Deep sub-surface "microbial dark matter" hasn’t evolved since Pangea
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/microbe-evolution-early-earth-pangea
The ancient microbes have survived brutal conditions for millions of years and hit pause on evolution
Deep sub-surface "microbial dark matter" hasn’t evolved since Pangea
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/microbe-evolution-early-earth-pangea
The ancient microbes have survived brutal conditions for millions of years and hit pause on evolution
With a zap of electricity, scientists write a message into bacterial DNA for the first time
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/dna-storage-living-bacteria
DNA is compact and information-dense, making it the perfect material for data storage
How our data encodes systematic racism
▻https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/10/1013617/racism-data-science-artificial-intelligence-ai-opinion
Technologists must take responsibility for the toxic ideologies that our data sets and algorithms reflect. I’ve often been told, “The data does not lie.” However, that has never been my experience. For me, the data nearly always lies. Google Image search results for “healthy skin” show only light-skinned women, and a query on “Black girls” still returns pornography. The CelebA face data set has labels of “big nose” and “big lips” that are disproportionately assigned to darker-skinned female faces (...)
Why schools should be the center of a Green New Deal
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/green-new-deal-schools-environmental-justice
Underfunded schools have left students to boil in the heat or drink lead-tainted fountain water. The GND should help
T. rex walked as slowly as a human, and may have used it’s tail as a suspension system
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/dinosaur-trex-biomechanics-walking-suspension
In prehistoric times, you could have strolled down the street and chatted with your friendly neighborhood T. rex without even breaking a sweat
New research shows how one sniff separates trillions of molecules into smells
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/olfaction-smelling-insects-human-receptor
These new findings could explain how humans are capable of detecting over a trillion odors
This lab-grown meat grows on spinach skeletons
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/lab-grown-meat-vascular-spinach-skeletonized-sustainability
For lab-grown meat to replace a fresh steak, it needs to look like one
Feral cats’ hunting abilities make them particularly effective predators, even when prey see them
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/cats-hunting-prey-australia-quoll
Prey can spot cats more often than other similar predators, but that doesn’t save them
Researchers create an effective RNA vaccine for malaria
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/malaria-mrna-vaccine-covid-biotech-patents
Similar technology that created COVID-19 vaccines might prevent one of the world’s most deadly diseases
’Picture a Scientist’ director Sharon Shattuck wants you to know you’re not alone
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/picture-a-scientist-movie-nancy-hopkins-raychelle-burk
The stories captured in Picture a Scientist are shocking, but they are hardly exceptional
▻https://images.takeshape.io/fd194db7-7b25-4b5a-8cc7-da7f31fab475/dev/1dc5bc02-d4dc-4bbb-86b2-6d9b254bc1c1/PICTUREASCIENTIST_UprisingLLC_6.tif?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=fac
A "strange, giant" galaxy is breaking all the rules
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/massive-galaxy-formation-black-hole-hubble-spiral-elliptical
It’s got young stars and no supermassive black hole. What’s the deal?
Just 15 percent of psychology studies are strongly rooted in theory
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/psychology-theory-replication-crisis
A study of over 2000 papers highlights the need for more theory in psychology research
Mind-controlling your computer just became one step closer
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/brain-computer-interface-electronics-braingate-wireless
Two people were able to perform tasks like opening Skype with a wireless implant
How seven cases of a mysterious opioid-induced disease revolutionized Parkinson’s research
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/parkinsons-mptp-drugs-frozen-addicts
In the early 1980s, seven people took synthetic heroin. What happened next drastically changed our understanding of Parkinson’s disease, and how to treat it
Foam rolling can help athletes hurdle the post-halftime slump
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/foam-rolling-exercise-muscles-performance-sports
A new study looks at how this common self-massage technique affects athletic performances
Why does COVID-19 often cause brain fog?
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/brain-fog-hypoxia-neurons-mitochondria
Low oxygen supplies in the brain make it difficult to think and carry out every day activities
How to make sense of recent CERN finding that challenges the Standard Model of particle physics
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/cern-lepton-universality-physics-large-hadron
Don’t throw away your textbooks just yet
Hallucinating mice could help us understand schizophrenia
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/hallucination-mice-sound-schizophrenia
Neuroscientists made mice hear things that didn’t happen for a rare look into what creates hallucinations in our brains
The Intersectional Environmentalist is the human voice of those most impacted by climate change
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/intersectional-environmentalist-sabs-katz-interview
An interview with co-founder Sabs Katz on Earth Day 2021
This Earth Day, turn your funeral into an ecoburial
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/ecofriendly-cremation-burial-eternal-reefs-sustainability-earth-day
Traditional burial practices are ecologically unsustainable, so why not go green in your final act?
An array of bacteria and fungi help leafcutter ants break down toxic leaves
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/leafcutter-ants-bacteria-fungus-garden
The ants and the microbes work as a team to digest rainforest vegetation
When sperm can’t modify their proteins, the motor stops swimming
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/sperm-fertility-infertility-flagella
New study validates long-suspected biological reason for sperm-based infertility
Can monitoring indoor carbon dioxide levels predict how COVID-safe a room is?
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/co2-covid-chemistry-atmosphere-aerosols
The gas can be a proxy for stagnant air — but the answer is complicated
Je cherche mal, ou vraiment c’est très difficile de trouver le nombre de vaccinations chaque jour en France ?
►https://covidtracker.fr/vaccintracker Après sur la fiabilité des chiffres je sais pas
J’ai lu sur Twitter (mais je ne retrouve plus le tweet) que c’était effectivement le seul outil existant, développé et maintenu par un individuel et que le gouvernement lui communiquait les chiffres sans aucun contrôle possible.
Communication ce jour : ▻https://twitter.com/GuillaumeRozier/status/1348576613928230912
Statistics and Research
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccinations :
▻https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations
(Les données ne sont certainement pas toujours mises à jour quotidiennement)
This technology was designed to grow human cells. Now it’s transforming the cultured meat industry.
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/opti-ox-bit-bio
Inside the breakthrough that could take lab-grown meat from the lab to the supermarket.
▻https://images.takeshape.io/fd194db7-7b25-4b5a-8cc7-da7f31fab475/dev/0786e4aa-b82c-4e4d-aed2-f3867923b499/wowie.tiff?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=faces&fit=crop&fm=jpg&h=600&