F.D.A. Approves First U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill ( www.nytimes.com )
cross-posted from: mander.xyz/post/1133527...
Harvard astronomer's "alien spherules" are industrial pollutants ( bigthink.com )
Finding alien technology on the seafloor would be truly incredible. This extraordinary claim, however, is debunked by the actual evidence.
'We could eradicate malaria by 2040’ says expert after revolutionary vaccine is approved by WHO ( theconversation.com )
People have been trying to make malaria vaccines for over 100 years. Well over 100 vaccines have gone into clinical trials in people. Very, very few have worked to any degree....
Boiling water with Ice ( diode.zone )
This is a jar full of only water (liquid and vapor). It boils at any temperature when you apply something cold enough to the top, like ice....
Long COVID: answers emerge on how many people get better ( www.nature.com )
Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines ( www.bbc.com )
A popular nasal decongestant doesn't actually relieve congestion, FDA advisers say ( www.npr.org )
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Tuesday against the effectiveness of the key drug found in popular versions of Sudafed, Dayquil and other medications stocked on store shelves....
Shattering the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers ( phys.org )
'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 )
Eli Lilly drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s progression ( www.ft.com )
A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished ( nautil.us )
Like many of you, birds are very special to me. I connect with them like I don’t any other living creature, save my wife and kids. I photograph them. I’ve covered my body in nothing but bird tattoos....
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 )
