The World's Oldest Wooden Structure and Its Significance

Today, you’ll learn about a new way to turn saltwater into drinking water, research that suggests stuffing your bad feelings deep down might actually be a good thing, and an amazing 500,000 year old discovery in Tanzania. 

Water Breakthrough 

• “New method for purifying drinking water could be used in disaster zones.” EurekAlert! 2023.  
• “Desalination.” by Water Science School. 2019.  
• “Tuning and Coupling Irreversible Electroosmotic Water Flow in Ionic Diodes: Methylation of an Intrinsically Microporous Polyamine (PIM-EA-TB).” by Zhongkai Li, et al. 2023.  

Suppress Stress 

• “Suppressing negative thoughts may be good for mental health after all.” by Z. Mamat & MC Anderson. 2023.  
• “Suppress Negative Thoughts to Improve Mental Health, Study Says.” by Lisa O’Mary. 2023.  

Ancient Wood 

• “‘Oldest wooden structure’ discovered on border of Zambia and Tanzania.” by Ian Sample. 2023.  
• “Evidence for the earliest structural use of wood at least 476,000 years ago.” by L. Barham, et al. 2023.  

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