Mattel, maker of Hot Wheels, has just released a new Hot Wheels Mars Perseverance Rover to celebrate the landing of the NASA Perseverance rover on Mars on February 18. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/hot-wheels-mars-perseverance-rover-mattel…
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Galaxy-Size Gravitational-Wave Detector Hints At Exotic Physics
The fabric of spacetime may be frothing with gigantic gravitational waves, and the possibility has sent physicists into a tizzy. A potential signal seen in the light from dead stellar cores known as pulsars has driven a flurry of theoretical papers speculating about exotic explanations. Scientific American reports: The most mundane, yet still quite sensational, possibility is that researchers working with…
‘Flatliners’ still have heartbeats left. But death comes within 5 minutes.
People’s heartbeats may stop and restart as they die, with implications for the practice of organ donation. Source: https://www.livescience.com/flatlining-death-heartbeats-continue.html
Strange death of Russian mountaineers may be due to unusual avalanche
The Dyatlov Pass incident, which saw nine Russian mountaineers die in mysterious circumstances in 1959, has been the subject of many conspiracy theories, but now researchers say an unusual avalanche is to blame Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2266212-strange-death-of-russian-mountaineers-may-be-due-to-unusual-avalanche/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Schizophrenia is 2nd highest risk factor for dying of COVID-19, after age
People who have schizophrenia may be two to three times more likely to die from COVID-19, study suggests. Source: https://www.livescience.com/schizophrenia-covid-19-death-risk-factor.html
How do stars die?
Surprisingly, the fate of a star is easy to predict. All you need to know is how big it is. Source: https://www.livescience.com/how-do-stars-die.html
Almost a Third of Recovered COVID-19 Patients Return To Hospital In Five Months, One In Eight Die
According to new research from Leicester University and the Office for National Statistics (NS), almost a third of recovered COVID-19 patients will end up back in the hospital within five months and one in eight will die. Yahoo News reports via The Telegraph: Out of 47,780 people who were discharged from hospital in the first wave, 29.4 per cent were readmitted…
The PC Market Just Had its First Big Growth in 10 Years
The PC was supposed to die 10 years ago, but it’s just experienced its first big growth in a decade. From a report: Market research firm Canalys reports that PC shipments reached 297 million units in 2020, up an impressive 11 percent from 2019. IDC puts the year at 302 million shipments, up 13.1 percent year over year. Gartner also agrees…
Dog Domestication May Have Begun Because Paleo Humans Couldn’t Stomach the Original Paleo Diet
A new theory described today in Scientific Reports posits that hunter-gatherers whose omnivorous digestive system prevented too much protein consumption likely shared surplus meat with wolves. Those scraps may have initiated a step toward domestication. Scientific American reports: [Maria Lahtinen, a senior researcher at the Finnish Food Authority and a visiting scholar at the Finnish Museum of Natural History] did not…
The First Pig-to-Human Organ Transplants Could Happen This Year
Every day in the United States, 17 people die waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. To address this crisis, one biotech company is turning to an unlikely source: pigs. Maryland-based United Therapeutics says it plans to begin transplanting organs from genetically modified pigs into people as soon as this year. From a report: “We’re right on that cusp. We’re looking to…