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No Hurricane Has Been Known To Cross the Equator?
Snopes found evidence of this claim circulating online since at least 2003.
Claim: No hurricane has been known to cross the equator.
Rating: True
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/no-hurricane-known-to-cross-equator/ #hurricanes #equator #CoriolisEffect #sharpie

The Largest-Ever Simulation of The Universe Could Finally Reveal How We Got Here
How did the incomprehensibly immense everything of it all get to where it is now, from an unimaginable nothing, billions of years ago?
That's it, really, the question of questions. And, with the largest project of its kind to date, astronomers are attempting to find answers – by conducting computer simulations of the entire Universe.
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-largest-ever-simulation-of-the-universe-could-finally-reveal-how-we-got-here #universe #simulation #FLAMINGO #DiRAC #SWIFT #S8 tension

Microsoft Windows 95 Video Guide with Jennifer Aniston & Matthew Perry | (VHS) 1995
Whether you are a PC rookie or an experienced user looking to upgrade, this hilarious how-to readies you for Windows 95. Created with Microsoft, the Windows 95 Video Guide is your ticket to personal computing in the 21st century.
And who better to drive you than Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry, TV’s hottest comedy stars as they go interactive with a cast of wacky propeller heads.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ypXfodOu-s #video #Windows95 #Microsoft #JenniferAniston #MatthewPerry

Galápagos Giant Tortoises Are Ecosystem Engineers
A decades-long project shows how the reptiles are changing the island of Española
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/galapagos-giant-tortoises-are-ecosystem-engineers-180983101/ #Galápagos #GiantTortoises #Ecosystem #Engineers #WavedAlbatross #ecological #architects

AI Meets Its Match: The Butterfly Effect
Artificial intelligence algorithms fail to account for a key limitation in weather prediction.
https://eos.org/research-spotlights/ai-meets-its-match-the-butterfly-effect #AI #weather #prediction #butterfly #effect #tiny #perturbations

Minerals in ancient meteorites offer insights into the origin of most of the Earth's surface
Dr. Alice Stephant, an astrophysicist, is helping to solve a longstanding mystery about water on Earth: where it came from.
She has produced research that suggests the chemical components of water—hydrogen and oxygen—could have come from the giant cloud of dust and gas that gave rise to Earth's solar system.
https://phys.org/news/2023-10-minerals-ancient-meteorites-insights-earth.html #meteorites #Earth #surface #water #SolarSystem #Primitive #Achondrites

What is ‘fried rice syndrome’? A microbiologist explains this type of food poisoning – and how to avoid it
A condition dubbed “fried rice syndrome” has caused some panic online in recent days, after the case of a 20-year-old who died in 2008 was resurfaced on TikTok.
“Fried rice syndrome” refers to food poisoning from a bacterium called Bacillus cereus, which becomes a risk when cooked food is left at room temperature for too long.
https://theconversation.com/what-is-fried-rice-syndrome-a-microbiologist-explains-this-type-of-food-poisoning-and-how-to-avoid-it-216536 #FriedRiceSyndrome #FoodPoisoning #BacillusCereus #diarrhoea #vomiting

A chunk of the moon appears to be orbiting near Earth, new study suggests
The asteroid Kamo'oalewa may have been ejected by a massive impact on Earth's moon, a new simulation has revealed.
https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/a-chunk-of-the-moon-appears-to-be-orbiting-near-earth-new-study-suggests #asteroid #Kamooalewa #moon #earth #orbit #collision

Unexpected 'Fish' Cell Found in Human Lungs Could Be Key to Cystic Fibrosis
A type of cell once only thought to exist in the gills of freshwater fish and the skin of frogs, but recently found in humans lungs, has given scientists new insight into the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF).
https://www.sciencealert.com/unexpected-fish-cell-found-in-human-lungs-could-be-key-to-cystic-fibrosis #lungs #cell #fish #gills CysticFibrosis

Russia renamed its ambitious satellite program after Putin misspoke its name
"So I didn't even make it back and it's already renamed to Sfera."
As is usual with Russian space projects, because they tend to be poorly funded, the timeline for Sphere's deployment has been delayed and its scope reduced. It also underwent an unscheduled name change.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/10/russia-renamed-its-ambitious-satellite-program-after-putin-misspoke-its-name/ #russia #SpaceProgram #sfera #Ehfir #putin #sputin #hifalutin

Surprisingly long-lived wild female chimps go through menopause
It’s the first known example of wild, nonhuman primates going through the hormonal changes
Female chimps living in an East African forest experience menopause and then survive years, even decades, after becoming biologically unable to reproduce.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/wild-female-chimps-menopause #chimpanzees #menopause #aging #longevity #primates #hormones #fertility

Venus May Have Once Had Earth-Like Plate Tectonics
Venus is the least understood of the terrestrial planets. Despite broad similarities to the Earth in mass and size, Venus has no evidence of plate tectonics recorded on its young surface, and Venus’ atmosphere is strikingly different. New research from Brown University offers evidence that Venus had plate tectonics billions of years ago.
https://www.sci.news/space/venus-plate-tectonics-12396.html #venus #PlateTectonics #StagnantLid #life #atmosphere

Teeny jumping spider found in woman’s ear after days of torturous racket
The spider was nesting on her eardrum—and there's video.
While brain worms have made many horrifying headlines this year, the good folks at the New England Journal of Medicine offer some fresh nightmare fuel ahead of Halloween: an ear spider.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/a-wee-spider-needed-a-safe-place-to-molt-it-chose-a-womans-ear-canal/ #ear #spider #video #taiwan #NotEarWorm

Tai chi may slow Parkinson's symptoms for years, study finds
Tai chi may help slow down the symptoms of Parkinson's disease for several years, a Chinese study suggests.
Those who practised the martial art twice a week had fewer complications and better quality of life than those who didn't, the researchers say.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-67208745? #TaiChi #parkinsons #management #prevention