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This Tuesday (04/23/24) - Topics sensationalized!:
Programmer nightmares - Bernie Reim's May Astro update - Earth magnetic field getting damaged by Elon? - The Mexico Maya Train - SMA state of the Water - Ketamine, not good for young bladders - Fasting Results in Changes to Human Brain - Telomeres, How Diet Affects Aging - Link Between Sleep And Type 2 Diabetes - Medicines not Effective for IBS, diet is - Preventing atherosclerosis in progeria syndrome - Cosmetics Links to Increased Risk of Cancer - AI Method Identifies New Parkinson’s Treatments 10x Faster - Fractal Molecule Discovered Inside Bacteria - China’s diesel engine, 53.09% thermal efficiency - Stonehenge and the Moon - Some Plant Based Steaks and Cold Cuts lack Protein - Unsolved archaeological mysteries - Barbie Doll conservation - Poetry camera - Can You Eat Cicadas? - 49 Feet Long Ancient Giant Snake Discovered in India - 82-Feet-Long Ancient “Giant Fish Lizard” - AI sees a fly's wing - Certain Female Whales Can Live up to 40 Years Longer - Talking to Whales - Insects Have Consciousness - Universe, Aliens everywhere - NASA greenlights plan sending drone to Titan and sees Jupiter's storms - Probe captures views of Io's volcanoes - AI Now Surpasses Humans In Almost All Performance Benchmarks - Doomed comet near Sun during eclipse - The Universe is just so mind blowingly big - Voyager 1, I'm not dead yet - NASA veteran’s propellantless propulsion drive defies laws of physics? - Which Planet Has the Best Eclipse? - Life on Venus? - Deadly forest 'Ghost roads' - Volcano update - Collection: Climate change.
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STN member Laurenn Rowland

The Maya Train Will Get You to All of Yucatán’s Best Spots. But Not Yet.In December, the train began running on its first route through Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. On a five-day journey a few months later, the author encountered enthusiasm, and scheduling hiccups.

Ketamine Is Destroying Young People's BladdersAbuse of ketamine has been implicated in young people experiencing bladder issues that are commonly associated with older people.

The Telomere Paradox: Researchers Discover a Twist in How Diet Affects AgingPenn State researchers may have uncovered another layer of complexity in the mystery of how diet impacts aging. A recent study conducted by the College of Health and Human Development at Penn State explored the effects of caloric restriction on telomeres—segments of genetic bases that act as protect

Spanish scientists identify the key cell type for strategies to prevent atherosclerosis in progeria syndromeHutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is an extremely rare genetic disease that affects just 1 in every 20 million people; it is estimated that fewer than 400 children in the world have the disease. HGPS is characterized by accelerated aging, severe atherosclerosis, and premature death at an average age of about 15 years.

Groundbreaking AI Method Identifies New Parkinson’s Treatments 10x FasterResearchers have leveraged artificial intelligence methods to significantly speed up the discovery of treatments for Parkinson’s disease. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, designed and used an AI-based strategy to identify compounds that block the clumping, or aggregation, of alp

China unveils world’s 1st diesel engine with 53.09% thermal efficiency - Interesting EngineeringChinese firm Weichai Power unveils an advanced diesel engine that achieves a remarkable 53.09 percent intrinsic thermal efficiency.

New Research Reveals That Some Plant-Based Steaks and Cold Cuts Are Lacking in ProteinPlant-based meats have impressively mimicked a range of animal products, from beef to seafood. However, the question remains: how do they stack up nutritionally? According to a recent study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry published by ACS, while some plant-based alternatives like "

49 Feet Long – Ancient Giant Snake Discovered in IndiaNew research published in Scientific Reports suggests that a recently identified ancient snake species, named Vasuki Indicus, may have been among the largest snakes ever. This species, which existed approximately 47 million years ago in Gujarat, India, reached lengths of 11 to 15 meters (36 - 49 fee

Scientists Discover 82-Feet-Long Ancient “Giant Fish Lizard” in the UKThe fossilised remains of a second gigantic jawbone measuring more than two metres long has been found on a beach in Somerset, UK. Experts have identified the bones as belonging to the jaws of a new species of enormous ichthyosaur, a type of prehistoric marine reptile. Estimates suggest the ocean

Certain Female Whales Can Live up to 40 Years Longer – Scientists Have Finally Discovered the SecretNew research indicates that females in certain whale species have evolved to have significantly longer lifespans in order to care for their families. The study focussed on five whale species that – along with humans – are the only mammals known to go through menopause. The findings show that fema

NASA's Juno probe captures amazing views of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io (video)"Io is simply littered with volcanoes, and we caught a few of them in action."

There Was a Doomed Comet Near the Sun During the EclipseA surprise appearance of a new comet made the April 8th total solar eclipse all the more memorable.

NASA's Voyager 1 resumes sending engineering updates to EarthFor the first time since November, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is returning usable data about the health and status of its onboard engineering systems. The next step is to enable the spacecraft to begin returning science data again. The probe and its twin, Voyager 2, are the only spacecraft to ever fly in interstellar space (the space between stars).

A new U.S. tool maps where heat will be dangerous for your healthThe daily updated HeatRisk map uses color coding to show where the health threat from heat is highest and offers tips on how to stay safe.

