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Today you\u2019ll learn about whether or not birth order affects how rebellious you are, how researchers are working to turn a human brain into a machine, and what Zimbabwe is doing to try and solve their energy crisis.\xa0

Birth Order\xa0\xa0\xa0

• \u201cNew study disputes the birth order theory that later-born are \u201cborn to rebel\u201d\u201d by Laura Staloch
  • https://www.psypost.org/2023/02/new-study-disputes-the-birth-order-theory-that-later-born-are-born-to-rebel-68636
• \u201cBirth order, personality, and tattoos: A pre-registered empirical test of the \u2018born to rebel\u2019 hypothesis\u201d by Gareth Richards et al.
  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886922005487
• \u201cRebelling Against Born to Rebel\u201d by Frederic Townsend (PAYWALL, first page free)
  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1061736197900096
• \u201cSteppenwolf\u2019s Jerry Edmonton: The Man With The \u2018Born To Be Wild\u2019 Beat\u201d by Paul Sexton
  • https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/jerry-edmonton-steppenwolf-drummer/
• \u201cMars Bonfire\u201d by AllMusic
  • https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mars-bonfire-mn0000793570

Braincell Computers\xa0

• \u201cScientists unveil plan to create biocomputers powered by human brain cells\u201d by FRONTIERS
  • https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/980084
• \u201cOrganoid intelligence (OI): the new frontier in biocomputing and intelligence-in-a-dish\u201d by Lena Smirnova et al.
  • https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/science/articles/10.3389/fsci.2023.1017235
• \u201cWhat lab-grown 'mini-brains' are revealing about this mysterious organ\u201d by Clare Wilson
  • https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25533962-300-what-lab-grown-mini-brains-are-revealing-about-this-mysterious-organ/

Zimbabwe Hydro

• \u201cIn Zimbabwe, drought is driving a hydropower crisis\u2014and a search for alternatives\u201d BY ANDREW MAMBONDIYANI
  • https://www.science.org/content/article/zimbabwe-drought-driving-hydropower-crisis-and-search-alternatives
• \u201cA Grid for all Seasons: Enhancing the Integration of Variable Solar and Wind Power in Electricity Systems Across Africa\u201d by Sebastian Sterl
  • https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40518-021-00192-6
• \u201cHydropower plans in eastern and southern Africa increase risk of concurrent climate-related electricity supply disruption\u201d by Declan Conway, Carole Dalin, Willem A. Landman & Timothy J. Osborn
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-017-0037-4
• \u201cPotential for Battery Energy Storage System in Zimbabwe\u201d by Njovana G. Allen et al.
  • https://www.jree.ir/article_155040.html
• \u201cBiomass explained\u201d by EIA
  • https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/biomass/landfill-gas-and-biogas.ph

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