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Today you\u2019ll learn about controversial research by NASA suggesting that extinction-level asteroids may have hit Earth more often than we thought, how scientists are working to create electricity out of thin air, and the effects of using exclusively male mice in scientific research.\xa0\xa0

Species-Ending Asteroids\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0

• \u201cSpecies-Ending Asteroids Hit Earth More Often Than We Realized, NASA Research Suggests.\u201d by Sarah Wells. 2023.
  • https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kxpag/species-ending-asteroids-hit-earth-more-often-that-we-realized-nasa-research-suggests
• \u201cREASSESSING THE PAST MILLION YEARS OF NEO IMPACT CRATERING ON EARTH VIA HIGH RESOLUTION DIGITAL TOPOGRAPHY.\u201d by J.B. Garvin, et al. 2023.
  • https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/2608.pdf
• \u201cDr. James B Garvin.\u201d Bio. n.d.
  • https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/bio/james.b.garvin

Air Into Electricity\xa0\xa0

• \u201cNewly discovered enzyme that turns air into electricity, providing a new clean source of energy\u201d by Monash University
  • https://phys.org/news/2023-03-newly-enzyme-air-electricity-source.html
• \u201cStructural basis for bacterial energy extraction from atmospheric hydrogen\u201d by Rhys Grinter et al.
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05781-7
• \u201cThe enzyme that could help make energy dreams come true\u201d by Rhys Grinter, Ashleigh Kropp, and Chris Greening
  • https://lens.monash.edu/@medicine-health/2023/03/09/1385541/the-enzyme-that-could-help-make-energy-dreams-come-true

Female Mice

• \u201cThe Case for Female Mice in Neuroscience Research.\u201d by Catherine Caruso. 2023
  • https://hms.harvard.edu/news/case-female-mice-neuroscience-research
• \u201cConsidering sex as a biological variable will require a global shift in science culture.\u201d by Rebecca M. Shansky & Anne Z. Murphy. 2021.
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-021-00806-8
• \u201cSex bias in neuroscience and biomedical research.\u201d by Annaliese K. Beery & Irving Zucker. 2011.
  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0149763410001156?via%3Dihub

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