pandemic #LongCovid

2024-12-10 12:09:10

Can chicken soup and other home remedies really fight off a cold?
[@BBCNews](https://flipboard.com/@BBCNews ) looks at the science: https://flip.it/s.0Mmp
What's your preferred home remedy for colds (even if it only provides a placebo effect)?
#Cold #Illness #Science #Placebo

2024-12-09 21:10:54

Can you photograph climate anxiety? Photographer Anastasia Samoylova thinks so.
From [@CNN](https://flipboard.com/@CNN ): "Samoylova, whose work is currently on display at both the Met Museum in New York and the Saatchi Gallery in London, has garnered critical acclaim for her subtle, anxiety-inducing images of Florida’s collapsing pastel-pink landscapes."
https://flip.it/KOb0HL
#ClimateChange #Climate #Photography #Florida

2024-12-04 15:03:31

Voyager 1 is back online 15 billion miles away in interstellar space. But the end could be near.
From [@CNN](https://flipboard.com/@CNN ): "NASA engineers have successfully restored contact with Voyager 1 and the spacecraft is operating normally after its dwindling power supply caused a weekslong blackout. ... it’s just one of many challenges the mission team has had to face in recent years as Voyager 1, and its twin probe, Voyager 2, continue to defy the odds and explore space more than 47 years after they lifted off."
https://flip.it/H8usQ-
For more space news, follow [@space-ScienceAlert](https://flipboard.com/@sciencealert/space-hs9ie9ioz )
#Voyager #Space #Science #NASA #Voyager1

2024-12-02 15:20:14

The sun is at its solar maximum — which means more auroras are likely in store.
From NBC News: "The sun cycles between periods of low and high activity over 11 years. The maximum can bring stunning light displays and offer NASA scientists unique research opportunities."
https://flip.it/sbdOco
#Sun #Space #Solar #Astronomy #NASA #Science

2024-11-30 22:47:55

Using a groundbreaking new technique, researchers have unveiled the first detailed image of a photon — a single particle of light — ever taken. Researchers in Birmingham have created the first image of a photon, a lemon-shaped particle of light emitted from the surface of a nanoparticle. [@LiveScience](https://flipboard.com/@LiveScience ) has more, including the theory that made the image possible.
https://flip.it/vaaUxz
#Science #Light #Discoveries

2024-11-28 00:32:09

The Federal Communications Commission cleared SpaceX to use its Starlink broadband satellites to provide T-Mobile customers with direct-to-phone service. The T-Mobile license is the first collaboration between a satellite operator and wireless carrier to be approved by the FCC to provide supplemental cell coverage from space, The Verge reports:
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/27/24307394/starlink-spacex-tmobile-direct-to-cell-satellite-fcc-approval
#Statlink #FCC #TMobile #Satellite

2024-11-16 22:11:51

Researchers have discovered air pollution could increase a child’s risk of developing autism spectrum disorder. The research, published in “Brain Medicine,” suggests ultra-small pollutants impact a young brain the most. [@sciencefocus](https://flipboard.com/@sciencefocus ) has more. https://flip.it/dXm9UM
#Science #Autism #ASD #Health #Pollution

2024-11-13 22:22:30

There are some things the Crew-8 astronauts aren’t ready to talk about.
@npub15wh…e9hw reports: "The astronauts who came home from the International Space Station last month experienced some drama on the high frontier, and some of it accompanied them back to Earth."
https://flip.it/VzddmD
#Space #Astronaut #ISS #Science

2024-10-28 15:06:42

Scientists say skeletal remains found in a castle well belong to figure from 800-year-old saga.
From CNN: "The 800-year-old Sverris saga, which follows the story of the real-life King Sverre Sigurdsson, includes the tossing of the body of a dead man — later known as 'Well-man' — down a well during a military raid in central Norway in 1197."
https://flip.it/2-.l5a
Here's the full study: https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(24)02301-0
#History #Archaeology #Norway #Norse #Science #Anthropology

2024-10-25 13:40:04

The planet’s largest lake is shrinking fast. Experts fear it may never recover.
From @npub1a6c…22ff: "The Caspian Sea's water levels have dropped over the past 20 years, especially in the north, shared by Russia and Kazakhstan. The decline threatens biodiversity, and severely impacts the Kazakh fishing, transport, tourism and even hydrocarbon sectors."
https://flip.it/dhj_RY
#Water #ClimateChange #CaspianSea #Climate #Environment

