This year on Science Simplified

My favorite posts of the year

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Neil Baugh
December 18, 2024

Hello hello, welcome back for another week of science. I decided to wrap up 2024 with a list of my favorite posts from this year. Check them out!

Thank you all for sticking with me through another year of Science Simplified. I’ve had a lot going on and unfortunately the newsletter has taken the back seat for the last few months. I’m hoping to come back fresh in 2025 and keep brining you cool science all year.

1. Making materials for space

Designing bioinks for space missions

Bioinks for 3D bioprinting survive long storage periods similar to those they’d experience on space flights.

www.simplifiedsci.com/p/designing-bioinks-space-missions

2. Does timing effect how drugs work?

Circadian rhythms and drug metabolism

Circadian cycles modeled in liver cells show that timing effects drug metabolism, inflammation, and susceptibility to infection.

www.simplifiedsci.com/p/circadian-rhythms-drug-metabolism

3. More protein = more muscles

More protein = more muscles

Eating more protein post workout gives your body more to work with even after 25g, debunking a popular myth.

www.simplifiedsci.com/p/protein-muscles

4. AI’s need real human data

AI models collapse if trained by themselves

Generative AI models will collapse over time if they’re only trained on other AI-generated content. They need access to genuine human-made content.

www.simplifiedsci.com/p/ai-models-collapse-trained

5. Futuristic concrete to store energy

Electric concrete: storing energy in the ground

Carbon powder mixed into concrete and stacked into layers makes an effective energy-storing device without weakening the concrete.

www.simplifiedsci.com/p/electric-concrete-storing-energy-in-the-ground

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See you next year for more science,

Neil

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