US and Japan push for ban on nuclear weapons in space with UN security council resolution
UN chief Ant ónio Guterres says risk of nuclear war has escalated and that ‘humanity cannot survive a sequel to Oppenheimer’The US and Japan are sponsoring a UN security council resolution calling on all nations not to deploy or develop nuclear weapons in space, the US ambassador has announced.Linda Thomas-Greenfield told a UN security council meeting that “any placement of nuclear weapons into orbit around the Earth would be unprecedented, dangerous, and unacceptable.”Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 19, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Guardian staff and agencies Tags: United Nations Japan US foreign policy Russia Nuclear weapons Space Source Type: news

More studies challenge the idea that Havana syndrome comes from foreign adversaries
Two new government studies found no unusual pattern of injury or illness in people with the mysterious cluster of symptoms known as Havana syndrome. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jon Hamilton Source Type: news

The U.S. bans most common form of asbestos, after decades of pushback from industry
More than 50 other countries have already banned the substance, which has been known to lead to lung and ovarian cancer, mesothelioma and other deadly illnesses.(Image credit: Jenny Evans) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Joe Hernandez Source Type: news

West Virginia opens the door to teaching intelligent design
In 2005, then–U.S. District Court Judge John Jones ruled that intelligent design (ID)—the idea that life is too complex to have evolved without nudging from supernatural forces—cannot be taught in public school biology courses because it is not a scientific theory. This month, the West Virginia legislature found a workaround, and passed a bill that doesn’t name ID but will nevertheless allow public school teachers there to discuss it in the classroom. The bill, which the state’s governor is expected to sign before the end of the month, is the latest example of what evolution educator at the University of Au...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 18, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

‘We actually don’t know much’: the scientists trying to close the knowledge gap in trans healthcare
Researchers are running trials on how hormone therapies affect trans people that will also benefit healthcare for the wider populationWhen Cameron Whitley was diagnosed with kidney failure seven years ago, the news came as a shock. But the situation was about to get worse. His doctor decided the diagnosis meant Whitley ’s hormone therapy had to stop.As a transgender man, now 42, who had taken testosterone for 10 years, the impact was brutal.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 18, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Science correspondent Tags: Transgender Medical research Health Science Society Source Type: news

How the Brain Hits the Brakes on Aging 
Neurons linked to metabolic processes slow aging in mice. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - March 18, 2024 Category: Science Tags: News News & Opinion Source Type: news

Did you solve it? Lewis Carroll for insomniacs
The answers to today ’s puzzlesEarlier today I set these puzzles by Lewis Carroll, who as well as writing books likeAlice ’s Adventures in Wonderland, was also a prolific puzzle setter.1. The Chelsea PensionersContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 18, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Alex Bellos Tags: Mathematics Lewis Carroll Books Education Science Source Type: news

EPA Bans Asbestos, a Deadly Carcinogen Still in Use Decades After a Partial Ban Was Enacted
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products and that kills tens of thousands of Americans every year. The final rule marks a major expansion of EPA regulation under a landmark 2016 law that overhauled regulations governing tens of thousands of toxic chemicals in everyday products, from household cleaners to clothing and furniture. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The new rule would ban chrysotile asbestos, the only ongoing use of asbestos in the United Sta...
Source: TIME: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matthew Daly/AP Tags: Uncategorized wire Source Type: news

FT hires Mark as South Africa bureau chief
The Financial Times has hired Monica Mark to be its South Africa bureau chief. Mark has been the Christian Science Monitor’s Africa editor, based in Johannesburg. A British-Nigerian, she has reported from more than 20 countries in Africa, with a particular interest in offbeat longform stories. She…#monicamark #southafrica #africa #johannesburg #britishnigerian #westafrica #lagos #nigeria #guardian #dakarsenegal (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Pandemic Lockdowns Had Varied Effects on Wildlife
A new study of camera-trap images complicates the idea that all wildlife thrived during the Covid lockdowns. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Anthes Tags: your-feed-science Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Animals Rural Areas Research Shutdowns (Institutional) Cameras Animal Migration Nature Ecology & Evolution (Journal) anthropause Environment Source Type: news

Fridge magnets can be cool aid to holiday memory recall, study finds
Some participants in Liverpool University survey said the travel mementoes were more important to them than photographsWhether holding up shopping lists or hastily scrawled messages, fridge magnets are highly functional holiday souvenirs. And a new study suggests these trinkets may also provide an important means of accessing happy – and not so happy – memories of past trips.Pervasive as souvenirs are, surprisingly little research has investigated what happens to them after people ’s holidays have ended, and even less has focused on fridge magnets, even though we interact with them almost every day.Continue reading.....
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 18, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Linda Geddes Tags: Memory Psychology Science UK news Life and style Travel Source Type: news

Star wars: Sri Lanka ’s powerful astrologers split over auspicious dates
Group employed by government divided for first time over best date for new year ritualsSri Lanka ’s government-backed traditional astrologers have failed to unanimously agree on the best date for new year rituals, with squabbling seers warning of “disaster” and accusing rivals of misinterpreting the position of stars.Astrologers are hugely influential figures consulted by the island ’s Buddhist and Hindu communities, and their advice for auspicious dates guides everything from marriages to business deals – and even national elections.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 18, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Staff and agencies in Colombo Tags: Sri Lanka South and central Asia World news Source Type: news

In Havana syndrome patients, NIH scientists find no physical trace of harm
The mysterious ailments that became known as Havana syndrome left no physical evidence of injury or disease, according to two government studies.(Image credit: Miami Herald) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jon Hamilton Source Type: news

Science Has Created a Cow That Produces Insulin in Its Milk
MONDAY, March 18, 2024 -- There may be an unexpected fix for ongoing shortages of insulin: A brown bovine in Brazil recently made history as the first transgenic cow able to produce human insulin in her milk. " Mother Nature designed the mammary... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 18, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

There's a difference between the sound of a healthy coral reef and a degraded reef
Scientists working off the U.S. Virgin Islands found that the sounds of a healthy coral reef, played on underwater speakers, could encourage a degraded reef to regenerate. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news