Matt Willemsen @Nonog@fedibird.com

One Million Years Ago, Our Human Relatives May Have Challenged Giant Hyenas for Carcasses
Groups of hominins might have successfully scavenged large kills, new modeling finds
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/one-million-years-ago-our-human-relatives-may-have-challenged-giant-hyenas-for-carcasses-180982979/ #hominins #hyenas #scavenging #carcasses #modeling #predators #cooperation

AI predicts how many earthquake aftershocks will strike — and their strength
Models trained on large data sets of seismic events can estimate the number of aftershocks better than conventional models do.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02934-6 #AI #earthquakes #prediction #aftershocks #SeismicEvents

Archaeologists Find Hidden Rooms in Pyramid of Egyptian Pharaoh Sahure
Sahure, also known as Sahura, was the second ruler of ancient Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty (c. 2465 – c. 2325 BCE).
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/egyptian-pharaoh-sahure-pyramid-hidden-rooms-12307.html #archaeologists #HiddenRooms #pyramid #Sahure #egypt

Millions wrongly labelled with penicillin allergy, pharmacists warn
About four million people in the UK have the drug allergy on their medical record - but when tested, 90% of them are not allergic, research suggests.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-66934909 #penicillin #allergy #pharmacology #antibiotic #SideEffects #AllergicReaction

Strings that draw-up brine could help supply the world with lithium
A new environmentally-friendly technique that uses arrays of strings to extract lithium from brine, and potentially even seawater, could help meet growing global demand for the metal, which is needed for electric vehicle batteries and grid storage as the world moves towards electrification and zero-carbon energy.
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/strings-that-draw-up-brine-could-help-supply-the-world-with-lithium/4018121.article #lithium #extraction #brine #strings

Flowing Crust Pushes Faults on Their Backs
Puzzlingly shallow faults in western Türkiye are likely getting a boost from below.
https://eos.org/articles/flowing-crust-pushes-faults-on-their-backs #FlowingCrust #Faults #shallow #Türkiye

Plant Alkaloid Trigonelline Improves Cognitive Functions, Study Suggests
In a new study, researchers at the University of Tsukuba investigated the effects of trigonelline — a naturally occurring alkaloid compound found in various plants, including coffee beans, fenugreek, and Japanese radish — on memory and spatial learning in a mouse model of accelerated aging.
https://www.sci.news/medicine/trigonelline-cognitive-function-12296.html #trigonelline #Cognitive #Function #coffee #daikon #fenugreek #aging

3,000-Year-Old Cuneiform Tablet Reveals Previously Unknown Language
The newly-discovered language, Kalasma, belongs to the Indo-European family. It was discovered thanks to a cuneiform text inscribed on a clay tablet from Hattusa, the capital city of the Hittite Empire, located in central Anatolia, Turkey.
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/kalasma-language-12294.html #Cuneiform #Tablet #Unknown #Language #Kalasma #IndoEuropean #Hattusa #Hittite #Anatolia #Turkey

The Vaginal Microbiome is Finally Getting Recognized
Vaginal dysbiosis has long been a taboo subject, but studying and optimizing the vaginal microbiome could be a game changer for women's health.
https://www.the-scientist.com/news/the-vaginal-microbiome-is-finally-getting-recognized-71392 #Vaginal #Microbiome #dysbiosis #womens #health #bacterial #vaginosis

United States
Mapped: How Much Does it Take to be the Top 1% in Each U.S. State?
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-top-1-percent-in-each-u-s-state/ #infographic #OnePercent #income #states

@newsopinionsandviews Loved watching Kamala Harris bust up when he said that! 🐝

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Japan-s-Mitsubishi-Motors-to-end-production-in-China #mitsibishi #china #production

@dancinyogi Just one more thing. . .

@berndandeweg True. Count on Antarctica to mess things up