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One in a Billion Moments - Larry's comments - Planet-like objects - Greater Adria - Jaw-dropping JWST images - Some Cosmic Hocus Pocus - China expanding their space station - Dark Tea fights Diabetes 2 - Rapid disease diagnosis -Eyedrops for macular degeneration - Robot examines breasts - Self-Oxygenating Implant for Diabetes - Genetic Roots of Vegetarianism - Esketamine Nasal Spray fights Clinical Depression - Extra Belly Fat Doesn’t Always Increase Your Risk of Diabetes - Weight Loss: The Unexpected Brain Benefits - Weight Loss Drugs Linked to Digestive Problems - Walmart Spies on Ozempic Patients - Dual-Action Immunotherapy Breakthrough - Plastic Additive Linked to Autism And ADHD - New Bioprinted Skin Heals - 'Margarita Snails' - Keyboard, cat shuts down a hospital - Container Ships with sails - Robots Cut Up scrapped Ships Safely - Humanity, a 1 in 6 Chance of Dying This Century? - 150 Dolphins Have Died, water too hot - Hidden Threat to the Great Barrier Reef - The Swiss Alps Have Lost 10 Percent Of Their Glassier Volume in 2 years - Extreme heat may make parts of Earth too hot for humans - Taking the 'fossil fuels' out of fuel cells - New Desalination System Produces Freshwater - Iron and Saltwater Batteries - Monarch butterflies aren't endangered any more - Why Korea is Dying Out - 50% of the World’s Population Will Have a Mental Health Disorder by Age 75 - Lasers deflected Using Only Air - Global Energy Transition Too Expensive? - Meta using your postings to teach AI - Superfans.
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The 43 Disappeared: Mexico’s Legacy of Impunity, with John Gibler | i3 San Miguel de AllendeJohn Gibler, is a journalist and author who lives and writes in Mexico. He is the author of I Couldn’t Even Imagine That They Would Kill Us: An Oral History of the Attacks Against the Students of Ayotzinapa (City Lights, 2017), To Die in Mexico: Dispatches From Inside the Drug War (City Lights, 2011), and Torn from the World: A Guerrilla’s Escape from a Secret Prison in Mexico (City Lights, 2018), among other books.

STN member Kirsten Dehner

New Webb image reveals mysterious planet-like objects in the Orion Nebula | CNNAstronomers find unexpected pairs of unusual planet-like objects in the Orion Nebula using the James Webb Space Telescope.

STN member Bill Krajec

32 jaw-dropping James Webb Space Telescope imagesFrom nebulas and black holes to baby star nurseries and ancient collisions, the universe has never looked more beautiful thanks to NASA's $10 billion-telescope.

Stephen Goodfellow's response to Webb mystery unraveled

China Is Planning To Double Its Space Station - Wonderful EngineeringChina is really upping its game in space exploration. They’ve got some big plans for their space station called Tiangong. Right now, it has thre

These New Blindness-Preventing Eyedrops Could Replace Ocular Injections - Wonderful EngineeringResearchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have developed a promising compound that may provide a non-invasive alternative for treating wet age

This New Robot Can Carry Out More Accurate Clinical Breast Exams Than Ever Before - Wonderful EngineeringResearchers at the University of Bristol in the UK have unveiled a groundbreaking prototype robot designed to perform clinical breast examinations (CB

Esketamine Nasal Spray: A Game-Changing Treatment for Clinical DepressionEsketamine has showcased promising results in a major clinical trial, proving more effective than standard treatments for treatment-resistant depression. Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) is a particularly challenging form of major depressive disorder. As Albino Oliveira-Maia, head of the Cham

Not Just Weight Loss: The Unexpected Brain Benefits of an Anti-Obesity DrugLiraglutide enhances brain function in individuals with obesity. For our brain to control our actions, it needs to establish links between different stimuli. For instance, it learns to connect a seemingly harmless visual cue to its potential outcome (like a red-hot hotplate indicating a risk of bur

Walmart Spies on Ozempic Patients' Shopping Habits, Finds They're Buying Less FoodThe food industry is apparently in a tizzy over the appetite-suppressing semaglutide — and even the megastore Walmart is feeling the burn.

