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Friday, July 25, 2014

Science of the Week, 7/25/14

Here are some of the most interesting science news articles I read this week:

Nearsightedness increases with level of education and longer schooling
(maybe it's a good thing I didn't get a Ph.D)

Steam from the sun: hi-tech sponge turns solar energy into steam
(Sounds like this would be useful for a steampunk story)

Herbivores dine on toxic plants, thanks to gut microbes

Fly's super-hearing power could aid humans

Single tree grows 40 kinds of fruit

Black holes may collapse into their exact opposites: white holes

Researchers create the first model of the DNA "replication fork"

Astronomers come up dry in search for water on exoplanets

Have a good weekend, everyone, and see you Monday!





2 comments:

  1. So the longer you stare at books, the greater the chance of nearsightedness? Crap, is that what happened?

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  2. No wonder my night driving is so bad;
    should have taken less years to finish the dissertation.

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