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This Tuesday (09/12/23) - Topics sensationalized!:
Old footprints - Smashed asteroid behaving badly - Insects dookin' it out - Weevils, they live! - MS Drug Could Treat Alzheimer's - Moderate Daily Activity Can Protect Against Depression - Napping is good for you - New Cancer Therapy That Stops Tumor Growth - Concussion When Younger? Bad News - Third set of teeth - 'Inverse vaccine' to treat MS - Grapefruit Juice Can Kill You - Microplastics in Every Organ, Including Brain - Antibiotic Resistance Discovered in Ukraine - We Waste Up to 20 Percent of Our Time on Computer Problems - New Alzheimer's Genetic Markers Unearthed - Plants Really Do 'Scream' - Venom spider named after Marvel character - Naked Mole Rat Gene placed in Mice Made Them Live Longer - Three Out of Four Populations of Rare Butterflies Have Been Lost - Paleontologists Discover Bizarre New Species of Bird-Like Dinosaur - Save the World’s Most Coveted Chocolate - Greece, 3 Feet of Rain in 4 Days - Expanding Hotspots in US, Fans not enough to survive, and more - Glaciers Retreating at Unprecedented Rates, why? - Emissions free cooling? - Lithium Discovery In The U.S. World's Biggest? - Framing observational data within a Fantasy - Universe stuff - AI stuff - Math - Mars
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Larry's Comments, September 12th

stuff for Sep 5.pptx

113-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Tracks Have Been Revealed In Texas After A Drought - Wonderful EngineeringAdvertisement The scorching heatwaves that have been searing Texas have unexpectedly revealed a fascinating secret. Severe drought conditions in the s

8 mins - STN member Bill Krajec
GIANT SPIDER ENCOUNTERS a PRAYING MANTIS

This Approved MS Drug Could Treat Alzheimer's, Scientists SayAn oral medication approved to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) could also put the brakes on inflammation thought to play a role in the development of Alzheimer's disease, new research suggests.

Scientists Develop New Cancer Therapy That Stops Tumor Growth in Its TracksResearchers from Purdue University have developed a novel cancer treatment that deceives cancer cells into absorbing a snippet of RNA that naturally blocks cell division. A study recently published in Oncogene reveals that over a 21-day period, tumors subjected to this treatment remained unchanged i

Humans Have a Third Set of Teeth. New Medicine May Help Them Grow.They could be ready by 2030.

'Inverse vaccine' shows potential to treat multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseasesA new type of vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) has shown in the lab setting that it can completely reverse autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, and Crohn's disease—all without shutting down the rest of the immune system.

Microplastics Infiltrate Every Organ, Including Brain, Study in Mice ShowsScientists investigating the possible health effects of microplastics have uncovered some disturbing initial results in an experiment based on mice.

New Study: We Are Wasting Up to 20 Percent of Our Time on Computer ProblemsAlthough our computers have significantly improved over the past 15 years, they still malfunction 11 to 20 percent of the time, according to a recent study by the University of Copenhagen and Roskilde University. The researchers suggest that there's substantial room for enhancement in system designs

Plants Really Do 'Scream'. We Just Never Heard It Until Now.It seems like Roald Dahl may have been onto something after all: if you hurt a plant, it screams.

A Naked Mole Rat Gene Was Put Into Mice, And It Made Them Live LongerNaked mole rats are well known for living far longer lives than any rodent ought to have.

Three Out of Four Populations of Rare Butterflies Have Been LostIn a span of 26 years, Eastern Denmark has witnessed a 72% decline in the presence of rare butterflies. Numerous species are now on the brink of vanishing. Despite efforts to protect them, conservation measures haven't yielded positive results. This is the conclusion of a comprehensive study from th

3 Feet of Rain in 4 Days: Torrential Rains Unleash Widespread Flooding in Central GreeceA stalled storm dropped three feet of rain over four days on the Thessaly region, triggering extensive flooding. Following weeks of heat waves and fires, torrential rains unleashed widespread flooding in Central Greece in early September 2023. Over the course of the four-day storm that began on S

Why Are Tidewater Glaciers Retreating at Unprecedented Rates? Scientists Discover New ClueResearch from Oregon State University has discovered a potential reason for the rapid retreat of sea-terminating glaciers: the bursting of tiny, pressurized bubbles in underwater ice. The findings, recently published in the journal Nature Geoscience, indicate that glacier ice, filled with pockets

Bubble of galaxies spanning 1 billion light-years could be a fossil of the Big Bang"We were not looking for it. It is so huge that it spills to the edges of the sector of the sky that we were analyzing."

Lightning in a camera – from aboveESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen will film thunderstorms and lightning shooting up towards space as part of the climate science of the Huginn mission.

Stellar Evolution Rewritten – New Findings Upend Our Understanding of High-Mass Star FormationAstronomers have mapped 39 interstellar clouds where high-mass stars are expected to form. This extensive data indicates that our current understanding of low-mass star creation may need broadening to account for high-mass star formation. This suggests the formation of high-mass stars is fundamental

Solar Flares in a Lab? Caltech’s Miniature Marvels Unlock Cosmic SecretsCaltech researchers simulated solar flares, discovering that their structures resemble intertwined ropes. When these 'ropes' overload, they break and emit energy bursts, shedding light on the behavior of real solar flares. Simulating solar flares on a scale the size of a banana, researchers at the

It's Going to Take More Than Early Dark Energy to Resolve the Hubble TensionAstronomers have measured the Universe's expansion rate and found that various methods don't agree, and their error bars don't overlap. This is called the "Hubble Tension" or the "Crisis in Cosmology." Either the measurements are wrong, or new physics is waiting to be discovered. Cosmologists have proposed a period of rapid expansion early on in the Universe called "Early Dark Energy." Still, a recent paper suggests one rapid expansion event wouldn't explain other observations about the Universe. It's probably a combination of factors.

