SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .May 16th, 2026

Vol VI Issue 40

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A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

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Today, 371 links Curated

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New Algae Robots Swarm Like Locusts at the Flick of a Switch

#Self-assembling #microbots #algae #nanoparticles

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Puberty hormones shape the adolescent female brain before physical changes appear

#structure #functional wiring #estradiol #testosterone

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Why is almost everyone right-handed? The answer may lie in how we learned to walk

#handedness #bipedalism #Bayesian modeling #hominins

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Scientists discover hidden “brakes” that stop massive earthquakes

#brake zones #Gofar #dilatancy strengthening #tectonic plates

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Scientists find hidden brain nutrient deficit that may fuel anxiety

#choline #prefrontal cortex #amygdala #1H-MRS

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .February 28th, 2026

Vol V Issue 48

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You can’t manage what you don’t measure.

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Today, 364 links Curated

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A lost moon may have created Titan and Saturn’s rings

#orbit #surface #Hyperion #Cassini

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Greenland Dust Delivers Nutrients to Ice-Melting Algae

#aerosols #mineral dust #algae #albedo

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New study suggests binge-watching and marathon reading may have hidden psychological benefits

#memorable #Stories #narrative structure #involvement

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Iron outperforms rare metals in stunning chemistry advance

#photocatalyst #blue LED #chiral ligand #photoredox

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Stale bread and bacteria could power a new era in green chemicals

#E.coli #hydrogen #fermentation #metabolites

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .January 24th, 2026

Vol V Issue 19

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Learning isn’t scarce. Discipline is.

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Today, 389 links Curated

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This new antibody may stop one of the deadliest breast cancers

#triple-negative #SFRP2 #microenvironment #interferon-gamma

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Europa’s ice may be feeding a hidden ocean that could support life

#subsurface #crustal delamination #mantle #Europa Clipper

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You can now make fish-free omega-3s from whisky waste

#barley grains #algae #fermentation #MiAlgae

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Biologists and engineers follow goopy clues to plant-wilting bacteria

#Ralstonia solanacearum #xylem #EPS-1 #polysaccharide

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New catalyst makes plastic upcycling 10x more efficient than platinum

#tungsten carbide #carburization #Atomic Structure #β-W2C

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 28th, 2025

Vol IV Issue 9

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Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.

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Scientists Discover Brain Chemical Linked to Depression and Suicidal Thoughts.

#SGK1 #childhood adversity #SSRI #catalyst

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Ancient tides may have sparked humanity’s first urban civilization.

#Sumer #rivers #tides #sediments

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Hidden 5-mile wide asteroid crater beneath the Atlantic revealed in stunning 3D.

#Nadir Crater #Atlantic #Cretaceous #TGS

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Life Found Beneath Arctic Ice Could Alter Climate Models.

#nitrogen fixation #sea ice #NCDs #algae

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Scientists just uncovered what’s really happening beneath this mysterious volcano.

#Oldoinyo Lengai #magma #gas #carbonatite

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .July 11th, 2025

 Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

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Vol III Issue 9

Today, 430 links Curated

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Reed-covered mounds reveal vast underground water network in Great Salt Lake.

#Phragmites #wetlands #groundwater #playa

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A hidden brain circuit fuels fibromyalgia, migraines, and PTSD.

#emotional #circuit #thalamus #spinothalamic

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Wayback Becomes Part of the FreeDesktop.org Ecosystem.

#X.Org #Wayland #Wayback #standards

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This Mineral Could Hold the Key to Earth’s Hidden Ocean.

#olivine #water-transport #infrared #MTZ

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Ancient-fossil bioconcrete traps 142% more carbon.

#algae #architechture #"diatomaceous earth" #TPMS

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 20th, 2025

 

Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun.

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Vol II No 46

xxx links Curated

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Traumatic brain injuries have toxic effects that last weeks after initial impact.

https://theconversation.com/traumatic-brain-injuries-have-toxic-effects-that-last-weeks-after-initial-impact-an-antioxidant-material-reduces-this-damage-in-mice-247655

Tags: #Primary #excitotoxicity #neurodegeneration #neuroinflammation

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Breakthrough quantum chip that uses new state of matter.

https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/quantum-processor-that-uses-entirely-new-state-of-matter-could-set-us-on-the-path-to-quantum-supremacy

Tags: #QPU #topoconductor #Majorana #fermion

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Transforming industrial CO2 into a renewable fuel.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250219111510.htm

Tags: #CO2 #methanol #tetramethoxyphthalocyanine #cobalt

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France runs fusion reactor for record 22 minutes.

https://newatlas.com/energy/france-tokamak-cea-west-fusion-reactor-record-plasma-duration/

Tags: #WEST #fusion #Tokamak #ITER

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Chlorine plus UV light degrades toxins caused by harmful algae blooms.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250219154656.htm

Tags: #Algae #bloom #chlorine #UV

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan 13, 2025

 
The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vol II No 8

207 links Curated

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Snowball Earth, may have created the conditions for complex multi-cellular life
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-physics-of-cold-water-may-have-jump-started-complex-life-20240724/

Tags: #snowball #seawater #viscous #algae #diffusion #Chlamydomonas

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Euro-cloud Anexia moves 12,000 VMs off VMware
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/13/anexia_vmware_to_kvm_migration/

Tags: #VMWare #KVM #license #open-source #Broadcom #VMDK

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research increasingly suggests that the music we love can have a huge boost to our health
https://thequietus.com/opinion-and-essays/black-sky-thinking/hope-sings-eternal-can-listening-to-music-help-you-cheat-death/

Tags: #music #Tregoning #isolation #co-operation #Cortisol

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Science fiction as part of an important feedback loop with real scientific and technological innovation.
https://issues.org/science-fiction-policy-tool-finn/

Tags: #adjacent #imagination #ruleset #Protopia #Specialization #siloed

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An enormous, extremely well preserved dinosaur skull unearthed in China belongs to a never-before-seen species
https://www.livescience.com/animals/dinosaurs/enormous-skull-of-200-million-year-old-giant-dinosaur-discovered-in-china

Tags: #Yunnan #sauropodomorph #Hettangian #Jurassic #herbivore

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