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Jem Cresswell’s striking whale images – in pictures The photographer spent five years documenting humpback whales in the waters surrounding the Tonga Trench

Jem Cresswell’s striking whale images – in pictures www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🦑🌎🧪

Turns out that the technology for better EV batteries is already here, get all the deets from our new explainer

The pernicious infections infiltrating Ukraine’s front lines Doctors and scientists are waging a shadow war in the besieged nation: bacteria that are resistant to multiple antibiotics. The deadly bugs are now knocking on western Europe’s door.

Drug-resistant bacteria are spreading and strengthening amid the chaos of the war in Ukraine. Read this important piece by @richardastone.bsky.social (reported from the field w help from @pulitzercenter.org); edited by the terrific @rosiemestel.bsky.social

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Oof. 🖤

The clock is ticking: How epigenetics could help save wildlife from collapse In polar bears, dolphins, baboons and more, molecular signatures of aging are changing how conservationists assess population health, resilience and risk

In polar bears, dolphins, baboons and more, molecular signatures of aging are changing how conservationists assess population health, resilience and risk. ✍️ Elie Dolgin

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lovely indeed

that sounds like a very satisfying way to spend a Thursday #jealous

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Studies of migraine’s many triggers offer paths to new therapies One class of drugs has already found success in treating the painful, disorienting and common attacks. Excitement is building about a slew of additional drug targets.

If you suffer from migraines, or know someone who does, her story is an essential read. Check it out 👇

The other end of the weight spectrum: Very thin people Researchers are exploring why some individuals are naturally super-lean and may struggle to gain weight. The causes of such constitutional thinness offer clues to the physiology of weight control.

If our environment promotes obesity, why do some people stay thin? 🤔

This new popular scientific article by Ute Eberle in
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thanks @biographic.bsky.social ! will take a look

this is fascinating- Amber Dance wrote a piece for us recently on how cancer cells hijack & manipulate their surroundings- astonishing, really, & may inspire therapies @erictopol.bsky.social knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

and..
-See the giants of grocery and ag that dominate our food system @thefern.org
-Some therapists are secretly using chatbots @technologyreview.com
-Are you cleaning your ears correctly? @washingtonpost.com
-Thumbnails gave rodents an evolutionary edge, from @sciencenews.bsky.social

last week, we flagged:

-CDC cuts surveillance of six foodborne pathogens @nbcnews.com
-Feds stop funding network that develops therapies for kids with brain cancer @nytimes.com
-States go their own way on vaccines @kffhealthnews.org
-Test your tariff and trade knowledge @graphics.reuters.com

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The other end of the weight spectrum: Very thin people Researchers are exploring why some individuals are naturally super-lean and may struggle to gain weight. The causes of such constitutional thinness offer clues to the physiology of weight control.

Researchers are exploring why some individuals are naturally super-lean and may struggle to gain weight. The causes of such constitutional thinness offer clues to the physiology of weight control.

✍️ Ute Eberle

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How a mysterious particle could explain the universe’s missing antimatter The Big Bang should have produced equal amounts of matter and antimatter, which would have annihilated each other in a spectacular burst of pure energy. But it didn’t. New experiments focused on under...

#3Dart about #antimatter — by me for Knowable Magazine !@knowablemag.bsky.social

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Thank you for the great work @natureintheory.bsky.social I love the mirror for conveying the mystery of the missing antimatter

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What have researchers learned about the physiology and genetics of pregnancy at high elevation? This was discussed at a meeting convened last year in Cambridge, England.

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Using pollen to make paper, sponges and more Reengineered, the powdery stuff could become a range of eco-friendly objects

“Pollen is a very, very interesting biomaterial.” It might seem like useless dust, but pollen has some fascinating materials science -- including a rigid outer shell called “the diamond of the plant world” via @KnowableMag.bsky.social knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

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Super-resolution microscopes showcase the inner lives of cells Advanced light microscopy techniques have come into their own — and are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in disease

Advanced light microscopy techniques have come into their own — and are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in disease.

✍️ Katarina Zimmer

shared this story with family and friends in New England, delighted to learn that eastern North America's continental margin has "so much going on there that some geologists have humorously dubbed it a “passive-aggressive margin.”

How did eastern North America form? With many collisions and much crumpling of rock, down the ages. The story holds lessons for how the edges of continents are built and change over time.

How did eastern North America form? With many collisions and much crumpling of rock, down the ages.

How rogue jumping genes can spur Alzheimer’s, ALS Our genomes are peppered with DNA segments called retrotransposons that can move from place to place. When unleashed, some can kill nerves and promote inflammation — a discovery that may inspire treat...

Our genomes are littered with the DNA of long lost viruses - some of these bits (known as jumping genes) help us, but others are harmful and may fuel some cases of Alzheimer's and ALS. Amber Dance wrote a terrific explainer for us:
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Scientists Bust the Myth of the Saltwater-Sipping Desert Shrub The dream of crops that could drink seawater has taken a hit as botanists prove that Nolana mollis, a desert survivor long believed to hydrate itself from atmospheric brine, actually relies on convent...

"“For a plant to perform this work would require the existence of a mechanism of plant water uptake unknown to science”
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Worm-inspired treatments inch toward the clinic Infection by certain wrigglers may reduce inflammation and fight obesity and diabetes. Scientists are at work to turn the findings into therapies.

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