Here are some of the most interesting news articles I read this week:
How do you feed 9 billion people?
Study shows how young genes become essential for life
Big multiple sclerosis breakthrough?
How similar are the gestures of apes and humans? More than you might suspect.
Spintronics approach enables new quantum technologies
Whispering light hears liquids talk
Weapons testing data determines brain makes new neurons into adulthood
"Lizard King" fossil shows giant reptiles coexisted with mammals during globally warm past (and yes, they named the fossil for Jim Morrison)
Surgeons implant bioengineered vein
Self-cleaning pollution-control technology could do more harm than good
NAP: A peptide to protect brain function (I bet a real nap would help my brain function too)
Research shows male guppies reproduce even after death
Discovery of new material state counterintuitive to the laws of physics
Questions rise about seeding for ocean CO2 sequestration
And from Scientific American, an article that suggests we might be living in a multiverse after all.
Enjoy your weekend, and Happy Father's Day to all of the fathers out there. I have a post going up tomorrow at Scene 13 about transitions. If you're online, I hope you take a look at it. Otherwise, I'll see you on Monday.
2 comments:
I wonder if the Lizard King overdosed himself into extinction as well?
These are fascinating! I love how a spark of nonfiction can set fire to a speculative novel (or even a nonfiction book or picture book). Whaaaat?--guppies can reproduce after death? Oh wow. ;o)
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