Particles carried from Earth’s poles via our planet’s magnetosphere could be interacting with lunar rocks to create small quantities of water on the moon. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/earth-wind-may-generate-water-on-moon…
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Bone cancer survivor to join billionaire on SpaceX flight
After beating bone cancer, Hayley Arceneaux figures rocketing into orbit on SpaceX’s first private flight should be a piece of cosmic cake. Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-02-bone-cancer-survivor-billionaire-spacex.html…
Bones of St. James the Younger, one of the 12 apostles, belong to someone else
Bone fragments long thought to have come from St. James the Younger, one of the 12 apostles who may have been Jesus’ brother, couldn’t have come from him, a new study finds. Source: https://www.livescience.com/st-james-relic-someone-else.html
Home baking frenzy inspires tissue scaffold for growing muscle
Irish soda bread appears to work as a scaffold for growing muscle and bone cells from mice, and could eventually help in producing factory-grown meat Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2263638-home-baking-frenzy-inspires-tissue-scaffold-for-growing-muscle/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Home baking frenzy inspires tissue scaffold for growing human muscle
Irish soda bread appears to work as a scaffold for growing muscle and bone cells, and could eventually help in producing factory-grown meat Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2263638-home-baking-frenzy-inspires-tissue-scaffold-for-growing-human-muscle/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Weapons carved from human bone come from drowned land bridge between UK and Europe
It’s a mystery why hunter-gatherers from the Stone Age crafted weapons from human bone. Source: https://www.livescience.com/stone-age-weapons-human-bone.html
Stone Age Europeans used human bones to make arrowheads
Barbed bone points that washed up on the shores of Europe were used as arrowheads or spear tips, and some were made of human bones Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2262840-stone-age-europeans-used-human-bones-to-make-arrowheads/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Ancient parasites in a titanosaur’s bones made it look like a zombie
The first discovery of parasites in a dinosaur bone reveals some of the oldest evidence of bone disease, which left a titanosaur with open wounds Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2260489-ancient-parasites-in-a-titanosaurs-bones-made-it-look-like-a-zombie/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Bacteria found in yogurt may help bone fractures heal faster
Rats given implants coated in dead bacteria were able to heal bone fractures faster. The bacterium used is also found in yogurt Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2259871-bacteria-found-in-yogurt-may-help-bone-fractures-heal-faster/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Escape from Mars: How water fled the red planet
Mars once had oceans but is now bone-dry, leaving many to wonder how the water was lost. University of Arizona researchers have discovered a surprisingly large amount of water in the upper atmosphere of Mars, where it is rapidly destroyed, explaining part of this Martian mystery. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-11-mars-fled-red-planet.html…