What to read today on @science 🔹The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft is speeding towards its historic first close pass…

What to read today on @science

🔹The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft is speeding towards its historic first close pass of the Sun. On 14 March, the spacecraft will pass the orbit of Mercury, the scorched inner planet of our Solar System, and on 26 March it will reach closest approach to the Sun.

🔹Detecting cognitive changes early in the onset of dementia would be a game-changer for thousands impacted by the disease and would allow for interventions well before significant brain changes occur. Game-Changing Digital Toolbox May Help Diagnose Dementia Earlier.

🔹Monkey teeth are shedding new light on how early humans used tools. The macaques of Japan’s Koshima Island well known for performing some remarkably complex tasks, such as washing sweet potatoes and filtering wheat from sand in the seawater, they’ve even been spotted catching live octopuses from the sea.

🔹Astronomers Identify The Largest Molecule Ever Found in a Planet-Forming Disk. In this swirling cloud, astronomers detected the signature of dimethyl ether, a molecule that contains nine atoms.

🔹Utah’s red rock towers shake and shimmy to a predictable beat. The fundamental frequencies of 14 red rock towers fall between 1 Hz and 15 Hz.