#sciencefacts — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #sciencefacts, aggregated by home.social.
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🥱 People who have trouble sleeping or need extra hours of sleep are more likely to retire earlier, according to international research
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https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/trouble-sleeping-could-send-you-into-an-earlier-retirement#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #sleep #insomnia #retirement
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The Shocking Truth About Sugar & Energy 😮
#sugar #energy #dopamine #healthtips #nutrition #mitochondria #sugarfacts #wellness #healthychoices #sciencefacts #healthyliving #foodscience #shorts #shortsvideo -
☀️ The effects of rising temperatures in a warming climate could be more dangerous to older people than we first predicted
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https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/climate-change-could-be-more-dangerous-for-older-people-than-we-thought#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #climatechange #extremeheat #globalwarming
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Paleohistology is a highly specialized field within paleontology that studies ancient fossilized tissues such as bone, cartilage, and teeth, using techniques such as thin sectioning, histological staining, and microscopy (for cellular structures). By analyzing the microstructure of fossilized tissues, paleohistologists can provide a very wide variety of insights from extinct organisms (continued)
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🏳️🌈 Sexually and gender diverse youths were more likely to use outpatient and emergency mental health services than their cisgender heterosexual peers
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https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/sexually-and-gender-diverse-youths-more-likely-to-use-emergency-mental-health-services#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #LGBTQIA #transhealth
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🧑🤝🧑 People who feel content in their friendships are more likely to report better physical and mental health
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https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/your-good-friends-are-keeping-you-feeling-healthy-and-happy#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #friends #mentalhealthawareness
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🐈 This week's #ExpertSpotlight is Adelaide Uni's Dr Julia Henning
🐕 Julia is an animal welfare researcher with specialties in animal behaviour and their emotions🐶😺
More here: https://www.scimex.org/experts?name=julia-henning&a=888473
#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts
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Why do we perceive objects in different colors? The physical color of an object depends on how it absorbs and scatters light. Most objects scatter light to some degree and do not reflect or transmit light specularly like glasses or mirrors. An opaque object does not allow light to transmit through and instead absorbs or reflects the light it receives. (continued)
https://sciencecards.org/color-science/why-do-we-perceive-objects-in-different-colors
#science #sciencefacts #noaifacts #withoutai #colorscience #colors
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Astronomers Discover a Brand-New Type of Object: Part Black Hole, Part Star
Credit: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT At the cosmic dawn, the universe was sprinkled with giant black holes—monstrosities so huge that scientists are still struggling to explain how they could have even existed. The answer may lie in a never-before-seen object from this cosmic era. In a paper published today in Nature, astronomers report the discovery of an extremely unusual, bright spot of red from the early universe. Externally, it looks like an enormous star about the size of the entire solar […] -
Neuroplasticity describes the brain’s ability to reorganize and rewire its neural connections, enabling it to adapt and function in ways that differ from its prior state. The brain reorganizes and grows new neural connections in response to learning new skills, experiencing environmental changes, recovering from injuries, or adapting to sensory or cognitive deficits. (continued)
https://sciencecards.org/neuroscience/what-is-neuroplasticity#science #sciencefacts #noaifacts #withoutai #physiology #biology
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📏 US researchers say fat around your tummy is a better indicator of your risk of developing cardiovascular disease than using your BMI alone
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https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/fat-around-you-middle-is-better-than-bmi-for-predicting-the-risk-to-your-heart#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #BMI #cardiovascularhealth #hearthealth #weight
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😂 Regardless of cultural background, people are most ticklish on the neck, armpits, belly, and soles of their feet
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https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/tickling-and-ticklishness-shared-across-cultures#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #ticklish #tickle
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🏋️ With the recent AI agent hack of a gym website, we are pointing our #ExpertSpotlight towards #latrobe's Dr Nishan Mills
🤖 Nishan's research focuses on agentic AI software systems, AI literacy, and the responsible use of AI
✨More on Nishan: https://www.scimex.org/experts?a=1251231
#science #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #AI #AIHack
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💥 Historians must think we could fight!!
🧐 Listen to Off Embargo episode 3: "Orca fashion, speeding, and the lost lives of Egyptian Princesses" wherever you get your podcasts
➡️Or follow the link!
https://smc.org.au/off-embargo#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #SciPod
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🚗 Replacing a 2-year-old petrol SUV with an EV, rather than driving it for another 14 years, could nearly halve its owner's lifetime carbon emissions, US researchers found
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https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/scrapping-even-brand-new-petrol-cars-for-evs-might-be-better-for-the-environment#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #EV #electricvehicles #PlugInHybrid
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In biology, homeostasis is the state of steady internal physical and chemical conditions maintained by living organisms. The body’s ability to maintain homeostasis is a critical function. The body has many aspects that it maintains using homeostatic control mechanisms including: optimal temperature, fluid balance, cerebrospinal fluid, pH of extracellular fluid, concentrations of oxygen, carbon dioxide, sodium (continued)
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☀️ Using a powerful telescope, researchers have taken images of the Sun’s surface at a higher resolution than ever before
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https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/high-res-images-of-the-sun-may-reveal-what-powers-solar-flares#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #sun #solarflare
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Sea Stars, or Starfish aren't ones to give up. Regeneration is the name of their game.
