Where do elbows and knees come from? Biologists track them back to our boneless, sharklike ancestors
Ask an older person where painful arthritis strikes and most will point to their joints—knees, hips, and fingers. That’s because as people age, those joints lose the cartilage and viscous fluid, known as synovial fluid, that keeps them supple. Sharks and skates have no bones—and no arthritis—but they apparently have the same kind of joints we do. Once thought to exist only in bony vertebrates, these so-called
synovial joints actually evolved in the much older ancestor of cartilaginous and bony fish
, researchers reported earlier this month in a preprint on bioRxiv.
“They very convincingly show tha...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 25, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Promising perspectives for the application of SDS Optic's inPROBE technology platform for protein expression determination
LUBLIN, Poland, April 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- An inherent feature of oncology is personalization, i.e., conversion from the fit-to-all strategy based on applying the same chemotherapy regimens to all patients with a specific type of cancer to therapy individually tailored to the patient.…#lublin #poland #ihc #fish #inprobe (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Estuaries, the ‘nurseries of the sea’, are disappearing fast
Study reveals repurposing of ecologically vital land for homes or agriculture is happening particularly rapidly in AsiaEstuaries – the place where a river meets the ocean – are often called the “nurseries of the sea”. They are home to many of the fish we eat and support vast numbers of birds, while the surrounding salt marsh helps to stabilise shorelines and absorb floods.However, a new study shows that nearly half of the world ’s estuaries have been altered by humans, and 20% of this estuary loss has occurred in the past 35 years.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 24, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Kate Ravilious Tags: Coastlines Wildlife Oceans Biodiversity Conservation Environment Science Asia Pacific Source Type: news
The rise of the TikTok news anchor
“BREAKING NEWS: it looks like there is some weird stuff going on in America.” Welcome to the news on TikTok. Before we dwell on how and when it is appropriate to start a sentence with “breaking news”, let’s cross now to our correspondent, who is a cartoon fish, with a story about a “Potential…#tiktok #iowa #gaza #dailymail #alexkellerman #libya #pew #jessicaburbank #genz #julieurquhart (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bird Flu Is Infecting More Mammals. What Does That Mean for Us?
H5N1, an avian flu virus, has killed tens of thousands of marine mammals, and infiltrated American livestock for the first time. Scientists are working quickly to assess how it is evolving and how much of a risk it poses to humans. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli and Emily Anthes Tags: Avian Influenza Foxes Deaths (Fatalities) Beaches Fish and Other Marine Life Disease Rates Mammals Agriculture and Farming Birds Animals Poultry Viruses Wildlife Die-Offs Pigs Cattle Swine Influenza Peru California Lati Source Type: news
This Earth Day, how to know if the seafood you're eating is sustainable
Roughly 196 million tons of fish were harvested in 2020, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The organization also notes that the number of overfished stocks worldwide has tripled in the last century. All of this overfishing has led to the decline of entire species, like Atlantic cod. Enter the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch. It and other free guides give consumers an overview of the world of fish and seafood, helping people to figure out the most sustainable fish available to them. With the help of Life Kit's Clare Marie Schneider, we figure out how to make informed decisions a...
Source: NPR Health and Science - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Clare Marie Schneider Source Type: news
An 11-year-old unearthed fossils of the largest known marine reptile
When the dinosaurs walked the Earth, massive marine reptiles swam. Among them, a species of Ichthyosaur that measured over 80 feet long. Today, we look into how a chance discovery by a father-daughter duo of fossil hunters furthered paleontologist's understanding of the "giant fish lizard of the Severn." Currently, it is the largest marine reptile known to scientists.Read more about this specimen in the study published in the journal PLOS One. Have another ancient animal or scientific revelation you want us to cover? Email us at shortwave@npr.org — we might talk about it on a future episode! (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Kwong Source Type: news
Two Endangered Ferrets Cloned From Genes of Critter Frozen in 1980s
(CHEYENNE, Wyo.) — Two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S., bringing to three the number of slinky predators genetically identical to one of the last such animals found in the wild, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday.
