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07/27/21 Dance of the Robots - Andromeda Galaxy on your finger - Fixing mike problem - Near hit - Sun Zoom Spark! - Just another beautiful day on Jupiter - Feel good brain - Micro-world colors - Top players, Quantum computing - When will James launch, what will it find? - and more!

Greetings fellow awe seekers,
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Links for this week:

WATCH: 7 Boston Dynamics Robots Put On An Amazing Dance Performance

https://wonderfulengineering.com/watch-7-boston-dynamics-robots-put-on-an-amazing-dance-performance/

Spot's On It - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7atZfX85nd4

Larry Dworsky's' latest Covid statistics:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JlHx01vy79KXD_ubmfK2lv6BrzT_tI3p/view?usp=sharing

A short presentation: Andromeda Galaxy on your Finger

https://photos.app.goo.gl/5oTg63kCppnKnnbh7

Terra's presentation:

Sustainable living is impossible for many

(Nature Sustainability, DOI:10.1038/s41893-021-00708-4)
https://brightly.eco/sustainable-living-myths/

Jane Austen quote stored in molecules(!!)

Cell Reports Physical Science,
https://theconversation.com/a-jane-austen-quote-encoded-in-plastic-molecules-demonstrates-the-potential-for-a-new-kind-of-data-storage-159478#:~:text=The%20words%20%E2%80%9Cif%20one%20scheme,in%20Jane%20Austen's%20Mansfield%20Park.&text=In%20a%20new%20study%2C%20a,on%20a%20tiny%20plastic%20molecule.

AI algorithms can sway decisions

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2275158-algorithms-can-sway-people-when-making-online-dating-decisions/#:~:text=Algorithms%20can%20sway%20people%20when%20making%20online%20dating%20decisions,-Technology%2021%20April&text=Artificial%20intelligence%2Dbased%20algorithms%20can,over%20another%2C%20according%20to%20researchers.

(!!)You can feel the change of ONE ATOM in a material

Soft Matter,

doi.org/f9mc

Now body heat could power your gadgets

Science Advance,

doi.org/fvdv

Ancient burial hints at modern bias....

Science Advances,

doi.org/ghh2g2

It is tricky to know when to stop talking (!)

PNAS, DOI:10.1073/pnas.2011809118
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/most-conversations-dont-end-when-we-want-them-180977143/

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6 mins - Help is coming for our presentation microphone problem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frXIYjlXKjg

Captain Beefheart - Sun Zoom Spark - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiXrxVoSQDI

Captain Beefheart lyrics - Sun Zoom Spar

https://www.google.com/search?q=Captain+Beefheart+lurics+Sun+Zoom+Spark&oq=Captain+Beefheart+lurics+Sun+Zoom+Spark&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i10i22i29i30l3.16809j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

19 mins - How Magnetism Shapes The Universe - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H4xrVzd65Q

Great Pyramid-Sized Asteroid Heading Near Earth, Traveling 18,000 MPH - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrYtgguaYoE

See 7 Jaw-Dropping New Photos Of Jupiter Taken This Week By NASA’s Juno

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2021/07/24/see-7-jaw-dropping-new-photos-of-jupiter-taken-this-week-by-nasas-juno/

'Feel good' brain messenger can be willfully controlled, new study reveals: Neuroscientists show that mice can learn to manipulate random dopamine impulses for reward -- ScienceDaily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210723121512.htm

8 mins - Revealing the Hidden Colors of the Microcosmos - YouTube

https://youtu.be/xbT2StnPbx4?t=44

Physicists explain how the brain might connect to the quantum realm

https://www.inverse.com/science/consciousness-and-quantum-physics

12 mins - 10 Things About Humanity That Biologists Can't Quite Explain - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg6PHQBqyGI

Long-awaited magnetic interferometer might probe quantum gravity – Physics World

https://physicsworld.com/a/long-awaited-magnetic-interferometer-might-probe-quantum-gravity/

This Is The World’s First Unreinforced 3D-Printed Concrete Bridge

https://wonderfulengineering.com/this-is-the-worlds-first-unreinforced-3d-printed-concrete-bridge/

13 mins - Quantum Computing: Top Players 2021 - YouTube