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Tuesday, 08/30/22, 11:30am SMA time.

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This Tuesday (08/30/22) - Topics sensationalized!:

- Mating Dance of The Peacock Spider - White House: Give public access to all U.S. funded research papers by 2025 - Colorblindness In Children, Completely Cured - Becoming a Curmudgeon - TV Watching = Dementia - Antibiotics Can Treat Appendicitis - Gardening Lowers Stress - Them yummy Mealworms - Are Solar Panels, Worth It? - EV Shipping beats Combustion Engine - What the hell is The Metaverse? - Hotel Misfortune - Nasty Hunter-gatherers - Monsters of Nature - 113 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprints - Dolphin alliance network - bison spell plant diversity - Arctic tundra greening - Life's Origins - Solar Coronal vortex - More cracks in the Big Bang - SpaceX Starship 2.0 - Lightning strikes Artemis - NASA scrubs Artemis Launch - Planet Covered In Oceans - Animal Dance Party - Rebuilding the battery -

Today's links:
4 mins - True Facts: Mating Dance of The Peacock Spider (feat. Quinta Brunson) - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxM_cag99nU


Larry's COVID data crunch:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CI0UDdfNqarQzTJHiMe2y4-QLlu9Uycq/view?usp=sharing


White House requires immediate public access to all U.S.-funded research papers by 2025 | Science | AAAS

https://www.science.org/content/article/white-house-requires-immediate-public-access-all-u-s--funded-research-papers-2025?et_rid=303445233&et_cid=4371650


Colourblindness In Children Could Be Completely Cured, Amazing New Study Says

https://wonderfulengineering.com/colourblindness-in-children-could-be-completely-cured-amazing-new-study-says/


Do we get more bitter and cynical as we get older? | BBC Science Focus Magazine

https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/do-we-get-more-bitter-and-cynical-with-age/


Scientists Link TV Watching to Developing Dementia

https://futurism.com/neoscope/watching-tv-dementia-doctors


Avoid Surgery and Hospitalization: Study Finds That Antibiotics Can Treat Appendicitis

https://scitechdaily.com/avoid-surgery-and-hospitalization-study-finds-that-antibiotics-can-treat-appendicitis/


Gardening Lowers Stress, Anxiety, and Depression – Even if You Haven’t Gardened Before

https://scitechdaily.com/gardening-lowers-stress-anxiety-and-depression-even-if-you-havent-gardened-before/


Researchers Cook Up Mealworms Into a Tasty, Protein-Rich, “Meat-Like” Seasoning

https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-cook-up-mealworms-into-a-tasty-protein-rich-meat-like-seasoning/


13 mins - 4 Year Update - Are Solar Panels for Home Still Worth It? - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxt3v7kTlvw&t=634s


EV Shipping Is Set To Blow Internal Combustion Engines Out Of The Water - Here Is Why

https://wonderfulengineering.com/ev-shipping-is-set-to-blow-internal-combustion-engines-out-of-the-water-here-is-why/


15 mins - The metaverse explained in 14 minutes

https://bigthink.com/series/the-big-think-interview/why-the-metaverse-matters/


Footage Shows A Multistorey Hotel Collapsing In A Matter Of Seconds Amid Floods In Pakistan

https://wonderfulengineering.com/footage-shows-a-multistorey-hotel-collapsing-in-a-matter-of-seconds-amid-floods-in-pakistan/


7 disastrous encounters with the world’s most hostile uncontacted tribe - Big Think

https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/six-encounters-with-the-sentinelese/


8 mins - David Attenborough's Weirdest Micro Monsters | Nature Bites - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwNUW-yB8To


113 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprints Have Been Discovered In Texas - After A Drought Dried Out A River Bed

https://wonderfulengineering.com/113-million-year-old-dinosaur-footprints-have-been-discovered-in-texas-after-a-drought-dried-out-a-river-bed/


Dolphins form largest alliance network outside humans, study finds

https://phys.org/news/2022-08-dolphins-largest-alliance-network-humans.html


Reintroducing bison to grasslands increases plant diversity, drought resilience, study finds

https://phys.org/news/2022-08-reintroducing-bison-grasslands-diversity-drought.html


The greening of the Arctic tundra

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/paid-content-the-greening-of-the-arctic-tundra


7 mins - STN member Edward Hug - Exploring the Deep Mystery of Life's Origins - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATubwpnVLAY&t=39s


Yesterday, Solar Coronal vortex

https://youtu.be/RcKmRErfRkA?t=99


[clipped] 8 mins - JWST Images Raise Questions about the Big Bang - YouTube

https://youtu.be/d6G6IXrLSg0?t=177


16 mins - Onboard the SpaceX Starship 2.0 in Detail - What it takes to go to Mars | Detailed Breakdown - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-3IHfmwLJs


Lightning strikes Artemis I launchpad ahead of Monday launch | Digital Trends

https://www.digitaltrends.com/space/nasa-artemis-i-launch-lightning/


NASA scrubs Monday's launch of its mega moon rocket | Digital Trends

https://www.digitaltrends.com/space/nasa-scrubs-mondays-launch-of-its-mega-moon-rocket/


Astronomers Have Discovered A Planet Covered In Oceans Just 100 Light-Years Away

https://wonderfulengineering.com/astronomers-have-discovered-a-planet-covered-in-oceans-just-100-light-years-away/


8 mins - Boogie at an Animal Dance Party | BBC Earth - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VflENv-pPtk


9 mins - The future of energy starts with rebuilding the battery | Hard Reset - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxsLyz5uDvw


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