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Links for you. Science: Cyborg cockroaches with tiny syringes designed to join search and rescue teams in major disasters Why a UMass researcher is among the dozens leaving the U.S. for Canada (the key thing here is that the subject … Continue reading →

Links for you. Science: Some Scientists Have ‘Magic Hands’ in the Lab. This A.I. Is Learning Why. Meningitis Is a Horrible Way to Die. Trump Will Make It More Common. Is mpox here to stay? CDC study says virus is … Continue reading →

Links for you. Science: In a 2023 interview, Trump’s new FDA pick laid out a vision for ‘conservative-based’ science Scientists left this farm field alone. Thousands of orchids appeared FDA approves first Alzheimer’s blood test for Americans as young as … Continue reading →

Links for you. Science: Staggering 90% of biomedical papers now show signs of AI help. The figure, which is much higher than previous estimates of Large Language Model use, is for papers published in December and archived in PubMed The … Continue reading →

Links for you. Science: Scientists find evidence for two origins of life on Earth. Life may share one ancient genetic code, but new evidence suggests free-living cells emerged independently twice. (paper here) Bigger, Hotter Fires Are Slowly Erasing America’s Great … Continue reading →

Links for you. Science: Freaky Little Plant Propagated By Freaky Little Freaks Ebola outbreak out of control in Democratic Republic of the Congo, WHO says: ‘It is spreading faster than our ability to contain it’ Alfalfa Sprout Outbreak Linked To … Continue reading →