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Today we discuss how only four minutes of small talk with a stranger can help you predict their personality traits, an exciting biodegradable battery option on the horizon, and a new discovery into the origins of dragons!\xa0\xa0

Small Talk\xa0

• \u201cFour Minutes of Small Talk Can Reveal Key Personality Traits\u201d by Sascha Pare
  • https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/31/four-minutes-of-small-talk-can-reveal-key-personality-traits-study-says
• \u201cSmall Talk and Theory of Mind in Strategic Decision-Making\u201d by Neha Bose and Daniel Sgroi
  • https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/dsgroi/theoryofmind.pdf

Crab Battery\xa0

• \u201cCrab and Lobster Shells Could Be Used To Make Renewable Batteries\u201d by Sofia Quaglia
  • https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/sep/01/crab-lobster-shells-could-used-make-renewable-batteries
• \u201cA sustainable chitosan-zinc electrolyte for high-rate zinc-metal batteries\u201d by Meiling Wu, Ye Zhang, Lin Xu, Chunpeng Yang, Min Hong, Mingjin Cui, Bryson C. Clifford, Shuaiming He, Shuangshuang Jing, Yan Yao, and Liangbing Hu
  • https://www.cell.com/matter/fulltext/S2590-2385(22)00414-3

Ancient Dragons

• \u201cAncient 'dragons' were Earth\u2019s first gliding reptiles\u201d By Jennifer Nalewicki
  • https://www.livescience.com/ancient-gliding-reptile-dragon-trees
• \u201cThe postcranial skeleton of the gliding reptile Coelurosauravus elivensis Piveteau, 1926 (Diapsida, Weigeltisauridae) from the late Permian Of Madagascar\u201d by Valentin Buffa, Eberhard Frey, J. S\xe9bastien Steyer & Michel Laurin
  • https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2022.2108713?utm_medium=email&utm_source=EmailStudio&utm_campaign=Tree+canopy+changes+facilitated+the+evolution+of+the+first-ever+gliding+reptile%2C+new+study+suggests_4423303&cookieSet=1

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