This weekend’s links are about what’s alive on the Great Wall of China, a plastic eating boat, powering devices with finger tips, and an ancient saddle. Plus a book about shades of blue that Charles Darwin liked.
The Great Wall of China Is Coated in a Living Substance That Shields It From Harm
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-great-wall-of-china-is-coated-in-a-living-substance-that-shields-it-from-harm
The Revolutionary Plastic-Eating Boat Taking a Bite Out of Ocean Pollution
https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/the-revolutionary-plastic-eating-boat-taking-a-bite-out-of-ocean-pollution/
Students develop revolutionary technology that allows you to power devices with just your fingertips — here’s how it works
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/finger-strip-electronics-solar-wind-energy/
AI made from living human brain cells performs speech recognition
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2407768-ai-made-from-living-human-brain-cells-performs-speech-recognition/
Earliest ‘true’ saddle in east Asia discovered
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-earliest-true-saddle-east-asia.html
Why do people have wisdom teeth?
https://theconversation.com/why-do-people-have-wisdom-teeth-216148
Eleven Kinds of Blue: Werner’s Pioneering 19th-Century Nomenclature of the Colors, Beloved by Darwin
https://www.themarginalian.org/2018/02/06/werner-nomenclature-of-colours/