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ScienceDesk, 12 days ago to history

Ancient Egyptian skulls show oldest attempt at cancer surgery.

NBC News reports: "The ancient Egyptians were known for their medical know-how. Texts describe how they would treat a range of illness and injuries, in some cases by building prosthetic limbs and inserting false teeth."

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Here's the original study: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1371645/full

#History #Anthropology #Egypt #AncientEgypt #Brain #Medicine

ScienceDesk, 12 days ago to Health

Introducing peanut butter during infancy can help protect against a peanut allergy later on, new study finds.

CNN reports: https://flip.it/jI.kpa

The research appeared in the journal NEJM Evidence: https://evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/EVIDoa2300311

#Allergies #Peanuts #Health #PeanutAllergy #Kids #Children

ScienceDesk, 13 days ago to Alaska

Why are some rivers in Alaska turning orange?

CNN reports on a new study about thawing permafrost in the journal Communications: Earth & Environment.

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Here's the original study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01446-z

#Alaska #Permafrost #River #ClimateChange #Climate #Science

ScienceDesk, 13 days ago to AncientHistory

Pompeii gladiator drawings suggest children saw "extreme form" of violence.

CNN reports on the latest discovery in the residential sector of the archaeological park in Italy: https://flip.it/-Xv-7b

For similar stories, follow @archeology

#Pompeii #Archeology #History

ScienceDesk, 13 days ago (edited 13 days ago) to space

"The world's first wooden satellite has been built by Japanese researchers who said their tiny cuboid craft is scheduled to be carried into space on a SpaceX rocket in September."

CBS News reports: "The creators expect the wooden material will burn up completely when the device re-enters the atmosphere -- potentially providing a way to avoid the creation of metal particles when a retired satellite returns to Earth."

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#Space #SpaceX #Satellite #Japan

ScienceDesk, 13 days ago to nature

Butterflies, bees, bugs and more: The summer of insect-counting gets underway in Germany.

AP reports on the country's "'insect summer,' now in its seventh year, organized by the country’s Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union, or NABU."

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#Bees #Bugs #Insects #Entomology #Nature #Science

ScienceDesk, 14 days ago to climate

Rotten bananas in a scorching India expose climate change's food cost.

@BloombergGreen reports: "India wastes more food than almost any other country partly because of spotty refrigeration. Climate change is making the problem worse."

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For similar stories, follow @climate

#ClimateChange #India #FoodWaste #Climate #Agriculture

ScienceDesk, 14 days ago to food

Malnutrition’s effects on the body don’t end when food arrives.

Science News reports: "Inflammation and gut problems can torment survivors. New treatments may repair some damage."

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#Malnutrition #Nutrition #Famine #Health

ScienceDesk, 15 days ago to Aviation

After the Singapore Airlines incident that killed one and injured dozens, many are wondering if turbulence is getting worse.

@Mashable looks at the science: https://flip.it/vMvxVO

For more stories from Mashable, follow @climate

#SingaporeAirlines #Turbulence #Aviation #ClimateChange #Climate #Science

ScienceDesk, 15 days ago to nature

It's firefly season at Congaree National Park in South Carolina, and a lucky few won the park lottery this year — an opportunity to see thousands of fireflies, blinking in synchrony, for a few short weeks this spring.

NPR reports: "According to the National Park Service, there are just three types of fireflies in North America that are synchronous, meaning they coordinate their belly lanterns to flash at exactly the same time."

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#Firefly #Insects #Entomology #Park #Nature #Science

ScienceDesk, 15 days ago to space

Boeing’s 1st astronaut flight now set for June after a review of small leak on new capsule.

AP reports: "Officials for the company and NASA said Friday that intensive reviews indicate the Starliner capsule can safely fly two test pilots to the International Space Station, despite a propulsion system leak."