Common Plastic Additive Linked to Autism And ADHD, Scientists DiscoverThe number of kids being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has risen sharply in recent decades, and a new study points to the common plastic additive bisphenol A (BPA) as a potential reason...

Newly-discovered 'margarita snails' from the Florida KeysThe "Margaritaville" in Jimmy Buffett's famous song isn't a real place, but it's long been associated with the Florida Keys. This string of tropical islands is home to the only living coral barrier reef in the continental US, along with many animals found nowhere else in the world. One of them is a newly-discovered, bright yellow snail, named in honor of Margaritaville. The lemon- (or, key-lime-) colored snail, along with its lime-green cousin from Belize, is the subject of a study published in the journal PeerJ.

Sails Are Being Put On Huge Container Ships To Make Them Greener - Wonderful EngineeringThe shipping industry, responsible for transporting around 90% of the world’s goods, has come under increasing scrutiny due to its significant c

Does Humanity Really Face a 1 in 6 Chance of Dying This Century?In 2020, Oxford-based philosopher Toby Ord published a book called The Precipice about the risk of human extinction.

Scientists Discover Hidden Threat to the Great Barrier ReefStudy finds nearly twice the amount of nitrogen is entering the Reef from groundwater compared to river waters. Scientists using natural tracers off Queensland’s coast have discovered the source of previously unquantified nitrogen and phosphorous having a profound environmental impact on the Grea

Climate-driven extreme heat may make parts of Earth too hot for humansIf global temperatures increase by 1° Celsius (C) or more than current levels, each year billions of people will be exposed to heat and humidity so extreme they will be unable to naturally cool themselves, according to interdisciplinary research from the Penn State College of Health and Human Development, Purdue University College of Sciences and Purdue Institute for a Sustainable Future.

MIT’s New Desalination System Produces Freshwater That Is “Cheaper Than Tap Water”MIT engineers and collaborators developed a solar-powered device that avoids the salt-clogging issues of other designs. Engineers at MIT and in China are aiming to turn seawater into drinking water with a completely passive device that is inspired by the ocean, and powered by the sun. In a pap

Monarch butterflies aren't endangered, reversing recent decision. Is that good news?Data showing the migratory monarch's decline were too precautionary, prompting the IUCN to change its status from endangered to vulnerable.

Study Reveals That 50% of the World’s Population Will Have a Mental Health Disorder by Age 75Researchers from The University of Queensland and Harvard Medical School, in a collaborative global study, have discovered that one in two people will develop a mental health disorder in their lifetime. Professors John McGrath of UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute and Ronald Kessler of Harvard Medic

The Current Global Energy Transition Is Too Expensive, The IMF Has Warned - Wonderful EngineeringIn the unfolding drama of our planet’s climate, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has sounded a sobering warning through its latest report,

Los Angeles Is Using AI To Predict Who Might Become Homeless And Help Before They Do - Wonderful EngineeringIn the battle against rising homelessness in Los Angeles, a pioneering program is using AI to predict and prevent homelessness before it occurs. This

Larry's comments for September 26th

stuff for Oct 10.pdf

STN member Bill Krajec

Geologists uncover history of lost continent buried beneath EuropeMost of “Greater Adria” is now trapped in Earth’s mantle, but some of its rocks ended up high in the Alps

STN member Bill Krajec

Webb Mystery Unraveled: Astrophysicists Explain the “Impossible” Brightness at Cosmic DawnIntense flashes of light, not mass, resolve the puzzle of impossible brightness. When scientists viewed the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) first images of the universe’s earliest galaxies, they were shocked. The young galaxies appeared too bright, too massive, and too mature to have formed s

Cosmic Simulation Hocus PocusPushing an ill-fitting piece into a continuously failing big bang jigsaw puzzle.