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🚗 Has this week's episode changed the way you drive?
🎧 Listen in wherever you get your podcasts
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https://smc.org.au/off-embargo#science #sciencenews #reserach #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #offembargo #scipod
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Fun fact: Male mosquitoes feed harmlessly on plant nectar, but female mosquitoes require a blood meal to provide the necessary nutrients for egg maturation and offspring survival. Ever wonder why they always seem to pick you out of a crowd? Find out what science says: https://www.britannica.com/science/Why-Do-Mosquitoes-Drink-Blood
#ScienceNews #Entomology #MosquitoFacts #Biology #Britannica #ScienceFacts
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🦟 Canadian scientists pooled and re-analysed the data from 11 previous studies on links between pesticide exposure (including herbicides and insecticides) and motor neuron disease, finding that exposure was linked to a 60-70% increase in the risk of men developing the most common form, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The team says that, compared with no exposure, exposure to herbicides was linked to a 70% increase in a man's risk of developing the disease, and exposure to either insecticides or fungicides was linked with a 60% increase in risk. Interestingly, the researchers point out that there was no increased risk seen in women. It's important to note, the authors say, that this kind of study is limited by the quality of the original studies it is based on, and does not prove the pesticides caused the disease, just that the two may be linked.
Australian scientists from The University of Queensland, RMIT University, University of Sydney and Adelaide University have offered commentary on the research.
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https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/workplace-pesticide-exposure-linked-to-motor-neuron-disease-risk#science #ScienceNews #research #STEMEducation #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #pesticides #insecticides #herbicides #fungicide #MND #ALS #motorneurondisease #amyotrophiclateralsclerosis
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Barnacles stick to things, they pick a surface and they don't let go. They make some of the most amazing adhesive in the animal world, so much so scientists are trying to discover the secret.
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The Great Oxygenation Event (GOE) was a time interval during the Earth’s Paleoproterozoic era (2,500 to 1,600 million years ago) when the Earth experienced a rise in the concentration of free oxygen from practically none. The GOE is inferred to have been caused by cyanobacteria, which evolved chlorophyll-based photosynthesis that releases dioxygen as a waste byproduct of water photolysis. (continued)
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📺 UK scientists investigated the effects of increasing screen use on children's psychosocial development among 2,598 kids who began the study aged five and stuck with it through to age 15. After accounting for family functioning, the team says they found no links between screen use duration and developmental difficulties at age five or ten, and a link with increased difficulties at age 15 was only seen among teenagers who spent the most time video gaming, and not for other types of screen use. They did find a link between early high screen use and difficulties at ten years old, but this had vanished by age 15, they say. The findings highlight the limitations of current guidelines, which focus on duration of screen use, the authors conclude.
But experts from across the country have mixed responses to the research - with some saying the results might provide some relief to parents, while others point out that while the study is solid, the data was collected in a time before iPads existed - meaning the childhood observed in the study no longer exists.
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https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/no-link-found-between-kids-screen-use-and-emotional-behavioural-or-social-problems-later#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #screentime
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Ocean tidepools are some of the ultimate stress tests in nature. Every day is a new adventure.
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Is the placebo effect real? A placebo is a medicine or treatment intended to appear genuine, but actually have no pharmaceutical effect, such as inert sugar pills. The placebo effect is a genuine psychobiological phenomenon in which the mere expectation of improvement from a placebo can lead to some actual physiological changes. (continued)
https://sciencecards.org/clinical-research/is-the-placebo-effect-real
#science #sciencefacts #noaifacts #withoutai #clinicalresearch
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🔥 A strong El Niño is developing, according to the #WMO, with above-normal temperatures expected worldwide
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https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/the-world-meteorological-organization-says-prepare-for-a-strong-el-nino#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #elnino #WMO
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Energy can neither be created nor destroyed; rather, it can only be transformed or transferred from one form to another. The law of conservation of energy states that the total energy of an isolated system remains constant; it is said to be conserved over time. (cont.)
https://sciencecards.org/physics/what-is-the-law-of-conservation-of-energy
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What is the neuroendocrine system? Hormones play a very large part in the physiological processes of the body. The endocrine system consists of numerous glands throughout the body that produce and secrete hormones of diverse chemical structure, including peptides, steroids, and neuroamines. The nervous system and the endocrine system are linked in a process known as neuroendocrine integration. (continued)
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🍽️ Open wide! Here comes episode 3!
👩🍳 Serving it up on all good podcasting platforms, Monday
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