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POPSDecommissioning Aging Infrastructure "EXPERTS" recommend targeted decommissioning of deterioriated and obsolete infrastructure to renew degraded ecosystems. This approach will turn the middle of the United States into a bare scattering of city-states unable to communicate because their infrastructure was destroyed when it could have been fixed in a way that could also help the environment repair.
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POPSAdversity Can Affect Brain While we have known for some time that serotonin, or lack of it , is linked to depression, substance abuse and other reckless behaviors, it appears that scientists already know there is a gene-environment interaction that can cause this to happen. Since serotonin can control reproductive systems, I was wondering if this might explain why only the Alpha female (normally) has the only litter in the wolf pack. Maybe the other females are so environmentally challenged through harassment by the dominant pair, that serotonin is reduced and that affects ovulation; just a thought...
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POPSGetting out of a Jam with Jellies Kiminori Ushida and his team have found a viable component that can harvested from jellyfish. Dr. Ushida is right in stating that the cleanup of the jellyfish must be economically feasible, or the fisherman, who are the most vulnerable to the damage caused by the overpopulation of jellyfish populations, will not be able to live or keep their boats. I think this has positive environmental and economic applications all over the world where jellyfish populations are on the rise.
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POPSEureka: Smart House Energy Challenge This is part of the Visions for Tomorrow campaign launch. Eureka is a very cool show, and it is not afraid to show both the good of science, but also the unintended consequences.....PLUS is comedic and inspiring.
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POPSZero-G Germs Return to Earth I am always glad when the researchers look into the smallest of living organisms to see how bacteria will cope and can humans survive in space over the long term, as the immune system becomes suppressed over time.
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