Today, you’ll learn about the mushrooms that are controlling the movements of robots, how horses might be a lot smarter than we thought, and what makes a strongman… strong.

Mushroom Robot

• “Engineers Gave a Mushroom a Robot Body And Let It Run Wild.” by Mike Grace. 2024.
• “Mushrooms as Nature’s Alchemists: Cycles, Connections, Healing, and Vision.” by Dana O’Driscoll. 2023.
• “Fungi May Be Communicating in a Way That Looks Uncannily Like Human Speech.” by David Nield. 2022.
• “‘Cyborg Soil’ Unearths a Complex Web of Hidden Microbial Cities.” by Edith Hammer. 2021.
• “Mushrooms Appear to Have Electrical ‘Conversations’ After It Rains.” by Russell McLendon. 2023.
• “Sensorimotor control of robots mediated by electrophysiological measurements of fungal mycelia.” by Anand Kumar Mishra, et al. 2024.

Horse Smarts

• “Horses can plan ahead and think strategically, scientists find.” by Donna Ferguson. 2024.
• “Horses can plan and strategise, new study shows.” by Jacqueline Howard. 2024.
• “Whoa, No-Go: Evidence consistent with model-based strategy use in horses during an inhibitory task.” by Louise Evans, et al. 2024.

Strongman Muscles

• “Strongman’s muscles reveal the secrets of his super-strength.” by Paul McClure. 2024.
• “11 Things That Weight [sic] Around 1000 lbs (pounds).” by Niklas. 2024.
• “Muscle and tendon morphology of a world strongman and deadlift champion.” by Thomas G. Balshaw, et al. 2024.

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Today, you’ll learn about the massive new study that suggests cell phones don’t cause cancer as some feared, a fluffy orange fungus that could one day turn your food waste into dinner, and how scientists are helping crocodiles refine their tastes.

Phones & Brain Cancer

• “Mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer, according to a major review of 28 years of research.” by Sarah Loughran & Ken Karipidis. 2024.
• “Brain tumour risk in relation to mobile telephone use: results of the INTERPHONE international case-control study.” International Journal of Epidemiology. 2010.
• “Mobile phone use and incidence of brain tumour histological types, grading or anatomical location: a population-based ecological study.” by Ken Karipidis, et al. 2018.

Fungus Food

• “A fluffy, orange fungus could transform food waste into tasty dishes.” by Anna Gibbs. 2024.
• “Neurospora intermedia from a traditional fermented food enables waste-to-food conversion.” by Vayu Maini Rekdal, et al. 2024.

Crocs & Toads

• “Taste aversion training can educate free-ranging crocodiles against toxic invaders.” by Georgia Ward-Fear, et al. 2024.
• “Introduction of cane toads.” National Museum of Australia. 2023.

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Today, you’ll learn about how to sync up clocks on Earth with clocks on the moon, a nanoparticle that could help relieve stubborn allergies, and the culture of birds.

Moon Clock

• “Researchers figure out how to keep clocks on the Earth, Moon in sync.” by John Timmer. 2024.
• “The Relativistic Framework to Estimate Clock Rates on the Moon.” by Neil Ashby & Bijunath R. Patla. 2024.

Meat Allergy

• “Tick-borne red meat allergy prevented in mice through new nanoparticle treatment.” by Jim Lynch. 2024.
• “TAK-101 Nanoparticles Induce Gluten-Specific Tolerance in Celiac Disease: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study.” by Ciaran P. Kelly, et al. 2021.

Bird Culture

• “When birds build nests, they’re also building a culture.” by Nell Greenfieldboyce. 2024.
• “Social learning in nest-building birds: a role for familiarity.” by Lauren M. Guillette, et al. 2016.

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