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Scientists discover warm water beneath ‘Doomsday Glacier’ in #Antarctica | Times of India Travel
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/scientists-discover-warm-water-beneath-doomsday-glacier-in-antarctica/as73901574.cms
Reportedly, an underwater robot called #Icefin made its way underneath the surface of the melting glacier and discovered the unusually warm temperature. It was a bright yellow remotely operated robot submarine that was dropped via a 2300 ft deep hole, which was drilled through the glacier. 

Low- and High-intensity Workouts Affect Your Brain Differently | Technology Networks
https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/low-and-high-intensity-workouts-affects-your-brain-differently-330217

Waking up tired in the morning? Change your alarm tune - The New Indian Express
https://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/health/2020/feb/04/waking-up-tired-in-the-morning-change-your-alarm-tune-2098930.html
Finding hard to get out of bed? Melodic alarms can help you. A new study shows that melodic alarms could improve alertness levels, with harsh alarm tones linked to increased levels of morning grogginess or sleep inertia.

Penguin language obeys same rules as human speech, researchers say | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/penguin-science-study-language-linguistics-zipf-menzerathaltmann-torino-a9317921.html

Rocket startup Astra emerges from stealth, aims to launch for as little as $1M per flight – TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/03/rocket-startup-astra-emerges-from-stealth-aims-to-launch-for-as-little-as-1m-per-flight/

Launch startup Skyrora successfully tests 3D-printed rocket engines powered by plastic waste – TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/03/launch-startup-skyrora-successfully-tests-3d-printed-rocket-engines-powered-by-plastic-waste/

New Research Explains How Solar Panels Could Soon Be Generating Power at Night
https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-how-solar-panels-could-soon-be-generating-power-at-night

Glowing Cholesterol Helps Scientists Fight Heart Disease | Lab Manager
https://www.labmanager.com/news/glowing-cholesterol-helps-scientists-fight-heart-disease-1324
New research tool has the power to transform our understanding of lipoprotein biology, which will have important implications for future strategies to treat heart disease

How the Tiniest Particles in Our Universe Saved Us from Complete Annihilation | Lab Manager
https://www.labmanager.com/news/how-the-tiniest-particles-in-our-universe-saved-us-from-complete-annihilation-21646

Five Competing Conceptions of the Self and Why They Matter - Areo
https://areomagazine.com/2020/02/03/five-competing-conceptions-of-the-self-and-why-they-matter/

#philosophy

Turbulent systems are chaotic by nature. But mathematicians just proved that they actually conform to a simple universal law. https://t.co/sZNPfRhB4a

https://twitter.com/QuantaMagazine/status/1224726838427226116?s=09

Terahertz waves (THz) sit between microwaves and infrared in the light frequency spectrum, but due to their low-energy scientists have been unable to harness their potential.

The conundrum is known in scientific circles as the terahertz gap.

Being able to detect and amplify THz waves (T-rays) would open up a new era of medical, communications, satellite, cosmological and other technologies.

One of the biggest applications would be as a safe, non-destructive alternative to X-rays.

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-graphene-amplifier-hidden-frequencies-electromagnetic.amp

Graphene amplifier unlocks hidden frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum
https://phys.org/news/2020-02-graphene-amplifier-hidden-frequencies-electromagnetic.html

The last place you think you will find a special math equation – rat whiskers
https://theprint.in/science/the-last-place-you-think-you-will-find-a-special-math-equation-rat-whiskers/357623/

Balloon-lofted camera built to hunt alien worlds aces first flight | Space
https://www.space.com/hunting-alien-alien-solar-systems-balloon-picture-c-camera.html

Want babies to be healthy? Let them be in charge of what they eat
https://theprint.in/health/want-babies-to-be-healthy-let-them-be-in-charge-of-what-they-eat/354054/?amp

The smell of roses while learning and during sleep helps increase memory and learning skills. The study reports a significant increase in learning success by 30% if a person is exposed to the smell of roses during both learning and sleep phases. - science
https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/ex7u8u/the_smell_of_roses_while_learning_and_during/

A research team including 245 undergraduates has published an encyclopedia of more than 1,000 genes, including 421 genes whose functions were previously unknown. The research, conducted in fruit flies, should be useful to scientists studying genes involved in sleep, vision, memory, and others. - science
https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/exfugl/a_research_team_including_245_undergraduates_has/

Discarded cigarette butts continue to emit nicotine and other toxic substances into air for several days after a cigarette has been extinguished, new study shows. The findings indicate that non-smokers could be exposed to higher levels of nicotine than currently estimated. - science
https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/exa851/discarded_cigarette_butts_continue_to_emit/

Sociable people have a higher abundance of certain types of gut bacteria and also more diverse bacteria. Research found that both gut microbiome composition and diversity were related to differences in personality, including sociability and neuroticism. - science
https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/exme9c/sociable_people_have_a_higher_abundance_of/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share