Friday, June 15, 2018

Science of the Week, 6/15/18

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

Changes in Earth's orbit could explain rise and fall of ancient species

Building a robotic eel that swims through your body

Researchers reverse cognitive impairments in mice with dementia

Oak Ridge Lab launches America's new top supercomputer for science

In desert trials, next-generation water harvester delivers fresh water from air

Research finds tipping point (hint: it's 25%) for large-scale social change

Choice matters: the environmental costs of producing meat, seafood

New system recovers fresh water from power plants

Mineralogy on Mars points to a cold and icy ancient climate

AI senses people's pose through walls

Evidence for a new property of quantum matter revealed

Higgs tangoes with top quark in latest physics discovery

"Gut instinct" may have been the GPS of human ancestors

Have a good weekend, everyone, and if you have the chance to spend some time with your father, do it! See you on Monday!




















3 comments:

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Social change requires only one out of three - that explains a lot.
My gut instinct would have me lost in the desert.

PT Dilloway said...

25% is one in four

PT Dilloway said...

Guess that explains the Israelites wandering the desert for 40 years.

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