The Wolverine Wake-Up 64
11-11-22
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Affirmative Action Hangs in the Balance of the Supreme Court
For more than 40 years, American universities have been allowed to choose in certain races when deciding which applicants to accept. Soon, that may end. The Supreme Court heard two different cases, which challenged race based admission policies at the University of North Carolina and Harvard. Due to the 6-3 stranglehold that the conservatives have on the court, experts say that affirmative action could possibly be the next decades-old.
Space Last Week
Booster 8 Is going to be Scrapped! There are Booster 24 and Ship 7 Cryotesting. Ship 25 is included in this. Raptor 2 is bound to be used. As they are making them at around 7 engines a week. A Falcon Heavy launched last week too! This legendary rocket was bringing 2 satellites to space.Have to cut it a bit short here folks. There wasn’t much to catch up on. Until Next Week.
-Jacob
Why Some People Are Mosquito Magnets
Some of us are distinct "mosquito magnets" who get more than our fair share of bites. Blood type, blood sugar level, garlic or bananas, being a woman, and being a child are all popular theories for why someone might be a preferred snack.A new study shows that fatty acids emanating from the skin may create a heady perfume that mosquitoes can't resist. There's a strong association between having large quantities of these fatty acids on your skin and being a mosquito magnet. The study was led by Robin Vosshall, chief scientific officer of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.They tested nylons against each other in all possible pairings through a round-robin style "tournament" Study participants wore nylon stockings over their forearms for six hours a day.A team of Italian researchers have discovered that the most attractive human subjects are more attractive to mosquitoes than the least attractive.The researchers used chemical analysis techniques to identify 50 compounds that were elevated in the sebum (a moisturizing barrier on the skin) of the high-attracting participants.A team of researchers have developed a way to engineer mosquitoes that are unable to detect humans, but still retain the ability to find us. Humans produce mainly two classes of odors that mosquitoes detect with two different sets of odor receptors: Orco and IR receptors. Orco mutants remained attracted to humans and could distinguish between mosquito magnets and low at tractors. Skin microbiomes could be manipulated to provide a mosquito-masking effect. This article was provided by Maria Elena De Obaldia, Takeshi Morita, Laura C. Dedmon, Daniel J. Boehmler, Caroline S. Jiang, Emely V. Zeledon, Justin R. Cross, Leslie B. Vosshall.
-Leatta McKeon
Vitamin D
Vitamin D is an important nutrient that helps maintain good health and keep our bones and muscles strong and healthy.
First author and UniSA PhD candidate, Josh Sutherland, says while vitamin D has been connected with mortality, it has been challenging to establish causal effects.
"While severe vitamin D deficiency is rarer in Australia than elsewhere in the world, it can still affect those who have health vulnerabilities, the elderly, and those who do not acquire enough vitamin D from healthy sun exposure and dietary sources," Sutherland says.
"Our study provides strong evidence for the connection between low levels of vitamin D and mortality, and this is the first study of its kind to also include respiratory disease related mortality as an outcome.
"We used a new genetic method to explore and affirm the non-linear relationships that we've seen in observational settings, and through this we've been able give strong evidence for the connection between low vitamin D status and premature death.
-Nathan Dewald
Dan Snyder May Sell the Washington Commanders
-Brennan
NASA's InSight Lander Detects Stunning Meteoroid Impact on Mars
NASA's InSight lander recorded a magnitude 4 marsquake last Dec. A meteoroid strike estimated to be one of the biggest seen on Mars. The meteoroid excavated boulder-size chunks of ice closer to the Martian equator than ever found before. The event and its effects are detailed in two papers published in the journal Science. Images of the crater were captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft, an orbiter that flies overhead. The impact blasted a crater roughly 492 feet (150 meters) across and 70 feet (21 meters) deep. Some of the ejecta thrown by the impact flew as far as 23 miles (37 kilometers) away. The probe discovered what is believed to be one of the largest Martian craters ever seen. Many larger craters exist on the Red Planet, but they are significantly older and predate any mission. InSight is studying the planet's crust, mantle, and core. Seismic waves are key to the mission and have revealed the size, depth, and composition of Mars' inner layers. Since landing in November 2018, InSight has detected 1,318 marsquakes, including several caused by meteor impacts. The crater was first spotted on Feb. 11, 2022, by scientists working at Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS), which built and operates two cameras aboard MRO. The Context Camera provides black-and-white, medium-resolution images, while the Mars Color Imager produces daily maps of the entire planet. This article was provided by NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
-Carson
Brain Changes in Autism Are Far More Sweeping than Previously Known, Study Finds
-Oliver McKeon