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City Climate Transitions

Dark Matter Labs and EIT Climate-KIC published an interesting post about how the invisible structures & infrastructures such as regulation, procurement, contracting and finance mechanisms need to be addressed in order to accelerate the climate transitions required in cities.

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MUV-C Portable UV Disinfector

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CW Applied Technology based in Shannon, Co. Clare has developed a mobile UV disinfector that uses hospital grade disinfection to clean a room.

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DIY CO2 Monitor

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Tony Vanpoucke published a handy walk through on instructables showing how to create a DIY CO2 monitor using an Arduino nano.

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IPCC Sixth Assessment Report

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their sixth assessment report that projects five climate emergency scenarios based on current and future global emissions. The report shows that a 1.5 degree temperature increase is already locked in, and can only be reduced in the future if we hit net zero emissions by 2025. If the planet reaches net zero emission just after 2030, we are guaranteed a 2+ degree increase until after 2050.

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Russia Wants To Clone A 3000 Year Old Army

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The Russian Defence Minister wants to extract the DNA from the archealogical remains of Scythian warriors (9th to 2nd century BC) found in Siberia and use it clone an army of warriors. You would be forgiven in thinking this was the plot of a movie blockbuster but no, it was a conversation held during an online session of the Russian Geological Society last month.

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Harnessing Your Inner Crowd

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The Atlantic published an interesting article about how considering the opposite viewpoint when making a decision can lead to better decision making. The piece describes how research about the wisdom of crowds has evolved to demostrate that a change in mindset can help you to harness the power of your inner crowd, which on average leads to better decision outcomes.

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Bluetit Nest Building Timelapse

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Check out this great timelapse of a bluetit building a nest from scratch and laying an egg!

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Inflammation Clock

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Scientists have developed iAge, an inflammation based clock measure/test that can determine a person's biological age, which may be more or less than their chronological age, based on how healthy their immune system is at neutralising inflammation.

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How Many Plants

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How Many Plants is a fantasticly handy and beautifully designed website that provides identification and caring guides for all the different kinds of indoor plants!

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Fitness Trackers & COVID-19 Recovery

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A study of freely volunteered data from fitness trackers of 243 people with COVID was compared with the tracker data of 641 sick people without COVID. The study showed that it takes the body two to three months to recover from COVID-19. Resting heart rate takes the longest to return to baseline after two to three months, with step count returning to normal levels at around day 24.

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