Thursday, June 20, 2019 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
A few days from now, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will lift off from Florida, carrying a satellite the size of a loaf of bread with nothing to power it but a huge polyester "solar sail."Thursday, June 20, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
As the dangers and costs of climate change rise, policymakers are facing painful choices about how to decide which communities to protect.Thursday, June 20, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
European leaders from 28 countries will decide Thursday whether the E.U. will aim to get to net-zero emissions in the next 30 years.Thursday, June 20, 2019 from New Atlas
The benefits of bicycles are significant both for the humans that ride them and the environment they live in, but they're not everybody's cup of tea when it comes to getting around. The Bicycle Architecture Biennale is an annual...Thursday, June 20, 2019 from New Atlas
By the end of 2020, we can expect to see a "smaller, more accessible" 338cc Harley appearing in dealerships across China, as the American company partners with Chinese manufacturing giant Qianjiang to get its brand into more hands. .....Thursday, June 20, 2019 from Science-Based Medicine
There's no reliable evidence that an infusion of blood plasma from a young donor will benefit an older person, and there are risks, but Ambrosia Health is selling "young blood" infusions for thousands of dollars anyway. The FDA has taken...Thursday, June 20, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
The new measure will very likely prompt a flurry of legal challenges. If upheld in court, it could tie the hands of future presidents on global warming.Thursday, June 20, 2019 from New Atlas
In the largest general population study ever conducted investigating the association between atrial fibrillation and dementia, Korean researchers have concluded there to be a significant link between the common heart condition and the...Thursday, June 20, 2019 from EurekAlert! - Breaking News
Older smartphone users tend to rely more on their phones' auto lock feature compared to younger users, a new UBC study has found. They also prefer using PINs over fingerprints to unlock their phones.Thursday, June 20, 2019 from EurekAlert! - Breaking News
New UC Riverside-led research settles a longstanding debate about whether the most ancient animal communities were deliberately mobile. It turns out they were, because they were hungry.Thursday, June 20, 2019 from EurekAlert! - Breaking News
Purdue University researchers are using graphene to help people with neurological diseases who use implantable devices.Thursday, June 20, 2019 from EurekAlert! - Breaking News
Almost 1 in 4 medications were mismatched between the clinician's notes and the formal medication list in a patient's electronic medical record, according to study of ophthalmic medications by Kellogg Eye Center.Thursday, June 20, 2019 from EurekAlert! - Breaking News
Despite improvements in median and short-term survival rates for patients with glioblastoma, the most common brain tumor in adults, the percentage of patients achieving five-year survival remains low, according to new Mayo Clinic research.Thursday, June 20, 2019 from EurekAlert! - Breaking News
Inflammatory and immune-regulatory mechanisms were found to be altered in animal models and in archived prostate cancer tumor samples of responders exposed to dust from the World Trade Center terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.Thursday, June 20, 2019 from EurekAlert! - Breaking News
A move by the White House in 2017 -- decried by many health policy analysts as an attempt to undercut the Affordable Care Act (ACA) -- had unanticipated consequences that improved the affordability of health insurance for Marketplace...Thursday, June 20, 2019 from EurekAlert! - Breaking News
Patients with peripheral arterial disease should be given the option of pain-free exercise, according to a study published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).Thursday, June 20, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
A new analysis of satellite data concludes that Himalayan glaciers are melting much faster than before, posing grave risks to millions downstream.Thursday, June 20, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
The animal was seen roaming the streets of Norilsk, Russia, hundreds of miles from its usual habitat. Experts said it was probably looking for food.Thursday, June 20, 2019 from New Atlas
Genes get shuffled and re-dealt with every new generation, meaning many are relatively recent. But while exploring the "dark heart" of the human genome, geneticists have now found some of the most ancient pieces of DNA, inherited from...Thursday, June 20, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
Airlines must permit some parents — or passengers with food allergies themselves — to preboard in order to wipe down seats, federal regulators said.Thursday, June 20, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystems
Get some of your # climate questions answered. http://bit.ly/2FiyLMG pic.twitter.com/h69RKsibCjThursday, June 20, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
Temperatures in Greenland have been as much as 40 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, helping fuel a pulse of melting across much of the ice sheet surface.Thursday, June 20, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
What Is an Atomic Clock? The clock is ticking: A technology demonstration that could transform the way humans explore space is nearing its target launch... The post NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock Will Transform Space Exploration...Thursday, June 20, 2019 from New Atlas
Once a year, the Delsbo Electric contest in Sweden challenges students to create and improve on the world's most energy-efficient vehicles. This year's champ, the Eximus IV, smashed the competition and all previous records with an...Thursday, June 20, 2019 from Tweets: ThinkTanks, Geopolitics, Security
