SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 16th, 2026

Vol VII Issue 46

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Bankers are looting the world. You're not in the middle of a recession; you're in the middle of a robbery.

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Today, 228 links Curated

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A 60-year-old theory about ants, bees and wasps may be wrong

#social #genetics #haplodiploid #Eusociality

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Scientists Discover Hermit Crabs Doing a Job No One Expected

#Balanophora fungosa #Coenobita brevimanus #seeds #dispersers

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Researchers Discover a Potential Weak Spot in One of the Deadliest Brain Cancers

#glioblastoma #protein #SET #PP2A

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Coffee Drinkers Show Surprising Differences in Fat, Muscle, and Hormones

#Habitual #risks #metabolites #BMI

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The common mistake that could make aging joints hurt more

#articular cartilage #Exercise #synovial fluid #osteoarthritis

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 15th, 2026

Vol VII Issue 45

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Who Said this?

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

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Today, 298 links Curated

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Cancer Stem Cells Have an “Energy Addiction” – and Scientists Found a Way To Exploit It

#MDS #blood cancers #NAD #NAMPT

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Scientists Have Found a Martian Meteorite Unlike Any Known Before

#Algeria #geological record #shergottites #neodymium

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GLP-1s May Be Working in an Entirely Different Way Than We Thought

#hunger neurons #AgRP #mechanistic #semaglutide

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We May Finally Know Why Mysterious Mushroom Fairy Rings Grow in Circles

#fungus #transplantation #transient-escape #Marasmius oreades

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Scientists Turn One of the World’s Hardest-To-Recycle Plastics Into Engine Oil

#PVC #lubricants #polyalphaolefin #chlorine

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 14th, 2026

Vol VII Issue 44

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Who Said this?

I used to think the worst thing in life is to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.

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Today, 469 links Curated

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Physicists Find Strong Evidence For What Really Holds Matter Together

#Particles #systems #baryon-number #antimatter

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Empty Space May Not Be Empty After All

#magnetic field #light #birefringence #polarization

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Microsoft Sees Windows on Fire, Pours Gasoline Over It

#internationally #markets #Price #OEMs

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Designer Enzyme Strips Decades of ‘Rust’ From Aging Human Tissue

#Sugar #AGEs #CMLase #rejuvenation

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A surprising brain discovery could help explain why we overeat fatty foods

#Obesity #appetite #OPA1 #metabolism

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 13th, 2026

Vol VII Issue 43

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Who Said this?

What makes you think you can do a better job with life and genetics than God?" "We have computers"

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Today, 403 links Curated

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Exercise may help the aging brain “take out the trash”

#glymphatic #waste-removal #regulating #inflammation

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Black holes older than the Big Bang could explain dark matter

#bounce #contracting phase #fossils #cosmology

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Metal From Beyond Our World Found in Rings Worn by Ancient Mediterranean Elites

#Meteorites #pre-Greeks #iron #funerary

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Scientists find evidence for two origins of life on Earth

#free-living #transitions #bacteria #archaea

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A Key Atlantic Ocean Current Did the Opposite of What Scientists Expected

#Sediments #AMOC #Agulhas #Pliocene

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 12th, 2026

Vol VII Issue 42

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Who Said this?

I am only responsible for what I say, not what you understand.

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Today, 473 links Curated

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Robot Recycler Salvages Parts From Broken Machines

#robotics #recycling #industrial #icra

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Million-Person Study Finds a Rare Gene Variant That Slashes the Risk of Diabetes and Heart Disease

#FNIP1 #cardiometabolic #PCSK9 #TG:HDL

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No Palaces, No Pyramids: How This Ancient City Got Rich Without Inequality

#Mohenjo-daro #Indus #Gini coefficient #egalitarianism

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Global warming is coming for the countryside

#heat island #high-resolution #model #Destination Earth

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Using MapleLink for IoT Device Scanning

#Probing #On-Board #Data #Flash Storage

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 11th, 2026

Vol VII Issue 41

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Who Said this?

Correct what you can; learn from what you can’t.

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Today, 387 links Curated

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Cassini reveals a surprising twist in Saturn’s magnetic shield

#magnetosphere #spin #charged material #cusp

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Potatoes may have given Indigenous Andeans a digestive superpower

#DNA #starch-digestion #gene #AMY1

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Schizophrenia’s Brain Damage May Start in One Key Region

#connections #Synapses #asymmetry #neurotransmitter

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A Common Cholesterol Treatment May Also Remove PFAS And Microplastics From Blood

#apheresis #synthetic chemicals #double-filtration #lipoproteins

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Tattoo Ink Isn't as Sterile as We Thought, And That's a Problem

#isolates #pathogens #contamination #bacteria

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .August 9th, 2026

Vol VII Issue 40

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Who Said this?

The world is not driven by those who are right, but by those who are powerful enough to decide what is right.

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Today, 234 links Curated

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New fuel cell breakthrough could help power energy-hungry data centers

#catalyst #platinum #nanoparticles #carbon structure

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What if The Brain Doesn't Create Consciousness? Scientist Proposes It Might Be The Fabric of Reality Itself

#neurons #neural circuits #analytic idealism #computation

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The World's Vegetables Are Vanishing, And It's Quietly Wrecking Our Diets

#biodiversity #conserve #industrialization #genetic

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A Brain Region May Link The 'Love Hormone' Oxytocin With Fear

#PVT #fear #extinction #thalamus

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Father's Junk Food Habit May Shape His Unborn Baby

#ultra-processed foods #fetal development #epigenetic #sperm

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