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This Week: Quantum Microscopes, Textbooks in India, Photosynthesis, Aliens, Aminos, Frogs, Seals, Ice Caps, Blood Brain Barrier, Brain Reading, Anorexic Guts, UTIs, And Much More Science!
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Published in 1859 “On the Origin of Species”, Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution is one of the most important scientific theories ever proposed.
It changed how we understand the natural world and our place in it as every explanation that proceeded it was wrong.
Not just a little wrong either, not fuzzy on the details or mistaking correlation for causation wrong but critically, fundamentally, irreconcilably wrong in every way.
Before Darwin species were thought to be generated, like NPC’s in a simulation created by a divine being remaining unchanged throughout time.
Understanding evolution is foundational to the understanding of biology providing a framework for understanding the diversity of life on Earth, how organisms are related to each other, and how they change over time and adapt to their environments.
Evolution is key to understanding how ecosystems function, how they are affected by human activities, and how that affects humans.
It underpins everything in genetics as genetic variation arises through evolution passed down from generation to generation.
And is essential for studying the genetic basis of diseases and traits.
Which informs disease risk and the invention of cures.
It is also critical in understanding human history the deep evolutionary history of how humans evolved over time.
How they are related to each other and animals, plants, and bacteria too.
Microbiology is, at its core, a study of evolution. Gained traits, lost traits, and adaptive responses to changing environments.
So it was extremely disheartening to hear that in one of the most populated countries on Earth, India, evolution is being removed from textbooks.
Hopefully, this trend will be reversed, because otherwise, a tremendous portion of earthlings will grow up without being interested in
This Week in Science!
Some quantum quick science news!
Better Microscopes!
What will quantum microscopy help us see?
Statement on evolution textbooks
In India
Photosynthesis Matters
It might even simulate the fifth form of matter – Bose-Einstein Condensates!
If the aliens are listening…
What could they hear?
Amino Making
Creating something from CO2 could help humanity.
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Not Blair’s Animal Corner
Pollinator Frogs
Are these helpful frogs?
Heavy Metal Seals
How do fur seals stay healthy in a toxic environment?
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What science news does Justin have?
Ice Caps
Teeming with microorganisms
Beyond the BBB
Chemotherapy drug reaches the brain in humans for the first time
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Some Quick Science stories with Kiki!
Brain Reading
It’s not all that good yet.
Anorexic Guts
Are bacteria a causal factor?
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