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This Tuesday (03/18/25) - Topics sensationalized!:

Fireflies Need Your Help! - Larry's comments - CRISPR to remove extra chromosomes for nailing Down syndrome - Looking at Nature is good for you - We are getting stupider - Why Stupid People Think They’re Smart - China, Russia poaching fired US government scientists - Google's AI cracks 10-year superbug problem in 2 days - Mexico's new car industry - Where Tesla cars fail (the science version) - 12 volt Auto batteries just keep on being used - Google Calendar goes AI - Stone age people crossed the Mideteranien - The 'Dark Oxygen Controversy - Wolves make a comeback in Europe - New Telescope to see origin (or not) of the Universe - 'Surprisingly large' disk galaxy discovered in the early (read 'distant') universe - JWST also to beginning a new session looking at the distant universe - Can We Colonize Space? - The Carbon Capture deception - irculation; Ocean's 'heart' is slowing down - Inorganic mechanism driving mysterious surge of powerful greenhouse gas - Unprecedented changes to North Atlantic winds could have major impacts on UK - Archaeology, (54 mins) - Monte Albán and the rise of the Zapotecs - Soliddd develops glasses that eliminate Macular Degeneration vision.
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Looking at Images of Nature Does Something Powerful in The BrainSimply looking at nature – or even just digital pictures of it – can relieve pain, according to new research which scanned the brains of people receiving electrical shocks.

Human Intelligence Sharply DecliningNo, it's not just you — people really are, per a number of surveys, way less intelligent than they used to be.

Fears China, Russia are trying to poach fired US government scientistsAmerica's rivals are trying to capitalise on what they see as a 'vulnerable' moment of mass federal layoffs at science agencies

European hunter-gatherers boated to North Africa during Stone Age, ancient DNA suggestsDNA recovered from archaeological remains of ancient humans who lived in what is now Tunisia and northeastern Algeria reveals that European hunter-gatherers may have visited North Africa by boat around 8,500 years ago.

Wolves make a rapid recovery in Europe, increasing by 58% in a decadeWolf populations in Europe increased by nearly 60% in a decade, according to a study led by Cecilia Di Bernardi and Guillaume Chapron at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, published in the open-access journal PLOS Sustainability and Transformation.

A 'surprisingly large' disk galaxy discovered in the early universeAn international team has discovered a giant spiral disk galaxy in the early cosmos which is three times larger than similar galaxies of the same epoch.

The 'heart' of the ocean is slowing down, study findsMelting ice could weaken Earth's strongest ocean current 20% by 2050, study reveals.

Unprecedented changes to North Atlantic winds could have major impacts on UK weatherA new study, published in Nature Climate Change, reveals that the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) could reach unprecedented magnitudes by the end of the century, leading to severe impacts such as increased flooding and storm damage in northern Europe.

Larry's comments March 18, 2025

Stuff for March 18 2025.pdf

Using CRISPR to remove extra chromosomes in Down syndromeJapanese researchers have developed a precise genetic technique that can remove the extra chromosome responsible for Down syndrome in human cells,

Scientists spent 10 years cracking superbug problem. It took Google's 'co-scientist' a lot less.Scientists took 10 years to figure out how one type of superbug gains its ability to infect diverse bacterial species. When prompted, Google's new AI "co-scientist" gave them the answer in two days.

Gmail adding Gemini-powered ‘Add to Calendar’ that auto-detects event detailsGemini in Gmail is expanding with a new “Add to Calendar” shortcut that will “automatically detect calendar related content in your email.”

'Dark oxygen': a deep-sea discovery that has split scientistsCould lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight?

NASA's New Space Telescope Launches to Explore the Origins of the Universe After a Series of DelaysCalled SPHEREx, the instrument will map 450 million galaxies and search for water molecules that may be clinging to space dust

JWST Cycle 4 Spotlight, Part 2: The Distant UniverseEarlier this week, the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) announced the science objectives for the fourth cycle of the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) General Observations program - aka. Cycle 4 GO. In keeping with Webb's major science objectives, many of these programs will focus on the study of the earliest galaxies in the Universe.

Inorganic mechanism driving mysterious surge of powerful greenhouse gasSunlight triggers nitrous oxide production in ocean surface water

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