Welcome to my last email for 2024! I love finding odd often fun and contrarian STEAM articles to share. Why don’t we have tails, for example? And did you hear about a ginger cat name Tater who likes to chase laser pointers? I get bored easily and often browse news feeds. The feeds apparently know me because they show me these odd STEM articles all the time. Hopefully you enjoy them too. In addition to some of the best Sunday links from my 2024 emails, I’ve also snuck in two extra links.
1.7.2: Plants Really Do ‘Scream’. We’ve Simply Never Heard It Until Now.
https://www.sciencealert.com/plants-really-do-scream-weve-simply-never-heard-it-until-now
1.5.2: The Getty Makes Nearly 88,000 Art Images Free to Use However You Like
https://www.openculture.com/2024/03/the-getty-makes-nearly-88000-art-images-free-to-use-however-you-like.html
1.15.2: How Sleep and Social Media Shape Teen Brain Function – Neuroscience News
https://neurosciencenews.com/teen-sleep-social-media-26205/
1.20.2: Elephants may refer to each other by name
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/06/elephants-may-refer-to-each-other-by-name/
1.9.2: Biologist Says the Sun May Be Conscious
https://futurism.com/the-byte/biologist-says-sun-conscious
1.10.2: Trees “Coughing” as They Fail to Capture Excess CO2
https://futurism.com/the-byte/trees-struggling-co2
1.29.2: Humpback whales actually make and use tools for hunting, finds new study. And it’s utterly mesmerizing to watch…
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/humpback-whale-bubble-net-feeding
1.8.2: Groundbreaking Study Reveals Why Humans No Longer Have Tails
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07095-8
1.10.2: How A Cat Named Tater Became The Star Of The First Ultra HD Video Sent From Space
https://www.slashgear.com/1542665/taters-the-cat-first-ultra-hd-video-from-space/
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-tech-demo-streams-first-video-from-deep-space-via-laser
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/news/2024/1/29/the-nasa-cat-video-explained/
https://www.youtube.com/embed/GvJtVOmFs5Q