Friday, November 18, 2016

Science of the Week, 11/18/16

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

Meteorites reveal lasting drought on Mars

Australian continent shifts with the seasons

Breakthrough in the quantum transfer of information between matter and light

Buying experiences makes you more grateful, generous

Researchers question if banning of "killer robots" actually will stop robots from killing

NIH scientists identify potent antibody that neutralizes nearly all HIV strains

Consuming violent media linked to 13x surge in violent dreams

Indonesian fires exposed 69 million to "killer haze"

New capsule achieves long-term drug delivery

New gene-editing technology partially restores vision in blind animals

New software continuously scrambles code to foil cyber attacks


Have a good weekend, and I'll see you Monday!

















3 comments:

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

We're more grateful for experiences because we share them with people who are far more precious than any item. Although I am still really grateful for a couple of my guitars...
Have a great Thanksgiving, Sandra! See you in a week.

PT Dilloway said...

Killer robots aren't already banned?

Sandra Ulbrich Almazan said...

I'm grateful I had the opportunity to visit both Japan and England, Alex.

Surprising, isn't it, Pat? Then again, maybe not....

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