Tag #Science

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Ancient Mesopotamian Emotion Map Challenges Modern Understandings

A study analyzing one million words of ancient Mesopotamian texts (934-612 BC) reveals unique emotion localization, with happiness and love in the liver, anger in the thighs and feet, and suffering in the armpits, challenging modern understandings of emotional experience.

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"China's Success in Combating Desertification: A Model for Global Land Restoration"

"China's extensive desertification control programs, utilizing innovative technologies and policy, have restored 53 percent of treatable land, resulting in zero net land degradation and economic benefits; this success inspires international collaboration."

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Life on Land
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Record-Breaking Whale Migration Highlights Climate Change Impact

A male humpback whale traveled over 8,000 miles from Colombia to Zanzibar, setting a record for the longest known whale migration and possibly driven by climate change or mating competition, documented via citizen science website happywhale.com.

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Life Below Water
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Изобретения Кокорина для нужд СВО

Российский изобретатель Владимир Кокорин предложил Минобороны РФ несколько изобретений для нужд СВО, включая электронную ловушку для гранат и устройство для эвакуации раненых на расстояние до 500 метров, несмотря на прошлые трудности и отсутствие финансирования.

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Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
welt.de
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AI Improves Weather Forecasting Accuracy

DeepMind's AI model, GenCast, outperforms traditional methods in medium-range weather forecasting by achieving 97% accuracy across 1320 atmospheric variables, generating 15-day global forecasts in eight minutes, but a German Weather Service expert highlights limitations in replicating complex weathe...

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Climate Action
bbc.com
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Secluded Site Fuels Thriving Grey Seal Colony at Orford Ness

Orford Ness in Suffolk now houses a thriving grey seal colony with 80 pups born this winter, growing from 200 in 2021 to roughly 400 today, due to its secluded nature and abundant food sources, managed by the National Trust.

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Life Below Water
dw.com
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Google Achieves Quantum Computing Breakthrough with Error Correction Below Critical Threshold

Google's new quantum processor, "Willow," successfully reduced the error rate in quantum computations below a critical threshold by combining multiple physical qubits into more stable logical qubits, a crucial step toward practical quantum computers despite needing significantly more qubits for larg...

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Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Crash: Navigation System Failure Leads to First Extraterrestrial Aircraft Accident

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter crashed on January 18, 2024, after a navigation system malfunction during its 72nd flight, highlighting challenges in autonomous flight on other planets and informing future mission designs.

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Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs May Reduce Breast Cancer Treatment Efficacy

A study of hundreds of women with triple-negative breast cancer found that those taking GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy had significantly lower remission rates (28% vs 63%) after treatment, suggesting interference with chemotherapy and immunotherapy effectiveness.

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Good Health and Well-being
lemonde.fr
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Contradictory Polygenic Risk Scores Question Personalized Medicine's Future

A recent JAMA study revealed contradictory results from nearly fifty polygenic risk scores for coronary artery diseases, questioning their reliability for predicting genetic predispositions and impacting personalized medicine approaches.

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Good Health and Well-being
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Greek Universities Secure €62 Million for Joint Master's Programs with International Institutions

Four Greek universities—Democritus University of Thrace, University of the Aegean, University of Western Macedonia, and Hellenic Mediterranean University—submitted 28 proposals for joint master's programs with 42 prestigious international universities, securing €62 million in funding from the Recove...

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Quality Education
nrc.nl
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Earthworm Wins Soil Animal Days Amidst Urbanization Concerns

On World Soil Day, an older woman and the author visited Blokker, reflecting changing consumer behaviors and raising awareness of soil health after the earthworm won the Soil Animal Days, while a Natuur & Milieu study highlights increasing urbanization and its impact on soil biodiversity.

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Life on Land