ChatGPT’s Strong Left-Wing Political Bias Unmasked by New StudyA research study identifies a significant left-wing bias in the AI platform ChatGPT, leaning towards US Democrats, the UK's Labour Party, and Brazil's President Lula da Silva. The artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT shows a significant and systemic left-wing bias, according to a new study by

ChatGPT vs. Humans: Even Linguistic Experts Can’t Tell Who Wrote WhatExperts in linguistics struggle to differentiate between AI-produced and human-authored texts. According to a recent study co-authored by an assistant professor from the University of South Florida, even linguistics experts struggle to discern between writings produced by artificial intelligence an

Opposites Don't Attract: Why Couples Are So AlikeA new study shows that members of a couple are alike on up to 89% of the traits scientists studied.

STN member Hameed Faridani

Crete Footprints Estimated to Be 6 Million Years OldResearchers who had discovered hominid footprints on the Greek island of Crete now say they were made 6.05 million years ago.

STN member Bill Warren

Something Weird Is Going on With the Asteroid NASA SmashedDarting Around Nearly a year ago, NASA successfully smashed an asteroid for the first time — but now, the asteroid in question is behaving strangely. As the New Scientist reports, a schoolteacher and his pupils have discovered that Dimorphos, the space rock jammed by the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) last September, has apparently continued slowing […]

Scientists Discover New Species of Weevils in Japan’s Pristine Subtropical ForestsThe weevil possesses distinctive characteristics and is sensitive to human disturbance. A new weevil species has been found in the pristine subtropical forests of Ishigaki Island and Yanbaru National Park in Okinawa, Japan. The Ryukyu Islands, a chain of subtropical islands stretching between ma

Just 20 Minutes a Day: New Research Reveals That Even Moderate Daily Activity Can Protect Against DepressionRecent findings from the University of Limerick, Ireland, indicate that even moderate daily physical activity can reduce the risk of depression. Researchers from the University of Limerick and Trinity College Dublin, specializing in physical activity and mental health, have found that a physical

If You Had a Concussion When You Were Younger, Scientists Have Bad NewsNew research that studied thousands of twins who suffered a concussion early in life has grim implications on cognitive decline.

Grapefruit Juice Can Kill You, Evidence ShowsHumans are soft squishy bags of blood that are fairly resilient in many ways, but there are a lot of hazards out there that can cause serious problems, if we're not careful.

“Very Worrisome” – Alarming Antibiotic Resistance Discovered in UkraineA team from Lund University in Sweden collaborated with Ukrainian microbiologists to study bacterial resistance in patients wounded in the war and treated in hospitals. Recent findings published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases show that numerous patients had bacteria with remarkably high antibi

New Alzheimer's Genetic Markers Unearthed - Neuroscience NewsResearchers unearthed fresh gene variations related to Alzheimer’s disease risk, potentially paving the way for predictive blood tests.

Bridging the Evolutionary Gap: Paleontologists Discover Bizarre New Species of Bird-Like DinosaurA new 150-million-year-old avialan theropod, Fujianvenator prodigiosus, has been discovered in China, offering fresh insights into early bird evolution and the Late Jurassic terrestrial ecosystem. Birds descended from theropod dinosaurs by the Late Jurassic, but our understanding of the earliest

The Venom spider: New genus named after Marvel characterTom Hardy and his Marvel character Venom have given their names to a newly-discovered Australian spider. The genus Venomius and its only current species Venomius tomhardyi were described following an expedition to Tasmania.

The Quest to Save the World’s Most Coveted ChocolateFor these ambitious scientists in the rainforests of Ecuador, helping the environment has never tasted so sweet

America Could Be in for a Rough FallThe weather is about to get even weirder.

Expanding Hotspots in US Are 'Too Hot For Safe Fan Use', Scientists WarnSome parts of the United States are hitting temperatures "too hot for safe fan use" twice as often as they did decades ago, new research shows.

This New Lithium Discovery In The U.S. Could Be The Biggest One Ever - Wonderful EngineeringAdvertisement A game-changing discovery in the United States could reshape the global lithium landscape and address the surging demand for this critic

Framing observational data within a FantasyBad data interpretation; the 'Epicycle trap' that is still with us today.

A 'Wild' and Mysterious Discovery Just Upended Our Idea of Black HolesBlack holes have been caught "burping" up star remains in a discovery that raises more questions about these objects.

Camera ‘hack’ lets Solar Orbiter peer deeper into Sun’s atmosphere Scientists have used Solar Orbiter’s EUI camera in a new mode of operation to record part of the Sun’s atmosphere at extreme ultraviolet wavelengths that has been almost impossible to image until now. This new mode of operation was made possible with a last-minute ‘hack’ to the camera and will almost certainly influence new solar instruments for future missions. 

The Future of Medical Imaging: Advanced AI Can Tell Your True Age by Looking at Your ChestAn AI-powered model utilizes chest X-rays to help develop biomarkers for aging. What if determining "your age" was based on your chest rather than your face? Scientists from Osaka Metropolitan University have crafted an advanced AI model that uses chest X-rays to precisely gauge a patient's actual

Scientists Discover 'Pure Math' Is Written Into Evolutionary GeneticsMathematicians delight in the beauty of math that so many of us don't see.

Bernie Reim's astronomical update for July

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