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This Tuesday (11/21/23) - Topics sensationalized!:
What the smartphone saw - Bernie's Astro heads up for December - The Leonid Shower - Larry's comments - Who do you think you are? A superstar? Well how right you are - Sickle cell CRISPR treatment now available - Teen invents a soap to fight cancer - New drug for obesity - Simple way to save premature babies - Vegan diet nixes hot flashes - Dry mouth remedy - Enzyme mat halt Parkinson's - Backpain? Nix opioids - Persistent stuttering, the gene - New Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer - Ketamine’s Swift Treatment of PTSD and Depression - “Wet” Artificial Intelligence - Synthetic yeast genome over 50% synthetic DNA - Worms May Have Emotions - Genghis Khan helped Cool The Planet - What study on Happiness Reveals - Tall fumaroles - Cat Parasite May Trigger Frailty in Older People - Crabs come and go over eons - Ancient Earth Globe - The Big Banf thingee - Winning an Interstellar War - The AI thingee - Iceland eruption update - Surfers and mental health - The global climate change thingee - Ild impact in Lake Ontario - Fun with Acid & Lava.

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Larry's Comments Nov 21, 2023

stuff for Nov 21.pdf

STN member Hugh Hutner

U.K. Becomes First Country to Approve a CRISPR Disease TreatmentA newly approved CRISPR therapy could transform the treatment of sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia—but the technology is expensive

STN member Laurenn Rowland

A Simple Way to Save Premature BabiesWaiting two minutes to sever the umbilical cord after birth raises the chances that a premature infant will survive, new research shows.

US Teen Wins Top Prize For Inventing a Soap to Fight Skin CancerA 14-year-old US scientist has developed a soap that could help the body's immune system 'wash away' skin cancer.

FDA Approves Powerful New Drug to Counter Obesity EpidemicThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday announced it had approved Eli Lilly's highly anticipated weight loss drug Zepbound, the latest entrant in a field of powerful – and lucrative – new obesity medicines. It is expected to be...

Hydration Innovation: Scientists Unveil Groundbreaking Dry Mouth RemedyProof of concept of new material for long-lasting relief from dry mouth conditions. A novel aqueous lubricant technology designed to help people who suffer from a dry mouth is between four and five times more effective than existing commercially available products, according to laboratory tests.

Experts Warn Why We Need to Stop Treating Back Pain With OpioidsOpioids are the one of the most prescribed pain-relief for people with low back and neck pain.

Fewer Side Effects – A New Treatment Method for Pancreatic CancerResearchers from the universities of Göttingen and Karlsruhe have created an innovative treatment approach for pancreatic cancer. This new method aims to target the disease more effectively and reduce side effects. Pancreatic cancer ranks among the most lethal forms of cancer, standing as the fou

Perspective: The Rise of “Wet” Artificial IntelligenceCombining AI with traditional wet lab work creates a virtuous circle from lab to data and back to the lab.

Scientists Discover That Worms May Have “Emotions”Insights into how short-term stimulation can alter sustained brain activities and their underlying processes. Brain research is one of the most crucial fields in modern life sciences, and "emotion" is one of its major topics. Traditionally, the study of emotions in animals has been a complex area,

Mind-Altering Cat Parasite May Trigger Frailty in Older PeopleAn infamous parasite primarily carried by cats, Toxoplasma gondii, could be responsible for increased frailty in older adults, a new study reveals – and with 11-15 percent of people in the US thought to have been infected by it at some point, that's...

Ancient EarthEarth looked very different long ago. Search for addresses across 750 million years of Earth's history.

Exploring the Truth: Is the Vacuum of Space Really Empty?

Researchers Refute a Widespread Belief About Online Algorithms | Quanta MagazineThree computer scientists have disproved a long-standing conjecture about a fundamental problem involving imperfect information.

AI finds formula for how to predict monster waves by using 700 years' worth of dataLong considered myth, freakishly large rogue waves are very real and can split apart ships and even damage oil rigs. Using 700 years' worth of wave data from more than a billion waves, scientists at the University of Copenhagen and University of Victoria have used artificial intelligence to find a formula for how to predict the occurrence of these maritime monsters. The new knowledge can make shipping safer.

Study claims surfing creates $1 trillion wave for global economy by improving mental healthNew research led by Griffith University on Australia's Gold Coast and Andrés Bello University in Chile, has shown that surfing contributes about US$1 trillion a year to the global economy, by improving the mental health of surfers.

Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UNCountries' greenhouse gas-cutting pledges put Earth on track for warming far beyond key limits, potentially up to a catastrophic 2.9 degrees Celsius this century, the UN said Monday, warning "we are out of road".

Bernie's Astro news for December 2023

bernie december 23wudec23.docx

How to Watch the Dazzling Leonid Meteor Shower This WeekendThe celestial spectacle has been ongoing since the beginning of the month, but it will peak Friday night into early Saturday morning

Rob Lerner's upcoming presentation:

Water in the World, in Mexico, and here in San Miguel, with Dylan Terrell | i3 San Miguel de AllendeDylan Terrell is the Founder and Executive Director of the San Miguel-based nonprofit Caminos de Agua.

Scientists Reveal a Simple Hack to Make Your Life Feel More MeaningfulIf you're keen to live a more meaningful existence, consider framing your life as a hero's journey, says a team of scientists who conducted eight studies that "point to a profound connection between the lives we live and the stories we tell." The hero's...

Almost one in ten Australian men have committed a sexual offense against children, study findsThis report contains material that references child abuse. Readers may find the content confronting or disturbing.

Special Vegan Diet Found To Decrease Hot Flashes by 95%A new study by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has revealed that a low-fat vegan diet that includes soy fosters changes in the gut microbiome that decrease postmenopausal vasomotor symptoms, or hot flashes, overall by 95%. This diet not only completely eradicated severe hot flas

Groundbreaking Discovery: Inhibiting Key Enzyme May Halt Parkinson’s Disease ProgressionThe findings have the potential to pave the way for new disease-modifying treatments for patients with Parkinson’s disease. A study published in Nature Communications by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) investigators provides new insights into cellular mechanisms in Parkinson's disease

Gene linked to persistent stuttering into adulthood uncoveredA new study led by University of Melbourne researchers has discovered a link between a new gene pathway and structural brain anomalies in some people who stutter into adulthood, opening up promising research avenues to enhance the understanding of persistent developmental stuttering.

Rapid Relief: Ketamine’s Surprisingly Swift Treatment of PTSD and DepressionRecent research indicates that ketamine, traditionally an anesthetic, can quickly reduce PTSD and depression symptoms. This finding is significant given the slow onset of traditional PTSD treatments. However, questions remain about the optimal frequency and dosage of ketamine treatments, and the ris

Synthetic yeast genome project creates strain with over 50% synthetic DNAEntirely artificial organism opens up door to designer yeast with biotechnology applications

Genghis Khan Killed Enough People To Cool The Planet, Report Indicates - Wonderful EngineeringThe mighty leader of the Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan, is celebrated for his extensive conquests that left a profound impression on the world’s i

'Lost City' Deep in The Ocean Is Unlike Anything We've Ever Seen Before on EarthClose to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged landscape of towers rises from the gloom.

Crabs left the sea not once, but several times, in their evolutionA new study is the most comprehensive analysis yet of the evolution of “true crabs.”

Why can't we measure how fast the universe is expanding? | Digital TrendsUsually new tech brings us closer to understanding more of the universe, but in the field of cosmology, one uncertainty is only getting worse.

The censorship of cosmologyThe scientific method is one that preaches openness, humility and falsifiability. But what if cosmology has been held back by the academy for years? Join Big Bang sceptic Eric Lerner to explore the censorship taking place among the stars.

ChatGPT Is So In-Demand, It Has Stopped Accepting New Users - Wonderful EngineeringOpenAI, the artificial intelligence startup, has announced a temporary halt to new subscriptions for its paid ChatGPT Plus service, citing “over

Massive Cryptomining Rig Discovered Hidden Beneath Court In Poland - Wonderful EngineeringIn a bizarre turn of events, a clandestine cryptomining operation was discovered winding its way through the corridors and ventilation ducts of a Poli

Iceland volcano eruption likelihood remains high, possibly within 'just days,' local Met Office saysMore than 400 earthquakes rumbled southwestern Iceland before 5 a.m. on Monday, as magma continued to "slowly" move toward the surface, Icelandic officials said Monday.

Meltdown in Greenland: Ice Shelves Lose Over a Third of Their VolumeA new study shows the largest floating ice shelves in North Greenland have lost more than a third of their volume since 1978, largely due to warming ocean temperatures. This melting poses a risk to their crucial role in limiting ice flow into the ocean, impacting sea level rise. The largest float

World Must Cut Emissions By 42% by 2030 to Meet 1.5C Paris GoalThis year earth got a taste of what’s to come with rising global temperatures, warns the U.N. Emissions Gap report.

Bernie Reim's astronomical update for October

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