Evening edition
Friday 23 October

Seven nice things for Friday evening. Enjoy.

Eos23 Oct, 09:23
Western Australia's acid salt lakes reveal mineral cycles relevant to Mars
Long-term fieldwork on Western Australia's acid salt lakes, some 10 times saltier than seawater and as acidic as grapefruit juice, is revealing mineral formation cycles that could inform the search for past life on Mars.
Read it at Eos
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust23 Oct, 14:46
Newcastle surgeon performed over 4,000 paediatric heart operations across 30 years
The Times of India23 Oct, 13:40
Donors give $42,000 to finish Texan's 62-foot handbuilt steel boat
Good News Network23 Oct, 07:00
Grapevines under solar panels yield nearly three times heavier bunches
Good News Network23 Oct, 14:30
Orphaned 220-pound walrus calf flown 4,000 miles to SeaWorld Orlando
Eos23 Oct, 09:21
Solid-crust Theia impact could have directly formed the proto-Moon
Anthropocene Magazine23 Oct, 08:00
Cambridge scoring system ranks tofu and beans above beef and cheese