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The leader’s brain: Neuroscience in the workplace 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 22, 2021
The brain rarely fires on all cylinders even at the best of times – what more during a pandemic?

By David Aragorn
Sea snot choking Turkey’s waters could be a warning to the world 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- July 22, 2021
Turkey’s Marmara Sea is dying. Globs of feathery goo are literally choking the life out of the water. Scientists say rising sea temperatures and untreated wastewater being dumped into the sea combined to create the perfect conditions for phytoplankton to thrive. Now it’s thriving at the expense of everything else.

By David Aragorn
Scientists Find Evidence Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Caused Mile-High Tsunami 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- July 22, 2021
The hidden fragment, dating as old as 1.3 billion years, is helping scientists trace the history of the mysterious “lost continent” of Zealandia.

By David Aragorn
Scientists Are Giving AI The Ability to Imagine Things It’s Never Seen Before 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 22, 2021
Artificial intelligence (AI) is proving very adept at certain tasks – like inventing human faces that don’t actually exist, or winning games of poker – but these networks still struggle when it comes to something humans do naturally: imagine.

By David Aragorn
‘Jurassic Pompeii’ yields thousands of ‘squiggly wiggly’ fossils 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- July 22, 2021
“If they could squeal, I’m sure they would have done.”

By David Aragorn
Just 7% of our DNA is unique to modern humans, study shows 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 21, 2021
What makes humans unique? Scientists have taken another step toward solving an enduring mystery with a new tool that may allow for more precise comparisons between the DNA of modern humans and that of our extinct ancestors.

By David Aragorn
Nessie Hunter: Why I’m still searching for the Loch Ness monster after 30 years 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- July 21, 2021
He may not have solved the mystery yet, but one thing proven beyond doubt is that Steve Feltham is a very patient man.

By David Aragorn
Artificial intelligence: governments see huge business potential, but ignore the downsides 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 21, 2021
Many governments are increasingly approaching artificial intelligence with an almost religious zeal. By 2018 at least 22 countries around the world, and also the EU, had launched grand national strategies for making AI part of their business development, while many more had announced ethical frameworks for how it should be allowed to develop. The EU documents more than 290 AI policy initiatives in individual EU member states between 2016 and 2020.

By David Aragorn
Ancient ‘sunken city’ discovered in Egypt 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- July 21, 2021
Divers have discovered rare remains of a military vessel in the ancient sunken city of Thônis-Heracleion — once Egypt’s largest port on the Mediterranean — and a funerary complex illustrating the presence of Greek merchants, the country said on Monday, July 19.

By David Aragorn
Elon Musk’s SpaceX a Step Closer to Mars As Starship’s Super Heavy Booster Test a Success 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 21, 2021
SpaceX has successfully conducted a three-engine “static fire” test on the third iteration of its Super Heavy booster, one of the key components behind its ambitions for interplanetary travel.

By David Aragorn