Whenever I get the idea that I've seen it all, I end up surprising myself. 🤷‍♂️

Two American students held the world's first sperm race on Friday (April 25) in Los Angeles (USA).

The event, called the World's First Sperm Race, was organized by the startup Sperm Racing and gathered more than a thousand spectators.

The cells competed on a 20-centimeter-long microscopic track designed to simulate the female reproductive system.

#science #racing #startup

Donor hearts travel farther with machine perfusion.

Machine perfusion allows donor hearts to be transported over long distances, expanding transplant opportunities in remote regions.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/donor-hearts-travel-farther-with-machine-perfusion/

#health

Discovery of burial of a woman from the elite 5,000 years ago in Peru.

Archaeologists found the remains of a woman from the elite who was buried with a variety of notable burial objects.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/discovery-of-burial-of-a-woman-from-the-elite-5000-years-ago-in-peru/

#archaeology #peru

A celestial shadow known as the Circinus West molecular cloud glides across this image captured with the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera (DECam) manufactured by the US Department of Energy - one of the most powerful digital cameras in the world.

Within the opaque confines of this stellar nursery, newly formed stars ignite from cold, dense gas and dust, while jets of leftover material shoot out into space.

#astronomy #space #science

Thirty-year mystery of dissonance in the “ringing” of black holes explained.

A scientist from Tokyo Metropolitan University has solved the longstanding problem of a “dissonance” in gravitational waves emitted by a black hole.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/mystery-of-dissonance-in-the-ringing-of-black-holes-explained/

#space #astronomy

Watch the strange, life-like behavior of small ball bearings in castor oil when exposed to an electric field—a fascinating display of self-organization.

📽: Stanford Complexity Group

#science

Galaxies at ‘cosmic noon’: Research gives deep dive into universe’s wild growth spurt.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/research-analyzes-the-accelerated-growth-of-the-universe/

#space #nasa #astronomy

This massive tornado was spotted just west of Randolph, Iowa, amid severe storms in the central US last night. 🌪️

#environment

EPFL researchers have developed a flexible auditory brainstem implant (ABI) that closely conforms to the curved surface of the brainstem. The technology has been successfully demonstrated high-resolution “prosthetic hearing” in macaques.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/soft-brainstem-implant-delivers-high-resolution-hearing/

#tech #technology #science #health

Celtic necropolis with weapons and jewelry in France.

Excavation in Creuzier-le-Neuf (Allier), France, reveals a Celtic necropolis with rare metal artifacts, including two swords in their original scabbards.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/celtic-necropolis-with-weapons-and-jewelry-in-france/

#archaeology #france