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#Boeing #NASA #Space #Starliner

ScienceDesk, 16 days ago to science

How did scientists calculate the speed of a supermassive black hole? Much in the same way crash-scene investigators can determine the speed of a car on impact. This cosmic predator gobbled up a star and left only its “wobbling” remains after imposing a grisly death. Live Science explains: https://flip.it/AkUicp
#Science #Space #BlackHoles

ScienceDesk, 16 days ago to science

If the moon is the final frontier for humankind, we need to figure out what we’re going to eat up there. In the next two years, NASA plans to send astronauts back to the moon, which provides some insight into what our lunar lunches will look and taste like. “Food is something that keeps astronauts sane,” says Dr. Sonja Brungs of the European Space Agency. BBC Travel has more on what astronauts eat — and what the rest of us might one day consume there. https://flip.it/Xp352-
#Science #Food #NASA #Moon

ScienceDesk, 17 days ago to science

Every time scientists are able to understand another biological process linked to Alzheimer's disease, it offers another way that they might eventually be able to treat or prevent it. New research has shed light on the protein contactin-4 and its relationship with the amyloid precursor protein (APP), which could help unravel the mystery of the disease. Science Alert explains: https://flip.it/nE342h
#Science #Health #Brain #Alzheimers

ScienceDesk, 17 days ago to science

For the first time ever, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered three of the universe’s earliest galaxies. In a new study, researchers reported the possible detection of three infant galaxies sprouting from a primordial cloud of hydrogen and helium gas just 400 to 600 million years after the Big Bang. Live Science elaborates: https://flip.it/BgahqS
#Science #Space #Universe #Galaxies

ScienceDesk, 18 days ago to science

The hornet has landed: Scientists combat new honeybee killer in the U.S.

@KnowableMag reports: "An invasive yellow-legged wasp has been decimating beehives in Europe — and bedeviling Georgia since last summer. Researchers are working nest by nest to limit the threat while developing better eradication methods."

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#Bees #Insects #Entomology #Honeybee #Science

ScienceDesk, 18 days ago to Futurology

Biological puzzles abound in an up-close look at a human brain.

Science News reports: "Never-before-seen details may eventually lead to a better understanding of how the brain works."

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#Brain #Neuroscience #Science #Biology

ScienceDesk, 18 days ago to space

Massive cradle of baby stars revealed in new space telescope images.

AP reports on the European Space Agency's Euclid observatory: https://flip.it/58hAua

#Space #Astronomy #Stars #ESA #Euclid #Science

ScienceDesk, 19 days ago to Birds

"A drake mallard has set a speed record of 103 mph while migrating across southern Minnesota and southeast North Dakota [in the U.S.] on April 6, breaking the Cohen Wildlife Ecology Lab’s previous record of 99.3 mph set on the same day."

Outdoor Life reports: "The two GPS-tracked mallard caught the same weather front that helped them reach top speeds on their return flights to Canada."

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#Birds #Ducks #BirdWatching #Ecology #Wildlife

ScienceDesk, 19 days ago to worldwithoutus

No showers, no privacy: What it’s really like to live in Antarctica.

CNN reports on the experiences of the few thousand humans who can say that they have lived in Antarctica.

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#Antarctica #Research #Science

ScienceDesk, 19 days ago to climate

"Venezuela is the first country in modern history to lose all of its glaciers after climate scientists declared its remaining glacier little more than an ice field."

AccuWeather reports: https://flip.it/ABN0lt

#Glaciers #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Climate #Venezuela

ScienceDesk, 20 days ago to Weather

Batten down the hatches: The Atlantic hurricane season begins soon. 🌀 🚨

@arstechnica reports that one reputable forecast team predicts 33 named storms this year.

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#Hurricane #Weather #Meteorology #ClimateChange #Climate #Ocean

ScienceDesk, 20 days ago to animals

Huge jellyfish invasion could disrupt Arctic ecosystems as waters warm.

New Scientist reports: "The Arctic could see a surge of jellyfish as climate change leads to warmer waters and less ice – a process known as 'jellification.'"

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#Jellyfish #Animals #Arctic #Ocean #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

ScienceDesk, 20 days ago to science

How cockroaches spread around the globe to become the pest we know today.

From AP: "A new study uses genetics to chart cockroaches’ spread across the globe, from humble beginnings in southeast Asia to Europe and beyond. The findings span thousands of years of cockroach history and suggest the pests may have scuttled across the globe by hitching a ride with another species: people."

https://flip.it/s3NAD4

#Cockroach #Insects #Entomology #Bugs #Science #Evolution