Astronomers uncover ‘invisible’ massive ancient galaxies

Click Here to Read: Astronomers uncover ‘invisible’ massive ancient galaxies By Ashley Strickland on the CNN website on August 7, 2019.

Dotted across the sky in the constellation of Pictor (The Painter’s Easel) is the galaxy cluster highlighted here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope: SPT-CL J0615-5746, or SPT0615 for short.  Photo: ESA/Hubble & NASA, I. Karachentsev et al., F. High et al.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

How Mosquitoes Helped Shape the Course of Human History

Click Here to Read: How Mosquitoes Helped Shape the Course of Human History: Historian and author Timothy Winegard discusses the way mosquitoes have played a major role in battles, genetics and the gin and tonic By Emily Toomey on the Smithsonian Magazine website on August 5, 2019.

Photo: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/).  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Anorexia not just a psychiatric problem, scientists find

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Discovery of metabolic causes opens door to new treatments for dangerous eating disorder by Ian Sample on the Guardian website on July 15,  2019.

Black and white photograph of an emaciated woman, aged 17 years, suffering from ‘hysteria’, who refused food on account of anorexia (anorexia nervosa). Front view. St Bartholomew’s Hospital Photographic Society.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Where Does Mars’ Methane Go?

Click Here to Read:  Where Does Mars’ Methane Go? New Study Provides Possible Answer, with Implications in the Search for Life by Matt Williams on the Universe Today website on  July 4, 2019.

his image illustrates possible ways methane might be added to Mars’ atmosphere (sources) and removed from the atmosphere (sinks). NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected fluctuations in methane concentration in the atmosphere, implying both types of activity occur on modern Mars.  Image:  NASA.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.