AI weather forecasts can capture destructive path of major storms, new study showsArtificial intelligence (AI) can quickly and accurately predict the path and intensity of major storms, a new study demonstrates.

Antarctica’s Ice on Edge: 2024’s Near Record Low PredictionsIn 2023, amid rising global concerns about the warmest year on record and record-high ocean temperatures, attention turned to the Antarctic sea ice. Following a record low in February 2023, the expansion of Antarctic sea ice was unusually slow, reaching an anomaly of -2.809 million square kilometers

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STN member Kirsten Dehner

Plasma Physicist Warns That Elon Musk's Disposable Satellites May Be Damaging the Earth's Magnetic FieldThousands of new satellites, like Elon Musk's Starlink constellation, could have harmful effects on our planet's magnetic field.

STN member Kirsten Kahsitene

Red Agua Vida SMA | FacebookAgua Vida es una red de organizaciones de la sociedad civil que trabajan en San Miguel de Allende para preservar y restaurar nuestros recursos hídricos y para asegurar el derecho al agua limpia para...

Fasting-Style Diet Seems to Result in Dynamic Changes to Human BrainScientists looking to tackle our ongoing obesity crisis have made an important discovery: Intermittent calorie restriction leads to significant changes both in the gut and the brain, which may open up new options for maintaining a healthy weight.

Scientists Identify a Link Between Sleep And Type 2 Diabetes RiskNot getting enough sleep is a common affliction in the modern age.

Medicines Aren’t Very Effective for IBS: Scientists Found What Works BetterDietary treatment is more effective than medications in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). These are the findings of a study conducted at the University of Gothenburg. With dietary adjustments, more than seven out of ten patients had significantly reduced symptoms. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a

Found in Plastic, Cosmetics, and More: New Study Links Everyday Chemicals to Increased Risk of CancerA study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives involving the University of Granada (UGR), IDIBELL, the Catalan Institute of Oncology, and the Biohealth Research Institute in Granada (ibs.GRANADA) has found a connection between environmental pollutants and endometrial cancer. This

Experiment Prepares to Test a Possible Second Purpose For StonehengeWhen it comes to its connection to the sky, Stonehenge is best known for its solar alignments.

Conserving Barbie from degradationAlthough she is a cultural icon, conserving Barbie has its challenges: as with most plastic toys and dolls, she was not made to last. Rachel Brazil investigates how conservation scientists are approaching this sticky problem

World’s 1st ‘Poetry Camera’ uses AI to turn photos into poemsThe open source project is powered by a Raspberry Pi single-board computer and leverages Open AI's GPT-4 model.

Can You Eat Cicadas?Here’s how to catch, clean, and cook cicadas.

Insects and Other Animals Have Consciousness, Experts Declare | Quanta MagazineA group of prominent biologists and philosophers announced a new consensus: There’s “a realistic possibility” that insects, octopuses, crustaceans, fish and other overlooked animals experience consciousness.

AI Now Surpasses Humans In Almost All Performance BenchmarksThe intriguing picture of AI’s rapid growth is presented by Stanford’s AI Index Report. In areas like picture recognition, language compre

NASA has greenlit plans to send a giant drone to Saturn’s largest moonThe launch is set for July 2028, targeting to arrive at Titan by 2034.

NASA’s Juno Unlocks Secrets of Io’s Volcanic Fury and Jupiter’s StormsImagery from the solar-powered spacecraft provides close-ups of intriguing features on the hellish Jovian moon. Scientists on NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter have transformed data collected during two recent flybys of Io into animations that highlight two of the Jovian moon’s most dramatic feature

Physicists Think The Infinite Size of The Multiverse Could Be Infinitely BiggerNot only does God play dice, that great big casino of quantum physics could have far more rooms than we ever imagined.

NASA expert's propellantless propulsion drive defies PhysicsNASA expert Dr. Charles Buhler believes his company has discovered a never-before-seen force. It can revolutionize space travel.

Look to deadly Venus to find life in the universe, new paper arguesDespite surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead, lava-spewing volcanoes, and puffy clouds of sulfuric acid, uninhabitable Venus offers vital lessons about the potential for life on other planets, a new paper argues.

'Ghost Roads' That Aren't Supposed to Exist Are Killing The World's ForestsA massive effort to 'hand-map' undocumented roads has revealed the staggering extent of illegal or informal thoroughfares cut through forests of Indonesia, Malaysia, and New Guinea.

Record-breaking heat and humidity predicted for tropics this summerA new statistical analysis of the interaction between El Niño and rising global temperatures due to climate change concludes that the approaching summer in the tropics has nearly a 7 in 10 chance of breaking records for temperature and humidity.

Anthropic CEO Says That By Next Year, AI Models Could Be Able To “Replicate And Survive In The Wild” Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, predicts that artificial intelligence (AI) systems may become autonomous and even capable of self-replication shortly.

38 trillion dollars in damages each year: World economy already committed to income reduction of 19 % due to climate changeEven if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting today, the world economy is already committed to an income reduction of 19% until 2050 due to climate change, a new study finds. These damages are six times larger than the mitigation costs needed to limit global warming to two degrees. Based on empirical data from more than 1,600 regions worldwide over the past 40 years, scientists assessed future impacts of changing climatic conditions on economic growth and their persistence.

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