Новости за 17.02.2023

Comet 108P/Ciffreo was spotted in 1985 hurtling through space alongside a strange blob of dust, and now astronomers have finally figured out where the blob came from

Fifteen turtles have been stranded in the UK and Ireland since November, a high number attributed to stormy weather in the US and Caribbean

Moves by Google, Microsoft and Baidu to bring AI chatbots into their search engines may bring big advantages, but they could also damage many industries and change the very way we interact with the web

Roof-mounted heat pumps and heat-harvesting showers are among the green home technologies being put through their paces in a research facility in Manchester, UK

Anxiety, stress and thoughts of dropping out of master’s and PhDs have become commonplace

Understanding why psychedelic drugs that bind to serotonin receptors promote neuron growth, while serotonin itself does not

Dow and 3M laying off a total of 4500 employees worldwide

This was a relatively chill week, but I think I have some pretty tough weeks in front of me. I can do it (I keep telling myself.) Hope that you had a good week, and that you have a great weekend. See you on Monday! 

There is a lot of talk about the East Palestine incident. I don't have much to add. It is horrible, and it should not have happened, and we should prevent it from happening in the future. But I did read this New York Times article that actually states the volumes and identities of the released chemicals: 

• Vinyl chloride: 5 cars, contents burned
• Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether: one car, fate unknown
• Butyl acrylate: one car, contents spilled
• Ethylhexyl acrylate: one car... Читать дальше...

An over-reliance on publishing has left scientists prey to unscrupulous practices

New theory aims to account for one of the universe’s great mysteries

China is seen as main target in rejecting joint projects with certain foreign entities