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DIY degree? Why universities should make online educational materials free for all
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DIY degree? Why universities should make online educational materials free for all
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Is It Real or Imagined? How Your Brain Tells the Difference. | Quanta Magazine
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Is It Real or Imagined? How Your Brain Tells the Difference. | Quanta Magazine
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No A/C? No problem, if buildings copy networked tunnels of termite mounds
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No A/C? No problem, if buildings copy networked tunnels of termite mounds
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What we know about the health risks of ultra-processed foods
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What we know about the health risks of ultra-processed foods
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Too smart for their own good: Russia is waging a war against its own scientists
An increasing number of high-calibre researchers are being accused of treason in today’s Russia, mostly without official charges, landing behind bars for decades. And the main beneficiary of their imprisonment is the Federal Security Service (FSB), which deprives them not only of their freedom and ability to work, but sometimes of their lives.
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Too smart for their own good: Russia is waging a war against its own scientists
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Betelguese’s Brightening Raises Hopes for a Supernova Spectacle "soon"
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In recent weeks, the star has at times shone more than 50 percent brighter than normal, drawing renewed attention from amateur sky watchers and professional astronomers alike. They hopefully await a historic celestial event. Someday, Betelgeuse will explosively end its life in a supernova—and from our planetary perch just 650 light-years away, we Earthlings will have front-row seats to this spectacular cosmic cataclysm. Here's an image that gives an idea of Betelguese’s size: https://www.jameswebbdiscovery.com/astronomy-news/exploring-betelgeuse-with-the-james-webb-space-telescope
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Betelguese’s Brightening Raises Hopes for a Supernova Spectacle "soon"
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Ancient books in northern Italy frozen to salvage them from flood damage
Volunteers have been transporting the books and other precious documents, which became submerged in water and mud in flooded libraries in the worst-affected areas, to Cesena, where the items will be placed on shelves in temperatures of -25C in industrial-size freezers provided by Orogel, a company that specialises in frozen food.
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Ancient books in northern Italy frozen to salvage them from flood damage
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Paralysed man can walk again through a 'brain–spine interface' connecting his brain with muscles
Neuroscientists and neurosurgeons have re-established the communication between the patient's brain and spinal cord with a wireless 'digital bridge', allowing a paralysed person to walk again naturally. The device enabled him to regain control over the movement of his paralysed legs, allowing him to stand, walk, and even climb stairs, a report published in Nature says. The study is here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06094-5
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Paralysed man can walk again through a 'brain–spine interface' connecting his brain with muscles
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New technology uses ordinary sunlight to disinfect drinking water | Stanford News
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New technology uses ordinary sunlight to disinfect drinking water | Stanford News
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Making Sense of Scents
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Making Sense of Scents
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Fighting for Communism in Science: An Interview with Alexandra Elbakyan
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Fighting for Communism in Science: An Interview with Alexandra Elbakyan
Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water storage
> The findings underscore an urgent need to incorporate climate change and sedimentation impacts into sustainable water resources management "to protect essential ecosystem services such as freshwater storage, food supply, waterbird habitat, cycling of pollutants and nutrients, and recreation," according to an editor's summary accompanying the study.
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Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water storage
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PBS Eons: The Invisible Barrier Keeping Two Worlds Apart
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PBS Eons: The Invisible Barrier Keeping Two Worlds Apart
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New hope for an antidote to death cap mushrooms and other poison fungi
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New hope for an antidote to death cap mushrooms and other poison fungi
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Scientists Have Found the Best Whiskey-to-Water Ratio: How to Serve the Perfect Pour
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Cheers! 🥃
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Scientists Have Found the Best Whiskey-to-Water Ratio: How to Serve the Perfect Pour
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Your Body Killed Cancer 5 Minutes Ago
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Your Body Killed Cancer 5 Minutes Ago
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Looming behind antibiotic resistance is another bacterial threat – antibiotic tolerance
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Looming behind antibiotic resistance is another bacterial threat – antibiotic tolerance
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Microbes discovered that can digest plastics at low temperatures
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Microbes discovered that can digest plastics at low temperatures
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Bursts of Brain Activity: A Rare Look At Dying Brains Could Finally Explain Near-Death Experiences
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Bursts of Brain Activity: A Rare Look At Dying Brains Could Finally Explain Near-Death Experiences
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‘Too greedy’: mass walkout at global science journal of publishing giant Elsevier over ‘unethical’ fees
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The entire academic board of the journal 'Neuroimage', including professors from Oxford University, King’s College London and Cardiff University resigned after Elsevier refused to reduce publication charges. Academics around the world have applauded what many hope is the start of a rebellion against the huge profit margins in academic publishing, which outstrip those made by Apple, Google and Amazon.
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‘Too greedy’: mass walkout at global science journal of publishing giant Elsevier over ‘unethical’ fees
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