What's the book that cracked you open? We'd love to know. pic.twitter.com/iYDKfwHqMuThursday, June 20, 2019 from Top Science Tweets
How to troubleshoot a crashing app http://pops.ci/fGMPAy pic.twitter.com/YM1c5kCGviThursday, June 20, 2019 from Top Science Tweets
InSight aims to unstick its burrowing mole by first taking a peek in the hole to see what the problem is. https://pst.cr/QoJ4x Thursday, June 20, 2019 from Top Science Tweets
Can't get enough of @ Donttrythis ? Go inside # SavageBuilds with the # MythBusters vet himself. Watch now on DGO. --> https://bit.ly/2Fav9vU pic.twitter.com/MN1GUOM8PtThursday, June 20, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystems
Every day, the Carlsbad desalination plant north of San Diego creates 50 million gallons of freshwater, and a second plant with similar capacity is being built in Huntington. In total there are 11 desal plants in California, and 10 more...Thursday, June 20, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystems
Some people wait for the future. Leaders create it. Join us in Minneapolis-St. Paul this # August for our next Climate Reality Leadership Corps training and learn how to # LeadonClimate . http://bit.ly/2XhgB4H ...Thursday, June 20, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystems
A British phone box appearing to warn us of a global # crisis ? You won't find the Doctor inside, but the warning you will should not be ignored. Link: http://bit.ly/2WPecC8 pic.twitter.com/Bw03viAasqThursday, June 20, 2019 from Top Science Tweets
The Himalayan Mountains are losing the equivalent of more than a vertical foot and half of ice each year—according to data from 2000 to 2016 https://on.natgeo.com/2KqrxdF Thursday, June 20, 2019 from New Atlas
ESA has given the green light to launch a triple spacecraft mission designed to make the first flyby of a comet visiting the inner solar system for the first time. Part of the space agency's Cosmic Vision Programme, the "Comet...Thursday, June 20, 2019 from Top Science Tweets
It could be the next light armored transport for the French Army. http://pops.ci/0Fau6r Thursday, June 20, 2019 from New Atlas
An extraordinarily disturbing portrait of systematic forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China has been revealed in the final judgement of an independent panel established to investigate the issue. The report details...Thursday, June 20, 2019 from Tweets: ThinkTanks, Geopolitics, Security
Greenland just lost 4 trillion pounds of ice in one day. Normally, this image would be a sheet of white ice. http://bit.ly/2MWWPeg pic.twitter.com/y51XCXLyhKThursday, June 20, 2019 from Discover Top Stories
This animated spiral portrays the simulated changes in the global average monthly air temperature from 1850 through the present relative to 1850-1900, and then where they are projected to head if we do nothing to reduce emissions of...Thursday, June 20, 2019 from New Atlas
At the Paris Air Show, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman announced they have formally agreed to collaborate on building an air-breathing hypersonic weapon for DARPA and the US Air Force. Under the new partnership, the two companies will...Thursday, June 20, 2019 from Top Science Tweets
Take control of your computer's annoying pop-up notifications http://pops.ci/rVRtOk pic.twitter.com/M9UyWbkEKuThursday, June 20, 2019 from Tweets: ThinkTanks, Geopolitics, Security
Why is it important to read to babies? Eighty percent of brain growth occurs during the first 3 years of life, with an average of 700 synapses forming per second. http://bit.ly/2WSlFk0 pic.twitter.com/VlUMmGJhuZThursday, June 20, 2019 from Top Science Tweets
Scientists are amazed as Canadian permafrost thaws 70 years earlier than expected, part of a phenomenon they say could be a tipping point for global warming https://reut.rs/2XpPIiy pic.twitter.com/yzvybJGWN2Thursday, June 20, 2019 from Tweets: ThinkTanks, Geopolitics, Security
The key role of the state should be to foster industrial and economic development. https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/05/national-developmentalism-from-forgotten-tradition-to-new-consensus/ …Thursday, June 20, 2019 from Top Science Tweets
It’s the first significant upgrade to the Global Forecast System in about 40 years. But some meteorologists worry it's too flawed for prime time. http://ow.ly/Im7N50uCE1b Thursday, June 20, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystems
“Given the consistent global increase in water temperature, we are seeing increasing rates of this particular pathogen.” # ClimateCrisis https://nbcnews.to/2MWjiYK pic.twitter.com/TU9xhokpD9Thursday, June 20, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystems
A STARVING polar bear has strayed hundreds of miles from its natural Arctic habitat and wandered, exhausted, into the major Russian industrial city of Norilsk in northern Siberia.Thursday, June 20, 2019 from Tweets: ThinkTanks, Geopolitics, Security
"It's an indication that the climate is now warmer than at any time in the last 5,000 or more years." http://bit.ly/2WUdBiM pic.twitter.com/x1xeD91TW7Thursday, June 20, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
In a panic after a fire has broken out and can't remember where the fire extinguisher is, let alone how to use it?Thursday, June 20, 2019 from Tweets: ThinkTanks, Geopolitics, Security
A tech-minded approach to drug fraud could squash those who enable the deadly opioid crisis. http://bit.ly/31H7nS1 pic.twitter.com/MlzoBtR4f4Thursday, June 20, 2019 from BREAKING NEWS: Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystems
Young people are fighting for the future they deserve. # ActOnClimate http://bit.ly/2WPBZ5a pic.twitter.com/W6LA16ZSufThursday, June 20, 2019 from Top Science Tweets
What happens when humans spend too much time in the dark http://pops.ci/F1hb89 pic.twitter.com/AfUHrNklv9