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Wednesday, November 04, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .November 4, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 35

Who Said this?

Speak up, speak out, get in the way.

Today, 380 links Curated

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There's a Surprisingly Simple Way to Get More Fiber From Your Fruits And Vegetables

#scraps #nutritional value #conditioned #discard

The Mystery of Hair Growth Patterns May Finally Have a Simple Explanation

#placodes #follicle #organization #chemotaxis

A hidden star is plowing through Betelgeuse’s atmosphere, new evidence suggests

#companion #star #turbulent #convection

Scientists may have finally explained why our brains and bodies are cross-wired

#brainstem #contralateral #optic tectum #spinothalamic

AI helps Stanford scientists discover a “natural Ozempic” with a surprising advantage

#BRP #hunger #metabolism #peptides

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Tuesday, November 03, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .November 3rd, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 34

Who Said this?

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

Today, 423 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Is There Anything Left in the Dream of Cold Fusion?

#hydrogen nuclei #fusing #tritium #hydrogenated metals

Scientists Discover a Powerful New Way To Destroy Toxic “Forever Chemicals”

#carbon-fluorine #palladium #nanoparticles #reactive-hydrogen

Dinosaur Blood Cells Detected in 115-Million-Year-Old Fossil

#fossilized #red blood cells #blood-derived #theropod

All 5 genetic “letters” of DNA and RNA discovered in a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid

#nucleobases #Ryugu #nucleotides #carbon-rich

Revolutionary Technology Could Transform How We Extract Lithium

#nanoscale #lithium ions #structure #separation

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Monday, November 02, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .November 2nd, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 33

Who Said this?

What you do makes a difference,and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

Today, 275 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Beehives Have Built-in Immune Systems That Protect The Colony With Layers of Defense

#architecture #dense #fungal #bacterial pathogens

A Mysterious Explosion in Space Just Did Something Scientists Didn’t Expect

#gamma-ray #afterglow #X-ray #jet

Humans in The Andes Seem to Have Evolved an Unusual Genetic Ability

#Argentinian Andes #arsenic #metabolize #AS3MT

Einstein’s Equations Reveal an Unusual New Way Space-Time Can Transfer Energy

#gravitational reconnection #constraints #plasmas #waves

IceCube detects ghost particles with 10 billion times the energy of solar neutrinos

#neutrinos #characteristic #South Pole #photomultiplier

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Sunday, November 01, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .November 1st, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 32

Who Said this?

Maybe if we underpaid politicians and overpaid teachers, there would be smarter people and less stupid laws.

Today, 207 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Intestine-inspired bacterial biobattery creates 8 times the power

#villi #electrodes #fuel cell #microwatt

What permanent daylight saving time could mean for sleep, mood, and mental health

#clock shifts #solar noon #circadian #social jet lag

Dogs May Smell a Complete Stranger's Seizure Without Ever Being Trained

#Epileptic #scent #prioritize #innate

Researchers Create an Invisible Pipe That Moves Liquids Through Thin Air

#ultrasonic #waves #40 kilohertz #acoustic field

The Great Barrier Reef's most notorious coral killer may actually be helping it

#Crown-of-thorns #starfish #fast-growing #Biodiversity

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Saturday, October 31, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 31st, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 31

Who Said this?

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.

Today, 341 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Two Different Kinds of Gamma-Ray Bursts Erupted 4 Minutes Apart.

#transience #GRB 160425A #merger #collapsing

Scientists Unlock a 1,000-Year-Old Mystery Buried Inside Ancient Melon Seeds

#DNA #Song dynasty #agrestis #Tea Horse Road

Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula Kills Drug-Resistant Cancer Cells in The Lab

#esophageal #ESCC #Huayu Wan #ferroptosis

Scientists Use Light To Build a New Generation of Drug Molecules

#three-dimensional #bicyclo[2.1.1]hexane #copper #synthesis

Scientists Discover a Surprising New Target for Treating Type 2 Diabetes

#Miro1 #skeletal muscle #mitochondria #insulin

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Friday, October 30, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 30th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 30

Who Said this?

Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.

Today, 361

Today's Five Links

CRISPR Prime Editing Rewrites DNA in the Human Body for the First Time

#Wilson #liver #CRISPR-Cas9 #Base editing

Hidden ADHD common in women seeking treatment for depression and anxiety

#diagnosed #female populations #double depression #interoception

The Brain Is More Capable of Healing Itself Than Scientists Thought

#regeneration #recovery #astrocytes #gene activity

Scientists Identified Hundreds of New Vulnerabilities in Cars, And They're Not Mechanical

#mobile #web #cloud #Software Quality Journal

Did Venus Eat Its Own Moon? Scientists Uncover a Shocking Possibility

#simulations #models #rotate #impact

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Thursday, October 29, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 29th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 29

Who Said this?

