Pigbutt ( lemmygrad.ml )
Finally, some good fucking news.
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Insight into One of Life’s Earliest Ancestors Revealed in New Study ( www.bristol.ac.uk )
An international team of researchers led by the University of Bristol has shed light on Earth’s earliest ecosystem, showing that within a few hundred million years of planetary formation, life on Earth was already flourishing.
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'The last 12 months have broken records like never before': Earth exceeds 1.5 C warming every month for entire year ( www.space.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5089915...
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Volunteer computing project SiDock starts work on Ebola drugs ( www.sidock.si )
SiDock is a volunteer computing project on the !boinc platform which uses the computing power of computers of volunteers to do open source drug discovery.
Scientists develop futuristic material to help us beat the heat: 'A viable candidate for radiative cooling' ( www.thecooldown.com )
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Found with Webb: a Potentially Habitable World ( nouvelles.umontreal.ca )
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Giant phallus-shaped iceberg floating in Conception Bay surprises residents of Dildo, Canada ( www.livescience.com )
It's a bit old but the shape and the city name were so funny that I couldn't not post it XD
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Mysterious ‘Dark Fungi’ Are Lurking Everywhere ( www.scientificamerican.com )
The land, water and air around us are chock-full of DNA fragments from fungi that mycologists can’t link to known organisms. These slippery beings are so widespread scientists are calling them “dark fungi.” It’s a comparison to the equally elusive dark matter and dark energy that permeates the universe.
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The Heart ( poemsprout.blogspot.com )
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Giant Salamander-Like Creature was a Top Predator in the Ice Age Before the Dinosaurs ( www.fieldmuseum.org )
Chinese scientists found that a type of moss that grows in the Tibetan Plateau and even Antarctica can also survive and thrive in Mars-like conditions. ( www.space.com )
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Organic Material from Mars Reveals the Likely Origin of Life’s Building Blocks ( science.ku.dk )
Chang’e 6 probe returns: China invites scientists worldwide to study lunar samples, noting U.S. ban ( www.fastcompany.com )
How light can vaporize water without the need for heat ( news.mit.edu )
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China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe returns to Earth with world-first samples from dark side of Moon ( hongkongfp.com )
Chang'E-6 samples will answer 6 important questions...
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Ingestible Microbiome Sampling Pill Technology Advances ( engineering.tufts.edu )
Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders: Chinese institutions dominate the top spots ( www.nature.com )
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Recycling Plastic Is a Dangerous Waste of Time ( quillette.com )
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New Findings: Elevated CO2 Levels Pose a Double Threat of Viral Contagion ( www.conferencesthatwork.com )
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The relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infection and type 1 diabetes mellitus ( www.nature.com )
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Fishy Parenting? Punishing Offspring Encourages Cooperation ( www.omu.ac.jp )
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USC Study Confirms the Rotation of Earth’s Inner Core has Slowed ( today.usc.edu )
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China beats US for first time in global scientific ‘hot papers’ ranking ( www.scmp.com )
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‘Synthetic’ Cell Shown to Follow Chemical Directions and Change Shape, a Vital Biological Function ( www.hopkinsmedicine.org )
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