#march for science

1. New browser plug-in lets you access millions of scientific papers for free and legally!

2. After millions of years, Earth passed the 410ppm CO2 thresholdagain

2.1 At the same time, entire rivers disappear because of retreating glaciers

3. We marched for SCIENCE!! (here’s my face and a dumb sign I made)

4. Another asteroid flew by at about 1 million miles away

4.1 In similar news: The Lyrid meteor shower peaked over the weekend

5. We just keep finding more and more potentially habitableexoplanets

6. The LHC found some shiny new particles, maybe

7. We find out that aliens are probably not trying to communicate with lasers

8. Pigeons, among a few other species, build knowledge across generations

9. Spider feet up close are kind of cute

10. Human umbilical cord proteins revitalize aged brainsin mice

11. Here’s what will happen to Earth and the Universe in the next 100,000,000,000,000,000,000years

12. This 5-foot-long ship worm has a stinky story of evolution

13. Unpublished, 40-year-old study shows that Saturated Fats are not evil (also shows the importance of publishing undesired results because that’s how science works, and is how this myth was perpetuated in the first place. /rant)

14. This bone-protein could treat Diabesity

15. Behold! Triboluminescence (because breaking chemical bonds with a blender is fun)

16. For your weekly dose of pseudoscience bull-shit: Crazy antivaxers are saying vaccines cause dog-autism

1. Scientists just used super-computers to predict and design two new types of magnetic materials

2. Replacing traditional antibiotics with a CRISPR-pill is the future for hospitals and nursing facilities

3. Hydrothermal vents with hydrogen on Saturn’s moon could hold life (those vents are basically where life began here on Earth)

4. Self-taught AI is slightly better at predicting heart attacks than your doctor

5. Your shoe-laces actually come undone in one or two strides (rather than slowly throughout the day)

6. This device can pull nearly 3 Liters of water from dry air in 12 hours

7. The March for Science is on the 22nd, many are concerned the march will fail to be non-partisan enough

The Science March’s twitter backtracking on some identity politics

8. Also NASA is putting the Earth up for adoption for Earth Day

9. A black hole simulation in 1978 looks just like the supercomputer simulation used in the movie Interstellar

10. Behold the horrifying mess that is your adult teeth ramming their way through your skull

11. Finding the one true caveman diet is ridiculous because humans lived essentially in all climates and food sources evolved throughout history

12. Archer fish are actually just nature’s bidet for insects

13. More evidence that shows high-energy events like lightning strikes or meteor impacts can create building-blocks for life

14. Here’s what an earthquake looks like under water

15. Scientists design a special drone to study volcanoes

16. For your weekly dose of pseudoscience bull-shit: Naturopath kills patient with IV Turmeric