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11/17/2021

Brigham and Women's is starting a clinical trial for a nasal vaccine to slow or prevent the spread of Alzheimer's. Read more on Boston.com.

10/25/2021

This week in science we celebrated the first successful pig kidney transplant into a human, explored Earth's ancient axis tilt and lots more! Links below:

Migrating plankton https://bit.ly/3mbMqLg
Pig organ donor https://bit.ly/3pNDmyD
Climate consensus https://bit.ly/3Edqgyp
Earth tilted https://bit.ly/3BcpQXg
Lab supernova lab https://bit.ly/3nouUCP
Vikings in America https://bit.ly/3vDizP2

07/05/2021

Lots happening with black holes this week in science! Links below.

Neutron/black hole collision https://bit.ly/2UmGHXI
Oldest plague victim https://bit.ly/3hy9253
Breath exercise https://bit.ly/3htjDy4
New Antarctic heat record https://bit.ly/3qYEIoN
Expanding black hole horizons https://bit.ly/3AEgowO
Fibromyalgia an immune disorder https://bit.ly/3hhdw1b

06/28/2021

This week in science is back!

Earth's pulse https://bit.ly/3A791gU
Life detected from high up https://bit.ly/3x0v6vS
A new ancient human https://bit.ly/3vY20vD
Reef in danger https://bit.ly/3w0nKqP
Camels' thirst powers https://bit.ly/3jkl98h
Gray hairs https://bit.ly/3w1HNFa

08/24/2020

It's been a big week for science.

Links to full stories below...

Magnetic anomaly: https://bit.ly/31leJfY
Voclanic raft https://bit.ly/34EDjKX
COVID-19 symptom order https://bit.ly/3gqDf3v
Hummingbirds through waterfalls https://bit.ly/3glumIp
Glacier tipping point https://bit.ly/31oqQsM
Extinction star-splosion https://bit.ly/3l8s0QZ

07/20/2020

This week in science: from tiny bacteria to whopping black hole blinks.

Vaccine https://bit.ly/3eFeHTn
Carbon pricing works https://bit.ly/3hbYGG8
Ultra-black fish https://bit.ly/3eI1R6X
Metal-eating microbe https://bit.ly/3fX3saF
Population shrinkage https://bit.ly/2WBeXwC
Blinking black hole https://bit.ly/3jn1v9x

06/29/2020

It's been a huge week for science! Catch up here.

Links to stories below...

Mass gap black hole https://bit.ly/2VnWG5i
Stonehenge pits https://bit.ly/2B8WgJj
Scythian warrior girl https://bit.ly/3eJ0xSf
Black hole collision https://bit.ly/2CQzRkp
Dolphins teach tool use https://bit.ly/3eObcLy
Breast implant illness https://bit.ly/2BKV3aU

10/17/2019

Inspired by Northern Clingfish, Researchers Make a Better Suction Cup

 The finger-sized Northern clingfish employs one of the best suction cups in the world. A small disk on its belly can attach to wet, slimy, even rough surfaces and hold up to 230 times its own body weight. A University of Washington team inspired by the clingfish’s suction power set out to deve...

10/16/2019

Ecologist Terry Chapin, Creator of the Concept of Earth Stewardship, Receives the Volvo Environment Prize 2019

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Oct. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Over the 30 years of the prize, the jury has often selected prize-winners whose research has proven to be...

10/15/2019

Woah...

Piranha swap out their old teeth with new set waiting in a 'crypt'

Piranha teeth have the tough task of crunching bone and shredding flesh and, like well-used kitchen knives, they dull over time. Since they have no way to sharpen their teeth, piranhas lose and regrow all of the teeth on one side several times over their lifespan.