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(Left to best): ANDY CLARK/REUTERS/NEWSCOM; JOE ROE; BRIAN CASSEY

Why are these salmon jumping?

Young sockeye salmon leap up to 30 centimeters in the air, in some cases skimming along the surface area for near a meter utilizing their tail fins, about 9 times a day. The factor, inning accordance with a new research study, is that they’re plagued with parasitic sea louse–and are attempting to sprinkle them off.

This oven was used to make bread—thousands of years before agriculture

Thousands of years prior to the introduction of farming, individuals were currently making bread. Archaeologists examined 2 sunken fireplaces at a 14,000- year-old website in Jordan and discovered 24 pieces of charred product with breadlike cellular structures, preceding farming in the location by 4000 years. The discovery recommends understanding ways to grow grains isn’t really important to making bread from them, which might assist scientists comprehend how ancient cultures fulfilled their dietary requirements.

On a remote Pacific island, this doctor has revived a 60-year quest to eradicate a disfiguring disease

In1952, the World Health Organization began a enormous worldwide project to remove yaws, a tropical skin disease that triggers extreme bone and skin damage and can cause long-term discomfort and disfigurement. By the 1990 s, cases had actually dropped significantly; then, the disease recovered. In 2012, Oriol Mitj à, a Spanish physician and researcher operating in remote Papua New Guinea, revealed that a single dosage of a inexpensive antibiotic, azithromycin, can treat yaws. The discovery put yaws back on the worldwide program, resulted in a wave of new research study, and restored the imagine obliteration.

A top Chinese brain scientist wonders how he ended up on the U.S. visa blacklist

Frustrated with a string of inexplicable U.S. visa rejections, Rao Yi, a prominent Chinese neuroscientist who operated in the United States for 22 years, copied many reporters on a 17 July e-mail to authorities at the U.S. embassy in Beijing pleading his case. Yi, now a dean at Peking University in Beijing, was welcomed to a conference hosted by the U.S. National Science Foundation happening later on this month, however he is having problem going into the nation. He states he can not believe of anything he may have done to obtain blacklisted.

Ten new moons—including one ‘oddball’—discovered around Jupiter

Jupiter’s orbital household broadened to 79 today, with researchers from the International Astronomical Union revealing the discovery of 10 new mini moons around the gas giant, the the majority of any world in our planetary system. While the moonlets primarily follow Jupiter’s understood orbital patterns, one oddball moon, tentatively called “Valetudo,” takes a winding path through the other moons and is most likely to trigger a accident eventually, the scientists state.

(Left to right): ANDY CLARK/REUTERS/NEWSCOM; JOE ROE; BRIAN CASSEY

Why are these salmon jumping?

Young sockeye salmon jump up to 30 centimeters in the air, sometimes skimming along the surface for close to a meter using their tail fins, about nine times a day. The reason, according to a new study, is that they’re infested with parasitic sea lice—and are trying to splash them off.

This oven was used to make bread—thousands of years before agriculture

Thousands of years before the advent of agriculture, people were already making bread. Archaeologists investigated two sunken fireplaces at a 14,000-year-old site in Jordan and found 24 pieces of charred material with breadlike cellular structures, predating agriculture in the area by 4000 years. The discovery suggests knowing how to grow grains isn’t essential to making bread from them, which could help researchers understand how ancient cultures met their nutritional needs.

On a remote Pacific island, this doctor has revived a 60-year quest to eradicate a disfiguring disease

In 1952, the World Health Organization started a massive international campaign to eradicate yaws, a tropical skin disease that causes severe bone and skin damage and can lead to permanent pain and disfigurement. By the 1990s, cases had dropped dramatically; then, the disease bounced back. In 2012, Oriol Mitjà, a Spanish doctor and scientist working in remote Papua New Guinea, showed that a single dose of a cheap antibiotic, azithromycin, can cure yaws. The discovery put yaws back on the international agenda, led to a wave of new research, and revived the dream of eradication.

A top Chinese brain scientist wonders how he ended up on the U.S. visa blacklist

Frustrated with a string of unexplained U.S. visa denials, Rao Yi, a high-profile Chinese neuroscientist who worked in the United States for 22 years, copied numerous journalists on a 17 July email to officials at the U.S. embassy in Beijing pleading his case. Yi, now a dean at Peking University in Beijing, was invited to a conference hosted by the U.S. National Science Foundation occurring later this month, but he is having difficulty entering the country. He says he cannot think of anything he might have done to get blacklisted.

Ten new moons—including one ‘oddball’—discovered around Jupiter

Jupiter’s orbital family expanded to 79 this week, with scientists from the International Astronomical Union announcing the discovery of 10 new miniature moons around the gas giant, the most of any planet in our solar system. While the moonlets mostly follow Jupiter’s known orbital patterns, one oddball moon, tentatively dubbed “Valetudo,” takes a winding route through the other moons and is likely to cause a collision at some point, the researchers say.

The World #Vitiligo Day, observed on June 25, is an initiative aimed to build global #awareness about vitiligo, a frequent and often #disfiguring skin #disease that can have a significantly negative social and/or psychological impact on #patients, in part because of numerous misconceptions still present in large parts of the world.