Новости за 14.03.2024

Many firms sell direct-to-consumer faecal testing kits, but an investigation has revealed that scientists don't yet know what makes for a healthy gut microbiome

Pythons convert food into meat more efficiently than other livestock, and they can be fed on waste meat, but this doesn't mean snake meat is inherently more sustainable

Ten years’ worth of observations of a wild chimpanzee community show that most adults stop playing when food is short, but not mothers and their young

The world’s most powerful rocket launched from Texas and reached an altitude of more than 230 kilometres, travelling further and faster than ever before. But it appears to have either self-destructed or burned up on re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere

Orange or mandarin? Seven esters make the difference

NASA hails SpaceX’s progress in developing biggest rocket ever

The kind folks at DxO let me have a copy of the latest version of PureRaw ahead of launch last month and so I’ve been using that to process my RAW photos from my camera for a few weeks now. It does an excellent job of basically knocking out noise to the equivalent of about … Continue reading "Denoising with DxO PureRaw4"

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is gearing up for the third launch of its massive Starship rocket, following two failed missions, with coverage beginning at about 11.30 GMT. What will the company be hoping for and what can we expect?

The debris from the formation of a relatively small crater on Mars created billions of additional craters, which could help us learn about Martian geology

Gene assays reveal disruption to cell receptors crucial for hormonal and metabolic control

Wooden tablets containing a language of glyphs called Rongorongo may be evidence that the people of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, created their own writing system without the influence of European language

A nasal spray containing an anti-inflammatory molecule reduces symptom severity in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis, although the treatment might come with risks in people

A nasal spray containing an anti-inflammatory molecule reduces the symptoms associated with multiple sclerosis in animals, although the treatment might come with risks in people

Men’s implicit bias may contribute to the gender gap in the field, new study highlights

Final 2024 spending bill included an unprecedented cut for an agency promised rapid growth

“Rigorous science demands” it, authors write in landmark commentary

Urbanization and the rise of processed foods may be limiting our guts’ microbial diversity

Study finds a key difference in the way we coo to our infants and our pets