A lie told often enough becomes truth.

Today, 354 links Curated

Today's Five Links

A hidden ocean change near Antarctica could have global consequences

#salinity #sea-ice #transport #heat

Scientists Create a Tiny Sensor That Powers Itself

#harvests #magnetic fields #graphene #capacitors

Physicists Finally Detect a Long-Predicted Effect in Graphene

#wrinkle #flexoelectricity #dipole #curvature

Why Are Octopuses So Smart? The Answer May Lie in How Their DNA Folds

#nervous systems #genome #rearrangements #complexity

The AI Upgrade Helping Perseverance Work Smarter on Mars

#On Board Planner #scheduling #decisions #reasoning

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Wednesday, October 28, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 28th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 28

Who Said this?

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Today, 414 links Curated

Today's Five Links

News coverage of psilocybin often outpaces the science, systematic review finds

#systematic review #sample sizes #study design #public interest

Discovery of Abnormal Antibodies Could Help Explain Childhood Cancer

#proteins #repair #DNA #auto-antibodies

Earwax is both slippery and sticky – this weird combo might lead to safer insect repellents

#cerumen #impaction #wedged #epithelial migration

The Ocean’s Mysterious “Snow” Could Be Hiding a Powerful Climate Secret

#marine snow #viscous #fluorescent #confocal

Physicists Propose a Strange New State of Matter: A Liquid That Can Flow in Time

#time #liquid #translation #solitons

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Tuesday, October 27, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 27th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 27

Who Said this?

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

Today, 364 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Artemis I Reveals a Surprising Radiation Mystery Near the Moon

#particles #deep space #Orion #MARE

Scientists Uncover a Hidden Secret That Could Transform Chemical Manufacturing

#acidity #electrodes #local pH #oxidation

Meet the real-life Scottish surgeon who inspired Sherlock Holmes

#Joseph Bell #Edinburgh #Conan Doyle #forensic medicine

Scientists solve a 30-year mystery behind inflammatory bowel disease

#antibodies #inflammation #distinct conditions #interleukin-10

Cranberry Juice Appears to Suppress Dental Plaque Growth

#proanthocyanidins #infections #microbial communities #bacteria

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Monday, October 26, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 26th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 26

Who Said this?

A copious flood of data creates an illusion of omniscience, and that illusion can make you stupid.

Today, 267 links Curated

Today's Five Links

A Single Enzyme Could Hold the Key to Treating a Devastating Brain Disorder

#Angelman syndrome #UBE3A #ubiquitin ligase #asparagine synthetase

A Solar Storm Heading Toward Earth Suddenly Changed in Ways Scientists Didn’t Predict

#plasma #transformation #CME #super expansion

Eating 30% Less Food Has an Unexpected Effect on DNA, Study Finds

#calorie restriction #mutations #DNA sequencing #biological processes

Cancer Vaccine Cuts Melanoma Recurrence or Death Risk by 42% in Trial

#mRNA #melanoma #pembrolizumab #immunotherapies

Tiny magnetic vortices could help computers work more like your brain

#skyrmions #energy-efficient #spintronics #electricity consumption

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Sunday, October 25, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 25th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 25

Who Said this?

Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.

Today, 150 links Curated

Today's Five Links

Human composting becomes legal as garden-variety burial demand surges

#natural organic reduction #biodegradable #fertilizer #humic acid

Archaeologists May Have Just Discovered the World’s Oldest Shipwreck

#Jars #Early Bronze Age #Kekova #pottery

Physicists May Have Inadvertently Built a Qubit That Can Run Backward in Time

#direction #quantum evolution #magnetic fields #Hamiltonian

Squid Are Even More Alien-Like Than We Thought, With The Ability to Change Genetic Expression.

#Cephalopods #ADAR-mediated #RNA editing #optic lobe

Astronomers may have discovered the first moon beyond our Solar System

#VLT #CD-35 2722 #exosatellite #Exomoon

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Saturday, October 24, 2026

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .October 24th, 2026

Vol VIII Issue 24

Who Said this?

We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology.

Today, 301 links Curated

Today's Five Links

MIT Scientists Reprogram Immune Cells Inside the Body To Destroy Cancer

#tumors #T cells #CARs #Nanoparticles

Researchers Find an Unexpected Benefit of Putting Sheep on Solar Farms

#Solar grazing #bees #ecosystem #insect habitat

A Hidden Cholesterol Switch Could Change How We Treat Heart Disease

#liver #pathway #Ral #CTSA

Both Low And High Testosterone Seem to Be Linked to an Irregular Heartbeat

#atrial fibrillation #calcium #potassium #TRAVERSE

Solar-powered 'leaf' generates hydrogen while purifying seawater

#electrolysis #hydrazine #chloride #anode

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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