#Science Summary for October - easily catch up on last month's new scientific achievements and updated knowledge
Selection is via: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_in_science
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SOURCES:
(sorted chronologically, studies at bottom)
https://reddit.com/dqrpma
Water bear resilience
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/uoc--ch092619.php)
https://elifesciences.org/articles/47682
Robotic hand
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/18/this-robotic-hand-learned-solve-rubiks-cube-its-own-just-like-human/
https://d4mucfpksywv.cloudfront.net/papers/solving-rubiks-cube.pdf)
Nano probes
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/uoc--nns100919.php
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/10/eaav9786
Prime-Editing
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-gene-editing-tool-could-fix-genetic-defects-with-fewer-unwanted-effects1/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1711-4
#Asteroid acidification
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/21/ocean-acidification-can-cause-mass-extinctions-fossils-reveal
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/10/15/1905989116
Ice age impact
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/29/world/ice-age-extraterrestrial-impact-scn/index.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-51552-8
Quantum supremacy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/10/23/google-scientists-say-theyve-achieved-quantum-supremacy/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1666-5
Sea level rise
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/29/climate/coastal-cities-underwater.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12808-z#Sec2
Insect decline
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2019/10/30/Insect-biodiversity-has-declined-by-a-third-on-some-landscapes/7101572461621/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1684-3
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#Carbon
https://phys.org/news/2019-10-scientists-quantify-global-volcanic-co2.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-019-0454-z
#Saturn moons
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/07/world/saturn-20-new-moons-scn/index.html
https://carnegiescience.edu/news/saturn-surpasses-jupiter-after-discovery-20-new-moons-and-you-can-help-name-them
Cartilage-repair
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/10/health/humans-salamander-regenerate-intl-hnk-scli-scn/index.html
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/10/eaax3203
Brain activity-lifespan
https://newatlas.com/medical/landmark-harvard-study-excessive-neural-activity-aging-shorter-lifespan
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1647-8
#3Dprinter: large
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191017141056.htm
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6463/360
3D printer: small
https://phys.org/news/2019-10-d-technique-nanoscale-fabrication-fold.html
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6461/105
Plutonium
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/esrf-ans101819.php
https://www.esrf.eu/home/news/general/content-news/general/a-new-stable-form-of-plutonium-discovered-at-the-esrf.html
CO2-filtering battery-device
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191025170815.htm
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/ee/c9ee02412c
#Hygiea
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/28/world/hygiea-smallest-dwarf-planet-intl-scli-trnd-scn/index.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-019-0915-8
#Borisov
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2221767-alien-water-may-have-been-found-on-interstellar-comet-borisov/
https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.12785
Solar cell film
https://phys.org/news/2019-10-nanotechnology-breakthrough-enables-conversion-infrared.html
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/NR/C9NR03105G
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Not included:
New details on ancient salty lake on Mars from rover Curiosity; origin of modern humans traced to Botswana, Southern-Africa (however "You can't use modern mitochondrial distributions on their own to reconstruct a single location feor modern human origins")
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