Science and Technology Chronicles

Friday, October 23, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 23rd, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 23

Who Said this?

Understanding is love’s other name.

Today, 364 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Millions take fish oil for brain health. A two-year study found no benefit

#omega-3 #memory #shrinkage #APOE4

Mysterious Star Pattern in Famous Van Gogh Painting Helps Solve a Century-Old Debate

#Venus #observed sky #Summer Triangle #Hyades

This AI Model Designs Enzymes With Atomic Precision

#proteases #RFdiffusion3 #zinc #cysteine

Scientists Are Racing to Detect a Potentially Dangerous Form of Synthetic Life Before It Exists

#mirror life #orientations #right-handed #CPL

Scientists Turn Major Crude Oil Problem Into an Unexpected Energy Breakthrough

#membrane #room temperature #distillation #polyacrylonitrile

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Thursday, October 22, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 22nd, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 22

Who Said this?

There is nothing more important than appearing to be religious.

Today, 356 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Physicists Trapped a Particle of Antimatter And Kept It Caged For Months

#positron #CPT symmetry #vacuum trap #positronium

Scientists Transplanted a Wild Salt Marsh Into The World's Largest Wave Machine And Let an 'Extreme Storm' Rip

#storm surge #Peazemerlannen #Elymus athericus #attenuation

New Research Reveals a Hidden Weakness Inside Electric Vehicle Batteries

#cells #battery pack #series-connected #resistance

The sci-fi inspired “cloaking device” makes invisibility possible

#metalenses #metamaterials #broadband achromatic #transformation optics

Oxford scientists discover how viruses build themselves without a blueprint

#assembling #checkpoints #ring #capsids

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Wednesday, October 21, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 21st, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 21

Who Said this?

The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.

Today, 418 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Spaceborne Computer Will Bring AI and HPC to the Moon

#artificial intelligence #FLIP #FLUID #off-the-shelf-class

Scientists Discover an Electrical Signal in the Heart That Could Predict Sudden Death

#electrocardiograms #artificial intelligence #waveforms #ejection fraction

Study of 460,000 people challenges ultra-processed food cancer fears

#colorectal #grain #dairy #meats

A Simple Blood Test Could Reveal Depression

#aging #immune cells #symptoms #epigenetic

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Is Sharper Than Anyone Expected

#thermal #detectors #element wheel #alignment

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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 20th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 20

Who Said this?

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires

Today, 393 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Scientists discover why some people still can’t taste food after COVID-19

#taste buds #PLCβ2 #mRNA #amplifier

Not Getting Enough Daylight Could Be Linked to a Higher Risk of Dementia

#exposure #light #predictor #APOE ε4

U.S. Sets First Deep-Sea Mining Lease Sale for November

#American Samoa #PACM-1 #polymetallic #ferromanganese

In 2025, Trawlers Suddenly Started Pulling Up Rare Hybrid Crabs in Record Numbers in The Bering Sea. Now We Know Why

#heatwave #snow-Tanner #interbreeding #harvested

Scientists Restore Memory in Mice With Alzheimer’s by Boosting a Single Brain Protein

#gamma oscillations #parvalbumin #synchrony #epileptic spikes

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Monday, October 19, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 19th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 19

Who Said this?

ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS, EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE. USE THEM TOGETHER. USE THEM IN PEACE.

Today, 261 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Something Unexpected Is Happening to Antarctica’s Collapsing Ice Cliffs

#Satellite #stabilizing #runaway #rising seas

One Blood Type Seems to Carry a Higher Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

#type B #antigens #gut microbiome #systematic review

Mushroom peptide makes salt taste 70% saltier – and it's good for you

#Hypsizygus marmoreus #ASHGEGF #mass spectrometry #transmembrane

The World May Be Much Closer to a Major Conservation Goal Than Scientists Thought

#grassland #shrubland #national datasets #biodiversity

Probiotics May Protect From Signs of Early Cognitive Decline, Clinical Trial Finds

#pTau181 #prodromal #KL-P301 #IL-1β

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Sunday, October 18, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 18th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 18

Who Said this?

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Today, 250 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Scientists discover how deep sleep builds muscle, burns fat, and boosts the brain

#growth hormone #two-way #maintenance #hypothalamus

A 24-year study uncovers a surprising climate benefit beneath forests

#methane #temperatures #rainfall #long-term

Scientists Discover a 100-Million-Year-Old Volcanic System Hidden Beneath Iran

#volcanic arc #Eocene #Neo-Tethys #Hafnium

NASA discovers hidden fires burning beneath the Amazon rainforest

#El Niño #wildfires #Manaus #Santarém

Scientists discover a natural compound that could protect the brain from too much salt

#LPC70 #kidney #lysophosphatidylcholine #prostaglandin signaling

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 17th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 17

Who Said this?

Kindness is always the right choice.

