Today we discuss how only four minutes of small talk with a stranger can help you predict their personality traits, an exciting biodegradable battery option on the horizon, and a new discovery into the origins of dragons!
Small Talk
- “Four Minutes of Small Talk Can Reveal Key Personality Traits” by Sascha Pare
- “Small Talk and Theory of Mind in Strategic Decision-Making” by Neha Bose and Daniel Sgroi
Crab Battery
- “Crab and Lobster Shells Could Be Used To Make Renewable Batteries” by Sofia Quaglia
- “A sustainable chitosan-zinc electrolyte for high-rate zinc-metal batteries” by Meiling Wu, Ye Zhang, Lin Xu, Chunpeng Yang, Min Hong, Mingjin Cui, Bryson C. Clifford, Shuaiming He, Shuangshuang Jing, Yan Yao, and Liangbing Hu
Ancient Dragons
- “Ancient 'dragons' were Earth’s first gliding reptiles” By Jennifer Nalewicki
- “The postcranial skeleton of the gliding reptile Coelurosauravus elivensis Piveteau, 1926 (Diapsida, Weigeltisauridae) from the late Permian Of Madagascar” by Valentin Buffa, Eberhard Frey, J. Sébastien Steyer & Michel Laurin
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