@nilimads

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One of our students took these spectacular photos earlier this evening, showing what is thought to be fuel from a @SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket!
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Last night, our robotic telescopes captured their 110,000th image in autonomous mode. That's 3,475 hours of imaging without human supervision!
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Trump picks Musk ally Jared Isaacman to head Nasa @ReutersScience reuters.com/world/us/trump-p…

Trump picks Musk ally Jared Isaacman to head NASA

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and business associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to...

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Sharing a cry over a sad film ‘can strengthen connections between people’ research suggests @pa itv.com/thismorning/articles…

Sharing a cry over a sad film ‘can strengthen connections between people’ research suggests

A new study, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, suggests sharing emotions with others can also foster social bonds.

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Science Press Package@scipak29 Oct 2024
"Researchers have found that drought events can reshape the finch beak and make it bigger and, consequently, dramatically change how their songs sound across generations." @nilimads @PA brnw.ch/21wOcoa

New species of Galapagos finch ‘can arise after just six consecutive droughts’

The Darwin finches, a group of about 18 species of passerine birds, are well known for their wide diversity in beak form and function.

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Poor sleep – which includes having difficulty falling or staying asleep – may age the brain by nearly three years, scientists have said ✍️: @nilimads independent.co.uk/news/scien…

Poor sleep may age the brain by nearly three years, scientists say

Scans of nearly 600 middle-aged people showed sleeping badly was associated with poorer brain health years later.

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Why changing clocks can give your dog anxiety @pa telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10…

Why changing the clocks can give your dog anxiety

Daylight saving time leads to pets being ‘temporarily out-of-sync with their humans’

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Standing desks do not reduce risk of stroke and heart failure, study suggests - copy from @PA theguardian.com/society/2024…

Standing desks do not reduce risk of stroke and heart failure, study suggests

Researchers say people who sit or stand for long periods should schedule regular movements throughout the day

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Video games improve cognition but exercise does not, scientists have said in what they describe as "surprising" findings @PA dailymail.co.uk/news/article…

Video games are a better workout for the mind than exercise

Researchers found gamers scored better on memory, attention and reasoning skills compared to those who did not play video games.

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More on our study, this time from @nilimads standard.co.uk/author/nilima…
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Mark Rees@reviewwales2 Oct 2024
From Guyana to Port Talbot, an “improbable event” that “defies rational explanation”: "A new species of moth has been discovered inside a home in Wales, thousands of miles from its native habitat in South America." standard.co.uk/news/science/…

Moth species found in Wales ‘travelled 4,500 miles from South American jungle’

Two clearwing moths larvae accidentally hitched a ride inside a photographer’s boot bag.

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Nature is just so cool sometimes. These animals had survived thanks to a hard seed pod and a warm and humid boot bag 🤷‍♀️ news.sky.com/story/moth-spec…

Moth species found in Wales had travelled from South American jungle

Scientists called it "extraordinary" that the two tropical critters had survived the cold Welsh winter before emerging as moths.

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Tropical moths travel 4,500 miles in woman's bag @PA story bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy43…

Clearwing tropical moths travel 4,500 miles from Guyana to Port Talbot

The moths, which were previously unknown to science, have been named Carmenta brachyclados.

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Daniel Brown@AstroDanNTU25 Sep 2024
Talking to @Independent about a mini-moon joining Earth on 29 Sep for a little. Brilliant example of the complexity of small bodies in our Solar System. independent.co.uk/space/eart… @NottmTrentUni @NTUSciTech @ntu_research @NottinghamAstro @sherwoodobs @NTUNews
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The whirling shapes in Vincent van Gogh’s painting The Starry Night closely resemble real turbulence, as seen in swirling water or smoke from a chimney, according to scientists ✍️: @nilimads independent.co.uk/news/scien…

Van Gogh’s The Starry Night closely resembles turbulence seen in nature – study

The Dutch master created the famous artwork in 1889 while he was staying at an asylum in France.

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Pigeon-guided bombs and drunk worms win spoof Nobel prizes @PA news.sky.com/story/ig-nobels…

Ig Nobels: Pigeon-guided bombs and drunk worms - spoof Nobel prizes announced

The Ig Nobel gongs celebrate unusual areas of research that "make people laugh, then think" - such as mammals that can breathe out of their bottoms.

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This tiny fish checks itself out in the mirror before picking fights @PA telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09…

‘Self-aware’ fish checks itself out in mirror before picking a fight

Bluestreak cleaner wrasse not only recognises its own reflection but may have internal awareness of its body, say Japanese scientists

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Surgeons who performed the world’s first whole eye transplant on an army veteran said they have been “truly amazed” by his remarkable recovery ✍️: @nilimads independent.co.uk/news/healt…

Doctors amazed by army veteran’s recovery after world-first whole-eye transplant

Surgeons say the transplant is a success, despite Aaron James not being able to see with his left eye

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Four in 10 cats choose to play fetch with their owners – suggesting this playful behaviour may be more common in felines than thought, scientists have said ✍️: @nilimads independent.co.uk/news/scien…

It’s not just dogs - cats like to fetch too

Cats more likely to display fetching behaviour if they are more active and playful and live indoors

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Breast cancer drug may slow growth of childhood brain tumour @pa mol.im/a/13793239

Breast cancer drug may slow growth of childhood brain tumour

Scientists found ribociclib, can keep a subtype of diffuse hemispheric glioma stable for around 17 months before it starts to grow back - a disease that would otherwise progress within four months.

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