Today, 247 links Curated

Today's Five Links

New Drug Protects People With Celiac Disease From Gluten Damage in Clinical Trial

#intestine #FB102 #intravenous #mucosal lining

Discarded lobster shells hit the greens as biodegradable golf tees

#chitosan #durable #decompose #biodegradable

The Milky Way’s Monster Black Hole May Be Sacrificing Its Own Energy To Power Cosmic Rays

#mass #particle accelerators #petaelectronvolts #ergosphere

Alcohol Triggers Immune Cells to Destroy The Brain's Structural Matrix, Mouse Study Shows

#microglia #extracellular matrix #synaptic connections #MyD88

A Virus Gives Itself Away the Moment It Attacks

#bacteriophages #enzyme #immune #attack

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Friday, October 16, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 16th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 16

Who Said this?

To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears.

Today, 423 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Antarctica’s sea ice has undergone a stunning reversal

#geography #expansion #microwave #Nimbus-7

Eating Blueberries Linked to Subtle Gut Changes and Signs of Mood Improvement

#Fiber #anthocyanins #microbiome #enzymes

Computers Made of Human Brain Tissue Identify Braille Letters

#neural tissue #organoid #closed-loop #tactile sensors

NASA captures strange waves high above Hurricane Simon

#atmospheric #VIIRS #Suomi #gravity waves

Scientists Say That a Honey Bee Colony May Actually Be a Single Living Organism

#superorganism #development #queen #Swarming

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Thursday, October 15, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 15th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 15

Who Said this?

You’ll never fashion anything clever by drinking water!

Today, 410 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Health Experts Say There's a Winner Between Standard And Daylight Saving Time

#standard time #morning light #circadian #Social jetlag

Healthy Coral Reversed Bleaching in Its Neighbor With Just 1 Week of Contact

#algae #symbionts #Direct contact #bridge

A Missing Molecule May Explain Why Muscles Weaken With Age

#mitochondria #cardiolipin #structure #ERRγ

Scientists Discover a New Cousin of Diamond That Was Thought To Exist Only in Theory

#diamondiyne #allotrope #tetrahedra #COFs

What’s Really Inside Breast Milk? Scientists Discover 7 Molecules Linked to How Babies Grow

#biomarkers #gland #B5 #acylcarnitines

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Wednesday, October 14, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 14th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 14

Who Said this?

It's frankly terrifying that people with so much money are obviously so utterly nuts.

Today, 402 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Microbe Discovered With One of The Smallest Genomes on Record

#cyanobacteria #kbps #metabolic #endosymbionts

Something Strange Is Happening Beneath Nicaragua’s Masaya Volcano

#Sulfur dioxide #measurements #caldera #InSAR

Scientists discover how harmful “zombie cells” hide from the immune system

#PD-L2 #aging #senescence #immune clearance

Wolves Were Supposed To Save Yellowstone. Scientists Say the Real Story Is Very Different

#linear chain #trophic trickle #ecosystems #nature-nature

A Star Exploded 850 Years Ago. Somehow, It’s Still Alive

#Pa 30 #supernova #filaments #recoil

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Tuesday, October 13, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 13th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 13

Who Said this?

Achievement is talent plus preparation.

Today, 393 links Curated

Today's Five Links

First Utility-Scale Enhanced Geothermal Plant Goes Live

#geothermal #reservoirs #generation #Enhanced

Bones, Liver, And Blood Fats All Shift Abruptly at Menopause

#transition #physiology #bone #hormonal

Scientists find a surprising genetic twist behind octopus intelligence

#reshuffling #DNA #3D structure #nervous systems

Scientists Build a World-First DNA Computer That Runs Without Continuous Power

#DNA #strands #calculations #Molecular computers

DNA recording system reveals how a single cell becomes a body

#cell #Typewriter #gestation #development

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Monday, October 12, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 12th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 12

Who Said this?

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.

Today, 263 links Curated

Today's Five Links

New injection makes fat cells self-destruct

#subcutaneous #visceral #apoptosis #adipocytes

Scientists discover why a 100-year-old mushroom disease won't go away

#bacterial blotch #bacteria #white button #DNA

Scientists Discover Groundbreaking Clues to Tissue Regrowth and “Immortality” in the Ocean

#Sea cucumber #Psolus fabricii #explants #regeneration

Scientists make stunning discovery that could help explain why life exists

#physical constants #Viscosity #Diffusion #fundamental

Scientists discover vanilla’s hidden healing potential

#vanillin #antioxidant #anti-inflammatory #antibacterial

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Sunday, October 11, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 11th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 11

Who Said this?

If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

Today, 198 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Scientists Discover Ancient Genetic Shake-Up That May Explain the Extraordinary Intelligence of Octopuses

#cephalopods #genome #Regulatory entanglement #neural networks

Scientists Discover a Hidden Hydrogen Pathway That Could Transform CO2 Into Valuable Fuel

#formic acid #methanol #kinetic #framework

Scientists may have found a shortcut to fusion energy

#ignition #tungsten #Cordey saddle #Lawson

Deep-Sea Rocks Spontaneously Caught Fire in The Lab.

#metal-sulfide #exothermic #hydrothermal #marcasite

Scientists created a tiny device that can control your nerves to treat chronic pain

#seed-sized #injectable #electrical #wirelessly

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Saturday, October 10, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 10th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 10

Who Said this?

