Click Here to Read: Research team stunned after unexpectedly discovering new method to break down plastic: ‘The plastic is gone … all gone’ The university is going through the patent process for this new technology. by Stephen Proctor on the Cool Down website on January 2, 2025.
Plastic and glass pollution covering the Himalayan area of Nepal. This is in Kalinchowk, Dolakha, Nepal. Image:Janak Bhatta, Public Domain via Wikiemedia Common.
Click Here to Read: In NASA asteroid samples, scientists discover key building blocks of life:
An analysis of material taken from the asteroid Bennu suggests the chemical ingredients for life may have been widespread across the early solar system By Denise Chow on the NBC News website on .January 29, 2025.
An artists’ depiction of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Image: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) / Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) / University of Arizona / Lockheed Martin. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Click Here to Read: Tell Me What I Want, Tell Me Who I Am: Fantasies of recognition in an AI world by Cara Maniaci, MA, LCSW, on the American Psychoanalyst Substack on January 23, 2025.
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Click Here to Read: Quantum teleportation is here: A breakthrough in quantum physics could pave the way to achieving a quantum Internet by Noa Leach on the BBC Science Focus Magazine website on December 20, 2024.
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Click Here to Read: Real-World ‘Schrödinger’s Cat’ Brings Quantum Computing Breakthrough on the Newsweek website on January 14, 2025 .
An illustration of the famous “Schrödinger’s Cat” thought experiment. Created with Photoshop CS2 using illustrations from the Commons. Image: File:Kamee01.jpg: Martin Bahmann. File:Geiger counter.jpg: Boffy b
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Click Here to Read: Who built Europe’s first cities? Clues about the urban revolution emerge: Around 6,000 years ago, a group known as the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture developed egalitarian settlements north of the Black Sea and created the region’s earliest urban centres. Then, after two millennia, they vanished. By Emma Marris on the Nature website on January 7, 2025.
A map of the approximate extent of the Neolithic Cucuteni-Trypillian culture.Image: Saukkomies at English Wikipedia. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
