{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64f1f67000d9130011234429/663909da2f30550012c2d961?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Solar Drinking Water, Forgetting Memories, Super-Earth","description":"<p>Today, you’ll learn about a revolutionary new system that can turn saltwater into drinking water with the help of the sun, how your brain chooses what memories to keep, and a super-Earth with a really dark side.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Solar Drinking Water&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“Solar-powered technology converts saltwater into drinking water emission-free.” <a href=\"https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/solar-powered-technology-converts-saltwater-into-drinking-water-emission-free\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">King’s College London. 2024.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Flexible batch electrodialysis for low-cost solar-powered brackish water desalination.” <a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-024-00213-w\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Wei He, et al. 2024.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Valuing Water.” <a href=\"https://unhabitat.org/sites/default/files/2021/07/375751eng.pdf#:~:text=About%201.6%20billion%20people%20face%20%E2%80%98economic%E2%80%99%20water%20scarcity%2C,(Comprehensive%20Assessment%20of%20Water%20Management%20in%20Agriculture%2C%202007)\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2021.</a>&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Forgetting Memories&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“How the brain chooses which memories are important enough to save and which to let fade away.” <a href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/brain-chooses-memories-sleep-rcna145159\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Linda Carroll. 2024.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Relax! It’ll boost your memory, study shows.” <a href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna36021178\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Kate Kelland. 2010.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Normal and Abnormal Sharp Wave Ripples in the Hippocampal-Entohinal Cortex System: Implications for Memory Consolidation, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.” <a href=\"https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2021.683483/full\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Zhi-Hang Zhen, et al. 2021.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Super-Earth&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“This super-Earth is the first planet confirmed to have a permanent dark side.” <a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00414-z\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Joseph Howlett. 2024.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“LHS 3844 b.” <a href=\"https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/7349/lhs-3844-b/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">NASA Exoplanet Catalog. N.d.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li><li>“Tidal Locking.” <a href=\"https://science.nasa.gov/moon/tidal-locking/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">NASA. 2024.</a>&nbsp;</li></ul>","author_name":"Discovery"}