'Staggering': Measles deaths have nearly doubled globally, according to new CDC data. Here's why. ( www.usatoday.com )
Professor plagiarizes prostate cancer imaging review paper and blames ghost writer. ( retractionwatch.com )
One isn’t much better than the other lol
We now know how cats purr—why they purr is still up for debate ( arstechnica.com )
Zambia Unveils Colossal 37kg Cluster of Emeralds ( www.geologyin.com )
What’s going on with the reports of a room-temperature superconductor? ( arstechnica.com )
Best explainer I’ve seen so far on where LK-99 is at.
Scientists Create New Material Five Times Lighter and Four Times Stronger Than Steel ( scitechdaily.com )
“Researchers have developed a highly robust material with an extremely low density by constructing a structure using DNA and subsequently coating it in glass.”...
Boys experience depression differently than girls. Here’s why that matters ( www.sciencenews.org )
Cats have nearly 300 facial expressions, including a 'play face' they share with humans ( www.livescience.com )
Falling metal space junk is changing Earth's upper atmosphere in ways we don't fully understand ( www.livescience.com )
Table salt offers a safe, inexpensive and reusable pathway to recovering useful products from plastic waste ( phys.org )
Muhammad Rabnawaz, an associate professor in Michigan State University’s School of Packaging and recent inductee into the National Academy of Inventors, has always believed that the most brilliant solution is also the simplest....
Plant-Based Filter Removes Up to 99.9% of Microplastics from Water ( www.goodnewsnetwork.org )
Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Embryo Found Inside Fossilized Egg ( www.iflscience.com )
LK99
(or as I call it, lead-kopper99 😀)...
Family of Henrietta Lacks, whose HeLa cells uphold medicine, settles with biotech company ( apnews.com )
HeLa cells have changed the field of medicine and have led to multitudes of life saving innovations. Unfortunately, the donor, Henrietta Lacks, did not consent to the harvesting of the cell line, and until now, her and her family have not received compensation from companies that profited from products tested and designed with...
Red algae proteins grafted into tobacco double plant growth | Cornell Chronicle ( news.cornell.edu )
Tinnitus Linked to Hidden Undetected Auditory Nerve Damage – A Step Towards a Cure ( scitechdaily.com )
A groundbreaking study by Mass Eye and Ear associates tinnitus with undetected auditory nerve damage, challenging previous beliefs and opening new paths for treatment through auditory nerve regeneration.
Something Unexpectedly Cool Happens When You Use Banana Peel as an Ingredient ( www.sciencealert.com )
Don’t Get Your Next Covid Booster Quite Yet ( www.nytimes.com )
NYT gift article expires in 30 days....
Bizarre giant viruses with tubular tentacles and star-like shells discovered in New England forest ( www.livescience.com )
A Theory of Childbirth’s Evolution May Not Be What You’re Expecting ( www.nytimes.com )
NYT gift article (expires in 30 days)...
Gloomy climate calculation: Scientists predict a collapse of the Atlantic ocean current to happen mid-century ( www.sciencedaily.com )
Does anybody know if such a collapse would happen instantaneous or more gradual? With the massive amount of water in motion it feels like it would take a long time to stop, or are fluids behaving differently?
Computer Made From Human Brain Cells Can Perform Voice Recognition ( futurism.com )
Strongest Solar Flare of Solar Cycle 25 | NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center ( www.swpc.noaa.gov )
An X2.8 flare (R3) occurred from Region 3514; located over the far NW area of the Sun. This is likely one of the largest solar radio events ever recorded. Radio communication interference with aircraft were reported by multiple NWS Center Weather Service Units (CWSU) co-located at FAA facilities. These impacts were felt from one...
Why BMI is flawed — and how to redefine obesity ( www.nature.com )
The main diagnostic test for obesity — the body mass index — accounts for only height and weight, leaving out a slew of factors that influence body fat and health.
A leading theory of consciousness has been branded ‘pseudoscience’ ( theconversation.com )
Civil war has broken out in the field of consciousness research. More than 100 consciousness researchers have signed a letter accusing one of the most popular scientific theories of consciousness – the integrated information theory – of being pseudoscience....
