Miscellaneous
Hello fellow science fans, we're back! Not a Buffalo returns for Season 2 with a whole host of new stories about the science and technology that will save the world. 2020 has been a strange year and we are incredibly excited to be back and discussing breakthrough research that can give us all hope about the future. In this episode we find out about Warsaw zoo keeps its elephants calm; the benefits of going through puberty and why we all have a reason to thank dragonflies. The links to all of the stories that appear in this episode are below: Ben’s Stories Marijuana test for stressed-out Warsaw Zoo elephants https://phys.org/news/2020-08-marijuana-stressed-out-warsaw-zoo-elephants.html Scientists use fruit peel to turn old batteries into new https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200826101623.htm Insect wings inspire new ways to fight superbugs: Scientists reveal how nanomaterials inspired by insect wings are able to destroy bacteria on contact - by stretching, slicing or tearing them apart https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200818103841.htm Jack’s Stories Puberty can repair the brain’s stress responses https://www.sciencenews.org/article/puberty-teens-brain-stress-responses-early-trauma CO2 Causes Earthquakes https://www.sciencenews.org/article/carbon-dioxide-earth-mantle-italy-earthquakes Positronium’s energy levels make no sense https://www.sciencenews.org/article/positronium-energy-levels-exotic-atom-physics