What Went Wrong with a Highly Publicized COVID Mask Analysis? ( www.scientificamerican.com )
[xkcd] Physics will make you rich! ( xkcd.com )
The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor ( arxiv.org )
And some commentary on the paper:...
Youtube science garbare regarding cern ( discuss.tchncs.de )
Does anyone know what is up with the giant pile of shit when you try to look up anything related to cern. Its like I’m looking up “area 51” or something.
Scientists Are Researching a Device That Can Induce Lucid Dreams on Demand ( www.vice.com )
Orcas Are Learning Terrifying New Behaviors ( www.scientificamerican.com )
Archive in case of paywall archive.ph/t2oBf
Chimpanzees Go Through Menopause, Too ( www.nytimes.com )
It is not obvious why selection should favor menopause or the continued survival of individuals that can no longer reproduce. The famous Grandmother Hypothesis had been used to explain the evolutionary significance of menopause. A new study conducted on the Ngogo chimpanzees community of wild chimpanzees in Uganda challenges...
Political independents found to be more negative than partisans: Study ( phys.org )
Should We All Be Eating Like The Rock? ( www.theatlantic.com )
Unconditional cash transfers reduce homelessness ( www.pnas.org )
An algorithm that shapes objects to cause them to roll down ramps following a desired path ( phys.org )
WHO asks China for more data on respiratory illnesses outbreak ( medicalxpress.com )
Gene-edited spider silk 6x stronger than bulletproof Kevlar ( interestingengineering.com )
Chinese Scientists have introduced an innovative, green alternative to nylon and Kevlar
Researchers have successfully transferred a gene to produce tobacco plants that lack pollen and viable seeds, while otherwise growing normally ( news.ncsu.edu )
No regrets: Gender-affirming chest surgery in adults has long-term satisfaction ( arstechnica.com )
People who underwent gender-affirming chest reconstruction surgeries as adults have virtually no regrets years later and overwhelmingly high levels of satisfaction with their decision to have the procedure, according to a study published Wednesday in JAMA Surgery. The results were so clear, in fact, that the study authors were...
Fungal evolution discovered: Mycena can now invade living hosts ( phys.org )
Curious Canine in Brazil Turns Out to Be a First-of-Its-Kind Hybrid ( www.sciencealert.com )
Scientists Discover Natural Molecule That Eradicates Plaques and Cavities ( scitechdaily.com )
Scientists have discovered that the molecule DIM reduces biofilms causing dental plaque by 90%. Its addition to toothpaste and mouthwash could revolutionize dental hygiene. 3,3′-Diindolylmethane (DIM) decreased the Streptococcus mutans biofilm, a leading contributor to plaque and cavities, by 90%....
Scientists reconstruct Pink Floyd song by listening to people’s brainwaves ( www.theguardian.com )
Pythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoras ( www.iflscience.com )
A Babylonian tablet from around 1770 BC uses principles of the Pythagorean theorem, suggesting ancient Babylonians discovered it centuries before the famous Greek mathematician Pythagoras for whom it’s named.
A disturbing number of TikTok videos about autism include claims that are “patently false,” study finds ( www.psypost.org )
A plane fueled by fat and sugar has crossed the Atlantic Ocean ( wapo.st )
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Got Garlic Breath? Scientists Find a Possible New Remedy ( www.sciencealert.com )
The Brouhaha Over Consciousness and “Pseudoscience” — John Horgan (The Science Writer) ( johnhorgan.org )
JWST Spots Giant Black Holes All Over the Early Universe | Quanta Magazine ( www.quantamagazine.org )
Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed a surprising number of young galaxies containing massive black holes at their centers, churning up the gas within only a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. Spectroscopic data indicates that these “hidden little monsters” harbor black holes weighing...
