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We speak to astronauts on board the ISS đ°ïž đïžâ
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â This week we will be contacting the International Space Station from our flagship event, New Scientist Live. Students will be able to speak directly to astronauts and ask questions about life above our planet.â
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â This week we will be contacting the International Space Station from our flagship event, New Scientist Live. Students will be able to speak directly to astronauts and ask questions about life above our planet.â
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How archeologists piece together the past đâ đ§¶
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Academic, broadcaster and author Alice Roberts has published her first childrenâs novel, Wolf Road. Set during the Ice Age, 30,000 years ago, it follows the story of Tuuli, a prehistoric girl on a journey to her summer camp who meets a strange boy on the way.â
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We asked New Scientist culture editor Alison Floodâs 10-year-old daughter to quiz Alice Roberts. How do you know what life was like for people 30,000 years ago, she asks.â
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Alice Roberts will be speaking at New Scientist Live this October.â â
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#novel #aliceroberts #newscientist #newscientistlive #book #WolfRoad #anthropology #archeology #NSL #learnontiktok #sciencefacts #sciencetok
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Academic, broadcaster and author Alice Roberts has published her first childrenâs novel, Wolf Road. Set during the Ice Age, 30,000 years ago, it follows the story of Tuuli, a prehistoric girl on a journey to her summer camp who meets a strange boy on the way.â
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We asked New Scientist culture editor Alison Floodâs 10-year-old daughter to quiz Alice Roberts. How do you know what life was like for people 30,000 years ago, she asks.â
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Alice Roberts will be speaking at New Scientist Live this October.â â
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#novel #aliceroberts #newscientist #newscientistlive #book #WolfRoad #anthropology #archeology #NSL #learnontiktok #sciencefacts #sciencetok
How to live a "life scientific"đ§Șâ
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New Scientist met physicist and broadcaster Jim Al-Khalili to discuss the biggest mysteries in fundamental physics, why we should try and understand the mindset of those who believe in conspiracy theories and how to live a more curious "life scientific".â
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Jim Al-Khalili will be speaking at New Scientist Live this October in London - tap link in bio to learn moreâ
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#nsl #NewScientistLive #science #scientific #life #JimAlKhalili #NewScientist #sciencetok #sciencefacts #learnontiktok
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New Scientist met physicist and broadcaster Jim Al-Khalili to discuss the biggest mysteries in fundamental physics, why we should try and understand the mindset of those who believe in conspiracy theories and how to live a more curious "life scientific".â
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Jim Al-Khalili will be speaking at New Scientist Live this October in London - tap link in bio to learn moreâ
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#nsl #NewScientistLive #science #scientific #life #JimAlKhalili #NewScientist #sciencetok #sciencefacts #learnontiktok
What is the hype around biotic supplements? đđ€ â
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Probiotics. Prebiotics. Postbiotics. Seems like everyone's taking them, but do we truly know their benefits? Well, here's a crash course in all things 'biotics' and why these fibres are essential not just for our gut health but our mental health too. â
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Probiotics. Prebiotics. Postbiotics. Seems like everyone's taking them, but do we truly know their benefits? Well, here's a crash course in all things 'biotics' and why these fibres are essential not just for our gut health but our mental health too. â
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Neuron time-lapse wins 2023 Nikon Small World video competition âĄïžâłïžđ„â
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This 48-hour time-lapse film of neurons developing in the central nervous system of a chick embryo has won the Nikon Small World in Motion video competition.â
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Taken under a microscope by Alexandre Dumoulin at the University of Zurich, Switzerland (@uzh.ch), the footage shows the elongation of axons â projections from nerve cells â between the two hemispheres of the central nervous system. In neurological disorders, axons can be impaired. âBy studying these, organisms I aim to enhance our comprehension of how the nervous system functions and identify potential factors contributing to neurodevelopmental disorders,â says Dumoulin.â
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#nikon #video #microscope , #microsopy , #neurons , #nervecells #nervoussystem #biomed #medicine , #humanbody #timelapse , #photography #science â #learnontiktok #sciencefacts #sciencetok
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This 48-hour time-lapse film of neurons developing in the central nervous system of a chick embryo has won the Nikon Small World in Motion video competition.â
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Taken under a microscope by Alexandre Dumoulin at the University of Zurich, Switzerland (@uzh.ch), the footage shows the elongation of axons â projections from nerve cells â between the two hemispheres of the central nervous system. In neurological disorders, axons can be impaired. âBy studying these, organisms I aim to enhance our comprehension of how the nervous system functions and identify potential factors contributing to neurodevelopmental disorders,â says Dumoulin.â
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Tap link in bio to see more winner and runners-up for the competitionâ
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#nikon #video #microscope , #microsopy , #neurons , #nervecells #nervoussystem #biomed #medicine , #humanbody #timelapse , #photography #science â #learnontiktok #sciencefacts #sciencetok
'Wake up honey, a new AI tool just dropped!' đ§Ź
Google DeepMind has adapted its AlphaFold system for predicting protein structure to assess whether these genetic variants are harmless or might produce a protein linked to a disease.
