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- Sabine Newsletter 2/1/2023
Sabine Newsletter 2/1/2023
Shark Populations and Genetic Screenings
Data Presentation Affects Our Expectations
A study from the City University of London has found that connecting data points with a line leads to stronger expectations about the continuation of a trend, an effect that doesn’t occur with bar charts. Paper here, press release here.
Check out my newest episode of science news here. Today we’ll talk about changes in the Earth’s core, a quantum computer that folds a mini-protein, radioactive water that the Japanese want to dump into the ocean, NASA’s plans for a nuclear rocket and a transonic plane, how to send data without power, recovering signals from noise, light pollution, and of course, the telephone will ring.
Shark and Ray Populations in the Northwest Atlantic are Recovering
A study from researchers at Simon Fraser University found that populations of sharks and rays in the northwest Atlantic are on the rebound following implementation of a U.S. fishery management plan in 1993. While most of the species still have much lower populations than in the 1950s, the trends are good overall and a hopeful sign that well-crafted and enforced laws can help protect biodiversity. Paper here.
A Cheap, Orange Laser
Researchers at Brookhaven National Lab have come up with a simple and inexpensive way of changing the color or laser light by shining it through a tube filled with ionic liquid that preserves the laser-quality of the light. Paper here, press release here.
About 30,000 babies will be born this year in the U.S. with their genomes screened to prevent disease -- and the numbers are rising. In this week’s video I explain how genetic screening works, what it can do, and what the drawbacks are.
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