This Tiny Welsh Island Is Europe's First Dark Sky Sanctuary | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-tiny-welsh-island-is-europes-first-dark-sky-sanctuary-180981698/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-tiny-welsh-island-is-europes-first-dark-sky-sanctuary-180981698/
Smithsonian Magazine
This Tiny Welsh Island Is Europe’s First Dark Sky Sanctuary
Ynys Enlli joins just 16 other sites of its kind across the world
Exercise more effective than medicines to manage mental health, says study
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-effective-medicines-mental-health.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-effective-medicines-mental-health.html
Medicalxpress
Exercise more effective than medicines to manage mental health, says study
University of South Australia researchers are calling for exercise to be a mainstay approach for managing depression as a new study shows that physical activity is 1.5 times more effective than counseling ...
Scientists Have Recorded Brain Waves From Octopuses Just Living Their Lives : ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-recorded-brain-waves-from-octopuses-just-living-their-lives
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-recorded-brain-waves-from-octopuses-just-living-their-lives
ScienceAlert
Scientists Have Recorded Brain Waves From Octopuses Just Living Their Lives
We still don't know how they think.
Head Injuries Could Be a Risk Factor for Developing Brain Cancer - Neuroscience News
https://neurosciencenews.com/tbi-brain-cancer-22561/
https://neurosciencenews.com/tbi-brain-cancer-22561/
Neuroscience News
Head Injuries Could Be a Risk Factor for Developing Brain Cancer
Traumatic brain injuries may increase the risk of developing glioma brain cancer later in life, researchers report. The study found brain injury caused specific genetic mutations to synergize with inflammation, making brain cells more likely to become cancerous.
COVID-19 Vaccination Linked to Fewer Heart Attacks, Strokes, and Other Cardiovascular Issues
https://scitechdaily.com/covid-19-vaccination-linked-to-fewer-heart-attacks-strokes-and-other-cardiovascular-issues/
https://scitechdaily.com/covid-19-vaccination-linked-to-fewer-heart-attacks-strokes-and-other-cardiovascular-issues/
SciTechDaily
COVID-19 Vaccination Linked to Fewer Heart Attacks, Strokes, and Other Cardiovascular Issues
First U.S. study to show lower cardiac risk of cardiac events in patients following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Analyzing the most extensive datasets in the United States, researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have revealed that vaccination…
Zodiacal Ray with Venus and Jupiter
Image Credit & Copyright: Ruslan Merzlyakov (astrorms)
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230227.html
Image Credit & Copyright: Ruslan Merzlyakov (astrorms)
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230227.html
Extinct-in-the-wild species in conservation limbo
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-extinct-in-the-wild-species-limbo.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-extinct-in-the-wild-species-limbo.html
phys.org
Extinct-in-the-wild species in conservation limbo
For species classified as "extinct in the wild", the zoos and botanical gardens where their fates hang by a thread are as often anterooms to oblivion as gateways to recovery, new research has shown.
'Microdiamonds' discovered at French winery point to ancient meteor crater below the vines | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/microdiamonds-discovered-at-french-winery-point-to-ancient-meteor-crater-below-the-vines
https://www.livescience.com/microdiamonds-discovered-at-french-winery-point-to-ancient-meteor-crater-below-the-vines
livescience.com
'Microdiamonds' discovered at French winery point to ancient meteor crater below the vines
A vineyard sits within an old impact crater in southern France, new research reveals.
Big dino, little dino: how T. rex’s relatives changed their size
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00549-5?error=cookies_not_supported&code=87d4fd52-49f5-4e7e-ae18-1335845205e2
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00549-5?error=cookies_not_supported&code=87d4fd52-49f5-4e7e-ae18-1335845205e2
Nature
Big dino, little dino: how T. rex’s relatives changed their size
Nature - ‘Impressive’ fossil analysis reveals why some dinosaurs were massive but their cousins were tiny.
