A French astronomer sent out the tweet below. Translated, it says, “Photo of Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun, located 4.2 light-years from us. It was taken by the JWST. This level of detail… A new world is revealing itself day by day.” It’s actually a slice of S[...]
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August 1st, 2022 - 2:46 pm § in Donald Trump, Science
Eating hotdogs makes you stupid
A study conducted in Brazil showed people who eat a lot of junk food experience faster mental decline, CNN reported on Monday, August 1, 2022 (see story here). Specifically, study subjects who ate the most “ultraprocessed foods” had a 28% faster rate of global cognitive decline and a 25%[...]
U.K.’s 2050 climate is here now
“Two years ago,” CNN reports, “forecasters in the UK conducted an interesting thought experiment: What will our forecasts look like in 2050?” Meteorologists at the U.K.’s official weather agency produced “super long-range climate models in the sum[...]
July 12th, 2022 - 8:12 pm § in Science
Explaining the Webb images
1. SMACS 0723 This is “the most clear and full infrared image of the distant universe ever produced.” It shows deep space is teeming with galaxies. It’s not possible to capture infrared images like this on earth, because there’s too much heat interference. 2. T[...]
June 19th, 2022 - 4:51 pm § in Science
Welcome to climate hell
Both poles are recording record-high temperatures. Scientists say they’ve “never seen anything like this,” and warn that while “a heat wave at one pole may be regarded as a warning, heat waves at both poles at once start to look a lot like climate catastrophe. But there’[...]
How old are you? How much would you pay to find out?
The calendar lies. You may be younger or older than you think. That’s because chronological and biological age are different. But measuring the latter is tricky. There are several ways to do it, some better than others. Scientists consider “epigenetics” the “gold standardR[...]
June 9th, 2022 - 2:58 pm § in Science
Extinct tortoise found alive!
The last time anybody saw a live Chelonoidis phantasticus was in 1906. But there she is. The tortoise (photo, left) was found on a little-explored volcanic island in the Galápagos archipelago, which helps explain how she crawled under the radar so long. “Everything we knew about this species sai[...]
Why you don’t argue with flat-earthers (video)
Because they believe what they believe, and facts and logic won’t sway them, so you’ll get nowhere. Don’t elect them to public office. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
April 13th, 2022 - 9:59 pm § in Science
The biggest comet ever seen
A comet 85 miles in diameter that loops around the sun every 3 million years is the largest comet ever seen. It was spotted in 2014 in images taken in 2010 by a Chilean observatory, was believed to be large because of its brightness, and observations by the Hubble telescope have just confirmed its s[...]
April 7th, 2022 - 9:53 pm § in Science
How long have humans been in North America?
Recent archaeological work in New Mexico suggests people lived there between 23,000 and 21,000 years ago. Watch video below. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]