Tag #Science

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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
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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
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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
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Mechanical Process Drives Unique Scale Formation in Crocodiles

Researchers discovered that crocodile head scales develop through a purely mechanical process driven by differential growth rates and tissue properties, unlike other scales that form through gene activation, challenging the prevailing genetic focus in biology.

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Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks With Reduced Visibility Due to Bright Moon

The Geminid meteor shower, originating from asteroid 3200 Phaethon, peaks on December 14 with an expected 15 meteors per hour due to a nearly full moon, offering less visibility than usual but still showcasing fireballs from the rocky debris.

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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
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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
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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
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"Newly Discovered Roman Road Section Alters Understanding of Roman Infrastructure in Utrecht"

"Archeologists in Utrecht, Netherlands, unearthed a previously unknown 30-meter-wide Roman road section branching from the northern Limes to the Castellum Traiectum (Domplein), altering our understanding of Roman road networks and answering a long-standing question about the Limes' route."

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Sustainable Cities and Communities
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JWST Confirms Faster-Than-Expected Universe Expansion

New measurements from the James Webb Space Telescope confirm the universe's expansion rate is 8-12% faster than predicted, challenging the standard cosmological model and suggesting an unknown force influences its acceleration.

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