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On this week’s show: how removing the appendix might prevent Parkinson’s, and what material scientists are learning from the natural world from Latest News from Science Magazine https://www.sciencemag.org/podcast/how-appendix-could-hold-keys-parkinson-s-disease-and-materials-scientists-mimic-nature

NASA mission was first to orbit two planetary bodies from Latest News from Science Magazine https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/10/after-visits-vesta-and-ceres-asteroid-exploring-dawn-spacecraft-about-go-dark

EPA Invites 39 Projects to Apply for WIFIA Loans to Finance $10 Billion in Water Infrastructure Upgrades Headquarters, Water (OW) WASHINGTON  – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting 39 projects in 16 states and D.C. to apply for Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loans. Published November 01, 2018 at 09:30AM Read more

A promising new therapy to stop Parkinson's disease in its tracks has been developed by scientists who found that a small molecule, MCC950, stopped the development of Parkinson's in several animal models. The team hope to commence human clinical trials in 2020. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181031141520.htm

Unusual strategy for mutable virus might outdo traditional vaccines from Latest News from Science Magazine https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/nasal-gene-spray-inspired-llama-antibodies-could-prevent-all-types-flu

A clinical trial to determine whether a smartwatch app that analyzes pulse-rate data can screen for a heart-rhythm disorder has enrolled more than 400,000 participants. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181101085124.htm

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured part of the wondrous Serpens Nebula, lit up by the star HBC 672. This young star casts a striking shadow -- nicknamed the Bat Shadow -- on the nebula behind it, revealing telltale signs of its otherwise invisible protoplanetary disc. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181031141451.htm

Researchers have, for the first time, isolated groups of a few atoms and precisely measured their multi-particle interactions within an atomic clock. The advance will help scientists control interacting quantum matter, which is expected to boost the performance of atomic clocks, many other types of sensors, and quantum information systems. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181031141440.htm

By KENNETH CHANG from NYT Science https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/science/nasa-dawn-ceres-vesta-asteroids-end.html?partner=IFTTT via IFTTT

Long before the formal creation of the Silk Road, pastoral herders living in the mountains of Central Asia helped form new cultural and biological links across the region, new research shows. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181031141445.htm

Researchers have, for the first time, isolated groups of a few atoms and precisely measured their multi-particle interactions within an atomic clock. The advance will help scientists control interacting quantum matter, which is expected to boost the performance of atomic clocks, many other types of sensors, and quantum information systems. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181031141440.htm

Using evidence found in teeth from two Neanderthals from southeastern France, researchers report the earliest evidence of lead exposure in an extinct human-like species from 250,000 years ago. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181031141423.htm

via NASA Image of the Day http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/orion-s-european-service-module-to-arrive-for-first-mission

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has gone silent, ending a historic mission that studied time capsules from the solar system’s earliest chapter. from NASA Breaking News http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-dawn-mission-to-asteroid-belt-comes-to-end

A fragment of a single strand of DNA, built of the nucleobases cytosine and guanine, can be imprinted in a polymer, researchers have shown. The resulting artificial negative, with a record-long length, functions chemically like a normal strand of deoxyribonucleic acid. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181101085306.htm