Birds How did North America lose almost 3 billion birds in 50 years?Inverse - Nina Pullano Songbirds like sparrows and warblers saw the largest drop in population. Whether or not you believe we’re in the middle of a sixth mass extinction, …
Alcohol Alcohol-producing gut bacteria can cause liver diseasenewatlas.com - Rich Haridy Inspired by the strange case of a patient with liver damage who consistently became incredibly drunk after eating high-carbohydrate meals, a team of …
Geek Submerged for Decades, Spanish ‘Stonehenge’ Reemerges After DroughtGizmodo - George Dvorsky Receding water levels in Spain’s Valdecañas Reservoir has exposed a stone monument dating back to between 4,000 to 5,000 years ago. Unusually warm …
Bacteria There Are Trillions Of Reasons Not To Cleanse Your ColonForbes - Nina ShapiroHumans are really lucky to have so many internal “self-cleaning ovens.” Dr. Jen Gunter, obstetrician-gynecologist and author of The Vagina Bible, has vociferously emphasized that all things related to
Neutron Stars Astronomers Found Goliath Pulsar That Can Collapse Forming A Black HoleMashable - Aakarsh DubeNeutron stars are very compact, ultra dense cosmic bodies that are essentially a single atom made up of nothing, but neutrons. The density of these objects is immense, essentially the complete mass of
Asteroids International Space Agencies Are Going to Smash a Spacecraft Into an AsteroidScienceAlert - Michelle Starr The time has come. We're going to smash a spacecraft into an asteroid. The asteroid is Didymos B, the smaller of the two objects in the Didymos binary …
Water Cancer cases blamed on water contaminants, even at EPA’s “safe” levelsInverse - Peter Hess Cancer cases blamed on drinking water contaminants, even at EPA’s “safe” levels Don't freak out, though. When it comes to ways you can support your …
Volcanoes The most powerful volcano on Jupiter's moon Io is about to explode | New Scientistnewscientist.com - By Chelsea Whyte The largest and most powerful volcano on Jupiter’s moon Io erupts like clockwork and is set to go off again at any moment. It also seems like the …
Brain scans reveal exactly why learning to read is good for the brainInverse - Alexandra Pattillo Study finds that learning to read enhances the brain in more ways than one Reading sharpens parts of the brain without overriding the …
Science Lack of sleep triggers gut health change behind severe inflammationslashgear.com - Brittany A. Roston Working the night shift or generally getting a lack of sleep at night may trigger gut changes that pave the way for a number of inflammatory …
Science Prostate cancer could be treated in two weeks with advanced radiotherapysciencefocus.com - Sara Rigby Scientists say the technique could safely deliver curative treatment for some patients, and significantly reduce the time from the standard. Advanced …
Comets ‘This Is Clearly Coming From Outside the Solar System’The Atlantic - Marina KorenThe second known visitor to our cosmic neighborhood from another star is making quite an entrance. No one knows where it came from, but it’s here now. And the chase is on. Astronomers around the world
eCigarettes India effectively bans e-cigarettesEngadget - Igor BonifacicJuul had planned to expand to the country, the world's second largest smoking market, by the end of the year. India just became among the first countries to effectively ban vaping. On Wednesday, the country
Carbon Dioxide A sliver of the atmosphere is about to cause big problems on EarthInverse - Jason West That percentage of CO2 isn't as small as you think. I heard that carbon dioxide makes up 0.04% of the world’s atmosphere. Not 0.4% or 4%, but 0.04%! …
Ozone 2019 ozone hole could be smallest in three decadesBBC News - Jonathan AmosThe ozone hole over Antarctica this year could be one of the smallest seen in three decades, say scientists. Observations of the gas's depletion high in the atmosphere demonstrate that it hasn't opened
History of Science The Antikythera Mechanism: the ancient Greek computer that mapped the starssciencefocus.com - Alexander Jones Built over 2,000 years ago, the Antikythera mechanism calculated the movement of the Sun, Moon and planets using a system of dials and gears. Imagine, …
Technology SpaceX prepares new Starship for first orbital flightsnewatlas.com - Nick Lavars Innovate or die. It’s a term often thrown about in tech circles as a not-so-subtle reminder of how resting on one’s laurels can be bad business …
Barcelona Superblocks are transforming Barcelona. They might work in Australian cities tootheconversation.com - Patrick Love and Mark Stevenson The Spanish city of Barcelona has pioneered an innovative approach to managing traffic, freeing up public space and promoting walking and cycling. …
Carbon This algae bioreactor can remove as much carbon dioxide as an acre of treesInverse - Mike Brown Hypergiant Industries has a possible solution. Algae could play a surprising role in the fight against climate change. On Tuesday, A.I.-focused …
Viruses A Newly Identified Protein May Be the Key to Vanquishing the Common Coldscientificamerican.com - Simon Makin Defending against viruses is one of the thorniest problems in medicine. Vaccines have been a major success story but can still only fend off a …
Science A Derelict Space Habitat May Crash Into an Old Russian Satellitefuturism.com - Dan Robitzski There’s a small chance that two derelict satellites, still orbiting the Earth, could crash into each other on Wednesday morning. On Tuesday, the space …
Science Is ‘The Blob’ back? New marine heat wave threatens Pacificsciencemag.org - Warren Cornwall In the fall of 2014, marine ecologist Jennifer Fisher was stunned when jellyfish and tiny crustaceans typically found in warmer waters filled her …
Vaping Hunt for Cause of Vaping Illness Suggests Multiple Mechanisms of Damagescientificamerican.com - Emily Willingham Experts remain perplexed about what is causing the nationwide outbreak of mysterious vaping-related lung disease that has affected hundreds and …
Technology This is our first picture of a second interstellar object as it zips through the solar systemMIT Technology Review - Neel V. Patel Astronomers have released the first image of only the second interstellar object we've ever seen passing through the solar system. And it's almost …
Cement Electrolysis technique makes cement CO2 emission-freenewatlas.com - Michael Irving As the most widely-used building material in the world, it’s no surprise that making cement is one of the single biggest contributors to our carbon …
Prostate Men with 'Angelina Jolie gene' at double the risk of prostate cancerThe Telegraph - By Henry BodkinMen with the so-called “Angelina Jolie gene” are at double the risk of developing prostate cancer, a study has found, as scientists call for them to be screened. The BRCA2 gene fault is usually associated
Technology Meet The Nuclear-Powered Self-Driving Drone NASA Is Sending To A Moon Of SaturnNPR - Geoff BrumfielOn the face of it, NASA's newest probe sounds incredible. Known as Dragonfly, it is a dual-rotor quadcopter (technically an octocopter, even more technically an X8 octocopter); it's roughly the size of
Health (UK) Prostate drug may slow Parkinson's diseaseBBC News - Michelle RobertsA drug used to treat enlarged prostates may be a powerful medicine against Parkinson's disease, according to an international team of scientists. Terazosin helps ease benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
Science Portuguese Man-of-War Factsthoughtco.com - Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D. With its colorful float and trailing stinging tentacles, the Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis) might easily be mistaken for a jellyfish. …
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