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[Tapxe]

Participants report improved mental health and personal transformation after peyote rituals

An ethnographic study in Alabama found that participants in peyote ceremonies reported reduced substance misuse, improved mental and physical health, and new life perspectives.

www.psypost.org

 

[CoolBrees]

Peyote did not do that for me.

I threw up both my lungs for like 30 minutes while having intense visuals.

Then it was straight hallucinating for hours on end.

Five stars.

 

[Zztop]

Scientists Found Evidence of a Megaflood that Shaped Earth’s Geologic History

The flood may have refilled the entire Mediterranean Basin in just two years.

www.popularmechanics.com

• For 600,000 years during the tail end of the Miocene epoch, the Mediterranean was a dried-up salt plain cut off from the Atlantic Ocean.
• Around 5.3 million years ago, the eastern and western Mediterranean basins were suddenly refilled during an event known as the Zanclean megaflood.
• Now, a new study finds evidence of this flood in ridges along the Sicily Sill and in channels that likely formed from this sudden and powerful deluge.

 

[Consigliere]

Researchers confirm the existence of an exoplanet in the habitable zone | University of Oxford

An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby Sun-like star. The planet was originally detected two years ago by Oxford University scientist Dr Michael Cretignier. This result, drawing on over two decades of observations, opens a...

www.ox.ac.uk

The new planet, named HD 20794 d, has a mass six times that of Earth and orbits a star similar to our Sun, located just 20 light years away. Its orbit places it within the habitable zone of the system, meaning it is at the right distance from its star to sustain liquid water on its surface, a key ingredient for life as we know it.

Imagine trying to walk on it with gravity that strong...

 

[Optimus Prime]

‘Life finds a way:’ Baby shark born in aquarium tank that housed only females

‘It really proves that life... uh... finds a way’ said the aquarium’s curator of live animals Greg Barrick

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Optimus Prime]

A miles-long cluster of dolphins has been filmed leaping and gliding across Carmel Bay off the central coast of California, forming an unusual “super pod” of more than 1,500 of the marine creatures.

“They were on the horizon I feel like as far as I could see,” said Capt Evan Brodsky, with Monterey Bay Whale Watch, who captured drone footage of Friday’s huge gathering of Risso’s dolphins.

The sighting was rare: Risso’s dolphins typically travel in groups of only 10 to 30 animals, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.…..

‘Super pod’ of more than 1,500 dolphins spotted off California coast

Whale watchers capture rare footage of miles-long cluster of dolphins ‘just having a great time’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Sailorsaint]

A miles-long cluster of dolphins has been filmed leaping and gliding across Carmel Bay off the central coast of California, forming an unusual “super pod” of more than 1,500 of the marine creatures.

“They were on the horizon I feel like as far as I could see,” said Capt Evan Brodsky, with Monterey Bay Whale Watch, who captured drone footage of Friday’s huge gathering of Risso’s dolphins.

The sighting was rare: Risso’s dolphins typically travel in groups of only 10 to 30 animals, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.…..

‘Super pod’ of more than 1,500 dolphins spotted off California coast

Whale watchers capture rare footage of miles-long cluster of dolphins ‘just having a great time’

www.theguardian.com

They are getting ready to depart.

 

[SWJJ]

‘Life finds a way:’ Baby shark born in aquarium tank that housed only females

‘It really proves that life... uh... finds a way’ said the aquarium’s curator of live animals Greg Barrick

www.independent.co.uk

That happened here in Shreveport. Wild that it's a UK paper sharing the story instead of an American paper.

 

[Optimus Prime]

‘Groundbreaking’: scientists develop patch that can repair damaged hearts

Cells taken from blood and ‘reprogrammed’ into heart muscle cells may help patients with heart failure

www.theguardian.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, NASA officials said Wednesday.

Scientists estimate the chances of an impact are just over 1%.

“We’re not worried at all, given the 99 percent chance that it won’t hit us,” said Paul Chodas, director of NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. “But it deserves our attention.”

The near-Earth asteroid was first detected last month by a telescope in Chile. It was designated 2024 YR4 and has an estimated size of between 40 and 100 meters (130 and 330 feet) in diameter.

Scientists are keeping a close eye on the space rock, which is currently hurtling away from Earth. As the asteroid's path around the Sun becomes better understood, Chodas and others said there's a good chance the risk to Earth could be reduced to zero.……..

Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032

NASA and the European Space Agency said the chance of impact is slightly more than 1%.

apnews.com

 

[Tapxe]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, NASA officials said Wednesday.

Scientists estimate the chances of an impact are just over 1%.

“We’re not worried at all, given the 99 percent chance that it won’t hit us,” said Paul Chodas, director of NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. “But it deserves our attention.”

The near-Earth asteroid was first detected last month by a telescope in Chile. It was designated 2024 YR4 and has an estimated size of between 40 and 100 meters (130 and 330 feet) in diameter.

Scientists are keeping a close eye on the space rock, which is currently hurtling away from Earth. As the asteroid's path around the Sun becomes better understood, Chodas and others said there's a good chance the risk to Earth could be reduced to zero.……..

Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032

NASA and the European Space Agency said the chance of impact is slightly more than 1%.

apnews.com

 

[Tapxe]

Men value romantic relationships more and suffer greater consequences from breakups than women

Romantic relationships are more central to men’s well-being than women’s, according to a forthcoming article in Behavioral & Brain Sciences.

www.psypost.org

 

[fred8615]

'Zombie' spiders infected by never-before-seen fungus discovered on grounds of destroyed Irish castle

A new fungus that infects cave spiders and turns them into "zombies" was discovered in a Victorian gunpowder store at Castle Espie in Northern Ireland during filming for a TV show.

www.livescience.com

 

[SystemShock]

'Zombie' spiders infected by never-before-seen fungus discovered on grounds of destroyed Irish castle

A new fungus that infects cave spiders and turns them into "zombies" was discovered in a Victorian gunpowder store at Castle Espie in Northern Ireland during filming for a TV show.

www.livescience.com