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In this episode of Mind Blow on Vsauce2: scientists have a new hypothesis for why bugs fly around light bulbs, we learn of secret science new virus hiding in baby diapers, in space news Einstein helped discover a massive black hole, a simple drought solution, fruit helping recycle batteries, an ancient Egyptian gifting custom now has physical evidence, a massive leap in MRI brain scan technology, and bioadhesives just got stronger and safer for surgery. The type of science news found only on Mind Blow by Vsauce2.

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** SOURCES **

Why flying insects gather at artificial light (0:00)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.11...

Expanding known viral diversity in the healthy infant gut (0:39)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4156...

Abell 1201: detection of an ultramassive black hole in a strong gravitational lens (1:27)
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/articl...

Structure-guided engineering of a receptor-agonist pair for inducible activation of the ABA adaptive response to drought (2:08)
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s...

Brain Images Just Got 64 Million Times Sharper (3:49)
https://today.duke.edu/2023/04/brain-...

NTU Singapore and Se-cure Waste Management build pilot recycling plant to tackle lithium-ion battery waste with biomass waste (4:30)
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-relea...

First osteological evidence of severed hands in Ancient Egypt (5:07)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159...

Injectable gelatin-oligo-catechol conjugates for tough thermosensitive bioadhesion (5:40)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Database, 1984 (6:40)
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