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Scientific American-Today in Science.

"Lucid dreaming could teach you to fly in your sleep." Views expressed in this science and technology update are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 06 January 2025, 2237 UTC. Content and Source:  https://www.scientificamerican.com Please check link or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://hawaiisciencejournal.blogspot.com).   January 6, 2025 : Dream engineers help people manipulate their dreams, a stamp has saved millions of acres of waterfowl habitat, and mitochondrial DNA that can hop into human DNA. — Andrea Gawrylewski, Chief Newsletter Editor TODAY'S NEWS Little loops floating inside this illustration of a mitochondrion represent its DNA. Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/Getty Images • Pieces of  mitochondrial DNA can jump into chromosomes . Such events frequently happen in the human brain and may influence lifespan. | 4 min read • Meet Pearl Young, a self-proclaimed "hell raiser" who...