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
El sur de Inglaterra alberga a una pequeña, pero prospera población de walabíes de cuello rojo
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/wallaby-distribution-england-introduced-species-spanish
Los walabíes fueron introducidos al país al principio del siglo XX
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
Deep sea bacteria use selfishness to their advantage
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/deep-sea-bacteria-bathypelagic-food
Some bathypelagic bacteria have found a way to maximize their energy intake by taking food into their cells before breaking it down
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
The screen you are reading this on is probably emitting volatile organic compounds
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/lcd-screen-vocs-emission
A new study demonstrates that, in addition to a variety of other household products, LCD screens also emit these compounds
Getting vaccinated against COVID-19 vaccine improves mental health
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/covid-pandemic-vaccination-mental-health
People who received the COVID-19 vaccine experienced less depression and anxiety compared to unvaccinated individuals
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
Don’t bank those seeds — some oaks can be "cryopreserved"
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/trees-plants-conservation-cryopreservation
Acorns can’t be frozen, but tips of oak tree shoots can
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
Male and female mice form memories of fearful events differently
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/mice-fear-neuroscience-memory-sex-difference
A drug that blocks that memory forming in male mice has a different effect in females
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
Cocaine use slices and dices RNA in mouse brain cells
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/cocaine-mice-neuroscience-splicing-epigenetics
The analysis of epigenetic changes caused by cocaine use adds to the evidence that substance use disorders are rooted in biology