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Wounded sea turtle healed with 3-D printing
Fiat Lux - UC San Diego
Birch Aquarium has teamed up with UC San Diego Library’s Digital Media Lab to create what is believed to be the first 3-D-printed brace for a sea turtle’s shell. The Loggerhead Sea Turtle was rescued a...
Dec 14, 2017
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How climate denial blogs undermine scientific understanding
Fiat Lux - By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis
Four ways to determine credibility1. Follow the data — Data trails of skeptics go cold quickly.2. Follow the money — Some prominent climate deniers are linked to think tanks that downplay human-caused...
Dec 6, 2017
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UC’s #MyLastTrash campaign asks you to help push campuses toward zero waste
Fiat Lux - By Andy Murdock, UC Newsroom
Could your next piece of trash be your last? That’s the question the new University of California #MyLastTrash campaign is hoping you’ll ask yourself. The University of California system is pushing to...
Oct 23, 2017
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Hang ten (decades): Walter Munk, inventor of the surf forecast, turns 100
theconversation.com - Paul Spence and Shane Keating
As dawn washes over Bondi Beach, you can see the surfers beyond the break, gently rising and falling on their boards. They gather like this when the …
Oct 18, 2017
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UCLA research puts wildfire risk into historic context
Fiat Lux - By Amani Itani, UCLA
This month’s wildfires in Northern California have been the deadliest in United States history, with more than 40 deaths, hundreds still missing and widespread mandatory evacuations. One of the conditions...
Oct 18, 2017