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Scenario prompts 17 March 2025
Todays prompts are Irish facts, reversing the biological clock, lab-grown food, solar mini grids, super-realistic simulations, massive change, growing teeth, quantum resonant tunneling, squids, and the global 50.
Happy St Patricks day!
A fascinating variety of Irish facts, brought to you by Medium writers
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Dwarf Lemurs Combat Aging During Hibernation by Reversing Their Cellular Clocks
Discover how hibernating lemurs turn back time on a molecular level, helping scientists better understand cellular aging.
Lab-grown food could be sold in UK within two years
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2ern1zjkvyo
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is looking at how it can speed up the approval process for lab-grown foods. Such products are grown from cells in small chemical plants.
For climate and livelihoods, Africa bets big on solar mini-grids
Nigeria is pioneering the development of small, off-grid solar panel installations to bring reliable electricity to remote communities — setting a model for other African countries
Waabi says its virtual robotrucks are realistic enough to prove the real ones are safe
The startup says its super-realistic simulation is a better way to prove real-world safety—without the real-world miles.
The Science Behind Why Massive Change Seems To Happen All At Once
https://digitaltonto.com/2025/the-science-behind-why-massive-change-seems-to-happen-all-at-once/
Read https://www.ronimmink.com/leadership-in-a-world-of-platforms-networks-and-ecosystems/
Humans May Be Able to Grow New Teeth Within Just 5 Years
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a64188957/human-tooth-regrowth-trials-japan/
Japanese researchers are moving a promising, tooth-regrowing medicine into human trials.
Breakthrough device mimics brain’s neurons, converts light into electrical signals
The tiny micropillar quantum resonant tunneling diode (RTD) acts as a sensory neuron, detecting light, processing data, and converting it into electrical signals, all within a single nanoscale device.
Squids’ color-changing pigments could pave way for efficient solar power generation
https://interestingengineering.com/science/squids-color-changing-pigments-solar-power
Not only masters of camouflage, squids may also be experts in solar power. A fascinating study has uncovered that the pigments responsible for their remarkable color shifts could play a role in generating electricity.
The global 50
https://www.dubaifuture.ae/the-global-50
The Global 50 report shares the foundation’s view of the future and 50 opportunities for future growth, prosperity and well-being
