The surprisingly complicated physics of why cats always land on their feet (arstechnica.com)
3D printing technology for tissue: Researchers combine hydrogels and fibers (phys.org)
In the latest study by Prof. Dr. Leonid Ionov, Professor of Biofabrication, and his team at the University of Bayreuth, various types of hydrogels were extensively tested for the 3D printing of tissues. A hydrogel is a water-retaining and also water-insoluble polymer. In addition, the cell containing–hydrogels, also known as...
A highly integrated bionic hand with neural control and feedback for use in daily life (www.science.org)
Your appendix is not, in fact, useless. This anatomy professor explains (www.npr.org)
It turns out that the appendix appears to have two related functions. The first function is supporting the immune system. The appendix has a high concentration of immune tissue, so it’s acting to help the immune system fight any bad things in the gut....
This AI learnt language by seeing the world through a baby’s eyes (www.nature.com)
Sea ice algae on which Arctic animals rely under threat from climate change (www.nhm.ac.uk)
Surprise discovery “fundamentally changes” history of humans and Neanderthals in northwest Europe (cosmosmagazine.com)
Our oldest microbial ancestors were way ahead of their time (arstechnica.com)
‘It’s Insane’: New Viruslike Entities Found in Human Gut Microbes (www.science.org)
Analysis of sequence databases reveals novel circular RNA genomes belonging to “obelisks”.
Spider webs capture environmental DNA from terrestrial vertebrates (www.cell.com)
Trees Struggle to ‘Breathe’ as Climate Warms, Researchers Find (www.psu.edu)
New and Highly Infectious E. coli Strain Resistant to Powerful Antibiotics (www.birmingham.ac.uk)
32-year-old blogger's research forces Harvard Medical School affiliate to retract 6 papers, correct another 31 (fortune.com)
Chinese scientists achieve breakthrough in biosynthesis of anticancer drug paclitaxel (english.news.cn)
[Fun] The story of Zoozve: A children's poster of the solar system leads to interesting solar-system dynamics (nitter.net)
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New 'Chicken from Hell' Discovered — A newly identified “chicken from hell” species suggests dinosaurs weren’t sliding toward extinction before the fateful asteroid hit (www.scientificamerican.com)
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Experimental Gene Therapy Enables Hearing in Five Children Born Deaf (hms.harvard.edu)
New theory seeks to unite Einstein’s gravity with quantum mechanics (www.ucl.ac.uk)
Global Groundwater Depletion is Accelerating, but is not Inevitable (news.ucsb.edu)
The Fountain of Youth is … a T Cell?!? (www.cshl.edu)
New Medicine Can Create a New Life for Diabetes Patients – Without Needles! (uit.no)
Groundbreaking Discovery Enables Cost-Effective and Eco-friendly Green Hydrogen Production (news.unist.ac.kr)
Ultraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere? (www.vox.com)
Surprisingly Simple Model Explains How Brain Cells Organize and Connect (biologicalsciences.uchicago.edu)
The Final Nail in Psychiatry’s Antidepressant Coffin (popularresistance.org)
“If the major media picks up on this story, they will have the chance to report on what arguably is the worst—and most harmful—scandal in American medical history.”...
