Today, you’ll learn about a revolutionary new system that can turn saltwater into drinking water with the help of the sun, how your brain chooses what memories to keep, and a super-Earth with a really dark side.

Solar Drinking Water

“Solar-powered technology converts saltwater into drinking water emission-free.” King’s College London. 2024.
“Flexible batch electrodialysis for low-cost solar-powered brackish water desalination.” by Wei He, et al. 2024.
“Valuing Water.” United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2021.

Forgetting Memories

“How the brain chooses which memories are important enough to save and which to let fade away.” by Linda Carroll. 2024.
“Relax! It’ll boost your memory, study shows.” by Kate Kelland. 2010.
“Normal and Abnormal Sharp Wave Ripples in the Hippocampal-Entohinal Cortex System: Implications for Memory Consolidation, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.” by Zhi-Hang Zhen, et al. 2021.

Super-Earth

“This super-Earth is the first planet confirmed to have a permanent dark side.” by Joseph Howlett. 2024.
“LHS 3844 b.” NASA Exoplanet Catalog. N.d.
“Tidal Locking.” NASA. 2024.

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Solar Drinking Water, Forgetting Memories, Super-Earth

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