Never-before-seen way to annihilate a star (www.sciencedaily.com)
International Gemini Observatory traces gamma-ray burst to nucleus of ancient galaxy, suggesting stars can undergo demolition-derby-like collisions....
Will engineered carbon removal solve the climate crisis? (www.sciencedaily.com)
A new IIASA-led study explored fairness and feasibility in deep mitigation pathways with novel carbon dioxide removal, taking into account institutional capacity to implement mitigation measures....
Leaf patterning in some of the earliest leafy plants differs from patterning in most living species, according to a new study. (www.science.org)
Walkable neighborhoods help adults socialize, increase community (www.sciencedaily.com)
Adults who live in walkable neighborhoods are more likely to interact with their neighbors and have a stronger sense of community than people who live in car-dependent communities, report researchers at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at University of California San Diego....
Oldest Known Neanderthal Engravings Were Sealed in a Cave for 57,000 Years (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Tonga undersea volcano created most intense lightning storm ever recorded (www.space.com)
Hurricanes push heat deeper into the ocean than scientists realized, new research shows (arstechnica.com)
Regular Napping Linked To Larger Brain Voume (www.ucl.ac.uk)
The Devil they Knew: Chemical Documents Analysis of Industry Influence on PFAS Science (annalsofglobalhealth.org)
Slowdown of Antarctic Bottom Water export driven by climatic wind and sea-ice changes (www.nature.com)
Could Earth be inside a black hole? (www.livescience.com)
Why is the sky dark at night? The 200-year history of a question that transformed our understanding of the Universe (theconversation.com)
Can we train our taste buds for health? A neuroscientist explains how genes and diet shape taste (theconversation.com)
Not only DNA, but your sense of taste also depends on you health, early eating habits and how used you are to certain substances.
Illusions Are In The Eye, Not The Mind (news.exeter.ac.uk)
Nature Index Annual Tables 2023: China tops natural-science table (www.nature.com)
In New Paradox, Black Holes Appear to Evade Heat Death (www.quantamagazine.org)
Neanderthals seem to be the first humans to make synthetic materials (arstechnica.com)
Synthetic human embryos created in groundbreaking advance (www.theguardian.com)
Brain fog after COVID-19 has similarities to ‘chemo brain,’ Stanford-led study finds (med.stanford.edu)
Consciousness and Anesthesia (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Titanic asteroid the size of 84 orcas to pass Earth on Monday - NASA (m.jpost.com)
Scientists Report World’s First X-ray of a Single Atom in Nature (news.ohio.edu)
Lingering Effects of Neanderthal DNA Found in Modern Humans (news.cornell.edu)
New cannibalistic salamander species discovered in Fujian, China (lemmy.ml)
Once spotted in 1978 and thought to have gone extinct, the Fujian Bamboo Salamander has been found again. According to DNA analysis, this cannibalistic species has an average or above average rate of genetic divergence compared to other salamander species. They also have been witnessed vocalizing, which isn’t something...