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How Dad's Stresses Get Passed Along to Offspring
Mouse studies show tiny intercellular pods convey to sperm a legacy of a father’s hard knocks in life-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Conspiracy & Populism
(Springer) Europeans are being supplanted by foreign invaders, aided by cultural Marxists who are plotting an Islamist subversion of the continent. Angela Merkel is the secret daughter of Adolf Hitler, Barack Obama was illegitimate, and George W. Bus...
Novel strategy appears to protect retina when disease reduces oxygen
(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) An enzyme known to help our liver get rid of ammonia also appears to be good at protecting our retina, scientists report.
Social Construct of Race Imposes Biology
Anthropologist Jennifer Raff argues that race is culturally created, but has biological consequences. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Dry conditions may have helped a new type of plant gain a foothold on Earth
(University of Pennsylvania) Plants reap energy from the sun using two photosynthesis pathways, C3 and C4. A new study led by University of Pennsylvania biologists suggests that water availability drove the expansion of C4 species, which may help to...
Veteran space executive Rob Meyerson leaves Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture
Blue Origin’s Rob Meyerson speaks at the 2016 International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight in New Mexico. (ISPCS via YouTube)
, who was the president of Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space venture until this year, says he’s left t...
Skin-like sensor maps blood-oxygen levels anywhere in the body
(University of California - Berkeley) A new flexible sensor developed by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, can map blood-oxygen levels over large areas of skin, tissue and organs, potentially giving doctors a new way to monitor hea...
Why "Getting Away" in Nature Is Good for Your Mental Health
Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen dives into why our minds love to go green-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
US Advanced Battery Consortium funds extension of lithium-ion battery recycling process
(Worcester Polytechnic Institute) With a $1.08 million contract award from the United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), a materials engineering research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) will extend development of its novel...
Graphene takes a step towards renewable fuel
(Linköping University) Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, are working to develop a method to convert water and carbon dioxide to the renewable energy of the future, using the energy from the sun and graphene applied to the surface of cubic...