Great piece. Wonder how eDNA can be used in other contexts.
https://www.science.org/content/article/can-floating-dna-help-recover-troops-lost-long-ago-sea
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Can floating DNA help recover troops lost long ago at sea? | Science | AAAS
September 19, 2022Chewing burns more calories than you think—and may have shaped our evolution | Science | AAAS
August 28, 2022https://www.science.org/content/article/chewing-burns-more-calories-you-think-and-may-have-shaped-our-evolution Great article! Wondered about the implications of chewing for weight loss: Perhaps humans so readily “overeat” because they don’t have to spend so much time chewing.
A common sunscreen ingredient turns toxic in the sea — anemones suggest why
June 4, 2022One wonders if this can happen with oxybenzone sunscreen on people too. Perhaps a good reason to favor TiO2 or ZnO sunscreens.
COVID antiviral pills: what scientists still want to know
December 18, 2021QT:{{”
Molnupiravir acts by introducing mutations into the viral genome during viral replication. A metabolite of the drug is picked up by a viral enzyme called RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and incorporated into the viral genome, eventually causing so many errors that the virus can no longer survive.
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Paxlovid acts by inhibiting an enzyme that’s needed to process some viral proteins into their final, functional form. But the drug is a combination of an antiviral and another drug, called ritonavir, which helps to prevent enzymes in the liver from breaking down the antiviral before it has a chance to disable the coronavirus. Ritonavir, a component of some HIV treatment cocktails, can affect how some other medications are metabolized by the body.
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Molnupiravir & Paxlovid
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03074-5
Dismay greets end of U.S. effort to curb spread of tree-killing beetle | Science | AAAS
January 31, 2021https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/01/dismay-greets-end-us-effort-curb-spread-tree-killing-beetle
https://www.sciencemag.org/podcast/uncertain-future-north-america-s-ash-trees-and-organizing-robot-swarms
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Freelance journalist Gabriel Popkin and host Sarah Crespi discuss what will happen to ash trees in the United States as federal regulators announce dropping quarantine measures meant to control the emerald ash borer—a devastating pest that has killed tens of millions of trees since 2002. Instead of quarantines, the government will use tiny wasps known to kill the invasive beetles in hopes of saving the ash. “}}
Google’s DeepMind aces protein folding | Science | AAAS
December 15, 2018Thought @RobertFService’s news piece had a good angle on this: AlphaFold won a lot but by small margins
https://www.ScienceMag.org/news/2018/12/google-s-deepmind-aces-protein-folding Google’s DeepMind aces protein folding CC @wgibson
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