Our stories today discuss how bee venom can potentially help fight cancer, the history of manatees, and recent discoveries in how monkeys use tools.
Bee Venom Kills Cancer
- “Honeybee venom kills aggressive breast cancer cells: Australian study” by Rachel Arthur
- https://www.biopharma-reporter.com/Article/2020/09/07/Honeybee-venom-kills-aggressive-breast-cancer-cells-study
- “Honeybee venom 'kills some breast cancer cells'” by BBC
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-53994058
- “Honeybee venom kills aggressive breast cancer cells” by James Kingsland
- https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/honeybee-venom-kills-aggressive-breast-cancer-cells#Blocking-messages
Giant Manatees
- “New research tracks the history of manatees across Earth's oceans” by Karl Bates
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220825120334.htm
- “History of Manatees Across World’s Oceans Tracked by New Research” by Cristen Hemingway Jaynes
- https://www.ecowatch.com/manatee-history-science.html
Monkey Masturbation
- “Some Monkeys Use Stone Tools for Pleasure, Study Suggests” by Emily Anthes
- https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/26/science/monkeys-sex-toys-masturbation.html
- “Monkeys in Indonesia use rocks as 'sex toys'” by Patrick Pester
- https://www.livescience.com/monkey-stone-sex-toy-hypothesis
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