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This Week: Pulsars, Quasars, & Neutrinos, Minimal Cells, Mink Brains, Life & Death, Photosynthetic Efficiency, Bee Homes, Static Ticks, Hunters, Hepatitis C, Brain Boost, And Much More Solstice Science!
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Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it
A plausible yet daunting idea.
For if previous concepts of the past are any indication the story of humanity is a tale of the damned.
Humans have seldom understood the past and the histories passed down through tradition by spoken word or Carved into rock.
Written down on scrolls or Read from books contemplated, debated, and taught in schools are often wrong, misleading, self-serving, and entirely make-it-up.
One element of modern society has attempted to put a halt to the doomed nature of humanity Science.
Through anthropology, archeology, and genetics, the true evidence of human migration Refutes the endless origin stories that have circulated and show that we are but one people with a braided stream of interconnected stories.
Through population studies in medical research and Epidemiology, we trace the paths of pathologies, pointing out the hazards, foretelling the risks, and understanding better how to preserve life based on the missteps of the past.
In geology, the formation of strange features explained,
In astronomy the yearly meanderings of stars reframed,
In physics, the fabric of space and time entwined,
In cosmology the birth of our universe revealed,
In every breakthrough research paper,
An understanding of past knowledge leads to the current discovery.
And while – Those who do not learn history may be doomed to repeat it.
Those who do learn from it are celebrated here on
This Week in Science!s
Some free science news!
Pulsars, Quasars, & Neutrinos
Oh, my! Looks like last week was a big physics week with an announcement from pulsar timing studies around the globe finding gravitational ocean evidence, quasars supporting Einstein, and a neutrino view of the galaxy from IceCube.
Evolution of a minimal cell
Life finds a way in 300 days
Holy shrinking mink brains, Batman!
Hold on… I mean growing brains! Bam!
Life & Death
Is the decline of aging evolutionarily tied to the processes of regeneration?
Fragile X may have therapy at last
with antisense oligonucleotides
Photosynthetic Efficiency
Lees order is better in biology?
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Blair’s Animal Corner
How does a bee know home?
It’s all of the above in terms of senses. And we can use this info to help bees out!
Static electric ticks!!
Don’t rub your feet in shag carpet and then go hiking. That’s the moral of this story!
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What science news does Justin have?
Men hunt, women…
Also hunt
Hepatitis C
Unmasked
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Some Quick Science stories with Kiki!
Whose Hand Is It?
Is this a new importance for the phrase “smell my finger”?
Brain Boost?
Klotho gave monkey brains a boost. Will it do the same for people?
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Take a blast into the past…
What were we discussing at this time last year? This time last year We discussed JWST, Gamer brains, Bee Waggle Dances, The anti-science brain, Sarlacc, Ancient Europeans, Foxes, Lice, Dinosaurs, Webbs, And Much More Science!
This week 10 years ago TWIS we discussed Linear Higgs, 4 Quark Mystery, Blitzars and Blue Planets, Human Language Is Old, Sharks Are Awesome, Cat Poop, Dark Matter Ponderings, Battling The Bugs, Life In Vostok, Moth Sex, Sphinxes, And Much More! Take a blast into the past with TWIS!
