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This Week: Moon Landing!, Lighter Magnets?, Consciousness of AI, Fly Medicine, Music For Cells, Martian Colonists, Sneaky Hummers, Population Overshoot, Rural Pandemic Woes, Memory Cells, Longer-Lived Mice, Slippery Slope, And Much More Science!
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Human culture.
It’s a somewhat unavoidable aspect of being human.
For some, culture is the entirety of what being alive entails.
For others, culture is just an accumulation of conditioned behaviors and responses wrapped around a population branch like an opportunistic vine, taking root separately from the tall timber of humanity.
Culture can be beautiful and culture can be ugly.
It can bring people together, and it can tear them apart.
And when it comes to science human culture can be studied as though cultured in a dish.
When studied, humans, microbes, plants and animals can all be said to participate in some form of cultural exchange.
From cell signaling and aerosolized hormones to mating displays and language.
What separates the human animal from nature is that human culture has become a replacement for the natural strategies of survival making culture seem much more important than it actually is.
Though there is one culture above all others, that has become absolutely critical to the future of human survival the culture of
This Week in Science!
Some quick science news!
Moon Landing!
India has landed on the south pole of the moon. What happens next?
Lighter Magnets?
How does light give magnets a power-up?
Consciousness of AI
If AI becomes conscious, how will we know?
Fly Medicine
Rememer the soldier flies for plastic? Well, looks like they’re good for your health, too.
Music For Cells
We will, we will, science you… into making insulin?
Martian Colonists
Don’t be neurotic to survive.
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Kiki’s Bird Corner!
Super Males!
What does urban living do to male house sparrows?
Sneaky Hummers
What do hummingbird feet have to do with feeding?
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What Science News Does Justin Have?
Population overshoot
Why the civilization is doomed
Rural pandemic woes
Why humanity is doomed
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Some Science stories with Kiki!
Memory Cells
What happens when baby cells get killed in the adult brain?
Longer-Lived Mice
Thanks to Naked mole rats!
Slippery Slope
Have engineers created a better toilet?
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