Matt Willemsen @Nonog@fedibird.com

This Photo of Earth Was Captured by a Lens Smaller Than the Edge of a Coin
The portrait of Earth was shot from an altitude of around 3,730 miles (about 6,000 kilometers) using an “extremely miniaturized camera” that is about the same size as the edge of a 20-cent Euro coin, which is 0.08 inches (2.14 millimeters) thick.
https://petapixel.com/2023/11/08/this-photo-of-earth-was-captured-by-a-lens-smaller-than-the-edge-of-a-coin/ #tiny #lens #Earth #photo miniaturized #camera

Bear linked to multiple attacks in Japan found dead alongside its final victim
Japanese officials found the body of a missing student alongside the corpse of a brown bear that likely killed him. The bear is also suspected of attacking several other people in the area.
https://www.livescience.com/animals/bears/bear-linked-to-multiple-attacks-in-japan-found-dead-alongside-its-final-victim #BrownBear #victim #attacks #hokkaido #acorns

Photo Researcher Discovers the True Origin of Iconic Rock Album Cover
https://petapixel.com/2023/11/08/photo-researcher-discovers-the-true-origin-of-iconic-rock-album-cover/ #LedZeppelinIV #photograph #located #ErnestFarmer #LongLot

One brain area helps you to enjoy a joke — but another helps you to get it
Seinfeld episodes help scientists to distinguish between the brain regions involved in understanding and appreciating humour.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03400-z #psychology #brain #humour #processing #jokes #dorsalstriatum #ventralstriatum

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Underwater volcanic eruption gives birth to new island in the Pacific
A volcanic eruption off the Japanese island of Iwo Jima on Oct. 30 led to the formation of a new 330-foot-wide island just north of the explosion site.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/underwater-volcanic-eruption-gives-birth-to-new-island-in-the-pacific #japan #volcano #island #IwoJima

A 500-Year-Old Record of the Aztec Empire Comes to Life
The Digital Florentine Codex’s three languages and thousands of hand-painted illustrations provide a window into culture, war, and daily life.
The Florentine Codex includes 12 books covering a wide variety of topics, from daily life to ceremonies, and from war to plants and animals. Book 9 describes the merchants and artisans of the time, such as these disguised Mexica merchants in Tzinacantlan, acquiring quetzal feathers.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/digital-florentine-codex-aztec-history
#aztec #Digital #Florentine #Codex #books #history

Researchers Identify an Unexpected Predictor of Lung Cancer’s Return
Genetic information collected from seemingly healthy tissue near lung tumors may be a better predictor of whether cancer will come back after treatment than analysis of the tumors themselves, according to new research led by NYU Langone Health and its Perlmutter Cancer Center.
https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-identify-an-unexpected-predictor-of-lung-cancers-return/ #cancer #genetics #LungCancer #treatment #biomarkers #HealthyTissueRNA #Immunotherapy #tumor

Eating meat may not have 'made us human,' contrary to popular theory
Meat-eating may not have made us human after all, say paleoanthropologists.
https://www.livescience.com/health/food-diet/eating-meat-may-not-have-made-us-human-contrary-to-popular-theory #meat #food #paleoanthropology #consumption #metabolism

Ghost Particle Unmasked: Project 8’s Neutrino Mass Breakthrough
Project 8 has innovatively used Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy to observe electron behavior in tritium decay, setting an upper limit for neutrino mass. This marks progress in a long-standing challenge in particle physics, with the potential to improve our understanding of the universe’s evolution.
https://scitechdaily.com/ghost-particle-unmasked-project-8s-neutrino-mass-breakthrough/ #neutrino #mass #tritium #antineutrino #BetaDecay

8 times fossilized human poop dropped big knowledge on us. (Number 2 will surprise you).
Here's the scoop on ancient human poop.
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/times-fossilized-human-poop-dropped-big-knowledge-on-us-number-2-will-surprise-you #poop #feces #archeology #fossil #coprolites

Scientists Uncover Potential Treatment for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
New research reveals that the Thrap3 protein aggravates NAFLD by disrupting fat metabolism in the liver, suggesting that targeting Thrap3 could lead to new treatments for the disease.
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-uncover-potential-treatment-for-non-alcoholic-fatty-liver-disease/ #NAFLD #liver #disease #treatment #thyroid #hormone #receptors #AMPK #steatohepatitis

What Not to Prescribe to Older Adults and What to Use Instead
Today we are going to talk about the American Geriatrics Society 2023 updated Beers Criteria guidance for medication use in older adults. These criteria have been updated and revised approximately every 5 years since 1991 and serve to alert us to medications for which the risk-benefit ratio is not as good in older adults as in the rest of the population.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/997792 #geriatrics #medicine #pharmacology BeersCriteria #prescription

The Real Drivers of Global Migration: A Twenty-Year Analysis Debunks Common Narrative
A study has found that socioeconomic conditions, rather than climate factors, are the primary drivers of global migration. Utilizing a new high-resolution dataset, the research indicates that migration patterns are complex and vary significantly within countries, challenging common perceptions about migration and climate change.
https://scitechdaily.com/the-real-drivers-of-global-migration-a-twenty-year-analysis-debunks-common-narrative/ #migration #drivers #ClimateChange #socioeconomics #HumanDevelopment

Lice DNA records the moment Europeans colonized the Americas
Genetics of head lice could offer a new avenue for exploring human migration and mixing
https://www.science.org/content/article/lice-dna-records-moment-europeans-colonized-americas #lice #genetics #migration #paleoecology #DNA

Comparative Genomic Study Sheds New Light on Cat Evolution
New research led by Texas A&M University and the University of Missouri scientists explains how cats, including domestic cats, lions, tigers, Geoffroy’s cats and Asian leopard cats, evolved into different species and sheds light on how different genetic changes in cats relate to survival abilities like the ability to smell prey.
https://www.sci.news/genetics/cat-evolution-12428.html #comparative #genetics #cats #evolution

Scientists Discover a Mysterious Hormone That Makes Insulin Work Better
The hormone reduces appetite in animals and occurs at concentrations 100 times higher in pregnant women. Research from the University of Copenhagen has now discovered that it enhances insulin efficacy in rodents. However, its role in our bodies remains shrouded in mystery.
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-a-mysterious-hormone-that-makes-insulin-work-better/ #insulin #hormone #mice #sensitivity #CVD #obesity

Feast on 2,000 Years of Chinese Culinary History
Fuchsia Dunlop’s ‘Invitation to a Banquet’ is a delicious tour de force.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fuchsia-dunlop-invitation-to-a-banquet-chinese-food #china #cooking #history #cuisine

Enceladus has All the Raw Materials for Life
Saturn’s ocean moon, Enceladus, is attracting increasing attention in the search for life in our Solar System. Most of what we know about Enceladus and its ice-covered ocean comes from the Cassini mission.
New research based on Cassini data strengthens the idea that Enceladus has the chemicals necessary for life.
https://www.universetoday.com/164050/enceladus-has-all-the-raw-materials-for-life/ #enceladus #cassini #saturn #moon #life #CO #O #N #organics