It’s Not Just Seafood: New Study Finds Microplastics in Nearly 90% of Proteins Sampled, Including Plant-Based Meat Alternatives (oceanconservancy.org)
Images altered to trick machine vision can influence humans too (deepmind.google)
An antique dress hid coded messages that have finally been unlocked (WAPO) (web.archive.org)
TLDR The messages were shorthand meteorological readings for multiple locations at specific times. It was a unique form of code used to transmit weather data via telegram back in the 1800s that is the predecessor of the shorthand used today.
A Novel Antibiotic Class Targeting the Lipopolysaccharide Transporter (www.nature.com)
The Evolution of Photosynthesis Better Documented Thanks to the Discovery of the Oldest Thylakoids in Fossil Cyanobacteria (www.uliege.be)
Is Oxygen the Cosmic Key to Alien Technology? (www.rochester.edu)
Most people say self-control is the same as willpower. Researchers disagree (www.sciencenews.org)
Hearing Aids May Help People Live Longer (news.keckmedicine.org)
Researchers Create First Functional Semiconductor Made From Graphene (research.gatech.edu)
Mount Sinai Study Shows That Human Beliefs About Drugs Could Have Dose-Dependent Effects on the Brain (www.mountsinai.org)
Ants Recognise Infected Wounds and Treat Them with Antibiotics (www.uni-wuerzburg.de)
Scientists discovered perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo inside fossilized egg (www.unilad.com)
Two Types of CBT are Equally Effective in the Treatment of Fibromyalgia (news.ki.se)
This guy should be donated to science (futurology.today)
How Jellyfish Regenerate Functional Tentacles in Days (www.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
Reindeer in the Arctic Reduce Sleep Need During Rumination (www.cell.com)
Timing and quantity of sleep depend on a circadian (∼24-h) rhythm and a specific sleep requirement. Sleep curtailment results in a homeostatic rebound of more and deeper sleep, the latter reflected in increased electroencephalographic (EEG) slow-wave activity (SWA) during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. Circadian rhythms...
Moderna’s mRNA cancer vaccine works even better than thought (www.freethink.com)
Organic Compounds in Asteroids Formed in Colder Regions of Space: Study (www.curtin.edu.au)
The Tantalizing Mystery of the Solar System’s Hidden Oceans (www.wired.com)
Scientists discover first new antibiotics in over 60 years using AI (www.euronews.com)
Researchers Map How Measles Virus Spreads in Human Brain (newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org)
Early-Life Diseases Linked to Lifelong Childlessness (www.ox.ac.uk)
'Long Flu’ has Emerged as a Consequence Similar to Long COVID (medicine.wustl.edu)
Enzymes Can’t Tell Artificial DNA From The Real Thing (today.ucsd.edu)
The Predictive Validity of Intimate Partner Violence Warning Signs (journals.sagepub.com)
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is harmful and prevalent, but leaving abusive partners is often challenging due to investments (e.g., children, shared memories). Identifying warning signs of abuse early on is one prevention strategy to help people avoid abusive long-term relationships. Using university and online samples, the...