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This Week: Awakening Or Snore?, Island Rats, Null Result Rats, Healer Army, Bird Flu, Hepatitis E, Plastic Penis Problems, Cancer Sniffing Bees, Boring Urban Birds, Dwindling Arousal, And Much More Science!
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Science,
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The catastrophes sneaking up on us all.
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Some quick science news!
Awakening Or Snore?
Are astronomers witnessing the awakening of a black hole?
Ridding Island Rats
To restore reefs
Rat study proves nothing
Yup that’s the whole story
Healer Army
Is there a unified army of T-cells that take marching orders from inflammatory signals, or are there unique regiments in every body organ?
Bird Flu
Yet another reason to avoid cats
Hepatitis E
Apparently, it could be an STD.
Plastic Penis Problems
Are microplastics causing male sexual dysfunction? Well, now that it might, maybe we’ll do something about the problem.
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Blair’s Animal Corner!
If you have time to swim, you have time to clean…
Cichlids pay the price for not helping.
Bees can smell cancer!
So what’s next? Bee doctors?!
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Urban Birds Be Boring
Denser urban areas foster less genetic diversity in bird populations.
Dwindling Arousal
Another reason to poke people for science.
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