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This Week: Erosion & Evolution, Traits Of Life, Googley Eyes, Repairing Hearing, Good Students, Iconic Sounds, COVID Update, Bottom Breathing, Scuba Lizards, Horse History, Better Memory, Thumb Brain, Reducing APP, And Much More…
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Disclaimer, Disclaimer, Disclaimer!!!
Know your enemy!
You may not think that you have enemies.
We humans are all one species after all,
But THEY don’t see it that way.
THEY see you as their enemy.
And, that means that YOU too have an enemy.
How do you defend yourself from this fiend?
First you must know your enemy.
You will know them by their words;
Chosen to influence not inform.
You will know them by their actions;
Spreading fear not facts.
You will know them by the constant deflections
Away from knowledge, away from truth, away from reason, empathy and compassion.
And, away from the most important strength of our sentient modern minds,
Our knowledge of reality.
The only thing now standing between the enemy and you?
The only thing that can preserve your freedom, your intellect?
And protect the health and safety of your family?
Is This Week in Science.
Coming Up Next…
Let’s start with some quick science news
Erosion & Evolution
The famed natural formation in the Galapagos collapsed recently. Make way for the Pillars of Evolution. Also, China landed the Zhurong rover on the surface of Mars to make it just the second country to successfully do so. And, meanwhile, there are more than a billion House sparrows on the planet (along with European starlings, Ring-billed gulls, & Barn swallows).
Searching for life on other planets
It helps to know what to look for.
Googley-eyed bird deterrents
New buoys spook birds away from gill nets
Repairing Hearing
OSU researchers are figuring out how to use gene modification to repair hearing in people who are born deaf.
Teachers don’t care if you’re smart
They just want you ready to learn.
Iconic Sounds
Language might have gotten its start from simple sounds.
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Are you ready for a COVID Update?
Mask Guidelines?
The CDC frustrated just about everyone last week with new mask guidance that suggests vaccinated individuals can maskoff outdoors AND in.
Viral Integration Questioned
In contrast to a study reported last week, a new study suggests that SARS-CoV2 CANNOT integrate itself into human DNA. The question remains.
Did covid-19 escape a lab in China?
We don’t know.
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It’s time for Blair’s Animal Corner!
Mammals may be able to breathe through their intestines
Much like a famous turtle, the answer was behind us all along
Scuba lizards
Anoles breathe out a little air and make a bubble to save air for later. How’s that for innovation?!
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What does Justin have to say about science this week?
If only horses could talk
They would tell us their history.
How to remember things like an Aboriginal Australian
It’s better than your ‘Memory Palace’.
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Let’s finish strong with science from Dr. Kiki!
Thumb Brain
In an unsurprising result, people’s brain activity changed to accommodate a prosthetic “third” thumb.
Reducing APP
A discovery of how amyloid beta is produced in neurons could lead to future Alzheimer’s treatments.
This Week in Science Questions!
Do you know how to remember things? Did you miss Justin’s answer up above?
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Did you love the Netflix documentary “My Octopus Teacher”? Check out this episode of TWIS from last May when Chad King from Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary joined us to talk about an exciting deep sea octopus discovery. You might want to watch this one because he had a LOT of great underwater footage to share.
Then there was also this one from 2011 that was full of fear, took back the Higgs Boson announcement, and pondered the issues of bad science being shared on the interwebs.
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