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The Darkest Parts of the Moon are Revealed with NASA’s New Camera
two cameras operating on two different lunar orbiters have recently worked in tandem to produce a stunning mosaic image of the lunar south pole’s Shackleton Crater, a portion of which resides directly on the lunar south pole and whose depths have been shrouded in complete darkness for possibly the last few billion years
https://www.universetoday.com/163363/the-darkest-parts-of-the-moon-are-revealed-with-nasas-new-camera/ #moon #dark #photograph #camera #shadow #mosaic

Uranus: Time to Boldly Go
Scientists say now is the time to unlock the secrets of Uranus and suggest a low-cost, low-risk way to do so.
A window of time is fast approaching during which astronomers could launch a spacecraft to Uranus. In fact, such a mission is at the top of their wish list.
https://eos.org/features/uranus-time-to-boldly-go
#uranus #planetary #research #mission #explorer #UranusOrbiterAndProbe

People With Long COVID Have Specific Blood Biomarkers, Study Says
People with long COVID have specific biomarkers in their blood, a study published Monday in Nature said.
The findings may be a step toward creating blood tests to positively identify people with long COVID so specialized treatments can be employed, researchers said.
https://www.webmd.com/covid/news/20230925/people-with-long-covid-have-specific-blood-biomarkers-study-says #Nature #LongCovid #blood #biomarkers #tests

Psyche Set To Soar: NASA’s Date With a Metal-Rich Asteroid
Now that fueling and testing are complete, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is ready to meet its ride – a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The launch is now targeting 10:34 a.m. EDT on Thursday, October 5 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida after optimizing the trajectory for the mission to study a metal-rich asteroid.
https://scitechdaily.com/psyche-set-to-soar-nasas-date-with-a-metal-rich-asteroid/ #NASA #Psyche #asteroid #FirstBelter

NIH to insist foreign partners share lab notebooks and data
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced that it will implement a policy that requires grant holders to monitor the lab notebooks, raw data and all documentation underpinning research carried out by collaborators based outside the US.
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/nih-to-insist-foreign-partners-share-lab-notebooks-and-data/4018129.article #NIH #lab #notebooks #data #monitor #research

COVID vaccines linked to unexpected vaginal bleeding
A large cohort study measured how frequently women reported bleeding after receiving COVID-19 jabs.
Women who don’t menstruate — including postmenopausal women and those on contraceptives — were several times more likely to experience unexpected vaginal bleeding after COVID-19 vaccination than before the vaccines were offered, a study finds.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02996-6 #COVID #vaccine #vaginal #bleeding

The Batavia’s Tale of Mutiny and Murder Gets a New Chapter
Archaeologists have unearthed new details of the 400-year-old bloodshed on a remote Australian island.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/batavia-shipwreck-murder-mutiny-archaeology #batavia #mutiny #australia #archaeology #skeleton

What does a car need to know about your sex life? Lock and Code S04E20
When you think of the modern tools that most invade your privacy, what do you picture?
There's even the modern web itself, rife with third-party cookies that track your browsing activity across websites so your information can be bundled together into an ad-friendly profile.
But here's a surprise answer with just as much validity: Cars.
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/podcast/2023/09/what-does-a-car-need-to-know-about-your-sex-life #podcast #cars #sexlife #security #privacy #Nissan #Kia #sexual #activity

This is what Earth’s continents will look like in 250 million years
Only a fraction of the planet’s surface will be habitable to mammals when the next supercontinent, Pangaea Ultima, forms.
Pangaea Ultima is expected to form in about 250 million years, when a land mass comprising Europe, Asia and Africa merges with the Americas.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03005-6 #next #supercontinent #habitability #PangaeaUltima