Efforts to breed the first clone, a female named Elizabeth Ann born in 2021, have failed, but the recent births of two more cloned females, named Noreen and Antonia, in combination with a captive breeding program launched in the 1980s, is boosting hopes of diversifying the endangered species. ...
Source: TIME: Science - April 18, 2024 Category: Science Authors: MEAD GRUVER / AP Tags: Uncategorized News Source Type: news
An Animated Guide to the Rare 2024 Cicada Co-Emergence
More than a trillion noisy, inch-long cicadas are set to emerge from underground this spring to embark on the final leg of their lifetimes, in a massive co-emergence that hasn’t been seen in more than 200 years.
Cicadas that are part of both a 13-year and a 17-year brood will emerge at the same time this spring. It will be the first time since 1803—when Thomas Jefferson was President—that these particular broods simultaneously tunnel up from their burrows to find a mate and make way for the next generation of cicadas.
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Source: TIME: Science - April 17, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Solcyré Burga and Lon Tweeten Tags: Uncategorized Explainer News Desk Source Type: news
Holland America Line Set to Debut New'Glacier Day' and Enhanced Alaska-Focused Experiences on Every Alaska Cruise in 2024
Culinary highlights include Alaska dishes by Fresh Fish Ambassador Chef Morimoto and new Alaska-themed cocktails by acclaimed bartender Sam Ross SEATTLE, April 17, 2024 /CNW/ -- Holland America Line is debuting "Glacier Day" on its Alaska cruises as it rolls out new programming within its "We Love…#culinary #alaska #chefmorimoto #samross #seattle #hollandamericaline #glacierday #welovealaska #alaskaup #bethbodensteiner (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
No, You Don ’ t Need to Chug Olive Oil
Forget morning coffee. Across the internet, people are broadcasting a different routine: drinking a shot of extra virgin olive oil after they climb out of bed.
Gulping down the oil that’s usually reserved for cooking has been a “gamechanger,” one TikToker said. “It gives my body a kickstart,” another chimed in. Others claim a shot (or more) of olive oil per day improves their gut health, boosts their metabolism, and makes their skin glow. Even celebrities, like Kourtney Kardashian and Ryan Seacrest, have trumpeted their love of olive oil shots.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Angela Haupt Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
10 Delicious Japanese Dishes That Go Beyond Sushi For Raw Fish Skeptics
If the thought of raw fish sends you running, fear not! Japanese cuisine offers an incredible array of dishes that don’t involve eating any raw fish at all. From steaming bowls of ramen to crispy tempura, there’s a whole world of flavors waiting to be explored. Here are ten mouth-watering Japanese…#tempura #osaka #hiroshima #yakitori #kagawa #shikokuisland #marjorietaylorgreene #hushmoneytrial #tonkatsu #katsu (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New research centers will investigate effects of ocean-related problems on human health
Millions of tons of small pieces of plastic are finding their way into the world ' s waters, and then into human beings. The plastics are often eaten by fish and shellfish and then passed to humans when they consume seafood. These plastic particles and … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - April 16, 2024 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
More Than a Trillion Cicadas Are Coming. Are You Ready?
Cicadas spend the vast majority of their lifetime—more than 90%—underground. But this spring, two broods of more than a trillion cicadas will make their debut above the soil across the Midwest and Southeast in an event that has not happened in more than two centuries.
“When these emerge, it really is a unique, natural phenomenon,” says PJ Liesch, the director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Insect Diagnostic Lab, who compares the insects’ emergence to that of Monday’s total solar eclipse. “If you think about your entire lifetime, you might only have a few opportunit...
Source: TIME: Science - April 12, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Solcyré Burga Tags: Uncategorized News Desk Source Type: news
Study: High seafood diet may increase risk of exposure to'forever chemicals '
A new U.S. study into so-called " forever chemicals " in seafood published Friday recommends the introduction of stricter public health guidelines for the amount of marine fish and shellfish people can safely consume. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
