A toxin from an ancient bacteria helps ticks survive and transmit Lyme disease to the humans they feed on, a new study finds. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-bacteria-ticks-lyme-disease.html
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The Preserve review: The inner struggle to survive in a robot world
How do humans feel living in a world where robots outperform them, asks The Preserve by Ariel S. Winter. Clare Wilson says it’s a great thought experiment Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833124-500-the-preserve-review-the-inner-struggle-to-survive-in-a-robot-world/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Ancient humans may have hibernated to survive brutal glacial winters
Signs of disease in the bones of hominins who lived in glacial Europe half a million years ago hint they hibernated to cope with harsh winters – but the evidence is disputed Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2262133-ancient-humans-may-have-hibernated-to-survive-brutal-glacial-winters/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
What are ‘open’ star clusters?
Open clusters are young, loosely bound gatherings of stars that may still be surrounded by the nebula – or space cloud – in which they were born. The Pleiades, Hyades, and Beehive are well-known examples of open star clusters. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/definition-examples-what-are-open-star-clusters…
Verona Rupes: Tallest Known Cliff in the Solar System
Could you survive a jump off the tallest cliff in the Solar System? Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…
Huge iceberg A-68A nears South Georgia Island
Scientists watch as A-68A, currently the planet’s largest iceberg, approaches a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/huge-iceberg-a68a-nears-south-georgia-island-nov202…
Mars is getting a new robotic meteorologist
Mars is about to get a new stream of weather reports, once NASA’s Perseverance rover touches down on Feb. 18, 2021. As it scours Jezero Crater for signs of ancient microbial life, Perseverance will collect the first planetary samples for return to Earth by a future mission. But the rover will also provide key atmospheric data that will help enable future…
Ancient life signs under dinosaur-killing Chicxulub crater
Researchers have found evidence for an ancient microbial ecosystem in a hydrothermal system beneath Mexico’s Chicxulub Crater, thought to be the site of the impact that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/dinosaur-killing-chicxulub-impact-crater-hydrothermal-microbial…
These Drones Will Plant 40,000 Trees in a Month. By 2028, They’ll Have Planted 1 Billion
Earlier this month, on land north of Toronto that previously burned in a wildfire, drones hovered over fields and fired seed pods into the ground, planting native pine and spruce trees to help restore habitat for birds. From a report: Flash Forest, the Canadian startup behind the project, plans to use its technology to plant 40,000 trees in the area this…
Will our solar system survive the death of our sun?
Our sun’s death is a long way off — about 4.5 billion years, give or take — but someday it’s going to happen, and what then for our solar system? Source: https://www.livescience.com/will-solar-system-survive-death-of-sun.html