What I'm Reading, Science: New Year's edition
An eclectic collection of science stories for some light reading to begin the new year.
Here is another month’s links to science stories that have piqued my interest, the first set of 2023, which will hopefully bring us an exciting new year of science.
Topics this month are Physics, Astronomy, Evolutionary Biology, Space and Planetary Science, Biology, Medicine, Science and Society, Climate Change, and Technology
The full set of links will be available to paying subscribers of Critical Mass. A partial set is available to everyone.. Enjoy.
Physics
New News on Neutrinos: No Sterile ones in sight
Standard Model 1, New Physics 0
Cold Atom Beams without Laser cooling
Probing the Solar Interior with Neutrinos
Astronomy
JWST search for atmospheres in Earth-Like Planets so far is a bust
JWST spies Milky Way-like Galaxies in Early Universe
Some astrobiologists invent hopes that there are atmospheres where none are seen.
Habitable Worlds Observatory Plans Proceed
New Microwave Map of the Milky Way
Evolutionary Biology and Paleontology
An early microbe precursor to complex life?
Two Million Year-Old DNA reveals Greenland was home to Mastodons and Reindeer
Average Age of Conception for Males and Females over the past 250,000 years
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