Fighting loneliness by finding purpose ( artsci.wustl.edu )
Honey bees are very loyal to their flower patches ( www.earth.com )
Breakthrough in nutrition science: DNA barcoding reveals dietary secrets ( www.earth.com )
Aspartame: Once more unto the breach ( dynomight.net )
After the WHO communication regarding aspartame being potentially linked to cancer (edition.cnn.com/2023/06/30/health/…/index.html) I’ve been seeing a lot of knee jerk reactions from people thinking they need to avoid it. This blog post has a very good walkthrough of the issue, which is a good counter balance to read. IMO,...
A 25-Year-Old Bet about Consciousness Has Finally Been Settled ( www.scientificamerican.com )
Wine is Wine ;)
Instant Coffee Is Negatively Associated with Telomere Length: Finding from Observational and Mendelian Randomization Analyses of UK Biobank ( www.mdpi.com )
Spread of a rare desert fungus due to climate change ( www.vox.com )
(apologies: edited the title to be slightly less click-baity)
Prehistoric humans used ancient plant fiber technology to make tools 39,000 years ago ( www.earth.com )
Science Q&A
Hey folks! Here's a pinned post where you can ask science questions!...
Taking higher-than-recommended doses of vitamin D for five years reduced the risk of atrial fibrillation ( www.uef.fi )
Lab-grown meat techniques aren't new – cell cultures are common tools in science, but bringing them up to scale to meet society's demand for meat will require further development ( theconversation.com )
Australia to prescribe MDMA and psilocybin for PTSD and depression in world first ( www.nature.com )
Saturn’s rings steal the show in new image from Webb telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed Saturn for the first time, completing a family portrait of the Solar System’s ringed planets nearly a year after the mission’s first jaw-dropping image release.
Mark Rober vs Thea Ulrich's Glitter Bomb Puzzle ( vid.puffyan.us )
Thea Ulrich made a glitter bomb puzzle for former NASA engineer and glitter enthusiast Mark Rober to solve with hilarious results
Harvard Scientist Who Studies Dishonesty Accused of Fraud ( futurism.com )
A Harvard behavioral scientist, who has extensively studied honest behavior, has been accused of fabricating study results — and yes, the jokes write themselves.
Adding a natural molecule to toothpastes and mouthwash may help prevent plaque and cavities ( in.bgu.ac.il )
Static electricity attracts ticks to hosts, scientists find ( www.bristol.ac.uk )
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...
First misinformation susceptibility test finds 'very online' Gen Z and millennials are most vulnerable to fake news ( phys.org )
Researchers want the public to test themselves: https://yourmist.streamlit.app/. Selecting true or false against 20 headlines gives the user a set of scores and a "resilience" ranking that compares them to the wider U.S. population. It takes less than two minutes to complete.
Inside the Secretive World of Penile Enlargement ( www.propublica.org )
Do articles about medicine go in the Science community? Seemed like the best place for what I thought was a really well written article about this niche subject matter....
Cat noses and nasal structure function better than high-tech chemical analysis equipment ( www.earth.com )
The Misinformation Susceptibility Test (MIST): A psychometrically validated measure of news veracity discernment - Behavior Research Methods ( link.springer.com )
Monster gravitational waves spotted for first time ( www.nature.com )
