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Effects of Finnish evacuation during second world war visible in DNA
The second world war left a major mark on the genetic composition of Finland, researchers have found, though the work may not have included minority ethnic groups Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2270154-effects-of-finnish-evacuation-during-second-world-war-visible-in-dna/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Covid-19 news: Vaccines for new variants could be fast-tracked in UK
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237475-covid-19-news-vaccines-for-new-variants-could-be-fast-tracked-in-uk/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
7.3-magnitude earthquake rocks New Zealand, spawns tsunami warning
At this writing, the National Emergency Management Agency of New Zealand is still warning people to stay away from harbors, rivers and estuaries. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/earthquake-new-zealand-march-4-5-2021-tsunami-warning…
People of European descent evolved resistance to TB over 10,000 years
Analysis of ancient DNA shows that a genetic variant that increases susceptibility to tuberculosis has drastically decreased in Europe since the Bronze Age Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2270136-people-of-european-descent-evolved-resistance-to-tb-over-10000-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Some frogs have noise-cancelling lungs to dampen other species’ calls
To better hear a male’s mating call, some female frogs have noise-cancelling lungs, which resonate at frequencies that filter out the sounds of other species Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2270131-some-frogs-have-noise-cancelling-lungs-to-dampen-other-species-calls/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
X-raying eggs while they cook reveals how egg white becomes solid
When an egg is heated, its proteins unfold and form bonds with each other – an X-ray analysis has shown this happening on the micrometre scale over the first 160 seconds of cooking Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2270129-x-raying-eggs-while-they-cook-reveals-how-egg-white-becomes-solid/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Facebook AI learned object recognition from 1 billion Instagram pics
Artificial intelligence built by Facebook has learned to classify images from 1 billion Instagram photos. The AI used a different learning technique to many other similar algorithms, relying less on input from humans. Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2270102-facebook-ai-learned-object-recognition-from-1-billion-instagram-pics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Over one-sixth of all food produced ends up being thrown in the bin
Consumer food waste hit 931 million tonnes in 2019, 17 per cent of global production. Although this figure includes non-edible waste such as bones, it suggests huge amounts of food are going uneaten Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2270058-over-one-sixth-of-all-food-produced-ends-up-being-thrown-in-the-bin/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Changing sounds reveal impact of Amazon fires on animal life
Recordings reveal that the Brazilian Amazon sounds different after it has been burned several times, suggesting acoustic monitoring as a tool to measure ecosystem degradation Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2269731-changing-sounds-reveal-impact-of-amazon-fires-on-animal-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…