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Mon. 05/30 - Angry Angry Hamsters


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Scientists accidentally created super aggressive mutant hamsters. Meanwhile other scientists have devised a method for pulling drinking water out of thin air with a super affordable thin gel. Different strokes for different folks. And tonight’s possible meteor storm, which could produce thousands of shooting stars an hour. Or not. It could be nothing. Why that is and how to watch just in case.

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CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing approach can alter the social behavior of animals (ScienceDaily)
  • CRISPR Editing Accidentally Turns Hamsters Into Angry Bullies, The Opposite Of Researcher's Intentions (IFL Science)
  • Super-Absorbent Gel Pulls Fresh Water Out of Thin Air (Gizmodo)
  • Cheap gel film pulls buckets of drinking water per day from thin air (New Atlas)
  • Episode about SOURCE Global's hydropanels from July 2020 (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
  • Tau Herculids meteor shower could unleash 1,000 shooting stars per hour (Washington Post)
  • You May See a New Meteor Shower in Night Skies, or Nothing at All (NY Times)
  • Meteor shower outburst from new tau Herculids possible May 30 (Space.com)
  • Tau Herculid meteor shower livestream (Virtual Telescope Project)
  • 'Merch!' Documentary Looks to Examine Music Merchandising from Elvis Presley to the Grateful Dead and Beyond (Collider)
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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