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Overnight News Digest – Saturday Science

Welcome to Overnight News Digest – Saturday Science

Since 2007, the Overnight News Digest (OND) has been a regular community feature on Daily Kos, bringing you the latest science stories from around the world. Our editors impart their own presentation styles and content choices, typically publishing each day near 12:00 AM Eastern Time.

Topics in Tonight’s Digest

1. Scribner publishes Robin Wall Kimmerer’s latest book
2. Cooling homes without chemicals or electricity
3. Why tourists are disappearing in Greece
4. The best COVID mask with science
5. Mathematicians ID the most beautiful equations
6. How Vanuatu reduced plastic pollution
7. Students at top British private schools have ten times more green space than students at state schools
8. Puerto Rico’s primates’ surprising behavior after hurricane destroys their island
9. New method may help locate flight MH370
10. The most common words from the dying – how to live without regrets

Publishers Weekly – Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Latest Book

Scribner will publish Robin Wall Kimmerer’s latest book, "The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World", on November 19. Kimmerer, a MacArthur-winning botanist and founding director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment at SUNY ESF, is best known for her second book, "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants", published by Milkweed Editions in 2013.

Yanko Design – Honeycomb-Inspired Terracotta Wall Can Cool Houses Without Any Chemicals or Electricity

Ant Studio’s Beehive is a pioneering solution that marries traditional cooling techniques with modern design to offer an eco-friendly alternative to energy-intensive cooling and air purification systems. The Beehive system exemplifies the firm’s commitment to integrating art, architecture, technology, and nature.

Penn Live – Tourists Keep Disappearing in Greece. Scientists Think They Know Why

After hiking in scorching temperatures on the Greek island of Symi, doctor and well-known TV presenter Michael Mosley was discovered dead earlier this month. But his wasn’t the only life that was lost, as a series of tourist deaths and disappearances have reportedly hit Greece as the country faces its early summer heat wave with temperatures soaring above 104 degrees.

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Science Alert – Study Confirms One Type of COVID Mask Is ‘Significantly Better’ Than Others

A team led by researchers at the University of Maryland in the US asked 44 volunteers with COVID-19 to breathe into a bespoke device called the Gesundheit II Machine, which can measure the number of virus particles in exhaled breath. Four different mask types were tested this way, and the participants were told to vary their vocalizations while wearing the masks – one of the tests involved singing "Happy Birthday", for example.

Scientific American – These Are the Most Beautiful Equations, According to Mathematicians

To mathematicians, equations are art. Just as many are moved by a painting or piece of music, to those who appreciate and understand math, expressions of numbers, variables, operations, and relations between quantities can be just as compelling. Here are some mathematicians’ selections of the most beautiful math equations, as well as their own words on what factors make them so exquisite.

The Guardian – How the Small Pacific Island Nation of Vanuatu Drastically Cut Plastic Pollution

For generations, the people of Erakor village in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu would pass their time swimming in the local lagoon. Ken Andrew, a local chief, remembers diving in its depths when he was a child, chasing the fish that spawned in its turquoise waters. That was decades ago. Now 52, Andrew has noticed a more pernicious entity invading the lagoon: plastic.

The Guardian – Revealed: Students at Top Private Schools Have 10 Times More Green Space Than State Pupils

Children at the top 250 English private schools have more than 10 times as much outdoor space as those who go to state schools, an exclusive Guardian analysis can reveal. A schoolboy at fee-charging Eton has access to 140 times more green space than the average English state school pupil, the analysis found. Experts condemned the "staggering" and "gross" inequalities.

Fast Company – Puerto Rico’s ‘Monkey Island’ Was Destroyed by a Hurricane. Researchers Were Shocked by How the Primates Responded

In 2017, Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm, killing more than 3,000 people. The storm devastated the small island of Cayo Santiago, also known as Monkey Island for its population of rhesus macaques. Most of the monkeys survived, but their home now looked very different: More than 60% of the island’s trees were destroyed, limiting the animals’ access to shade and leaving them vulnerable to the island’s searing temperatures.

Popular Mechanics – A New Scientific Method May Finally Locate Flight MH370

A few well-placed underwater microphones could tell us the final resting place of downed Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 (MH370). Now lost for 10 years, those searching for the missing aircraft have come no closer to understanding where the plane and its 239 passengers and crew on board ended up.

Inc.com – An Oncologist Revealed the Most Common Words Among the Dying – and What They Say About How to Live Without Regrets

If that last option is your yardstick for success, then it is, of course, helpful to know what people commonly regret. And for that, you probably want to speak with someone who has spent a lot of time with people at the end of their lives. Which is what makes a recent commencement speech by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee so fascinating.

This is an Open Thread

This is an open thread where everyone is welcome, especially night owls and early birds, to share and discuss the science news of the day. Please share your articles and stories in the comments.

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