# 76: Science Highlights Daily | 2018-10-22

This is a curated articles about the latest discoveries in science and interesting articles tackling technology and society.

7 explanations for why mysterious radio bursts are coming from space: Chelsea Whyte

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Astronomers are scratching their heads over extremely fast radio bursts. Now they're making a list of all the theories for what - or who - is making them

AI tries to help you protect your children from cyberbullying: Alice Klein

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Artificial intelligence is being trained to spot cyberbullying on social media so that hurtful posts can be removed before they reach vulnerable teens

Old honeybees make a drumming sound to get young slackers working: Sam Wong

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The more experienced bees in a colony sometimes run around the honeycomb drumming with their bodies - which seems to energise younger colony members

Banning straws isn’t enough. We must get serious about climate change: Adam Corner

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To head off climate disaster requires difficult changes to our lifestyles, says Adam Corner, and politicians must not be afraid to say so

Mantis shrimps punch with the force of a bullet – and now we know how: Leah Crane

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The mantis shrimp has an incredibly fast punch, and it’s because of a structure called a saddle that stores energy and then releases it like an archer's bow

Your brain is like 100 billion mini-computers all working together: Clare Wilson

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Recording the electrical activity of the fine branches of human neurons has revealed that our brain cells are much more sophisticated than those of other animals

Your genes affect which university you go to but that’s no surprise: Clare Wilson

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A study has found links between a person's genes and university. But intelligence and other complex traits are shaped by both genetics and environment

The BepiColombo spacecraft is about to blast off to Mercury: Leah Crane

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On 20 October, the BepiColombo spacecraft will begin a 7-year journey to Mercury, where it will orbit and investigate the many mysteries Mercury

Pregnancy changes how hundreds of genes work in a woman’s body: Alice Klein

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Genes that alter their expression during healthy pregnancies have been identified for the first time, potentially helping us to predict at-risk pregnancies

World’s oldest fossils might turn out to just be ancient rocks: Michael Marshall

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In 2016, researchers unveiled 3.7-billion-year-old fossils – a reassessment suggests the ‘fossils’ are actually physical scars left when the rocks were deformed