2024-10-24 20:07:43

Can cats associate human words with images? A study suggests they might.
From Earth.com: "The study builds upon earlier research that suggested cats could discern when humans called their names, and even recognize photos of familiar people."
https://flip.it/QEZOUD
Here's the full study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-74006-2
#Cats #Animals #Science #Pets

2024-10-22 20:45:49

We love the Curious Kids series from [@ConversationUS](https://flipboard.com/@ConversationUS )
This one is really fun (and informative): Could fungi actually cause a zombie apocalypse?
https://flip.it/OsZK7G
#Fungi #Science #Education #Kids #Zombie #Plants

2024-10-14 18:56:32

A simple experiment revealed the complex "thoughts" of fungi.
From @npub1dvm…weag: "Mycelium can plan and strategize based on their surroundings, even without brains."
https://flip.it/EEsjfg
#Fungi #Mycelium #Science

2024-10-04 23:39:23

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

2024-09-20 11:30:16

New evidence points to Wuhan market as source of COVID-19 outbreak.
From New Scientist: "A new study by an international team concludes it is more likely that the virus emerged from wild animals sold at the market and not from a lab escape. The researchers re-analysed data from 800 samples collected at the Huanan market by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention beginning on 1 January 2020, and also studied viral genomes from the earliest COVID-19 cases."
https://flip.it/gkExJQ
#COVID #COVID19 #Wuhan #China #Epidemiology #PublicHealth #Science

2024-09-17 16:55:24

Microplastics can get into brain tissue, study shows.
NBC News reports: "The tiny scraps of plastic were found in the olfactory bulb, the part of the brain responsible for processing smell."
https://flip.it/cg8iFp
Here's the original study: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2823787?guestAccessKey=c7ff20a1-e12a-48d5-88e9-8a57ae084c10&utm_source=for_the_media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=091624#google_vignette
#Microplastics #Plastic #Brain #Health #Pollution #environment #Science

2024-09-06 00:30:04

NASA is known for its cool tools, and the space agency has developed another: an autonomous underwater robot. A fleet of these robots will dive deep under Antarctica’s polar ice to help scientists better understand how rapidly the ice is melting due to climate change. Learn more about Project IceNode in this video from CNN: https://flip.it/YJQaRs
#Science #NASA #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Antarctica

2024-09-03 00:18:05

What does climate change do to your brain? A former neuroscientist turned environmental journalist lists five key insights from his new book, “The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains.” Fast Company has more: https://flip.it/ikPIfe
#Science #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Neurology #Brain

2024-08-26 10:55:09

This bird species was extinct in Europe. Now it’s back, and humans must help it migrate for winter.
AP reports on the distinctive northern bald ibis, which was hunted essentially to extinction by the 17th century,
https://flip.it/ixl2IN
#Birds #Animals #Extinction #Conservation #Science

2024-08-24 17:51:27

NASA decides astronauts stuck at International Space Station will have to wait until February for return to Earth. Read more from AP: https://flip.it/szNefo
#Science #NASA #ISS #Starliner #SpaceX #Boeing

2024-08-15 14:14:07

Meet the ManhattAnt, the ant that's taken New York's streets by storm.
NPR reports that the species, which first appeared in 2011, is now vying to become the most dominant ant in the city.
https://flip.it/PHwC6l
#Ants #Insects #Entomology #Bugs #NYC #NewYork #Manhattan #Science #InvasiveSpecies

2024-08-10 19:12:33

Our understanding of antibiotic resistance may be on the verge of changing. From Live Science: “Scientists have found a secret 'switch' that lets bacteria resist antibiotics — and it’s been evading lab tests for decades.” https://flip.it/viOsIs
#Science #Humans #Medicine #Health #Bacteria

2024-08-08 14:12:54

Could scientists turn Toxoplasma gondii from foe into friend?
@npub1gpe…88e5 reports that researchers are experimenting with using the parasite "to inject therapeutic proteins into brain cells."
https://flip.it/IP5W1b
#Science #Brain #Medicine #Health #Biology #Microbiology

2024-08-04 20:18:16

Astronomers and stargazers are eagerly awaiting the appearance of a "new" star, which will burst into view in the skies any night now. The T Coronae Borealis nova will soon appear above our heads for the first time in 78 years. Live Science has more: https://flip.it/ZkMJc8
#Science #Space #Stars #Borealis #Sky #Astronomy

2024-08-01 11:16:19

NASA and Boeing insist that two astronauts are not "stranded" in space. But Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams have definitely been at the International Space Station much longer than initially intended.
[@Vox](https://flipboard.com/@Vox ) has an explainer: https://flip.it/wiiZaL
#Space #NASA #Starliner #Boeing #Astronaut #ISS #Science

