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Today, you\u2019ll learn about how humans could potentially evolve to be venomous, the challenges of repurposing used electric car batteries, and how people who hate magic are more likely to have certain socially aversive traits, like needing to control social situations.

The good and the bad side of snake venom.

• \u201cCould Humans Ever be Venomous?\u201d by Stephanie Pappas
  • https://www.livescience.com/could-humans-be-venomous.html
• \u201cHow Snake Venom Kills\u2026 and Saves Lives\u201d by James Paterson
  • https://letstalkscience.ca/educational-resources/stem-in-context/how-snake-venom-kills-and-saves-lives
• \u201cProtein Folding: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly\u201d by Harvard University
  • https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2010/issue65/
• \u201cThis Animal Can Kill 10 Grown Men, But Its Body Adapted To Save Itself\u201d by Tara Yarlagadda
  • https://www.inverse.com/science/the-strange-reason-why-poisonous-animals-survive-their-own-toxins

A new era for batteries.

• \u201cCars are Going Electric. What Happens to the Used Batteries?\u201d by Gregory Barber and Aarian Marshall
  • https://www.wired.com/story/cars-going-electric-what-happens-used-batteries/
• \u201cTransportation of Electric Vehicle Lithium-ion Batteries at End-of-life: A Literature Review\u201d by Margaret Slattery, Jessica Dunn, and Alissa Kendall
  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921344921003645
• \u201cGlobal Implications of the EU Battery Regulation\u201d by Hans Eric Melin, Mohammad Ali Rajaeifar, Anthony Y. Ku, Alissa Kendall, Gavin Harper, and Oliver Heidrich
  • https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abh1416
• \u201cThe Lithium Mine Versus the Wildflower\u201d by Gregory Barber
  • https://www.wired.com/story/lithium-mine-for-batteries-versus-the-wildflower/

Who hates magic?!

• \u201cPeople who hate magic tend to be higher in socially aversive traits, according to new research\u201d By Mane Kara-Yakouabian
  • https://www.psypost.org/2022/04/people-who-hate-magic-are-higher-in-socially-aversive-traits-according-to-new-research-62968
• \u201cWho hates magic? Exploring the loathing of legerdemain.\u201d By Paul J. Silvia et al.
  • https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-45549-001

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