By working out which small mutations will probably be damaging, the AlphaMissense system could help doctors identify the cause of genetic diseases.
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#deepmind #alphafold #alphsmissense #artificialintelligence #genetics #diseases #mutations #biotechnology #learnontiktok #science
Google DeepMind has adapted its AlphaFold system for predicting protein structure to assess whether these genetic variants are harmless or might produce a protein linked to a disease.
By working out which small mutations will probably be damaging, the AlphaMissense system could help doctors identify the cause of genetic diseases.
Tap the link in bio to learn more.
#deepmind #alphafold #alphsmissense #artificialintelligence #genetics #diseases #mutations #biotechnology #learnontiktok #science
"Weâre destroying every river in the country" đđœâ
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Feargal Sharkey may be best known as the singer for The Undertones but heâs spent much of his recent years on the frontline of the struggle to save Britainâs rivers. âJust 14 per cent of our rivers are in good ecological conditionâ, he says, and unless there is a serious intervention by 2027, he says that number will have dropped to just 6 per cent. "We have basically been destroying every single river in the countryâ.â
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Feargal Sharkey will be speaking at New Scientist Live on 8 October in London - tap link in bio for ticketsâ
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#Undertones #feargalsharkey #SaveBritainsRivers #sewage #waterpollution #rivers #cleanwater #NewScientistLive #NSL
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Feargal Sharkey may be best known as the singer for The Undertones but heâs spent much of his recent years on the frontline of the struggle to save Britainâs rivers. âJust 14 per cent of our rivers are in good ecological conditionâ, he says, and unless there is a serious intervention by 2027, he says that number will have dropped to just 6 per cent. "We have basically been destroying every single river in the countryâ.â
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Feargal Sharkey will be speaking at New Scientist Live on 8 October in London - tap link in bio for ticketsâ
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#Undertones #feargalsharkey #SaveBritainsRivers #sewage #waterpollution #rivers #cleanwater #NewScientistLive #NSL
Did Ice Age humans have wolf cubs as pets? âïžđșâ
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Academic, broadcaster and author Alice Roberts has published her first childrenâs novel, Wolf Road. Set during the Ice Age, 30,000 years ago, it follows the story of Tuuli, a prehistoric girl on a journey to her summer camp who meets a strange boy on the way.â
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As this is Aliceâs first childrenâs novel, New Scientist decided that the best person to quiz her about it was culture editor Alison Floodâs 10-year-old daughter Jenny. Did Ice Age humans really make pets of wolf cubs? Would Alice Roberts rather live then or now.? And how does Alice know what life was like for people 30,000 years ago?â
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Professor Alice Roberts will be speaking at New Scientist Live this October.â . Tap link in bio for ticketsâ
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#novel #aliceroberts #newscientist #newscientistlive #book #WolfRoad #neanderthal , #iceage , #humanancestors , #NSL , #prehistoric #archeology #learnontiktok #sciencetok #sciencefacts
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Academic, broadcaster and author Alice Roberts has published her first childrenâs novel, Wolf Road. Set during the Ice Age, 30,000 years ago, it follows the story of Tuuli, a prehistoric girl on a journey to her summer camp who meets a strange boy on the way.â
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As this is Aliceâs first childrenâs novel, New Scientist decided that the best person to quiz her about it was culture editor Alison Floodâs 10-year-old daughter Jenny. Did Ice Age humans really make pets of wolf cubs? Would Alice Roberts rather live then or now.? And how does Alice know what life was like for people 30,000 years ago?â
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Professor Alice Roberts will be speaking at New Scientist Live this October.â . Tap link in bio for ticketsâ
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#novel #aliceroberts #newscientist #newscientistlive #book #WolfRoad #neanderthal , #iceage , #humanancestors , #NSL , #prehistoric #archeology #learnontiktok #sciencetok #sciencefacts
What makes the biggest blast?đ„â
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Science presenter, Stefan Gates (@gastronauttv) explores explosions in the only way he knows how - by recreating them, of course.
