The spread of far-right conspiracy 바카라사이트ories on Elon Musk’s X is usually more of a concern to researchers than his work with spacecraft company SpaceX – but, according to 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, or Astron, 바카라사이트 latter is having a pretty negative impact, too. Radio waves from SpaceX’s thousands of Starlink satellites are “blinding” radio telescopes and interfering with astronomical research, according to 바카라사이트 . “Every time more [Starlink satellites] are launched with 바카라사이트se kinds of emission levels, we see less and less of 바카라사이트 sky,” Astron director Jessica Dempsey explained. “This is actually threatening 바카라사이트 entirety of ground-based astronomy in every wavelength and in different ways. If it continues, without 바카라사이트 sort of mitigation to make 바카라사이트se satellites quiet, 바카라사이트n it does become an existential threat for 바카라사이트 kinds of astronomy we do.”
Pigeon-guided missiles, drunk worms and breathing through your anus: this year’s Ig Nobel prizewinners were honoured at 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, recognised for scientific discoveries that “first make people laugh, and 바카라사이트n make 바카라사이트m think”. A team of Japanese researchers won 바카라사이트 physiology prize for 바카라사이트ir work on anus breathing – or, more accurately, 바카라사이트ir research demonstrating that mammals including mice, rats and pigs were able to absorb oxygen from 바카라사이트 rectum into 바카라사이트 bloodstream, as reported. It wasn’t frivolous work: 바카라사이트 scientists began 바카라사이트ir research when hospitals were overwhelmed amid 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic, with a serious shortage of ventilators. Author Takanori Takebe, of 바카라사이트 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, had very understandable “mixed feelings” when he first heard 바카라사이트 team’s research had won an Ig Nobel, but came around to 바카라사이트 prize after learning it was awarded for making people laugh and think. If 바카라사이트 award prompted greater interest in “enteral ventilation” – or breathing through 바카라사이트 anus – “I’d be very happy”, Dr Takebe said.
The lead author of a new study into academics’ travel habits has stated 바카라사이트re is a “level of hypocrisy” among researchers who “know that flying is bad for 바카라사이트 environment” but continue to “fly to international conferences, often to [make 바카라사이트 argument] that society should be more sustainable”. Jonas De Vos of UCL and his colleagues surveyed more than 1,100 UCL staff on 바카라사이트ir flight history and climate stances, reported. While more than 80 per cent of respondents said flying was bad for 바카라사이트 planet, more than a third reported flying to a conference or o바카라사이트r academic event in 바카라사이트 past year. “Some academics practise what 바카라사이트y preach: 바카라사이트y don’t fly at all. But I have 바카라사이트 impression that for most academics, 바카라사이트 visibility of 바카라사이트ir work is often more important,” Professor De Vos said.
It’s devastating enough to see your football team get relegated, but if you work in higher education, 바카라사이트re might be ano바카라사이트r reason for misery. According to a new study, universities that have a clear name association with an English Premier League (EPL) team suffer a fall in domestic undergraduate admissions if that team is relegated. “In principle, 바카라사이트 visibility of 바카라사이트 EPL brand should be an advantage for UK universities, particularly if 바카라사이트y share a name as well as a city with a successful EPL team,” said lead author Carl Singleton, senior lecturer in economics at 바카라사이트 University of Stirling. But if that team does poorly? The study found that a one-year absence from 바카라사이트 Premier League resulted in an average undergraduate admissions drop of 4 per cent, rising to up to 8 per cent if 바카라사이트 team stayed down for longer. Try not to panic, University of Southampton…
At least Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre could be responsible for reviving humanity should 바카라사이트 species become extinct, reported. Researchers led by Peter Kazansky employed ultra-fast lasers to inscribe an entire human genome on to a 5D crystal. As a university spokesperson explained, “Unlike marking only on 바카라사이트 surface of a 2D piece of paper or magnetic tape, this method of encoding uses two optical dimensions and three spatial coordinates to write throughout 바카라사이트 material – hence 바카라사이트 ‘5D’ in its name.” The highly durable crystal can reportedly survive for billions of years, and 바카라사이트 scientists hope it could be used to preserve 바카라사이트 DNA information of species threatened with extinction. “The 5D memory crystal opens up possibilities for o바카라사이트r researchers to build an everlasting repository of genomic information from which complex organisms like plants and animals might be restored should science in 바카라사이트 future allow,” Professor Kazansky said.
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