"Feeling exhausted?  Here's how to fight the weariness."

Views expressed in this science and technology update are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 24 June 2024, 1404 UTC.

Content and Source:  https://feedly.com/i/collection/content/user/f401222a-bca6-4c45-9cc1-183f239e8d86/category/5efc1471-2496-463c-b610-cb88d67badc9/Science-The Guardian.

Please scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today.

Russ Roberts (https://hawaiisciencejournal.blogspot.com).

Science | The Guardian

12

MOST POPULAR

Feeling exhausted? Here’s how to fight the weariness

100+Science | The Guardian / 23h

Try these top tips for managing your energy more wisely Exhaustion can threaten the very core of our being. When everything costs energy we don’t have, our world shrinks. We can become alienated from our emotions, desires and loved ones. But what can we do about it? Encourage appreciation In my work as a burnout coach, I have found the cause that stands out above all the others is not feeling val

The happy microbiome: how to nourish all of yours - from mouth to gut to vagina

100+Science | The Guardian / 1d

Genetically speaking, we are more microbe than human and, whether on our skin or up our nose, they are essential to our health. Here are simple ways to keep yours thriving We feel a strange sense of responsibility, in these microbiome-aware times , towards the bacteria, yeasts, fungi, viruses and protozoa living in and on us. While we can’t see our tiny brethren, research has revealed their funda

Does a cave beneath Pembroke Castle hold key to fate of early Britons?

100Science | The Guardian / 1d

Scientists hope wealth of prehistoric material in Wogan Cavern in Wales is well preserved enough to reveal what really happened to our most ancient ancestors Pembroke Castle has been a seat of power for centuries. It was the birthplace of Henry Tudor, father of Henry VIII, and is one of the country’s best preserved medieval strongholds, containing a maze of passages, tunnels and stairways, as wel

TODAY

UK boy has brain implant fitted to control epilepsy seizures in world first

Science | The Guardian / 3h

Oran Knowlson, who could suffer hundreds of seizures a day, had neurostimulator fitted at Great Ormond Street A UK teenager with severe epilepsy has become the first person in the world to be fitted with a brain implant aimed at bringing seizures under control. Oran Knowlson’s neurostimulator sits under the skull and sends electrical signals deep into the brain, reducing his daytime seizures by 8

YESTERDAY

Geologists raise concerns over possible censorship and bias in Chinese chatbot

Science | The Guardian / 5h

GeoGPT developed as part of Chinese-funded earth sciences programme aimed at researchers in global south Geologists have raised concerns about potential Chinese censorship and bias in a chatbot being developed with the backing of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), one of the world’s largest scientific organisations and a Unesco partner. The GeoGPT chatbot is aimed at geoscient

Can you solve it? Try this triple Tetris teaser

Science | The Guardian / 7h

An L-of a problem Today’s puzzles are of a piece. Two, three, and five pieces, to be exact. In each problem you are presented with a set of non-symmetrical shapes. The challenge is to rearrange them without overlaps so the combined shape has a line of symmetry. Continue reading...

Starwatch: the moon heads for Saturn in the early hours

Science | The Guardian / 9h

Planet’s yellow disc can be seen near the boundary of Pisces and Aquarius in two-day conjunction The moon heads for Saturn this week. The yellow disc of the sixth planet in the solar system can be found near the boundary of Pisces, the fish, and Aquarius, the water bearer, in the early hours of the morning. The chart shows the view looking south-east from London at 03.00 BST on 27 June. Continue

Our internal narratives can hold us back. Changing them is tough but rewarding work | Modern mind

Science | The Guardian / 22h

We develop stories as short cuts to navigate our worlds and it requires focus and energy to re-evaluate them The modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their work Storytelling plays an important role in every culture and society. It is through stories that we communicate, learn and grasp the multifaceted nature of human experience. Beyond their socia

Readers reply: why is it easier to remember that I’ve forgotten something than to remember what I’ve forgotten?

Science | The Guardian / 1d

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts Why is it easier for me to remember that I’ve forgotten something than to remember the thing I’ve forgotten? John Gray, York Send new questions to nq@theguardian.com . Continue reading...

Are you 80% angry and 2% sad? Why ‘emotional AI’ is fraught with problems

Science | The Guardian / 1d

AI that purports to read our feelings may enhance user experience but concerns over misuse and bias mean the field is fraught with potential dangers It’s Wednesday evening and I’m at my kitchen table, scowling into my laptop as I pour all the bile I can muster into three little words: “I love you.” My neighbours might assume I’m engaged in a melodramatic call to an ex-partner, or perhaps some kin

JUN 22, 2024

Nelson’s HMS Victory gives scientists vital DNA for battle against deathwatch beetle

Science | The Guardian / 1d

Insects from the famous Royal Navy flagship are helping experts plot the genome of the notorious timber pest The oak timbers of HMS Victory have played an unexpected role in ensuring a scientific research triumph for Great Britain. A deathwatch beetle – taken from an infected beam on Nelson’s great warship – has been used to create the first fully sequenced genome of the species. The project, car

US family sues Nasa for $80,000 in damages after space debris hits home

Science | The Guardian / 1d

Debris was from a pallet released from space station that did not burn up in atmospheric re-entry A family in Naples, Florida, whose home was struck by debris that fell to Earth from outer space and punched a hole in the roof is pursuing $80,000 from Nasa in compensation for damages. The law firm Cranfill Sumner said in a press release that it filed a claim on behalf of plaintiff Alejandro Otero

END OF FEED