NASA’s first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft (apnews.com)
Wi-Fi Can Decode Hidden Words Concealed Behind Walls (www.sciencealert.com)
Definitely Do Not Put Plastic in the Microwave (www.bonappetit.com)
The Brouhaha Over Consciousness and “Pseudoscience” — John Horgan (The Science Writer) (johnhorgan.org)
Gene-edited spider silk 6x stronger than bulletproof Kevlar (interestingengineering.com)
Chinese Scientists have introduced an innovative, green alternative to nylon and Kevlar
China’s quest for human genetic data spurs fears of a DNA arms race (wapo.st)
From rays to watts: The ultimate guide to solar energy (interestingengineering.com)
Taking a look at how the use of solar energy has evolved, from ancient civilizations leveraging passive sunlight to modern photovoltaic milestones.
NASA aims to destroy an Empire State Building-sized asteroid (interestingengineering.com)
Astronomers have been closely monitoring Bennu, which swings close to Earth every six years. However, the real cause for concern arises from the possibility that on September 24, 2182, Bennu could collide with our planet with a force equivalent to 22 atomic bombs. While the odds of such a catastrophic strike are estimated at 1...
new zealand earthquake today 2023 | new zealand earthquake latest news (youtu.be)
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China! Typhoon Suqian struck Jiangsu Province, hurricane, cyclone (youtu.be)
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Study finds human-driven mass extinction is eliminating entire branches of the tree of life (phys.org)
Christmas cards: are senders full of joy and good cheer? (www.tandfonline.com)
Replanting Logged Forests With Diverse Mixtures of Seedlings Accelerates Restoration (www.technologynetworks.com)
The effect of challenging people’s fundamental assumptions about a task: Introducing uncertainty for reducing overprecision (www.tandfonline.com)
BP neural network-based early warning model for financial risk of internet financial companies (www.tandfonline.com)
Researchers have successfully transferred a gene to produce tobacco plants that lack pollen and viable seeds, while otherwise growing normally (news.ncsu.edu)
How thinking in a foreign language improves decision-making (www.theguardian.com)
Cystic fibrosis treatment wins Breakthrough Prize (www.nature.com)
Pig kidneys — for the first time — demonstrate “life-sustaining kidney function” in a human (www.uab.edu)
Students with higher social class backgrounds might be healthier because they sleep better (www.psypost.org)
A quarter of people are undoing the benefits of healthy meals by unhealthy snacking (www.eurekalert.org)
“Inverse vaccine” shows potential to treat multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases (pme.uchicago.edu)
Even the best AI models studied can be fooled by nonsense sentences, showing that “their computations are missing something about the way humans process language.” (zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu)
Insiders Reveal Major Problems at Lab-Grown-Meat Startup Upside Foods (www.wired.com)
Billion-dollar cultivated-meat startup Upside Foods wants you to think the breakthrough chicken fillets it sells are made in a futuristic factory. A WIRED investigation tells a different story. On July 1, five diners sat down at the counter of the Michelin-starred Bar Crenn in San Francisco for an unusual meal. They had won a...
Genetically modified bacteria break down plastics in saltwater (www.sciencedaily.com)
To address this challenge, the researchers worked with two species of bacteria. The first bacterium, Vibrio natriegens, thrives in saltwater and is remarkable – in part – because it reproduces very quickly. The second bacterium, Ideonella sakaiensis, is remarkable because it produces enzymes that allow it to break down PET...
