Eco warriors and politics

• Senate education chair: Voucher agreement needed by week’s end for passage (TN Lookout)
• John Cole’s Tennessee: Reading, writing, ‘rithmetic and reloading (TN Lookout)
• Budget clears House, Senate panels, but voucher bill on hold (TN Lookout)
• Republican lawmakers make vocal push against Chattanooga VW plant union effort (TN Lookout)
• Duck River among the ‘most endangered’ in the nation (TN Lookout)
• Editor’s notebook: Arming as many Tennesseans as possible while mistreating mothers. (TN Lookout)
• U.S. Rep. Massie joins move to oust Speaker Johnson, who vows: ‘I am not resigning’ (TN Lookout)
• (Son of) Stockard on the Stump: Public records battle goes down to wire in Legislature (TN Lookout)

Science and stuff

• A puzzling mix of artifacts raises questions about Homo sapiens’ travels to China (Science News Daily)
• Tiny treadmills show how fruit flies walk (Science News Daily)
• Hibernating bumblebee queens have a superpower: Surviving for days underwater (Science News Daily)
• What can period blood reveal about a person’s health? (Science News Daily)
• In ‘Get the Picture,’ science helps explore the meaning of art (Science News Daily)
• This robot can tell when you’re about to smile — and smile back (Science News Daily)
• This newfound longhorn beetle species is unusually fluffy (Science News Daily)
• 50 years ago, scientists wondered how birds find their way home (Science News Daily)
• Scientists find a naturally occurring molecule that forms a fractal (Science News Daily)
• In a first, these crab spiders appear to collaborate, creating camouflage (Science News Daily)

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