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  Wounded sea turtle healed with 3-D printing

  Fiat Lux

  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 from a New Jersey power plant in 2013 with a large gap in the bottom right part of her shell. This …

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  How climate denial blogs undermine scientific understanding

  Fiat Lux - Kat Kerlin

  Human-caused global warming is accepted by leading scientific organizations around the world, but public opinion about humanity’s role fails to keep pace with these consensus views. Internet blogs contribute to this gap by casting doubt on iconic climate science topics, such as polar bears and sea …

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  UC’s #MyLastTrash campaign asks you to help push campuses toward zero waste

  Fiat Lux - Andy Murdock

  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 reach its goal of zero waste by 2020. That would mean a population of around 500,000 students, staff …

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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 …

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  UCLA research puts wildfire risk into historic context

  Fiat Lux - Amani Itani

  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 that contributed to the enormous fires was the growing variation in climate and rainfall from …

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  3D Orchards: UC Researcher Turns Farms Into Virtual Reality

  kvpr.org - Ezra David Romero

  Farmers are relying more and more on technology to help them manage their crops and often that means working with unmanned aerial systems. Using …