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When glass frogs fall asleep, most of their red blood cells hide in their liver, giving the frogs an invisibility cloak while they rest. The discovery could provide new insight into preventing deadly blood clots in humans.
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Women’s Health + Medicine: The Vagina Chip
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Scientists have developed an organ chip that replicates the vaginal microbiome. It could help to test drugs against microbial imbalances that make women more susceptible to sexually transmitted diseases and puts them at risk of preterm delivery.
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Oceanography + Astronomy: Milky Seas
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After satellites possibly detected a massive swath of glowing ocean – “milky seas” – yacht crew members off the coast of Indonesia captured it on camera. Scientists believe the episode demonstrated how satellites can help unravel the rare phenomenon.
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- The Mystery Of Milky Seas Is Finally Being Solved (Scientific American)
- Mysterious Glow Of A ‘Milky Sea’ Caught On Camera For First Time (The Guardian)
- Honing In On Bioluminescent Milky Seas From Space (Scientific Reports)
- Boat Encounter With The 2019 Java Bioluminescent Milky Sea: Views From On-Deck Confirm Satellite Detection (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
Polar Science + Climate Change: Polar Bears
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About 26,000 polar bears are left in the wild. But a newly identified polar bear population discovered in Greenland is less dependent on vanishing sea ice, giving some hope to the future survival for other subpopulations.
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Artificial Intelligence: ChatGPT
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A chatbot from OpenAI, released in its most sophisticated iteration in December 2022, can answer complex questions, write a paper, and spit out computer code. Its release marks the first time such a powerful AI tool has been freely available to the public.