Curiosity July 2024

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The monthly roundup of the latest science stories.

From Latin July= birth month of Julius Caesar, 44 BC

Month of Water Lily (Nymphaeaceae).

Last month’s science news

1. Sunita Williams struck in ISS due to space debris and her return may take months. 347 days of total space days while EVA of 50 hrs. 58 yrs old.
2. Structure and function of human kidneys altered by space flight with galactic radiation causing permanent damage
3. Studies suggest every elephant has its own name
4. ISRO to launch a large satellite GSAT20 using SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket in August
5. Texas abortion ban led to substantially higher (12.9%) infant and newborn deaths
6. A study suggests that using a “body roundness index” instead of the Body Mass Index (BMI) might be a more accurate measure of health risks
7. Microplastics are found in every single human semen samples tested. Polysterene, polyethene, and PVC
8. A Neanderthal child with Down’s syndrome survived until at least the age of six, according to a new study whose findings hint at compassionate caregiving among the extinct, archaic human species.
9. CRISPR edited mosquito line eliminates females while producing infertile males for curbing malaria/PNAS
10. Scientists developed a glowing dye that binds to cancer cells to aid in its removal n real time
11. AI saves humans to detect hate speech in online discussions and media. Manual listening/reading the hate speech has emotional toll.
12. Animal homosexual behaviour widely underreported by scientists
13. Sedentary coffee drinkers have 24% lower risk of mortality compared with sedentary non coffee drinkers
14. Both men and women work more hours when partnered with a woman than a man.
15. UBI can double global GDP while reducing carbon emissions
16. Walking three times a week helps with lower back pain. 3X15 min uninterrupted walks a day.
17. Super thin night vision film developed that can be sticked on the top of existing goggles to make them night vision
18. Improved cognition and memory for seniors who took daily multivitamins | Daily multivitamin do not increase longevity in large sample study
19. Children sedentary for more than 6 hrs waking hrs a day has increased chance of developing fatty liver disease and cirrhosis by young adulthood
20. New AI Camera algorithm predicts drunk drivers based on facial patterns with over 75% success rate
21. Women perform better in cognitive tests when menstruating
22. Canada’s 2023 wildfires pumped more CO2 into the air than the whole India did in 2023.

Sunita Williams-The NASA Astronomer

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Observances

• 3 Moon-Jupiter Conj
• 5 Earth at Aphelion
• 11 Population
• 15 Youth Skills
• 20 Moon (1969 Apollo 11), Chess
• 21 The Buck Moon
• 25 Moon-Saturn Conjunction, Drowning Prevention
• 30 Moon-Mars Conj, Friendship
• 31 Moon-Jupiter Conj

Opportunities

• Fulbright Nehru PhD Fellowships, 15th July
• DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship, 15th July
• MCSA Global PostDoc in EU, 11th Sep
• Apply for the 2024 Visiting Scholar Scheme of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (deadline: 31 August)
• Several JRF/Project position calls shared in Facebook group

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