SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .May 4th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 30

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True terror is knowing that the country is run by your high school class

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Today, 263 links Curated

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Physicists just found a tiny flaw in time itself

#fuzzy possibilities #collapse #gravity #uncertainty

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How a newly discovered organelle could help reduce cow methane emissions

#methanogens #hydrogen #carbon dioxide #ciliates

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Homer’s Iliad Found Embedded in a 1,600-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy

#tomb #Roman-era #papyri #Funerary

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Stretching Diamonds Unlocks Powerful New Quantum Sensing Abilities

#behavior #color centers #SiV #nanoscale sensors

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Malaria didn’t just kill early humans, it shaped who we became

#Africa #Plasmodium falciparum #transmission #Disease

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .May 2nd, 2026

Vol VI Issue 29

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We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.

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Today, 352 links Curated

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This new aluminum could replace rare metals and cut costs dramatically

#trimeric #Transition metals #rings #catalysis

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New lithium-plasma engine passes key Mars propulsion test

#metal vapor #2,800°C #electric propulsion #2.6 years

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Dolls beat screens for building children's social skills, study finds

#social #emotional #doll play #social understanding

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Nanoreactor design improves catalysis by balancing molecular flow

#porous shell #optimize #kinetics #restriction

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Yellowstone's volcano may be fueled in a very different way than we thought

#crust #magma plumbing #supereruption #tectonics

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .May 1st, 2026

Vol VI Issue 28

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Truth is stranger than fiction but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't

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Today, 413 links Curated

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This Common Plant Could Be an Unexpected New Source of Protein

#marigold #Calendula officinalis #glutamic #aspartic

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Yawning Does Something Unexpected in Your Brain, MRI Scans Reveal

#cerebrospinal fluid #deep breath #Blood flow #pattern

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Why drinking more water didn’t prevent kidney stones

#behavioral #fluid intake #adherence #hydration

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Dinosaurs may have originated 10 million years earlier than fossils show

#clade #phylogeny #morphological #FBD

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Popular Vitamin D Supplement Has “Previously Unknown” Negative Effect, Study Finds

#D2 #D3 #Interactions #immune

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 30th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 27

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If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.

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Today, 473 links Curated

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Scientists just found a chilling way life may have begun

#freezing #thawing #lipid #membrane

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Mount Etna is like no other volcano on Earth, representing 'a new type of volcanism,'

#African Plate #silica-rich #alkali #low-velocity

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Earth is splitting open beneath the Pacific Northwest, scientists say

#subduction #Juan de Fuca #earthquake #Cascadia

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a 100-million-year-old bacterial toxin could reshape pest control and antibiotic discovery

#Streptomyces #SAIPs #pathogens #Adaptation

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Replacing nitrogen with organic fertilizer found to improve soil and crops

#organic #inorganic #balance #nutrient cycling

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 29th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 26

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Invincibility is in oneself, vulnerability is in the opponent.

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Today, 450 links Curated

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Solar Foam Keeps Fresh Water Flowing After Sunset

#desalination #SDIE #hypersaline #evaporator

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Electrical current might be the key to a better cup of coffee

#extraction yield #triboelectricity #potentiostat #flavor profile

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Common Food Compound Shows Surprising Power Against Superbugs

#cinnamic acid #antibiotic-resistant #conjugation #plasmids

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Natural Compound Shows Powerful Potential Against Rheumatoid Arthritis

#Phellodendri cortex #obakulactone #ACOT1 #macrophages

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Radioactive imaging reveals ants' secret food networks

#positron imaging #food sharing #roles #colony

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 28th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 25

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I don’t want to believe... I need to know.

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Today, 399 links Curated

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Scientists may have found the brain’s switch for chronic pain

#CGIC #signals #chemogenetic #allodynia

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Next El Niño could be tipping point for a hotter climate

#heat engine #1.5 Degrees #climate regime shifts #2 standard deviations

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Forget Chemicals. This Plant Removes Microplastics From Water

#moringa #saline extract #coagulate #treatment

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Scientists Discover Why Cats Suddenly Stop Eating Their Food

#bored #satiety #VOCs #olfactory

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Infrasound likely a key factor in alleged hauntings

#mechanisms #manifesting #angular gyrus #cortisol

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 27th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 24

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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.

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Today, 360 links Curated

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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds More Evidence of Ancient Lakes on Mars

#ChemCam #lake #plasma #phyllosilicate-rich

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Scientists Discover a New Meteor Shower From a Mysterious Crumbling Asteroid

#meteor cluster #all-sky #fragile #evolution

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Orangutan uses Indonesia canopy bridge in 'world first'

#canopy bridges #Sumatra #infrastructure #fragmentation

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The Splintering of the American Diet

#tribalism #algorithms #influencers #insight

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China Identifies Two New Lunar Minerals from Chang'e 5 Samples

#magnesiochangesite-(Y) #changesite-(Ce) #merrillite #composition

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