You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.

Today, 286 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Scientists Find a Strange Chemical Loop That May Have Helped Life Get Started

#Ribose #boron #calcium #colemanite

Stratospheric drone could make weather balloons obsolete

#quadcopter #Meteomatics #waterproof #telemetry

A Protein 2,000 Times Sweeter Than Sugar Halved Ice Cream's Blood Sugar Response

#brazzein #inulin #MASLD #viscosity

Cool chemistry trick allows new tattoos to 'turn on and off'

#PhotoTat #photochromic dyes #nanoparticles #PMMA

Quantum Spins Shift a Centimeter-Scale Object

#electron spin #gravity #mechanical response #nitrogen vacancy

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Friday, October 09, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 9th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 9

Who Said this?

Speak up, speak out, get in the way

Today, 426 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Red Meat Contains a Sugar Humans Can’t Make – Scientists Think It May Trigger Inflammation

#N-glycolylneuraminic acid #meat-derived #CMAH #xenosialitis

Magnetic Nanoparticles Could Help Detect and Treat Ectopic Pregnancies

#fallopian tubes #ultrasound #ferromagnetic #hyperthermia

Dark Matter May Come From Primordial Black Holes Hiding in the Fifth Dimension

#five-dimensional #neutrino #gravitational #spatial

Hubble Spots a Bizarre Galaxy Whose Center Rotates Sideways

#NGC 4698 #Virgo Cluster #bulge #hydrogen

Bacteria turn a virus’ own weapon against it

#bacteriophages #CBASS #protease #antiviral

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Thursday, October 08, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 8th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 8

Who Said this?

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

Today, 429 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Scientists Detect a Major Shift Beneath the Sun’s Surface

#magnetic #migrating #surface #helioseismology

Brain scans reveal opposite reward responses in ADHD and autism

#spectrum #value #motivation #social

DNA From a Human Brain Gene Has Turned Up In a Virus

#sequences #BC200 #molluscum contagiosum #RNA

Einstein Probe reveals a hidden phase of neutron star collisions

#X-ray #gamma-ray #magnetar #gravitational-wave

This Strange New Magnetism Could Change How Computers Work

#state #layered #Co₁/₄TaSe₂ #altermagnetism

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Wednesday, October 07, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 7th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 7

Who Said this?

The nation is divided, half patriots and half traitors, and no man can tell which from which.

Today, 419 links Curated

Today's Five Links

A Complete Pumpkin Genome Opens Door to Better Breeding

#165 QTLs #YGX2019 #genome #architecture

Study Finds Exercise May Be a Surprisingly Powerful Treatment for Pain

#endorphins #serotonin #duration #intensity

Sharks Can Hear Way Better Than We Though

#far-field #acoustic #particle motion #Carcharhinus limbatus

Scientists Discover “Pac-Man Enzyme” That Eats Plastic

#enzyme #polyesters #penicillin #plastisphere

NASA’s Webb finds signs of Mars-sized worlds smashing together

#collisions #debris disks #Theia #silica

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Tuesday, October 06, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 6th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 6

Who Said this?

After you make a fool of yourself a few hundred times, you learn what works.

Today, 437 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Researchers Reveal How Aggressive Breast Cancer May Spread to the Brain

#triple-negative #SIRPα #growth #metastases

Anesthesia Is 180 Years Old And Still a Mystery.

#consciousness #underpinnings #fMRI #neural activity

Study Finds Natural Dairy Trans Fats Behave Very Differently From Industrial Fats

#unsaturated #hydrogenation #lipids #cardiometabolic

Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and stop arthritis

#osteoarthritis #chondrocytes #15-PGDH #hyaline

New Antibody Treatment Silences Nerve Pain for Days Without Blocking Normal Pain

#Neuropathic #sodium channel #Nav1.7 #pERK

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Monday, October 05, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 5th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 5

Who Said this?

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Today, 263 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Scientists May Have Found a Way to Make Damaged Adult Retinas Repair Themselves

#CaBP4 #plasticity #OPL #synaptic

Scientists Catch Virus-Like Particles Building Themselves in Real Time

#antivirals #protein #capsids #pentagonal

Vagus Nerve Stimulation Could Help New Skills Stick

#long-term #motor #vns #communication

Scientists Might Have Found a New Cause of High Blood Pressure, And a Way to Treat It

#pFL #signaling #hypertension #sympathetic

Scientists reveal what seven days of fasting does to the human body

#extended fast #evolved #glucose #proteins

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Sunday, October 04, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 4th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 4

Who Said this?

The truth does not require your participation in order to exist. Bullshit Does.

Today, 213 links Curated

Today's Five Links

This protective enzyme could help stop fatty liver disease from getting worse

#UBE2N #mitochondria #MASH #liver cells

Old Hearts Become Biologically Younger When Transplanted Into Younger People

#biological age #intrinsic #age limits #methylation

Ghost Particles May Decide Whether a Dying Star Explodes or Becomes a Black Hole