Curiosity E3
Channel: Felix Bast
Date: 2020-05-17

Synopsis:
Presenting 'Curiosity E3'. Topics covered are Llama for nCov-2 antibodies, HCQ doesn’t work against nCov-2, Weather and nCov-2, nCov-2 transmission by speech, Facebook, Artificial Chloroplasts, Moths, Horses, Gardening, Gecko, Turtle, Fungi, Blackholes, Urine as lunar concrete and so on. Plus observances next week, and upcoming opportunities for students and researchers. A program that sums up important developments of last week. 

References:
1. Llama 
https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(20)30494-3.pdf
2. HCQ:  https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2012410?query=main_nav_lg
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673620310229
https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1849
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.10.20060699v1
3. Temperature: https://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2020/05/08/cmaj.200920
4. Speech https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/05/12/2006874117
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6919e6.htm
5. Global warming: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/19/eaaw1838
6. Facebook: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2281-1
7. Artificial Chloroplast: https://doi.org/10.1126%2Fscience.aaz6802
8. Horses: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-62940-w
9. Moths: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0877
10. Gardening https://doi.org/10.1038/srep11610

News
1. https://www.natureasia.com/en/nindia/article/10.1038/nindia.2020.78?WT.ec_id=NINDIA-20200512&sap-outbound-id=4C07B61CFA84799C384CAA902AAF4C32EA8E6800
2. http://www.nosmsje.gov.in/(X(1)S(zi4h1k0euawsf4111zur0dq1))/default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
3. https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~summer.research/index.php?fbclid=IwAR0s6BhZQUZK9t8Q0K_YomlfMfBETi7aRvr2UM9fA-cVrQeYZxGtoenEgNE
4. https://dawn-chorus.org/en/
5. https://india.mongabay.com/2020/05/moved-from-temple-ponds-to-the-wild-black-softshell-turtles-walk-towards-revival/
6. Bird-song submission: https://dawn-chorus.org/
7. Urine as lunar concrete https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652619340478?via%3Dihub

Opportunities
http://www.cucetexam.in/
http://nosmsje.gov.in/
https://indiabioscience.org/events/online-scientific-writing-program
IISER-K Internship: https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~summer.research/

Linked videos:
Microfiber mask: https://youtu.be/hY4zZTHqFY4
Mask with valves are bad: https://youtu.be/rcvPYpnQCG4
Spread of disinformation: https://youtu.be/XuRYTFkm21I
Boosting immune system: https://youtu.be/2XfDczSXzqc
by Dr. Felix Bast http://bit.ly/FelixLab