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Oldest known human viruses found hidden within Neanderthal bones ( www.newscientist.com )

Blushing hens: Study finds French chickens get red in the face when scandalized ( www.salon.com )

Quantum internet draws near thanks to entangled memory breakthroughs ( www.newscientist.com )

Google and Harvard unveil most detailed ever map of human brain ( www.cnn.com )

Brain-reading device is best yet at decoding ‘internal speech’ ( www.nature.com )

Brain-machine interfaces implanted in the participants of this study in the supramarginal gyrus (SMG) and primary somatosensory cortex (S1) were successfully able to decode both internally spoken and vocalized words....

Human embryos embrace asymmetry to form the body ( www.nature.com )

This study performed lineage tracing of live human embryos from the first cleavage division until the blastocyst stage and discovered that the majority of cells in the EPI, the future human body, originate from one of the two cells in most embryos. The first blastomere to divide at the 2-cell stage has a higher likelihood to...

Nature earns ire over lack of code availability for Google DeepMind protein folding paper ( retractionwatch.com )

Earth-sized planet spotted orbiting small star with 100 times sun’s lifespan ( www.theguardian.com )

Speculoos-3b, 55 light years away, is only second planetary system to be found around an ultra-cool red dwarf...

Alarmed by Climate Change, Astronomers Train Their Sights on Earth ( www.nytimes.com )

A growing number of researchers in the field are using their expertise to fight the climate crisis....

Creepy Study Suggests AI Is The Reason We've Never Found Aliens ( www.sciencealert.com )

Update: New solar flare, secondary peak today in this "Extreme" solar storm ( www.earth.com )

https://www.space.com/sun-fires-off-massive-x-class-solar-flares-may-11-2024...

Scientists Discover a 'Phonetic Alphabet' Used by Sperm Whales, Moving One Step Closer to Decoding Their Chatter ( www.smithsonianmag.com )

Scientists have figured out way to make algae-based plastic that completely decomposes ( abcnews.go.com )

World Warned to Prepare for Today's Severe Geomagnetic Storm, First in 20 Years ( www.yahoo.com )

Impact of insufficient sleep on total daily energy expenditure, food intake, and weight gain ( www.pnas.org )

What's your opinion on Andrew Huberman's podcast?

Every time I mention that I like Huberman's podcasts, I get bombarded with comments on how he's basically a fool, a liar, yadayada....

Scientists Find an ‘Alphabet’ in Whale Songs ( www.nytimes.com )

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Scientists Warn against Treating Forests as Carbon Commodities ( www.scientificamerican.com )

The deep ocean photographer that captured a 'living fossil' ( www.bbc.com )

Scientists are racing to trace deep ocean species before they are lost, with the help of photographers who have a taste for danger....

Do you need a dentist visit every 6 months? That filling? The data is weak ( arstechnica.com )

A 2020 Cochrane review that assessed the two clinical trials concluded that "whether adults see their dentist for a check‐up every six months or at personalized intervals based on their dentist's assessment of their risk of dental disease does not affect tooth decay, gum disease, or quality of life. Longer intervals (up to 24...

A subset of Alzheimer's cases may be caused by two copies of a single gene, new research shows ( apnews.com )

New Study Links Complex Jobs to Reduced Risk of Dementia ( scitechdaily.com )

A cohort study found that individuals who engaged in mentally stimulating jobs during their 30s to 60s were less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia after turning 70, highlighting the importance of cognitive stimulation during midlife for maintaining cognitive function in old age....