Welcome back. As I emailed last Wednesday, for personal reasons I have to stop publishing this email newsletter. Unfortunately for me, this is my last email. This week with baseball underway in the US, I found an interesting article about special mud used to treat baseballs used in games. And links about an inventor creating robot copies of himself, how games run the world, microplastics in our bodies, and a Japanese company 1500 years old. Plus a woman who used an Air Tag to catch a thief. Hopefully you’ll find these links to be interesting, educational, and fun. Thank you again for reading!
Inventor Builds Six Robot Copies of Himself, Uses One to Give Speeches and Take Questions From Audience
https://futurism.com/the-byte/inventor-six-robot-copies-speeches-take-questions
Special mud rubbed on all MLB baseballs has unique, ‘magical’ properties, study finds
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/why-baseball-mud-rubbed-on-balls-works-study-rcna178321
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/science/baseball-mud-mlb.html
How Games Run Everything from Online Dating to Social Media to Stock Markets | Scientific American
A Shocking Percentage of Our Brains Are Made of Microplastics, Scientists Find
https://futurism.com/neoscope/percentage-brains-microplastics
How the Oldest Company in the World, Japan’s Temple-Builder Kongō Gumi, Has Survived Nearly 1,500 Years
California woman fed up with stolen mail sends Apple AirTag to herself to catch thief
https://apnews.com/article/airtag-mail-theft-apple-california-bf1f993430216f23efd1528ec0f6a19a
The brain stores at least 3 copies of every memory
https://www.livescience.com/health/memory/the-brain-stores-at-least-3-copies-of-every-memory
Brains of parrots, unlike songbirds, use human-like vocal control
Goodbye and Happy Trails to You…
As I promised in the last Wednesday, in a few weeks I’d like to send a final email with all my STEM sources. If you’re a teacher or parent or librarian working with kids, you might find a few useful items. Thank you again for reading! It’s much appreciated. It’s been one huge reason I’ve enjoyed publishing this newsletter and the magazine for 12 years. I’m grateful.