2024-07-08 18:30:26

A cancer treatment's success hinges on its capacity to damage cancer cells enough to kill them or stop them from growing. However, some cancer cells can change their molecular makeup to either mitigate or cancel out the therapy's effect. It’s no easy task. But scientists have developed a way to turn tumor cells against their neighbors, forcing the cancer to cooperate with treatment. Live Science explains: https://flip.it/ijB6_9
#Science #Health #Cancer #Disease #Human #Medicine

2024-06-26 19:11:45

Climate change is increasing stress on thousands of aging dams across the U.S.
@npub1gpe…88e5 reports: "There are more than 91,000 dams across the U.S., in all 50 states, with diverse designs and purposes. The average dam age is 57 years, and more than 8,000 dams are over 90 years old."
https://flip.it/8tG1Vd
#ClimateChange #Infrastructure #Dam #Climate #Environment

2024-06-24 11:15:14

The hidden story of trailblazing Black astronauts at NASA.
Scientific American reports: "When John F. Kennedy ran for president in 1960, civil rights leader Whitney Young persistently requested that a Black astronaut be included in the next round of selection."
https://flip.it/M1Sp9O
#Astronaut #NASA #History #BlackMastodon #CivilRights #Space

2024-06-21 16:40:32

We changed our profile header picture today to show the rising temperatures for New York City (home to one of our editors) from 1869 to 2023.
You can create your own graph for U.S. cities at https://www.climatecentral.org/graphic/2024-warming-stripes?graphicSet=City+Warming+Stripes+through+2023
For international locations, visit https://showyourstripes.info/
#ShowYourStripes #ShowYourStripesDay #ClimateChange #Climate #GlobalWarming #WarmingStripes

2024-06-18 18:40:51

A new study by researchers from Clemson University and Loyola University in the U.S. suggests that DNA "stolen" from Neanderthals could be linked to autism spectrum disorder, with specific polymorphism in this DNA passed down from Neanderthals being more common in people with autism compared with the general population, Science Alert reports:
https://www.sciencealert.com/autism-linked-with-dna-our-ancestors-inherited-from-neanderthals
#Autism #Dna #Neanderthal

2024-06-12 20:22:58

Who’s the father? For these baby animals, one doesn’t exist.
Vox reports: "More animals can occasionally reproduce asexually than scientists realized."
https://flip.it/u5.17K
#Animals #Life #Science #Biology

2024-06-12 14:50:09

A 4,000-year-old Greek hilltop site mystifies archaeologists. It could spell trouble for new airport plans.
AP reports on the find "from Crete’s Minoan civilization, famous for its sumptuous palaces, flamboyant art and enigmatic writing system. Resembling a huge car wheel from above, the ruins of the labyrinthine, 1,800-square-meter (19,000-square-foot) building came to light during a recent dig by archaeologists."
https://flip.it/ZS1f60
#Archaeology #Greece #Crete #Minoan #History #Science

2024-06-04 22:21:05

Archaeologists have fully mapped a series of ancient rock art in Venezuela and Colombia, including the world's largest monumental engraving, Live Science reports:
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2000-year-old-rock-art-including-nearly-140-foot-long-snake-may-mark-ancient-territories-in-colombia-venezuela
#Archaeology #Hieroglyphic #Colombia #Venezuela #Southamerica

2024-05-26 19:26:55

If the moon is the final frontier for humankind, we need to figure out what we’re going to eat up there. In the next two years, NASA plans to send astronauts back to the moon, which provides some insight into what our lunar lunches will look and taste like. “Food is something that keeps astronauts sane,” says Dr. Sonja Brungs of the European Space Agency. BBC Travel has more on what astronauts eat — and what the rest of us might one day consume there. https://flip.it/Xp352-
#Science #Food #NASA #Moon

2024-05-23 11:01:00

"Venezuela is the first country in modern history to lose all of its glaciers after climate scientists declared its remaining glacier little more than an ice field."
AccuWeather reports: https://flip.it/ABN0lt
#Glaciers #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Climate #Venezuela

2024-04-30 21:54:19

Lasers reveal prehistoric Irish monuments that may have been "pathways for the dead."
Live Science says archaeologists used lidar (light detection and ranging) to detect a cluster of rare Neolithic structures hidden in farmland.
https://flip.it/lhXmjV
And here's the original report from Antiquity Journal: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/exploring-the-baltinglass-cursus-complex-routes-for-the-dead/81B05D3592918A99143EAE71B083B436
#Archaeology #Ireland #Anthropology #Prehistoric #Science