Man gets rare 'shiitake dermatitis' from undercooked mushrooms ( www.livescience.com )
Forgotten Antibiotic From Decades Past May Be a Superbug Killer ( www.sciencealert.com )
One of my favourite Carl Sagan videos ( www.youtube.com )
If science could ever have been said to have a prophet… Carl Sagan was that man. All his words of warning and wisdom now seem even more disregarded than when he was with us. In a way I am sort of glad he dind’t have to witness these last 27 years to see how badly most everyone missed, or dismissed his entire lifes message.
Are we as intelligent as we think? ( www.sciencedirect.com )
Interestingly, almost 80 % of participants rated their intelligence as above average, with males reporting significantly higher self-estimated intelligence scores than females. However, we found no significant relationship between self-estimated intelligence and ICAR-16 scores. These results suggest that there may be a...
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A clever rooftop panel could make hydrogen fuel cheap—and commonplace ( www.anthropocenemagazine.org )
The scientists who have turned humid air into renewable power ( www.theguardian.com )
Fighting loneliness by finding purpose ( artsci.wustl.edu )
Virtual Particles: What are they? ( profmattstrassler.com )
I'm a layperson when it comes to physics, and I've always been a bit confused about what virtual particles actually are, especially since the terminology is often downright misleading – "virtual particles in and out of existence", other particles "exchanging virtual particles" etc. This blog post by theoretical physicist Matt...
Monster gravitational waves spotted for first time ( www.nature.com )
To Stay Sharp as You Age, Learn New Skills ( www.scientificamerican.com )
Humans Are Predators of at Least One Third of All Vertebrate Species ( www.scientificamerican.com )
Bigger bottles keep champagne bubbly for decades - American Chemical Society ( www.acs.org )
Reports of Negative Interactions with Healthcare Providers among Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender-Expansive People assigned Female at Birth in the United States: Results from an Online Survey ( www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov )
Reexamining "Fair Use" in the Age of AI ( hai.stanford.edu )
New study suggests that prey availability influences the effect of boldness on reproductive success ( link.springer.com )
Boldness is an important trait in wild populations, and among-individual differences can link to individual fitness. The strength and direction of relationships between behavioral and life-history traits may however vary according to environmental conditions, where fluctuating selection acting on behavioral traits contributes to...
The hidden history of DNA - with Gareth Williams at The Royal Institution ( www.youtube.com )
From 2003-8, Gareth Williams was Dean of Medicine at the University of Bristol, where he still teaches on the Medical Humanities and Medical courses.
Hunter-gatherer lifestyle fosters thriving gut microbiome ( www.nature.com )
Study reveals how immune system of astronauts breaks down ( www.abc.net.au )
Octopus-inspired patch used to deliver medication to tissue ( www.science.org )
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/698268...
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Kurzgesagt – A New Way to Understand Cancer ( www.youtube.com )
Onshore algae farms could feed the world sustainably ( news.cornell.edu )
I'd be down for some algae burgers if it helps the planet 🌿🍔
[Archeology] The sword is so well preserved "that it almost still shines," German experts rave about the spectacular piece. ( beehaw.org )
Archaeologists in Bavaria made a rare find last week: during excavations in the Swabian town of Nördlingen, experts discovered a bronze sword that is more than 3,000 years old, the State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments announced Wednesday. This is so well preserved, "that it almost still shines"....
Evidence of 1-Billion-Year-Old 'Lost World' of Microbes Discovered Beneath Australian Outback ( www.scientificamerican.com )
What field do you work in?
I've been curious how many working researchers we've got in this community, and what you all do!...