Major Science News, June 2021 | Wiki-based Science Summary

Описание: This update on recent major scientific papers and developments around the globe features news about the interstellar medium, degrowth, a brain implant, spiking CO2 emissions, a shadow library, mtDNA and longevity, engineered proteins that restore eyesight & more

These are Wikipedia-based brief reviews for last month's additions to humanity's stock of scientific knowledge. The video reviews May 2021.

All items in the video are featured in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_in...

Narration by David W. Draffin

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0:00 Intro

0:10 * Early education
https://doi.org/10.1162%2Fjocn_a_01709

0:54 * China's CO2 emissions
https://rhg.com/research/chinas-emiss...
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-...

1:33 Interstellar medium
https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41550-021-...

2:07 * Degrowth scenarios
https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41467-021-...

2:54 * Brain implant
https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41586-021-...

3:22 * Sci-Hub
https://gizmodo.com/archivists-want-t...

4:00 * mtDNA
https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41588-021-...

4:28 * Eyesight
https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41591-021-...

4:54 COVID-19

Bees
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/odd...

Vaccine
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03...

Mutations
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/12/sc...

Vietnam variant
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/wo...

Oxygen concentrators
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...

6:08 Short items

Blood pressure
https://doi.org/10.1016%2FS0140-6736%...

Longevity genes
https://doi.org/10.7554%2FeLife.57849

Methane emissions
https://doi.org/10.1088%2F1748-9326%2...
https://www.unep.org/resources/report...

Web tabs UI
https://doi.org/10.1145%2F3411764.344...

Perovskite solar cells
https://doi.org/10.1126%2Fscience.abf...

Land-use change
https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41467-021-...

Moderate alcohol
https://doi.org/10.1101%2F2021.05.10....

Zhurong on Mars
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-envi...

Cholesterol
https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41586-021-...

Reproducible science
https://doi.org/10.1126%2Fsciadv.abd1705

Lifespan
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23...

Memory consolidation
https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41467-021-...

UFOs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...

Brain map
https://doi.org/10.1101%2F2021.05.29....

11:20 Outro / Credits | Please don't forget to subscribe

Media used in the video: https://pastebin.com/aevZQ5cz
Music by Scott Buckley

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Items I added to that list (and often Wikipedia in general) are marked with a star (*) above.

Studies not featured in the Wikipedia list are not considered for the summary.
11 items from the Wikipedia list were not included in the video (you can look them up via the article):

* Mechanics of Mediterranean diets' health effects
* Pipeline cyberattack
* Quantum entanglement of 2 macro mechanical oscillators
A smallest single-chip system
Google chatbot
Atomic imaging resolution record
Carbon nanotubes technique
* Light-responsive days-lasting modulator of circadian rhythms of tissues
Perlmutter supercomputer
Way for transmuting one cell type into that of another
A record of China's EAST experimental fusion reactor

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