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The Historyscoper's Science and Technology Watch Blog Apr. 2, 2015

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Differences in red blood cells may have 'hastened the extinction' of our Neanderthal cousins, new study suggests

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/differences-in-red-blood-cells-may-have-hastened-the-extinction-of-our-neanderthal-cousins-new-study-suggest 

Saturday, October 18, 2025

String Theory is “Fashion,” Penrose Said. We Finally Have a Response - Sabine Hossenfelder (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOiBMWMzosY 

Scientists Just Detected a Long-Lost Planet ‘Hiding’ Inside Earth

https://gizmodo.com/a-planet-inside-a-planet-traces-of-pre-moon-earth-found-deep-below-2000673594 

Can Windows 10 Users Easily Transition to Linux? Watch This BEFORE Ditching Microsoft! (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2g0sx5AQAA 

A Nanoparticle Drug Triggered the Brain to Rapidly Flush Out Toxic Alzheimer’s Proteins in Mice

https://singularityhub.com/2025/10/13/a-nanoparticle-drug-triggered-the-brain-to-rapidly-flush-out-toxic-alzheimers-proteins-in-mice/ 

Chips Just 10 Atoms Thick Could Bring Computers With Extremely Compact Memory

https://singularityhub.com/2025/10/15/chips-just-10-atoms-thick-could-bring-computers-with-extremely-compact-memory/ 

ChatGPT-Like AI Unveils 1,300 Regions in the Mouse Brain—Some Uncharted

https://singularityhub.com/2025/10/16/chatgpt-like-ai-unveils-1300-regions-in-the-mouse-brain-some-uncharted/ 

Friday, October 17, 2025

'Most pristine' star ever seen discovered at the Milky Way's edge — and could be a direct descendant of the universe's first stars

https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/most-pristine-star-ever-seen-discovered-at-the-milky-ways-edge-and-could-be-a-direct-descendant-of-the-universes-first-stars 

James Webb telescope finds something 'very exciting' shooting out of first black hole ever imaged

https://www.livescience.com/space/black-holes/james-webb-telescope-finds-something-very-exciting-shooting-out-of-first-black-hole-ever-imaged 

REM sleep may reshape what we remember

https://www.livescience.com/health/sleep/rem-sleep-may-reshape-what-we-remember 

Stalagmites adhere to a single mathematical rule, scientists discover

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/stalagmites-adhere-to-a-single-mathematical-rule-scientists-discover 

Science says just 5 minutes a day will help you live 12 years longer (and be more successful)

https://www.fastcompany.com/91418876/optimistic-people-live-longer-successful 

Jane Goodall revolutionized animal research, but her work had some unintended consequences. Here's what we've learned from them.

https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/jane-goodall-revolutionized-animal-research-but-her-work-had-some-unintended-consequences-heres-what-weve-learned-from-them 

Mysterious chunks of DNA called 'inocles' could be hiding in your mouth

https://www.livescience.com/health/mysterious-chunks-of-dna-called-inocles-could-be-hiding-in-your-mouth 

Your brain isn’t just shrinking with age, it’s doing something much stranger

https://www.psypost.org/your-brain-isnt-just-shrinking-with-age-its-doing-something-much-stranger/ 

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

TrumpRx Is a Narcissistic, AI-Generated Nightmare AI art really has become the aesthetic of grifters and fascists.

https://gizmodo.com/trumprx-is-a-narcissistic-ai-generated-nightmare-2000671309 

Astronomers Discover a Suspiciously Hard-to-See Object That Just Might Be Evidence of Dark Matter

https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-discover-suspiciously-hard-to-see-object-might-be-dark-matter-2000671004 

In mind-bending twist, ‘magic’ mushrooms evolved twice independently. Study identifies entirely new suite of enzymes that can make psilocybin

https://www.science.org/content/article/mind-bending-twist-magic-mushrooms-evolved-twice-independently 

A tiny mineral may hold the secret to feeding billions sustainably

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250924012230.htm 

This Startup’s New Humanoid Robot Is Scarily Good at Doing Chores

https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/figure-new-humanoid-robot-is-scarily-good-at-doing-chores/91250438 

Monday, October 13, 2025

Ayu! Scientists surprised wild fish recognise individual humans

https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ayu-scientists-surprised-wild-fish-recognise-individual-humans/ 

Your age shouldn’t put you off learning a new language – what the research says

https://theconversation.com/your-age-shouldnt-put-you-off-learning-a-new-language-what-the-research-says-263581 

How being watched changes your thinking

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-being-watched-changes-how-you-think/ 

Scientists create human eggs in the lab, using skin cells

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5553322/ivg-human-eggs-cells-fertility 

Children exposed to antidepressants before birth do not face lasting mental health risks

https://www.psypost.org/children-exposed-to-antidepressants-before-birth-do-not-face-lasting-mental-health-risks/ 

People on the far-right and far-left exhibit strikingly similar brain responses

https://www.psypost.org/people-on-the-far-right-and-far-left-exhibit-strikingly-similar-brain-responses/ 

Major IQ differences in identical twins linked to schooling, challenging decades of research

https://www.psypost.org/major-iq-differences-in-identical-twins-linked-to-schooling-challenging-decades-of-research/