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Tam High Science 2019-2020 with Ms. Chu

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          • Unit 1. Ecosystem Interactions and Energy
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RSS Nature News

  • China now leads the world in trials for next-gen CAR-T therapies
  • Stephen Hawking biography explores an ‘exceptionally clear, uncluttered mind’
  • Bigger than CRISPR? A guide to the latest genome editors
  • Vaping in childhood has bigger health risks than we’d thought
  • Old hearts age backwards: transplanted organs adjust to host's biological age
  • Paid to peer review: firms are paying researchers to assess manuscripts for journals
  • Briefing Chat: Why scientists made papyrus scrolls, then burnt them
  • Why science wouldn’t exist without alchemy, curiosity and great writing: Books in brief
  • Anthropic’s AI biolab finds ‘CRISPR-like’ DNA in viruses. What’s next?
  • Chemists struggle to ditch hazardous solvents — even after decades of ‘green’ efforts

RSS BBC Science News

  • Watch: Starship splashdown ends in fireball
  • Fossil found on Welsh beach ends 'confusion' over 200-million-year-old fish teeth
  • Watch: From launch to fiery splashdown, SpaceX's Starship completes orbit test
  • Mexico's Pacific coast braces for Hurricane Polo
  • Offshore wind plant to bring jobs boost to Montrose
  • Shipwreck found on Nantucket beach during storm
  • One dead as nor'easter storm pummels New York and New Jersey
  • Father and son crowned Sheep Dog World Trial champions
  • Your pictures of the Harvest Moon shimmering across the UK sky
  • Bangkok roads submerged as flood disaster declared

RSS Science Daily Earth and Climate

  • Scientists may have misread a 2-billion-year-old clue about Earth
  • 1.7-billion-year-old fossils reveal a crucial clue to the rise of complex life
  • New soil test could reveal how soil microbes help feed plants
  • Earth is tearing apart beneath the Pacific Northwest
  • Scientists find two tiny new snails with shells that close like doors
  • The “big one” might not come alone: Two major West Coast faults may strike back to back
  • Scientists say a critical Atlantic Ocean current is weakening and the effects could be global
  • Stonehenge’s 6-ton altar stone may have traveled from Scotland by glacier
  • These tropical trees breathe at night to survive drought
  • One of America’s largest reservoirs just hit a record low

RSS Science Daily Fossils and Ruins

  • Scientists were wrong about this strange mammal for nearly 40 years
  • 160-million-year-old proteins show surprising power against superbugs
  • 1.7-billion-year-old fossils reveal a crucial clue to the rise of complex life
  • These medieval graves looked like family burials. DNA told a different story
  • Scientists burned their own scrolls to unlock a 2,000-year-old mystery
  • Why Viking museums still can’t escape the warrior myth
  • Stonehenge’s 6-ton altar stone may have traveled from Scotland by glacier
  • A broken rib from the world’s largest T. rex hid a 66-million-year-old secret
  • Scientists may have solved a 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls mystery
  • A 66-million-year-old tooth reveals T. rex was nearly as warm as a human

RSS Science Daily Biology

  • Scientists were wrong about this strange mammal for nearly 40 years
  • 1.7-billion-year-old fossils reveal a crucial clue to the rise of complex life
  • New soil test could reveal how soil microbes help feed plants
  • Scientists discovered two bizarre new sea spiders that are “nightmare fuel”
  • Scientists say house cats could help unlock better cancer treatments for humans
  • Don’t toss cannabis leaves: They may contain rare compounds with medical potential
  • Scientists find two tiny new snails with shells that close like doors
  • These tropical trees breathe at night to survive drought
  • A broken rib from the world’s largest T. rex hid a 66-million-year-old secret
  • Scientists discover first new penguin species in more than 100 years
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