Gloomy Climate Calculation: Scientists Predict a Collapse of the Atlantic Ocean Current to Happen Mid-Century ( science.ku.dk )
Potential for surprising heat and drought events in wheat-producing regions of USA and China ( www.nature.com )
Researchers describe 'nanoclays,' an innovative addition to tools for chemists ( phys.org )
Gene Mutation May Explain Why Some Don’t Get Sick from COVID-19 ( www.ucsf.edu )
Schooling of light reflecting fish ( journals.plos.org )
The main goal of this work is three-fold. First, to establish whether models of schooling fish can generate realistic flash waves that propagate across the school in response to an attack. Second, to explore the possibility that school members are using this source of information themselves, and test how that can, in principle,...
Researchers find evidence of a 2,000-year-old curry, the oldest ever found in Southeast Asia ( theconversation.com )
In a paper published today in Science Advances, we and our colleagues detail our findings of what seems to be evidence of Southeast Asia’s oldest known curry. It’s also the oldest evidence of curry ever found outside India.
Vegan diet massively cuts environmental damage, study shows ( www.theguardian.com )
Lauren Schroeder looks beyond natural selection to rethink human evolution ( www.sciencenews.org )
Gene variant may be why some test positive for virus with no covid symptoms ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Stanford president resigns over manipulated research ( stanforddaily.com )
As heat records fall, how hot is too hot for the human body? ( theconversation.com )
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Paper cuts are painful because at a microscopic level paper is quite rough, paper acts like a saw blade and does more damage to nerve endings leaving behind tiny fibres that cause further irritation. ( www.sciencefocus.com )
Pets do not significantly benefit the emotional health of owners with severe mental illness, study shows ( phys.org )
Paper: https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/hai.2023.0027
More accurate headline is "scientists further understanding of OH formation in atmosphere, an important component in CO removal" ( www.thebrighterside.news )
