The Great Pandemic Stress Test
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/the-great-pandemic-stress-test
How emergency forces innovation & one Italian scientist advanced our understanding of COVID variants.
The Great Pandemic Stress Test
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/the-great-pandemic-stress-test
How emergency forces innovation & one Italian scientist advanced our understanding of COVID variants.
The Genetic Lottery is a bust for both genetics and policy
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/genetic-lottery-review-paige-harden-kevin-bird
Kathryn Paige Harden’s book tries to demonstrate how genetics can ameliorate societal ills. She falls well, well short
Urbanization increases risk for knee osteoarthritis, even in young children
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/urbanization-rural-agriculture-knee-osteoarthritis
A study shows that rural children tend towards a healthier future for their joints compared to kids in cities
To find extraterrestrials, we have to think like extraterrestrials
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/extraterrestrial-aliens-seti-telescope-array
Researchers must ponder what extraterrestrials might know and how they might behave
An Arctic Elegy
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/arctic-elegy-bering-sea-melting
What happens when the Bering Sea loses its ice?
On faster spinning planets, life could be hiding out under the atmosphere
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/planetary-spin-oxygen-producing-aliens
Astrobiologists search for molecular oxygen as an indicator of life on other planets, but finding them isn’t that straightforward
Artificial light makes it harder for nocturnal pollinators to find flowers and avoid predators
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/elephant-hawkmoth-artificial-light-nighttime-pollination
New research demonstrates that artificial light at night interferes with elephant hawkmoths’ senses
A failed star known as "The Accident" is changing the way we look at the galaxy
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/the-accident-brown-dwarf-failed-star-nasa-jpl
The newly discovered brown dwarf is the first of its kind
Songbirds might hold the key to managing our cholesterol levels
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/songbird-good-bad-cholesterol-heart-disease
Songbirds have lost "bad" cholesterol and some of its associated proteins over time. This makes for plaque-free finch arteries and a hale and healthy heart
After decades of work, an effective cytomegalovirus vaccine is on the horizon
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/cytomegalovirus-cmv-vaccine-childhood-development
Monoclonal antibodies reveal key vaccine structure
Cuttlefish can learn with the brains they keep in their arms
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/cuttlefish-cephalopod-ringed-brains-arms-learning
With 500 million neurons dispersed throughout the body, some say they have 9 brains
The Biden administration must restore funding to the Cooperative Extension Services
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/cooperative-extension-usda-agriculture-covid
Extension agents play a key role in assisting farmers and, now, bringing COVID-19 vaccines to rural communities
How survival of the fittest can look a lot like rock-paper-scissors
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/evolution-yeast-virus-natural-selection-nontransitive
Sometimes ancestors are more "fit" than their progeny
Serendipitous data reveals a previously unknown ecosystem under Arctic ice
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/deep-scattering-layer-sonar-icebreaker-ships-mesopelagic-deep-sea
Fish gas bladders interfere with sonar, and we can use that interference to study Arctic fish stocks
How a tiny pet store fish became the center of neuroscience research
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/zebrafish-research-history-neuroscience
The tropical zebrafish is used extensively in genetics, neuroscience, and development labs worldwide
Some people just don’t age, at least not like most
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/super-aging-neuroscience-memory-cognition
Super Agers and their brains might reveal something about age-related cognitive decline
What would photosynthesis look like around other stars?
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/photosynthesis-exoplanets-alien-worlds-wavelength
Scientists have modeled possible plant behavior on alien worlds
To shop sustainably for clothing, stop shopping
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/co2-emissions-clothing-manufacturing-fast-fashion
Even clothing recycling and rental programs don’t reduce CO2 emissions as much as just wearing the clothes you have
Chimpanzees’ brains reflect their early childhood experiences
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/brain-development-chimpanzees-children-social-maternal
Proper socialization could make up, in part, for separation of a child from their mother
Infants are being exposed to PFAS chemicals in breast milk
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/pfas-chemicals-breast-milk-food-safety
A new study finds that currently used PFAS — thought to be less dangerous than "legacy" versions — are becoming increasingly common in our bodies