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This Week: Tabula Sapiens, Denisovan tooth, Tiny dentists, NeuroMechFly, Renewables Lifeline, Rocket Realism, Eat your vegetables, Conservation Wins!, Cockroaches, Spiders, Headbutting Muskoxen, Medical contact lens for glaucoma, Video Game Smarts, Stimulate The Circuits, And Much More…
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If there was an elephant in the room you would know it.
If the lights went out, you’d be keenly aware that it was still in the room.
If you felt for it in the dark you might identify a sturdy foot or a long sharp tusk, or you might not. You might feel a breeze from a fanning ear or be moved aside by a powerful trunk, or you might not.
But whatever you came in contact with, you wouldn’t forget the rest of it was there because if there were an elephant in the room you would know it every second that it was there.
There is an elephant in the room with you now.
Global warming.
You might feel it as a hot day, or you might not.
You may notice the lack of snow, or missing ice, or you might not.
You could take notice of unseasonable blossoms or untimely flights of birds, but you might not. You could be so attuned to looking past the bubbling froth of tidal foam, to see that the sea has risen.
Though likely… you have not.
Because a global event is very much like an elephant in the dark what you can touch, what you can feel, and what you can experience at any one time is limited by location, but still we know warming is happening everywhere at once and will not rest, and neither should we because there is an elephant in the room and we know we can’t wait to hear another episode of…
This Week in Science
Some quick science news you can appreciate!
Tabula Sapiens
A new cell atlas is providing results.
Denisovan tooth
Does a child’s tooth hold the key to human ancestry?
Tiny dentists
I’m sold!
NeuroMechFly
Researchers have created an open-source fruit fly simulation.
Renewables Lifeline?
UN state of the climate 2021 report notes that 2021 was pretty bad, but that renewable energy sources might lead us to a better future.
Rocket Realism
Falcon 9 rockets do have impacts on the atmosphere, according to a new study.
Eat your vegetables
… And be protected from pollution!
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Conservation Wins!
Conservationists speaking out probably saved bats.
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It’s time for Blair’s Animal Corner!
Cockroaches have a discerning sweet tooth
It would seem that female cockroaches have a preference in their sugar.
Spiders can be picky eaters
They only want mosquitoes freshly full. How rude!
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Headbutting muskoxen
Footballers aren’t the only ones who have to worry about brain injuries.
Medical contact lens for glaucoma
Treating glaucoma as it happens
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Video Game Smarts
Think screen time is bad for kids? Think again! Kids who play video games might benefit from increased IQ.
Stimulate The Circuits
It works in mice at least…
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