Seeing in different lights paints a more detailed picture of Jupiter
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/jupiter-light-radio-hubble-gemini-north-juno-atmosphere
Newly released images show the planet in infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light
Seeing in different lights paints a more detailed picture of Jupiter
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/jupiter-light-radio-hubble-gemini-north-juno-atmosphere
Newly released images show the planet in infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light
lien vers les différentes photos (et comparaisons)
▻https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2116
les trois photos
Fruit fly "cancer avatars" recreate mutations in tumors for personalized treatment
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/fruit-fly-cancer-avatars-personalized-medicine
Using fruit flies to mirror the tumors of patients can help with difficult to treat cancers
China lands its first rover on Mars, becoming the second country to do so
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/zhurong-china-mars-rover-tianwen
The Zhurong rover is the first Mars rover to carry a magnetometer
Why don’t hibernating bears get osteoporosis?
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/bones-hibernate-bears-osteoporosis-genes-winter
Scientists look to bears’ genes for answers
How a scientist in a potato field founded the field of radio astronomy
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/radio-astronomy-sagittarius-karl-jansky
Karl Guthe Jansky, hired to quiet hiss on long-distance phone calls, found radio waves coming from Sagittarius
Even short-term exposure to pollution can reduce cognitive function
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/air-pollution-cognition-memory
New results from the Normative Aging Study highlight the connection between air pollution and mental performance
Meet Gerty Cori, the Nobel-winning biochemist who uncovered how the body stores and consumes sugars
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/cori-cycle-biochemistry-glycogen-science-hero
Cori’s work determined glycogen storage "disease" had several subtypes, each with a unique molecular cause
Fear of a Trans Mother
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/trans-masculine-breastfeeding-chestfeeding
”When she latched on, it was just like this isn’t painful. This feels really nice. And it feels really right. And it feels really comfortable.”
New battery made from amino acids is light, functional, and recyclable
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/battery-technology-amino-acid-sustainable
The battery is made of electrodes built from degradable polymers
Scientists turn to a chemical trick to fool flies into eating bitter chow
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/bitter-flies-drosophila-taste-toxic-chemistry
This will help uncover how flies react to bitter-tasting compounds
A psychedelic experience may not be required to benefit from psilocybin
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/magic-mushrooms-depression-anxiety-drugs-hallucinations
Recent research may smooth the path toward at-home psilocybin treatment for neurological conditions
Fruit flies have more sex when predatory wasps come around
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/fruit-fly-behavior-predator-prey-wasps
This weird predator-prey interaction appears to be reliant on one gene in particular
People exposed to Chernobyl’s radiation don’t pass mutations to their children
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/chernobyl-radiation-nuclear-dna-mutation-stigma
The largest-ever study brings welcome news to people who survived the 1986 disaster
"Spatially resolved transcriptomics" takes a snapshot of gene expression in our brains
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/transcriptomics-brains-cerebral-cortex-schizophrenia-autism
This approach was deemed 2020’s "Method of the Year"
Mathematicians hope digital "proof assistants" will fix the field’s own replication crisis
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/math-proofs-academia-science-proof-assistant-replication
Computer programs can be better than humans, but they’re not perfect
Community scientists have discovered an unusual brown dwarf star
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/community-science-citizen-astronomy-planets-telescopes
Paul Beaulieu and Austin Rothermich were participating in the Backyard Worlds project. You can, too!
There’s a neurological reason you say ‘um’ when you think of a word
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/speech-disfluency-stutter-learning-brains-neuroscience
Disfluencies can shed light about what’s going on in the brain as we speak
The criminal justice system uses artificial intelligence to imprison Black Americans
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/machine-learning-compas-racism-policing-fairness
Computer programs used in 46 states incorrectly label Black defendants as “high-risk” at twice the rate as white defendants
How COVID-19 has worsened the lives of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s patients
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/covid-19-alzheimers-parkinsons-coronavirus
Poor health outcomes and quarantines have accelerated the progress of motor and neurological dysfunction
Scientists capture the inner workings of the click beetle’s explosive jumps
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/click-beetle-mechanics-jump-fast
Jumps like this would shatter your bones. Click beetles use soft materials instead