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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Science Links, 9/16/14

Artificial spleen cleans up pathogens in the blood, everything for e. coli to ebola.

Scientists change their mind again and decide that RNAi may just be crazy enough to work. RNA interference suggest ways of shutting down protein production in the body, even when it's connected to with diseases that isn't affected by ordinary drugs.

And the spot for landing on a comet has been picked on the Rosetta mission.

 This week's You Are Not So Smart podcast covers ego depletion, recharging willpower, and value judgements.

"Global warming"/climate change is shown to be responsible for this past winter's "polar vortex."

Scientists in the Netherlands managed to grow crops in recreated Mars and lunar soil.

The black Victorians: astonishing portraits unseen for 120 years.

Jetpacks of the future will enable soldiers to beat the four minute mile.





Posted by James Veitch at 4:42 AM
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Labels: Alnylam, artificial spleen, extraplanetary agriculture, jetpacks, medical, photography, podcast, RNAi, Rosetta lander, Victorian POC, willpower, YANSS

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