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From Recent Science
Since writing new books and all the messy business of publishing doesn’t leave me time to blog very often anymore, here’s another way I hope to share some of the fascinating science (and other) news stories I come across.
A big reason I’m doing this is that Facebook in Canada won’t let us share news links (due to a pouty tiff with our government) and X/Twitter has become a dumpster fire.
It doesn’t make sense for me to rewrite what’s already been well-written in these articles so I’ll just post the links with brief descriptions of the content and you can choose to follow them or not. I hope you will!
It may not quite be “news” but I feel compelled to share my discovery of two amazing science books in recent months, both by the same Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Ed Yong. Learn about the incredible realm of microbes, plus the astonishing way we and our fellow creatures sense the world around us. Read my full reviews on my blog page Ponderings.
Pioneers at Cambridge University believe they can create synthetic fuels using ‘factories’ of artificial leaves.
With climate change urgently on our minds, a creative new initiative will try to patch thinning Arctic ice (and hopefully help slow the heating of the planet) using technology used for decades by people building skating rinks.
The website of science fiction writer Scott Overton, career radio broadcaster and the author of the mystery/thriller Dead Air.
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