Friday 2 September 2022

China's Shenzhou-14 astronauts carry out spacewalk

Two astronauts on board China's Tiangong space station successfully completed a six-hour spacewalk Friday, the national human spaceflight agency said.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-science-news/chinas-shenzhou-14-astronauts-carry-out-spacewalk

Gone in 30 years? The Welsh village in crosshairs of climate change

Occasionally at night, if the weather's bad when she walks her dog along the waterfront, Georgina Salt admits feeling a little "frisson" at the vulnerability of her exposed Welsh village.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-science-news/gone-in-30-years-the-welsh-village-in-crosshairs-of-climate-change

Circadian rhythm disruption found to be common among mental health disorders

Anxiety, autism, schizophrenia and Tourette syndrome each have their own distinguishing characteristics, but one factor bridging these and most other mental disorders is circadian rhythm disruption, according to a team of neuroscience, pharmaceutical sciences and computer science researchers at the University of California, Irvine.

Variation matters: Genetic effects in interacting species jointly determine ecological outcomes

The greatest diversity of life is not counted in the number of species, says Utah State University evolutionary geneticist Zachariah Gompert, but in the diversity of interactions among them.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-science-news/variation-matters-genetic-effects-in-interacting-species-jointly-determine-ecological-outcomes