New Study: Drinking Dark Tea Daily Could Significantly Reduce the Risk and Progression of Type 2 DiabetesResearch indicates possible pathways through which tea consumption may lower the likelihood of developing prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. Consuming dark tea daily might reduce the risk and progression of type 2 diabetes in adults by improving blood sugar regulation, according to recent research pr

Rapid Disease Diagnosis: Bioengineering Breakthrough Boosts DNA Detection Sensitivity by 100xScientists discover that letting small amounts of DNA ‘dance’ can speed disease detection. UMass Amherst researchers have pushed forward the boundaries of biomedical engineering one hundredfold with a new method for DNA detection with unprecedented sensitivity. “DNA detection is in the center

MIT’s Self-Oxygenating Implant To Revolutionize Diabetes TreatmentThe device contains encapsulated cells that produce insulin, plus a tiny oxygen-producing factory that keeps the cells healthy. One promising approach to treating Type 1 diabetes is implanting pancreatic islet cells that can produce insulin when needed, which can free patients from giving themsel

The Genetic Roots of Vegetarianism: Is It in Your DNA?Large study found three genes strongly linked to vegetarianism. First fully peer-reviewed, indexed study to look at the link between strict vegetarianism and genetics More people would like to be vegetarian than actually are. ‘We think it’s because there is something hard-wired here that peo

Challenging Conventional Wisdom – Extra Belly Fat Doesn’t Always Increase Your Risk of DiabetesFor certain individuals, specific genetic variations may lead to the accumulation of fat in the abdominal area while simultaneously offering protection against diabetes. Conventional wisdom asserts that accumulating fat around the abdominal area increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. How

Popular New Weight Loss Drugs Linked to Digestive ProblemsWeight loss medications that mimic the hormone GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) in order to suppress appetite might also be triggering a variety of digestive problems, according to a new analysis of data from 5,411 patients.

Double Trouble for Cancer Tumors: The Dual-Action Immunotherapy BreakthroughThe small molecule, now in clinical trials, increases activity of immune cells and sensitivity of tumors to immune attack. Cancer immunotherapy drugs called PD-1 inhibitors are widely used to stimulate the immune system to fight cancer, but many patients either don’t respond or develop resistance

This New Bioprinted Skin Has Healed Severe Wounds In Pigs - And Could Do The Same For Humans - Wonderful EngineeringY’know, scientists over at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine pulled off quite a feat. In healing wounds, they used skin that w

Cat Runs Across Keyboard And Causes IT System To Shut Down At A Medical Facility In Kansas - Wonderful EngineeringIn a humorous and somewhat unexpected incident in Kansas City, Missouri, a cat managed to cause a four-hour computer system interruption at a Veterans

Robots Are Being Used To Cut Up Ships Safely - And Turns Out They Are Much More Efficient - Wonderful EngineeringDecommissioning large container ships involves a complex and ecologically sensitive process that has typically occurred in South Asia. In this procedu

150 Dolphins Have Died After Coastal Waters Hit The Temperature Of A Hot Tub - Wonderful EngineeringImagine coastal waters turning into searing, deadly cauldrons, where the mercury rises far beyond what we associate with a relaxing soak in a hot tub.

The Swiss Alps Have Lost 10 Percent Of Their Volume In Just 2 Years, Report Says - Wonderful EngineeringA recent report has found that Swiss glaciers have shrunk and lost their volumes by 10% in just two years. Scientists have repeatedly explained and wa

Scientists Have Managed To Deflect Lasers Using Only Air For The First Time Ever - Wonderful EngineeringIn a groundbreaking collaborative effort, scientists from various esteemed institutes across Germany have unveiled an innovative technique for deflect

Meta Says It Has Been Using Your Public Instagram And Facebook Photos To Train AI - Wonderful EngineeringFacebook and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, has disclosed that it has used public images and postings from these social media sites to train

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