Geckos & Skin Cancer, Music in Childhood, Underwater Camera

Today we discuss the connection between skin cancer and a leopard gecko named Mr. Frosty, how playing a musical instrument in childhood can affect brain function as we age, and how a new underwater camera can help us explore previously-unseen parts of the ocean. 

Geckos & Skin Cancer 

• “This Gecko Named Mr. Frosty and His 900 Babies May Inspire Human Skin Cancer Treatments” by Elizabeth Gamillo
  • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/reptiles-frosty-yellow-skin-may-reveal-future-treatments-skin-cancers-humans-180978075/
• “Leopard Gecko Skin Tumors Traced to Cancer Gene” by Longua Guo et al.
  • https://www.hhmi.org/news/leopard-gecko-skin-tumors-traced-to-cancer-gene

Music in Childhood

• “Playing music in childhood linked to a sharper mind in old age, study suggests” by Guardian Staff
  • https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/aug/29/playing-music-in-childhood-linked-to-a-sharper-mind-in-old-age-study-suggests
• “Experience of playing music in childhood and adolescence linked to better cognitive ability in old age: Study” Edited By: Srishti Singh Sisodia
  • https://www.wionews.com/science/experience-of-playing-music-in-childhood-and-adolescence-linked-to-better-cognitive-ability-in-old-age-study-511864

Underwater Camera

• “MIT engineers build a battery-free, wireless underwater camera” by Adam Zewe
  • https://news.mit.edu/2022/battery-free-wireless-underwater-camera-0926
• “Battery-free wireless imaging of underwater environments” by Sayed Saad Afzal, Waleed Akbar, Osvy Rodriguez, Mario Doumet, Unsoo Ha, Reza Ghaffarivardavagh & Fadel Adib
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33223-x

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