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La Brea Tar Pits - Sea Sponges and Global Warming - Fusion control with AI - Caffeine, bad news? - UH fish'n Chip shops selling endangered fish - Sex and Magic Mushrooms - Phages and Antibiotics - Microbiome fights Flu & COVID - He/She doesn't look better while drinking - We see color, dogs don't. Why? - Dangers of Pet Poop - Dangers of 'Green' cleaning products - Tidal Kite - Water cremation - Startling Starling Murmurations - 10,000/yo Man made megastructure under Baltic Sea - Unusual skin fossil - Using The Apple Vision Pro in unusual ways - Clouds disappear quickly during a solar eclipse - Screaming Black Holes - NASA's Mission to Europa - Stunning IO Volcano images - Probes to the stars - Asteroid fragments, Fragment of a Lost Ocean World - Big Sunspot - Slowing down light - Stunning Iceland Volcano image - Plastic trash into chemistry - Better solar panels - Dropping seagoing carbon print - Producing Green Hydrogen Cheaply - Faster Hurricanes, Category 6 - Less frequent blizzards - Atlantic circular collapse
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UK fish and chip shops are selling endangered sharks, DNA tests provePeople buying generic fish such as rock could in fact be eating a range of shark species

Debunking the Myth: Alcohol, Attraction, and the Illusive Beer Goggles EffectNew research explored the theory that alcohol consumption may increase perceptions of attractiveness in others, potentially due to the effect of alcohol making faces appear more symmetrical. If you believed that blurry eyes were to blame for the “beer goggles” phenomenon, think again. Scientists

Pet Poop Can Be Much More Dangerous Than You Might RealizeHave you ever been out on a walk and as you take that next step, you feel the slippery squish of poop under your foot? It's not just gross.

This Huge 1.2-MW Tidal Kite Is Now Exporting Power To The Grid - Wonderful EngineeringMinesto’s fully operational Dragon 12 has emerged as a groundbreaking innovation in the renewable energy landscape, harnessing the power of tida

Flights of fancy: starling murmurations – in picturesThe Danish photographer Soren Solkær’s new work, Starling, expands his scope to trace the birds along their migration routes to the Netherlands and Italy

Earliest Known Skin Fossil Shocks Paleontologists – “Unlike Anything We Would Have Expected”A groundbreaking discovery reveals the oldest fossilized reptile skin, showing significant evolutionary features and offering a unique perspective on early terrestrial animal life. Preserved in an Oklahoma cave system, this finding sheds light on the development of skin adaptations in vertebrates.

This Man Wore An Apple Vision Pro Throughout His 5-Hour Flight - And Here Is What Happened - Wonderful EngineeringTech aficionados have mixed feelings about Apple’s Vision Pro headset since it was released, but one person’s experience using it on a pla

Why NASA's Mission to Europa this Year is so Important2024 marks an important year in NASA's search for extraterrestrial life.

This Mission Is Aiming To Become The First One To Reach A Habitable Alien Planet - Wonderful EngineeringThough NASA, SpaceX, and other space agencies are focused on Mars, a team of forward-thinking scientists are aiming much higher: an inhabited planet o

First Look at Asteroid Hints It's a Fragment of a Lost Ocean WorldNASA scientists are just getting started in their analysis of fragments brought back from the Bennu asteroid, and the early indications are that the material it contains originated from an ancient ocean world.

Lava bleeds from Iceland volcano into the frozen landscape in incredible satellite imageA volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupted for the third time in three months, sending lava 2.8 miles west from the huge fissure in Earth's surface.

These New Decarbonization Containers Can Turn 78% Of Marine Emissions Into Limestone - Wonderful EngineeringA pioneering project led by London startup Seabound, in collaboration with global shipping company Lomar, has successfully demonstrated the feasibilit

Hurricanes Are Too Fast for Category 5Climate change could double the risk of hurricanes with wind speeds greater than 192 miles an hour in the Gulf of Mexico.

'We are approaching the tipping point': Marker for the collapse of key Atlantic current discoveredA vital Atlantic current that includes the Gulf Stream and keeps our climate in check may be giving off a warning sign of collapse.