Hyperauthorship: the publishing challenges for ‘big team’ science
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00575-3?error=cookies_not_supported&code=1d022c23-db80-458a-8502-1914a9a03c50
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00575-3?error=cookies_not_supported&code=1d022c23-db80-458a-8502-1914a9a03c50
Nature
Hyperauthorship: the publishing challenges for ‘big team’ science
Nature - Studies involving hundreds, even thousands, of scientists are on the rise, but how do such large groups coordinate their work?
How an early-warning radar could prevent future pandemics | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/how-an-early-warning-radar-could-prevent-future-pandemics/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/how-an-early-warning-radar-could-prevent-future-pandemics/
Ars Technica
How an early-warning radar could prevent future pandemics
A tool called metagenomic sequencing can help detect unknown pathogens.
3,500-Year-Old Mummified Bear Found in Siberian Permafrost | Ancient Origins
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/mummified-bear-0017982
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/mummified-bear-0017982
Ancient Origins
3,500-Year-Old Mummified Bear Found in Siberian Permafrost
As the permafrost in Siberia melts, it has revealed a mummified brown bear that lived more than three millennia ago.
In The Uninhabited Space Between North And South Korea, Rare Plants And Animals Thrive : ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/in-the-uninhabited-space-between-north-and-south-korea-rare-plants-and-animals-thrive
https://www.sciencealert.com/in-the-uninhabited-space-between-north-and-south-korea-rare-plants-and-animals-thrive
ScienceAlert
In The Uninhabited Space Between North And South Korea, Rare Plants And Animals Thrive
Newly released photos reveal a 'wildlife haven'.
Superhydrophobic biosensor could measure swea | EurekAlert!
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/980753
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/980753
EurekAlert!
Superhydrophobic biosensor could measure sweat vapors on the body
Sweat contains biomarkers that help doctors make health diagnoses. Wearable sensors can be used to monitor a person’s perspiration rate and provide information about the skin, nervous system activity and underlying health conditions. But not all sweat is…
Physics - A New Rheometer for Particle Suspensions
https://physics.aps.org/articles/v16/s32
https://physics.aps.org/articles/v16/s32
Physics
A New Rheometer for Particle Suspensions
The “capillarytron” lets researchers access mechanical properties of very dense suspensions.
NASA Discovers Organic Molecules on Asteroid Ryugu, Bolstering Theory of Extraterrestrial Life Ingredients
https://scitechdaily.com/nasa-discovers-organic-molecules-on-asteroid-ryugu-bolstering-theory-of-extraterrestrial-life-ingredients/
https://scitechdaily.com/nasa-discovers-organic-molecules-on-asteroid-ryugu-bolstering-theory-of-extraterrestrial-life-ingredients/
SciTechDaily
NASA Discovers Organic Molecules on Asteroid Ryugu, Bolstering Theory of Extraterrestrial Life Ingredients
Asteroid Ryugu has a rich complement of organic molecules, according to a NASA and international team’s initial analysis of a sample from the asteroid’s surface delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft. The discovery adds support to the idea that…
A Hidden Hazard: Antibiotic Residues in Water Pose a Threat to Human Health
https://scitechdaily.com/a-hidden-hazard-antibiotic-residues-in-water-pose-a-threat-to-human-health/
https://scitechdaily.com/a-hidden-hazard-antibiotic-residues-in-water-pose-a-threat-to-human-health/
SciTechDaily
A Hidden Hazard: Antibiotic Residues in Water Pose a Threat to Human Health
A comprehensive study from Karolinska Institute, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, warns that the presence of antibiotic residue in wastewater and treatment plants in the regions nearby China and India could fuel antibiotic resistance and the drinking…
Crescent Moon Beyond Greek Temple
Image Credit & Copyright: Elias Chasiotis
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230228.html
Image Credit & Copyright: Elias Chasiotis
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230228.html
A dozen exotic bacteria are found to passively collect rare earth elements from wastewater
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-dozen-exotic-bacteria-passively-rare.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-dozen-exotic-bacteria-passively-rare.html
phys.org
A dozen exotic bacteria are found to passively collect rare earth elements from wastewater
Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of 17 chemically similar metals, which got their name because they typically occur at low concentrations (between 0.5 and 67 parts per million) within Earth's crust. ...