A glaciologist’s expedition to remote Antarctica

From Science Magazine. To understand the glaciers holding back meters of sea level rise, climate scientists swoop in to extract ice from Antarctica’s remote west coast. 🎥: PETER NEFF/VIKRAM GOEL/JULIA ANDREASEN 🗺️: M. HERSHER/SCIENCE 🎶: CHRIS BURNS Read the story: https://www.science.org/content/article/daring-james-bond-mission-drill-antarctic-ices-cores-could-reveal-future-sea-level-rise

A new twist to plate tectonics

From Science Magazine. The discovery of these slow-flowing waves under tectonic plates reveal a new process that scults the continents. RESEARCH: Gernon et al., Nature 2024 FOOTAGE: BlackBox Guild/Pond5; Turventur/Pond5; BBV/Getty Images; Bloomberg Video/Getty Images

Fradulent Alzheimer’s research

From Science Magazine. A 2022 investigation by Charles Piller helped a neuroscience image sleuth uncover scores of fabrication in #Alzheimers articles, threatening a reigning theory of the disease. Read the investigation here: https://www.science.org/content/article/potential-fabrication-research-images-threatens-key-theory-alzheimers-disease DATA: S. Lensné et al., Nature 440, 352 (2006) GRAPHIC: Chris Bickel PHOTO: Joseph Ross

How these hibernating squirrels conquer thirst

From Science Magazine. During hibernation, thirteen-lined ground squirrels enter a restful state punctuated by periods of activity. Amid these active stretches, squirrels never consume water—and these neurophysiologists have figured out how these squirrels suppress their thirst. 0:00 Why thirteen-lined squirrels to study hibernation 1:25 Squirrel behavior during hibernation 2:33 How thirst works normally 3:00 Hormonal…

New organelle just dropped

From Science Magazine. Newly discovered organelles in some marine algae, called nitroplasts, can fix nitrogen — a process previously only found in bacteria and archaea. #Organelles ILLUSTRATIONS: Noelle Burgess RESEARCH: Coale et al., Science 2024

The biggest science breakthroughs in 2024

From Science Magazine. The Science staff named lenacapavir as the 2024 Breakthrough of the Year, but there were many other research advances that caught our attention last year. Here’s the impact of those other achievements on science and society. Read more at: science.org/boty2024 0:00 Lenacapavir: 2024’s Breakthrough of the Year 0:45 RNA-based pesticides enter the…

Did #dinosaurs have lips? #science

From Science Magazine. Researchers recently found evidence that dinosaurs may have had lips that covered their teeth like present-day lizards. Science journalist Rodrigo Pérez Ortega explains how they came to this conclusion. Footage: Michele Dessi/Stocktrek Images/Science Source; Pictorial Press LTD/Alamy Stock Photo; Mark P. Witton

Can a twice-a-year shot help end the HIV/AIDS epidemic?

From Science Magazine. HIV infects more than a million people every year worldwide. While decades of research have led to effective treatments and pre-exposure prophylactic (PrEP) drugs that have dramatically reduced the impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic, completely wiping the virus out has remained out of reach. Lenacapavir, a new twice-yearly PrEP injection, may be the…

How oil-eating #bacteria break droplets down #science #biology

From Science Magazine. After an oil spill, bacteria like Alcanivorax borkumensis can help the cleanup process, consuming oil and breaking it down. A group of biophysicists have observed how a biofilm forms around the oil and push and pull the oil’s surface into branching tubes. Watch the full-length video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwPVeiMYi-M Read the paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adf3345 Footage:…

These #flatworms are soldiers in a war of #parasites

From Science Magazine. This flatworm species has the most extreme soldiers yet among parasites. When the nest of Haplorchis puilio is threatened, the soldiers crawl up to the foreign trematodes, attach their mouths, and expand their throats. The resulting vacuum blows a hole in the larger parasites, allowing the soldiers to suck out their guts.…

These seals are mapping their changing habitat

From Science Magazine. Northern elephant seals are invaluable partners in oceanographic research. By mounting sophisticated sensors on these large, round marine mammals, scientists gather crucial data on hard-to-access marine ecosystems. 00:00 Intro to UC Santa Cruz northern elephant seal research program 01:21 Monitoring seal health and foraging 02:03 Seals as smart sensors 03:14 Instruments to…

Documenting drought in the #amazon

From Science Magazine. The amazon River maybe altered forever by #climatechange Photographer Dado Galdieri offers insight on how he approached covering the drought in the amazon for a news feature in the February 16, 2024 issue of Science. Footage: Patric Vanier and Dado Galdieri Music: Ruben Lozano/Pond5

How do hunting marlin avoid each others’ swords? #biology #science

From Science Magazine. Ten seconds before it charges, a marlin "turns on" its stripes. Then, when the attack is done, the marlin dials the contrast back down. Layers of colorful cells in their skin rapidly change shape to create the strong pattern. Read the article: https://www.science.org/content/article/watch-marlin-flash-bright-stripes-deadly-strike Footage: Alicia Burns Script: Sierra Boucher

The Benjamin Button of the sea

From Science Magazine. When stressed, this comb jelly reverts to a larval form, then matures again when favorable conditions return. PHOTOS: Joan J. Soto-Anjel and Pawvel Burkhardt; Maria Pia Miglietta; Ganímendes/Wikimedia Commons STORY: E. Pennisi/Science

What makes fighting fish so feisty?

From Science Magazine. New studies combining genetics and neuroscience offer clues Centuries of selective breeding of Siamese fighting (betta) fish (Betta splendens) have produced the elaborate colors and patterns that have made them popular pets. But their early domestication was focused on a different signature trait: aggression. In this video, Andrés Bendesky and his team…