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Six Spongy Sea Creatures Suggest Warming Might Be Worse Than ThoughtResearch on a long-lived but rarely seen species in the Caribbean is helping scientists piece together a revised history of climate change.

Caffeine in Your Blood Might Affect Body Fat And Diabetes Risk, Study FindsThe levels of caffeine in your blood could affect the amount of body fat you carry, a factor that in turn could determine your risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

People Who Take Magic Mushrooms Have Better Sex, Scientists FindA new study suggests that the sex lives of psilocybin-eaters may improve even after the magic mushrooms have worn off.

The Invisible Defense: Gut Bacteria’s Surprising Role in Combating Flu and COVID-19Researchers at the Center for Translational Antiviral Research within the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University have discovered that the makeup of gut microbiota affects mice's vulnerability to respiratory virus infections and the severity of these infections. The findings

Why Can Humans See Colors Dogs Can’t? New Research Explains WhyResearchers have cultivated human retinas in a laboratory setting, unveiling the process by which a derivative of vitamin A produces the unique cells responsible for humans' capacity to perceive a vast spectrum of colors. This visual capability is absent in dogs, cats, and various other mammals.

Eco-Friendly or Health Hazard? Scientists Uncover Hidden Dangers of “Green” Cleaning ProductsNew research indicates that many cleaning products marketed as "green" release the same amount of hazardous chemicals as conventional cleaning products. Researchers say there needs to be better regulation and more guidance for consumers about how safe cleaning products really are. Potentially ha

Water cremation gains traction for eco-friendly burials in Canada, USAn alternative human burial method, known as alkaline hydrolysis or ‘water cremation,’ has started to gain traction in recent years, in the US.

Mysterious Ancient Megastructure Discovered Lurking Beneath The Baltic SeaBeneath the cold, dark waves of the Baltic Sea, a hidden piece of history lurks.

People Are Using The Apple Vision Pro In Some Very Dangerous Ways - Wonderful EngineeringApple’s highly anticipated Vision Pro headset made its debut in stores recently, prompting early adopters to don the device in various public se

Clouds disappear quickly during a solar eclipse, shows studyCumulus clouds over land start to disappear almost instantly during a partial solar eclipse. Until recently, satellite measurements during the eclipse resulted in dark spots in the cloud map, but researchers from TU Delft and KNMI were able to recover the satellite measurements by using a new method.

NASA Just Dropped Stunning Close-Up Pics of Volcanic Eruptions on Jupiter's Moon IoNASA's Juno spacecraft snapped detailed images of the most volcanically active world in our Solar System on Saturday.

Lightsail swarm mission could be first to reach a habitable alien worldIn an interview with IE, Space Initiatives Inc. chief scientist Marshall Eubanks explained how a laser-sail swarm could search for alien technology.

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Colossal 'Martian sunspot' is so big it was seen from Mars. Now it's facing Earth.A group of sunspots measuring more than 15 times the diameter of Earth was imaged by NASA's Perseverance Rover last week; now, the spots are pointed toward Earth, with strong flares possible.

Scientists Slowed Down Light by 10,000 Times in an ExperimentScientists have previously established that light can be slowed down in certain scenarios, and a new study demonstrates a method for achieving it that promises to be one of the most useful approaches yet.

Groundbreaking New Method Transforms Plastic Trash Into Chemistry TreasureScientists use everyday plastics to initiate innovative chain reactions, developing a method to recycle plastic waste and improve both safety and efficiency in the process. Single-use plastics are a major environmental concern, but now, rather than being disposed of as garbage, used plastic bags

Italian Scientists Develop New System for Producing Green Hydrogen Cheaply and EfficientlyA collaborative research effort between IIT and its spin-off BeDimensional has discovered a method utilizing ruthenium particles in conjunction with a solar-powered electrolysis system. What does it take to produce green hydrogen more efficiently and cheaply? Apparently, small ruthenium particles a

Frequency of US blizzards may decline in coming decades, says studyVehicles in ditches and medians. Nights without power and heat. Injuries suffered. Lives lost. For those in the Midwest, where the frying pan of summer gives way to the snow globe of winter, the scenes of a blizzard are familiar for their frequency. Of the nearly 13,000 U.S. blizzards documented between 1996 and 2020, more than 10,000 struck the northern Plains and Upper Midwest.

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