world’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery – a breakthrough in inexpensive, clean, fast-charging batteries ( pme.uchicago.edu )
Introverts use more concrete language than extraverts | BPS ( www.bps.org.uk )
Parkinson's Link to Gut Bacteria Suggests Unexpected, Simple Treatment ( www.sciencealert.com )
First proof of leeches jumping captured on video ( www.earth.com )
Even as a flying squid, I'm repulsed.
Toxic PFAS absorbed through skin at levels higher than previously thought ( www.theguardian.com )
Are Body Temperature and Depression Linked? Science Says, Yes. ( www.ucsf.edu )
Bill Gates-backed startup makes ‘butter’ out of water and carbon dioxide ( www.zmescience.com )
A California-based startup called Savor has figured out a unique way to make a butter alternative that doesn’t involve livestock, plants, or even displacing land. Their butter is produced from synthetic fat made using carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and the best part is —- it tastes just like regular butter.
Scientists May Have Figured Out How to Make Fat Cells Burn Calories ( www.sciencealert.com )
'may' is my most despised headline word. This article sounds like they may be onto something in mice trials anyway.
Starfish Prime - The US oopsie so big that the world agreed no more detonation of nuclear weapons should be done in space. ( m.youtube.com )
For more on High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) from nuclear detonation here is the Department of Homeland Security report on the estimated affects if a hostile use of a HEMP was detonated now.
New Alzheimer's Nasal Spray Clears Toxic Tangles in Human Neurons And Mice ( www.sciencealert.com )
What causes migraines? Study of ‘brain blackout’ offers clues ( www.nature.com )
Sensory secrets of penis and clitoris unlocked after more than 150 years ( www.nature.com )
25 years of massive fusion energy experiment data open on the 'cloud' and available to everyone ( phys.org )
High-temperature fusion plasma experiments conducted in the Large Helical Device (LHD) of the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), have renewed the world record for an acquired data amount, 0.92 terabytes (TB) per experiment, in February 2022, by using a full range of state-of-the-art plasma diagnostic devices....
New ‘Detective Work’ on Butterfly Declines Reveals a Prime Suspect ( www.nytimes.com )
The latest insight comes from a study on butterflies in the Midwest, published on Thursday in the journal PLOS ONE. Its results don’t discount the serious effects of climate change and habitat loss on butterflies and other insects, but they indicate that agricultural insecticides exerted the biggest impact on the size and...
All of the bases in DNA and RNA have now been found in meteorites ( sciinsider.com )
Language Is a Tool for Communication, Not for Thought, MIT Researchers Argue ( www.technologynetworks.com )
Scientists discovered the oldest termite mounds on Earth — and they're 34,000 years old ( www.livescience.com )
Ping pong players exhibit superior brain structure and function, study finds ( www.psypost.org )
How Does Our Sense of Humor Change With Age? A Statistical Analysis ( www.statsignificant.com )
Human Brains Can Tell Deepfake Voices From Real Ones ( hackaday.com )
The Healing Power of Hugs ( www.psychologytoday.com )
hugs/touch psychologist discusses. I know I like hugs.
51,000-year-old Indonesian cave painting may be the world's oldest storytelling art ( www.livescience.com )
Fueled by climate change, extreme wildfires have doubled in 20 years ( www.washingtonpost.com )
The frequency and magnitude of extreme wildfires around the globe has doubled in the last two decades due to climate change, according to a study released Monday....
Female foragers sometimes hunt, yet gendered divisions of labor are real: a comment on Anderson et al. (2023) The Myth of Man the Hunter ( www.sciencedirect.com )
Tl;dr an undergraduate paper last year claiming females hunt just as often as males got picked up by the media and amplified before it was discovered their analysis was deeply flawed and unreliable. Here several anthropologists present a very gracious rebuttal.
Can’t stop your cat from scratching the furniture? Science has some tips - Lemmy.World ( lemmy.world )
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