Singlehood is on the rise around the world. New evidence suggests many single people are choosing to remain single and living happy lives. ( theconversation.com )
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jopy.12929...
Researchers invent 100% biodegradable 'barley plastic' ( phys.org )
Looks and Longevity: Do Prettier People Live Longer? ( www.sciencedirect.com )
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Does playing chess make you smarter? A look at the evidence ( theconversation.com )
Walking three times a week ‘nearly halves’ recurrence of low back pain ( www.thelancet.com )
Walking three times a week to ease back pain almost halves the risk of its recurrence, according to the first study of its kind....
Mothers’ care is central factor in animal, human longevity. In species where offspring survival depends on the longer-term presence of the mother, the species tends to evolve longer lives and a slower ( news.cornell.edu )
The relationship between mother and child may offer clues to the mystery of why humans live longer lives than expected for their size – and shed new light on what it means to be human....
A trans-oceanic flight of over 4,200 km by painted lady butterflies - Nature Communications ( www.nature.com )
Additional article: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/science/butterflies-ocean-migration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2U0.moxh.43MfSjCSno_6&smid=url-share
Egyptian scribes suffered work-related injuries, study says | Higher incidence of damage to hips, jaws and thumbs reveals their writing efforts may have taken a toll ( www.nature.com )
Additional article: https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/27/egyptian-scribes-work-related-injuries-study
Ontario Science Centre to close immediately: province ( www.cbc.ca )
Reducing carbon emissions from long-haul trucks ( news.mit.edu )
Scientists have discovered that a type of white blood cell exists as a single large population of cells that move throughout the body looking for, and repairing, damaged tissue | Discovery of ‘new rul ( www.cam.ac.uk )
From the article: This overturns the traditional thinking that regulatory T cells exist as multiple specialist populations that are restricted to specific parts of the body. The finding has implications for the treatment of many different diseases – because almost all diseases and injuries trigger the body’s immune system....
Algae offer real potential as a renewable electricity source, new Concordia research shows - Concordia University ( www.concordia.ca )
"How I Found A 55 Year Old Bug In The First Lunar Lander Game" by Martin C. Martin ( martincmartin.com )
"I recently explored the optimal fuel burn schedule to land as gently as possible and with maximum remaining fuel. Surprisingly, the theoretical best strategy didn’t work. The game falsely thinks the lander doesn’t touch down on the surface when in fact it does. Digging in, I was amazed by the sophisticated physics and...
What makes a good tree? We used AI to ask birds ( theconversation.com )
The extremotolerant desert moss Syntrichia caninervis is a promising pioneer plant for colonizing extraterrestrial environments ( www.cell.com )
From the article: While Matt Damon relied on potatoes cultivated in crew biowaste to survive in the hit film The Martian, researchers say it is a humble desert moss that might prove pivotal to establishing life on Mars....
This week in science ( mander.xyz )
Bird flu: https://bit.ly/3VcvnsY & https://bit.ly/3VfS7bn...
Transcription and translation of Grothendieck’s 1972 CERN talk "Will we continue scientific research?" ( thehighergeometer.wordpress.com )
cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/14096418...
