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The new drugs preventing allergic reactions to peanuts and other foods

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 12:00pm
Incredible results from trials of several new medications show they can prevent potentially deadly reactions to foods like peanuts, eggs and dairy - and may one day treat asthma
Categories: Astronomy

The new drugs preventing allergic reactions to peanuts and other foods

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 12:00pm
Incredible results from trials of several new medications show they can prevent potentially deadly reactions to foods like peanuts, eggs and dairy - and may one day treat asthma
Categories: Astronomy

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission — Live updates

Space.com - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 11:46am
Read the latest news about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
Categories: Astronomy

Ready the Hot Cocoa and Recliner — Here Comes the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower!

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 11:40am

You might be tempted to sleep through this annual shower but then you'd miss seeing some of the fastest meteors around. Not to mention their parent is the most famous comet of all.

The post Ready the Hot Cocoa and Recliner — Here Comes the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower! appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

Categories: Astronomy

Best sci-fi movies with 90%+ on Rotten Tomatoes

Space.com - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 11:29am
Here are the top 15 sci-fi movies boasting over 90% scores on Rotten Tomatoes from both critics and audiences alike.
Categories: Astronomy

Astronomers close in on the mystery of the erupting Orion star system (video)

Space.com - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 11:00am
An erupting star system in Orion has finally provided an answer to the mystery of how stars fed for over 100 years, something that has puzzled astronomers for almost as long.
Categories: Astronomy

Star Wars: Hunters launches in June for Nintendo Switch and mobile (video)

Space.com - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:30am
Star Wars: Hunters is finally opening its arena to everyone.
Categories: Astronomy

3 Ways Scientific Thinking Could Help Save the World

Scientific American.com - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:00am

A physicist, a philosopher and a psychologist are working together to bring better, smarter decision-making to the masses

Categories: Astronomy

Longest-Ever COVID Infection Lasted More Than 600 Days

Scientific American.com - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 9:30am

A Dutch man with lymphoma and other blood disorders was infected with the COVID-causing virus for nearly two years, during which time the pathogen evolved numerous mutations

Categories: Astronomy

Meteorites in Antarctica Are Getting Harder to Find because of Climate Change

Scientific American.com - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 9:00am

As climate change warms the poles, precious Antarctic meteorites will melt their way down out of scientists’ reach

Categories: Astronomy

Being angry for just 8 minutes could increase risk of a heart attack

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 8:18am
People who were asked to recall past events that made them angry experienced a change to their blood vessels that has been linked with heart attacks
Categories: Astronomy

Being angry for just 8 minutes could increase risk of a heart attack

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 8:18am
People who were asked to recall past events that made them angry experienced a change to their blood vessels that has been linked with heart attacks
Categories: Astronomy

Odd bump on praying mantis chest is actually world’s weirdest tongue

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 8:00am
A bristly bump on some mantises’ chests is a never-before-seen “gustifolium”, which may have evolved to help the insects with their highly specialised lifestyles
Categories: Astronomy

Odd bump on praying mantis chest is actually world’s weirdest tongue

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 8:00am
A bristly bump on some mantises’ chests is a never-before-seen “gustifolium”, which may have evolved to help the insects with their highly specialised lifestyles
Categories: Astronomy

China’s Population Could Shrink to Half by 2100

Scientific American.com - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 8:00am

Is China’s future population drop a crisis or an opportunity?

Categories: Astronomy

Exercise Helps Your Brain as Much as Your Body

Scientific American.com - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 7:30am

Instead of just asking questions about how exercise helps our bodies, let’s also consider how it helps our brains

Categories: Astronomy

Chatbots Have Thoroughly Infiltrated Scientific Publishing

Scientific American.com - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 6:45am

One percent of scientific articles published in 2023 showed signs of generative AI’s potential involvement, according to a recent analysis

Categories: Astronomy

Can Food Work as Medicine?

Scientific American.com - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 6:30am

Doctors are starting to prescribe vegetables or entire meals to ward off disease.

Categories: Astronomy

The best new science fiction books of May 2024

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 6:00am
A new Stephen King short story collection, an Ursula K. Le Guin reissue and a celebration of cyberpunk featuring writing from Philip K. Dick and Cory Doctorow are among the new science fiction titles published this month
Categories: Astronomy

The best new science fiction books of May 2024

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 6:00am
A new Stephen King short story collection, an Ursula K. Le Guin reissue and a celebration of cyberpunk featuring writing from Philip K. Dick and Cory Doctorow are among the new science fiction titles published this month
Categories: Astronomy