A fantastic Jewellery – artist exhibition 101 William Street, Sydney.   From intimate pieces to large scale works, the contemporary jewellery in Made / Worn: Australian Contemporary Jewellery explores the act of making and how jewellery is worn on the body, telling stories that start with the artist and continue through the life of the object worn or experienced, creating new resonances with owners into the future.   https://australiandesigncentre.com/madeworncontemporaryjewellery/

"Tests are not immediate, and there are false negative results, while we know that dogs can detect Covid in its incubation phase”.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/31/world/asia/dogs-coronavirus.html

Drive around Napa or the Central Valley of California during the pandemic . You  would wonder how several wineries survived with no tourists and their tasting rooms shuttered.What has come out of the pandemic for local wineries in California  is a global reach. Virtual tours of vineyards, online classes with wine tastings and wine making, and popular Zoom happy hours  are just a few innovations that will most likely not be given up as the wineries reopen. 

A new biomaterial has been developed by researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore to aid in bone repair. The biomaterial uses discarded bullfrog skin and fish scales from local aquaculture farms, with experiments finding human bone-forming cells seeded onto the material successfully. They also multiplied which is a sign of growth, with low risk of triggering an inflammatory response. The applications are vast, meaning the biomaterial could be used to help regenerate bone tissue lost to disease or injury or around surgical implants. It provides a great alternative to using a patient's own tissue. | shorturl.at/clqOP

If we measure democracy by whether living standards are improving, then it has failed us in the last decade. Lots of solutions are being proposed. Some are about reform of the instruments of democracy, such as codes of conduct for politicians. Others are about increasing participation by we the people in democracy through things like citizen’s assemblies. They’re all good but they wouldn’t help reverse the decline in our quality of life. To do that, we need a well thought out long term plan. Now there is a way to build that together. See how at https://johnmenadue.com/our-democracy-is-broken-but-it-can-be-fixed/

For some time its been predicted that there will be a supply chain bottleneck for semiconductors/ chipsets. As our data gluttony continues and the race for super/ hyper computing increases at scale, even nice chipmakers are benefiting from the funding goldrush. While for many years, the US under-invested in manufacturing in this area, the new Administration has finally noted its strategic (and national security) importance. China didn't take much convincing - they've long had investment in the semi-conductor and R&D industries. https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/US-China-semiconductor-chipmakers-venture-capitalimage credit  Cristian Ibarra @Pixabay