Oyster Mushrooms, Hearing, Accessibility, Obesity, Webb Space Telescope
Oyster mushroom fungus uses nerve gas to paralyse and eat tiny worms More detailed understanding of how oyster mushrooms, a carnivorous fungus, kill their prey to use them as nitrogen source.
Martin Fenner 
Oyster mushroom fungus uses nerve gas to paralyse and eat tiny worms
Oyster mushroom fungus uses nerve gas to paralyse and eat tiny worms More detailed understanding of how oyster mushrooms, a carnivorous fungus, kill their prey to use them as nitrogen source.
Hard of Hearing
Henry Gee talks about the fascinating evolution of mammalian hearing and the revelation of starting to use a hearing aid himself.
Access is not the same as accessibility: A framework for making research papers truly open
ArXiv completed intensive user research last year, looking into the accessibility of research papers. Offering well-formatted HTML in addition to PDF will lead to critical accessibility gains.
The New Obesity Breakthrough Drugs
Two new drugs to treat obesity have recently been approved. They reduce body weight by 15-20% in placebo-controlled randomized clinical trials and work by mimicking gut hormones secreted after food intake.
Two Weeks In, the Webb Space Telescope Is Reshaping Astronomy
Report on the first research activities after the James Webb Telescope launched in July 2022.
References
Oyster mushroom fungus uses nerve gas to paralyse and eat tiny worms. New Scientist. Accessed March 28, 2023. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2355065-oyster-mushroom-fungus-uses-nerve-gas-to-paralyse-and-eat-tiny-worms/
Gee H. Hard of Hearing | The End Of The Pier Show. Accessed March 28, 2023. https://occamstypewriter.org/cromercrox/2023/01/03/hard-of-hearing/
Access is not the same as accessibility: A framework for making research papers truly open – arXiv blog. Accessed March 28, 2023. https://blog.arxiv.org/2023/01/19/access-is-not-the-same-as-accessibility-a-framework-for-making-research-papers-truly-open/
Topol E. The New Obesity Breakthrough Drugs. Ground Truths. Published December 10, 2022. Accessed March 28, 2023. https://erictopol.substack.com/p/the-new-obesity-breakthrough-drugs
O’Callaghan J. Two Weeks In, the Webb Space Telescope Is Reshaping Astronomy. Quanta Magazine. Published July 25, 2022. Accessed March 28, 2023. https://www.quantamagazine.org/two-weeks-in-the-webb-space-telescope-is-reshaping-astronomy-20220725/