In terms of PhD-ing, this is kind of like the pregame. I passed my comprehensive exams last year & will officially defend my dissertation & finish this Fall. So here goes...
New research sheds light on the idea of consciousness: There’s a difference between what the brain takes in and what we’re consciously aware of. Where consciousness is managed in the brain has been a mystery, but we may have an answer now. Here’s more from Science Alert: https://flip.it/vfm7k1 #Science#Neurology#Brain
Evidence 600-Million-Year-Old Ocean Existed In The Himalayas – Found: High up in the Himalayas, scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Niigata University, Japan, have discovered droplets of water trapped in mineral deposits that were likely left behind from an ancient ocean which existed around 600 million years ago. https://www.ancientpages.com/2023/07/29/600-million-year-old-ocean-himalayas/
If you prefer a more dynamic and interactive size chart:
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Amazingly, there are people — many, I'm afraid, in positions of power and influence — who continue to assert that technology will surely save us and that capitalism can find the answers.
Uh-huh. And how's that going so far?
Although most climate scientists, when asked privately or off the record, admit they now expect a global temperature rise of 3°C to 4°C or even higher before the end of this century (see https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses/109642315870697356) a few happy optimists are always ready to assure us that while a “temporary overshoot” beyond 1.5°C might occur, it won’t last because, um, because magic will happen!
That's not quite what they say, but it's almost as bad since they’re asking us to depend on carbon dioxide removal (CDR), a hopeful fantasy that we can someday cheaply and effectively remove gigantic amounts of carbon from the air and put it back in the ground.
Instead of, you know, just doing what we should have done in the first place — leave it in the ground!
Here is the truth: To avoid catastrophe, to prevent the collapse of civilization, to avert the possible extinction of the human race — we MUST stop emitting carbon into the atmosphere. This requires urgent, immediate emissions cuts, phasing down to full ZERO (not phony greenwashed "Net Zero") within a matter of years.
The science is unequivocal. The messages we are receiving from Gaia could not be more clear. If we don't change our ways, and quickly, it's game over for civilization.
Dogs provide critical support for homeless people, study finds: Homeless people and their dogs have a mutually beneficial relationship, with the dogs providing critical support for their owners' emotional and mental health while owners make every effort to protect dogs and meet their welfare needs, new research has found. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-dogs-critical-homeless-people.html
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If we're going to talk about an X, I'd rather talk about this one: the wonderfully weird Red Rectangle nebula, located 2300 light years away in the constellation Monoceros. #science#geometry#astrodon
Rosalind Franklin’s research was crucial to discovering DNA’s double helix structure. But she never received proper acknowledgement for her contribution.
8 healthy habits linked to living decades longer: A study of more than 700,000 people found that adopting eight healthy habits by age 40 could extend life expectancy by more than two decades. https://archive.is/nxwDC
Tidying my office the other day and I found my favourite ever certificate, from ten years ago. We had helped with the release of a stratospheric balloon in Texas and then tracked it to recover the data once it was back on the ground. Steely-eyed ballooner! #science#stratosphere
Why Do Cats Land on Their Feet? Physics Explains: As it turns out, felines can survive a fall from any height—at least in theory https://archive.is/j55HE
Good news on the medical front. A review of data from thousands of people in 25 countries finds that people taking HIV medicine have "almost zero risk" of spreading the virus via sex once their levels are low. Live Science reports: https://flip.it/S7JxJx #Science#Medicine#Health#HIV
Bizarre ‘mind-controlling’ parasitic worm lacks genes found in every known animal: Our world is full of bizarre and intriguing creatures. One of the strangest, though, is the hairworm, a parasitic worm known as a “mind control worm” in some circles. These parasitic worms are found all over the world, and they look similar to thin strands of spaghetti, usually measuring a couple of inches long. However, their bodies and genes hint at the parasitic lifestyle that they live. https://bgr.com/science/bizarre-mind-controlling-parasitic-worm-lacks-genes-found-in-every-known-animal/
Around 2,000 penguins wash up dead on Uruguay coast: Around 2,000 penguins have appeared dead on the coast of eastern Uruguay in the last 10 days, and the cause, which does not appear to be avian influenza, remains a mystery, authorities said. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-penguins-dead-uruguay-coast.html
Sick of hearing about record heat? Scientists say those numbers paint the story of a warming world: With a summer of extreme weather records dominating the news, meteorologists and scientists say records like these give a glimpse of the big picture: a warming planet caused by climate change. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-sick-scientists-story-world.html
What Life in Barbie’s Dazzlingly Pink World Would Do to Her Brain—And Yours: The Barbie movie’s plastic pink world might not be that fantastic in real life. https://archive.is/JtFSn
Conspiracy theories are the new pandemic infecting public life: Millions of people, from all walks of life, have come to believe aspects of the QAnon conspiracy theory. Prevention is our only hope, says James Ball. James Ball is the author of The Other Pandemic: How QAnon contaminated the world https://archive.is/DGKiV
Paleontologists discover two new sabertooth cat species: The terrifying and fascinating saber toothed cats that once roamed the earth from California to China may have two new species to add to their family tree. https://www.popsci.com/environment/two-new-sabertooth-cat-species/