Gates will be speaking (and blowing things up) at New Scientist Live this October in London - tap link in bio to learn moreâ
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#nsl #NewScientistLive #explosion #science #hydroxy #balloon #bang #events #london #bangs #biggestbangs #learnontiktok #sciencefacts #sciencetok
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Science presenter, Stefan Gates (@gastronauttv) explores explosions in the only way he knows how - by recreating them, of course.
Gates will be speaking (and blowing things up) at New Scientist Live this October in London - tap link in bio to learn moreâ
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#nsl #NewScientistLive #explosion #science #hydroxy #balloon #bang #events #london #bangs #biggestbangs #learnontiktok #sciencefacts #sciencetok
How to make Venus habitable đïžđŽâ
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Billions of years ago, Venus wouldâve been a lot like Earth â but now itâs a sweltering hellscape full of volcanoes where it rains sulfuric acid. Not so nice.â
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In an attempt to âfixâ it, podcast hosts Leah Crane and Chelsea Whyte enlist the help of planetary scientist Paul Byrne from Washington University in St. Louis. Their methods include scrubbing the oppressive amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere, smashing it with asteroids and dragging it into Earthâs orbit around the sun. And of course, they end up accidentally making themselves supreme monarchs of the solar system in the processâŠâ
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Dead Planets Society is a podcast that takes outlandish ideas about how to tinker with the cosmos â from causing a gravitational wave apocalypse, to unifying the asteroid belt to destroying the sun â and subjects them to the laws of physics to see how they fare.â
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#sciencepodcast #science #universe #space #sciencefacts #newscientist #planets #gravity #blackhole #podcast â #learnontiktok #sciencefacts #sciencetok
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Billions of years ago, Venus wouldâve been a lot like Earth â but now itâs a sweltering hellscape full of volcanoes where it rains sulfuric acid. Not so nice.â
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In an attempt to âfixâ it, podcast hosts Leah Crane and Chelsea Whyte enlist the help of planetary scientist Paul Byrne from Washington University in St. Louis. Their methods include scrubbing the oppressive amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere, smashing it with asteroids and dragging it into Earthâs orbit around the sun. And of course, they end up accidentally making themselves supreme monarchs of the solar system in the processâŠâ
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Dead Planets Society is a podcast that takes outlandish ideas about how to tinker with the cosmos â from causing a gravitational wave apocalypse, to unifying the asteroid belt to destroying the sun â and subjects them to the laws of physics to see how they fare.â
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Tap the link in our bio to listen!â
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#sciencepodcast #science #universe #space #sciencefacts #newscientist #planets #gravity #blackhole #podcast â #learnontiktok #sciencefacts #sciencetok
Paralysed mice walk again thanks to new gene therapyâ đđ§â
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Collaborating with researchers at @UCLA and @harvardmed, scientists at NeuroRestore in Geneva, Switzerland applied gene therapy in mice with complete spinal cord injuries. In contrast to partial spinal cord injuries, where some spontaneous motor function is eventually recovered, no such recovery occurs in complete spinal cord injuries. â
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The researchers used gene therapy and applied guidance molecules to direct nerve fibres to their natural destinations This helped restore the original neural connections. Preliminary research conducted by the team five years ago saw the restoration of nerve connections in mice, but did not regain movement. In this new study, the paralysed mice were able to walk again.â
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#science #biotechnology #genetherapy #paralysis #newresearch #neurone #spinalinjury #biotech
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Collaborating with researchers at @UCLA and @harvardmed, scientists at NeuroRestore in Geneva, Switzerland applied gene therapy in mice with complete spinal cord injuries. In contrast to partial spinal cord injuries, where some spontaneous motor function is eventually recovered, no such recovery occurs in complete spinal cord injuries. â
