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Virgin Galactic just launched its first commercial space tourism flight Article @EverythingScience

New Hair Loss Drug Approved: Restores 80% of Hair Loss In Some Alopecia Patients Article @EverythingScience

Europe's space telescope to target universe's dark mysteries Article @EverythingScience

ESA’s Euclid telescope is on the move! The near $1 billion telescope is currently being transported along public roads towards the Cape and it’s ultimate destination at SLC-40. Source: @_mgde_

Astronomers find first direct evidence of gravitational wave background Scientists have heard the "chorus" of gravitational waves emanating throughout the universe for the very first time, and it's louder than they expected. The new discovery was made by scientists using the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav). To reach their findings, they closely observed stars called pulsars that essentially act as cosmic metronomes, allowing scientists to measure a great deal of space phenomena. Crucially, the new findings constitute the first direct evidence for the gravitational wave background, which only existed in theories until now. "This is just the beginning" Article @EverythingScience

Physicists Have Just Found a Brand New Atomic Nucleus Article @EverythingScience

Chemical imbalance in the forebrain underpins compulsive behavior and OCD, study reveals Article @EverythingScience

Virgin Galactic's first space tourists set to take off on June 29 Article @EverythingScience

25-Year Search For The Source of Consciousness Ends – And Neuroscience Lost This One Article @EverythingScience

Earth's Jet Streams Look as Chaotic as a Van Gogh Right Now, And That's a Big Problem Article @EverythingScience

Webb makes first detection of crucial carbon molecule Article @EverythingScience

A Starlink-like network could use edge computing for Mars web access Article @EverythingScience

The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine After decades of limited success, scientists say research has reached a turning point. These aren't traditional vaccines that prevent disease, but shots to shrink tumors and stop cancer from coming back. Targets for these experimental treatments include breast and lung cancer, with gains reported this year for deadly skin cancer melanoma and pancreatic cancer. "We're getting something to work. Now we need to get it to work better," said Dr. James Gulley. More than ever, scientists understand how cancer hides from the body's immune system. Cancer vaccines, like other immunotherapies, boost the immune system to find and kill cancer cells. And some new ones use mRNA, which was developed for cancer but first used for COVID-19 vaccines. Article @EverythingScience

A Big Gravitational Wave Announcement Is Coming Thursday. Here's Why We're Excited Article @EverythingScience

Space travel can alter gene expression in white blood cells, weakening our immune system Evidence is mounting that astronauts are more susceptible to infections while in space. For example, astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) commonly suffer from skin rashes, as well as respiratory and non-respiratory diseases. Astronauts are also known to shed more live virus particles; for example, the Epstein-Barr virus, varicella-zoster responsible for shingles, herpes-simplex-1 responsible for sores, and cytomegalovirus. These observations suggest that our immune system might be weakened by space travel. But what could cause such an immune deficit? "Here we show that the expression of many genes related to immune functions rapidly decreases when astronauts reach space, while the opposite happens when they return to Earth after six months aboard the ISS..." Article @EverythingScience

Scientists are developing a smart skin for use in robots in space As robots continue to show up all around the world they also take center stage in space. This requires that the machines work well with their human colleagues and that they are also able to withstand the harshness of space with its radiation, low pressure, and violent temperature fluctuations. “We will design and test a smart skin that will make robots more suitable for future space exploration. It involves testing advanced surface sensors and alarm panels that can enable the robots to detect and avoid potential collisions with objects in the environment. This will make them robust and safe helpers for astronauts in space." Article @EverythingScience

15-year-old wins top UK science award for eco-friendly sunscreen Article @EverythingScience

Physicists Discover a New State of Matter Hidden in The Quantum World You're familiar with the states of matter we encounter daily – such as solid, liquid, and gas – but in more exotic and extreme conditions, new states can appear, and scientists from the US and China just found one. They're calling it the chiral bose-liquid state, and as with every new arrangement of particles we discover, it can tell us more about the fabric and the mechanisms of the Universe around us – and in particular, at the super-small quantum scale. Article @EverythingScience

TRAPPIST-1c Has Very Thin, Carbon Dioxide-Poor Atmosphere Article @EverythingScience

Ecological 'doom loops' edging closer, study warns Extreme weather events such as wildfires and droughts will accelerate change in stressed systems leading to quicker tipping points of ecological decline, according to a new study. Using computer modeling, the U.K. research team, looked at four ecosystems under threat to work out what factors might lead to tipping points, beyond which collapse was inevitable. In some systems, the combination of adding new extreme events on top of other ongoing stresses brought the timing of a predicted tipping point closer to the present by as much as 80%. Ultimately, say the authors, a "perfect storm" of continuous stress from factors such as unsustainable land use, agricultural expansion and climate change, when coupled with disruptive episodes like floods and fires, will act in concert to rapidly imperil natural systems. Article @EverythingScience