Notices by Science Scholar (sciencescholar@mastodon.social), page 4

Study finds temperature reconstructions during the Common Era are affected by the selection of paleoclimate data https://phys.org/news/2024-08-temperature-reconstructions-common-era-affected.html #science

Cosmic Mystery Solved? New Evidence Shows Planets Influence Sun’s Magnetic Cycles https://scitechdaily.com/cosmic-mystery-solved-new-evidence-shows-planets-influence-suns-magnetic-cycles/ #science

A hopper could explore more than 150 km of Triton's surface in two years https://phys.org/news/2024-08-hopper-explore-km-triton-surface.html #science

Findings suggest empowering women is key to both sustainable energy and gender justice https://phys.org/news/2024-08-empowering-women-key-sustainable-energy.html #science

Cats Show Signs of Grief When Fellow Pets Die… Even Dogs https://www.sciencealert.com/cats-show-signs-of-grief-when-fellow-pets-die-even-dogs #science

'All of us urgently need to band together to pass a robust and just Earth to future generations,' says expert https://phys.org/news/2024-08-urgently-band-robust-earth-future.html #science

Ancient Ruins Reveal the Engineering Marvels of 1800-Year-Old Roman Mills https://scitechdaily.com/ancient-ruins-reveal-the-engineering-marvels-of-1800-year-old-roman-mills/ #science

Scientists lay out revolutionary method to warm Mars

Ever since we learned that the surface of planet Mars is cold and dead, people have wondered if there is a way to make it friendlier to life. The newly proposed method is over 5,000 times more efficient than previous schemes to globally warm Mars, representing a significant leap forward in our ability to modify the Martian environment.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240807225455.htm #science

Living with a killer: How an unlikely mantis shrimp-clam association violates a biological principle https://phys.org/news/2024-08-killer-mantis-shrimp-clam-association.html #science

Sea level changes shaped early life on Earth, fossil study reveals

Shifts in the Earth's continental plates that drove long-term changes in sea level set the stage for the evolution of the earliest animals on Earth, a study suggests.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240802132909.htm #science

The Evolutionary Secrets Behind Endurance: New Research Reveals That Humans Are Born To Run https://scitechdaily.com/the-evolutionary-secrets-behind-endurance-new-research-reveals-that-humans-are-born-to-run/ #science

Almost Half of Dementia Cases Avoidable by Addressing 14 Risk Factors, Major Study Finds https://www.sciencealert.com/almost-half-of-dementia-cases-avoidable-by-addressing-14-risk-factors-major-study-finds #science

Komodo Dragons Have Iron-Coated Teeth, Study Finds https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/komodo-dragons-have-iron-coated-teeth-study-finds-180984799/ #science

Fusion Closer to Reality as Scientists Smash Density Limit by Factor of 10 https://www.sciencealert.com/fusion-closer-to-reality-as-scientists-smash-density-limit-by-factor-of-10 #science

JWST Discovers a Super-Jupiter: Its First Directly Imaged Exoplanet https://www.sciencealert.com/jwst-discovers-a-super-jupiter-its-first-directly-imaged-exoplanet #science

Mayo Clinic Defines New Memory Loss Syndrome Affecting Older Adults https://scitechdaily.com/mayo-clinic-defines-new-memory-loss-syndrome-affecting-older-adults/ #science

Crypto scams claim victims across the socioeconomic spectrum https://phys.org/news/2024-07-crypto-scams-victims-socioeconomic-spectrum.html #science

New Research Suggests That Surgeons Should Rethink a Common Practice https://scitechdaily.com/new-research-suggests-that-surgeons-should-rethink-a-common-practice/ #science

US to phase out federal purchase of single-use plastics https://phys.org/news/2024-07-phase-federal-plastics.html #science

Microbes found to destroy certain 'forever chemicals' by cleaving stubborn fluorine-to-carbon bonds https://phys.org/news/2024-07-microbes-destroy-chemicals-cleaving-stubborn.html #science