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The researchers used gene therapy and applied guidance molecules to direct nerve fibres to their natural destinations This helped restore the original neural connections. Preliminary research conducted by the team five years ago saw the restoration of nerve connections in mice, but did not regain movement. In this new study, the paralysed mice were able to walk again.â
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#science #biotechnology #genetherapy #paralysis #newresearch #neurone #spinalinjury #biotech
This easy maths trick will help you divide pizza equally amongst an odd number of guests. đđ€â
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â Dividing a pizza into an odd number of equally sized slices can be difficult, but mathematician Katie Steckles shows us how to master it using just a strip of paper and a touch of math. â
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#geometry #mathshacks #mathstricks #pizza #lifehacks â #maths #food â #learnontiktok #sciencefacts #sciencetok
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â Dividing a pizza into an odd number of equally sized slices can be difficult, but mathematician Katie Steckles shows us how to master it using just a strip of paper and a touch of math. â
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Tap the link in bio to learn moreâ
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#geometry #mathshacks #mathstricks #pizza #lifehacks â #maths #food â #learnontiktok #sciencefacts #sciencetok
Asteroid Bennu sample touches down on Earth đâïžâ
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Precious samples from the asteroid Bennu have landed on Earth, where researchers hope to use them to learn more about the origins of the solar system âïžđȘâ .â
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NASA have successfully collected samples from the asteroid after a capsule containing around 250 grams of the space rock touched down in the desert near Salt Lake City, Utah on Sunday đȘâ .â
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The capsule has been making its way home since 2020 when NASAâs OSIRIS-REx spacecraft extracted samples from the asteroid. The final, riskiest part of the mission involved a controlled freefall through Earthâs atmosphere, following the release of the sample capsule at around a third of the distance between Earth and the moon. âïžâ
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Precious samples from the asteroid Bennu have landed on Earth, where researchers hope to use them to learn more about the origins of the solar system âïžđȘâ .â
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NASA have successfully collected samples from the asteroid after a capsule containing around 250 grams of the space rock touched down in the desert near Salt Lake City, Utah on Sunday đȘâ .â
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The capsule has been making its way home since 2020 when NASAâs OSIRIS-REx spacecraft extracted samples from the asteroid. The final, riskiest part of the mission involved a controlled freefall through Earthâs atmosphere, following the release of the sample capsule at around a third of the distance between Earth and the moon. âïžâ
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#Bennu #OSIRIS -REx #NASA #space #asteroid #touchdown #universe #solarsystem â #learnontiktok #sciencetok #sciencefacts
Our 40 trillion cells have a unique bioelectric signature that could prevent cancer or regenerate limbs âĄïžđïžâ
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Science and Technology Writer, Sally Adee explores the crucial role electricity plays in your body, which scientists are only just beginning to understand. From determining your shape as you developed in the womb, to healing and regenerating wounds, to the role of bioelectricity in cancer â the bodyâs electrome is at the heart of how we were born, how we live and how we might die.â
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Sally Adee be speaking at New Scientist Live this October in London - tap link in bio to learn moreâ
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#nsl #NewScientistLive #cancer #body #health #sciencefacts #electricity , #voltage #healing #regeneration #ageing â #learnontiktok #sciencefacts #sciencetok
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Science and Technology Writer, Sally Adee explores the crucial role electricity plays in your body, which scientists are only just beginning to understand. From determining your shape as you developed in the womb, to healing and regenerating wounds, to the role of bioelectricity in cancer â the bodyâs electrome is at the heart of how we were born, how we live and how we might die.â
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Sally Adee be speaking at New Scientist Live this October in London - tap link in bio to learn moreâ
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#nsl #NewScientistLive #cancer #body #health #sciencefacts #electricity , #voltage #healing #regeneration #ageing â #learnontiktok #sciencefacts #sciencetok