Ancient Diseases, Meatless Meat, and Trophy Trees: Lux Recommends #276
Welcome to Lux Recommends #276, this week’s edition of what we at Lux are reading and thinking about (want to receive this by email? Sign up here).
Articles
A Revolution Is Sweeping the Science of Ancient Diseases: “The study of DNA from millennia-old bacteria and viruses is revealing new secrets about the plague and other epidemics.” — Sam
Your Diet Is Cooking the Planet: “But two simple changes can help.” — Deena
Scientists are searching for the plural of ‘black hole,’ and their ideas are out of this world: “Popular ideas include a ‘terror’ of black holes and a ‘silence’ of black holes.” — Deena
Can we reflect sunlight to fight climate change? Scientists eye aerosol shield for Earth — Cameron
Cell and gene therapy: The next frontier in pharmaceutical services: “A few ambitious companies are pioneering a new industry serving the emerging sector” — Adam G
Daniel Kaminsky, Internet Security Savior, Dies at 42: “If you are reading this obituary online, you owe your digital safety to him.”— from Lux friend Nicky Sid
‘Undruggable’ cancer protein becomes druggable, thanks to shrub — Sujude
The Newest Status Symbol for High-Net Worth Homeowners: Trophy Trees: “In search of the perfect garden, the super rich are paying upwards of hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring in huge old trees by helicopter, barge and flatbed truck” — Adam K
Let’s Launch a Moonshot for Meatless Meat — Deena
First GMO Mosquitoes to Be Released In the Florida Keys: “The EPA approved Oxitec’s mosquitoes for release this spring. Some scientists and locals want to halt the deployment.” — Shaq
AI unlocks ancient Dead Sea Scrolls mystery — Adam K
Faster drug discovery through machine learning: “New technique speeds up calculations of drug molecules’ binding affinity to proteins.” — Adam G
Lost Cities: A Story of Coral — friend of Lux Bryan White
And Let’s Bask in This Photo of the Sun — Sam
Videos
1000 Musicians play Highway to Hell (AC/DC) — Adam K
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