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This Tuesday (05/28/24) - Topics sensationalized!:
Top of the World - Block Influenza A, Get Rid Flu Forever - Brain implant, speak in two languages - Maps say this place doesn’t exist.but it does - diabetes drugs help the heart - Pomegranates Stave Off Alzheimer's - More veggies, better sleep - Kombucha’s Fat-Busting Effects - Malaria vaccines, researchers get machine learning - Brain network link to stuttering - Major Leap in Global Life Expectancy by 2050 - 10 things made from petroleum - Diabetes Cure Achieved In China - Recipe For Zero-Carbon Cement - Association between tattoos and lymphoma - Microplastics Found in Human and Dog Testicles - Laser bullets create metal hardness - Make $$$ figuring out how to remove it - Consequences of Deep-Sea Mining - China Getting Rid Of Get-Rich-Quick Influencers - 30,000 years reveals hard times boost human resilience - More info on Giza Pyramid ‘Anomaly’ - Nailing pre-historic traders en masse - Domestication; 100,000 years of continuous rice evolution - Eurasian Jays got Human-Like Memory Traits - Hyena cousin that eats 300,000 termites each night - Mexico Howler Monkeys Dropping Dead From Brutal Heatwave - World Turtle Day With 15 Photographs - 308 Million-Year-Old Arachnid With Spiked Legs Found in Illinois - Power of Sex in Evolution - Venus, a Hotbed of Volcanic Activity - Earth's changing magnetic field, headaches for polar navigation - How to not die on (the way to) Mars - Fish Adapting to Weightlessness on the Chinese Space Station - BepiColombo "Heard" Something on the Way to Mercury - Comet headed toward Earth, could be visible with the naked eye - Seven Discoveries Made by Exploring Jupiter - Euclid satellite reveal billions of orphan stars - Black Hole fantasies - Unveiling Proton’s Hidden Spin - Lab uses AI machine learning to advance fusion research - WhatsApp’s Encryption cracked - What Actually Happens When You Click ‘I’m Not A Robot’ - Netflix Feature Helps You Find Shows - How Google RUINED the Internet - ChatGPT inaccurate answering computer programming questions - China's giant sinkholes with ancient forests growing inside - Algal vortex blooms at the heart of massive Baltic 'dead zone' - Gigantic Iceberg in Antarctica Tears Loose - Facts Everyone Gets Wrong About Climate Cycles on Earth.

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What's the highest place on Earth that humans live?Inhabitants of the world's highest settlement, La Rinconada, in the Peruvian Andes, face a unique set of challenges.

Brain implant in conjunction with AI app allows nearly mute man to speak in two languagesA team of neurosurgeons and AI specialists at the University of California, San Francisco, has found some success in restoring speech to a patient who lost the ability after a stroke.

International study reveals surprising twist in how diabetes drugs help the heartA randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial led by a collaboration between Duke-NUS Medical School, National Heart Center Singapore (NHCS) and Klinikum Nürnberg, Germany, has revealed surprising new insights into how SGLT2 inhibitor drugs, originally developed for diabetes, benefit patients with heart failure.

Eating more fruits and vegetables may lead to optimal sleep durationGood health depends on a healthy diet and sufficient exercise and sleep. There are clear associations among these components; for example, good nutrition provides energy for exercise, and many people report that getting enough exercise is important to their ability to get enough sleep. So how might nutrition affect sleep?

To hunt for better malaria vaccines, researchers turn to machine learningAnti-malaria drugs have been a central component of a global public health effort that saw a 44% drop in the deadly mosquito-borne disease from 2000 to 2019, but progress has stalled as the parasites that cause malaria gain resistance to these drugs.

10 surprising things that are made from petroleumFrom chocolate to toothpaste, many surprising household products and everyday items are made from petroleum.

Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma revealedOur knowledge regarding the long-term health effects of tattoos is currently poor, and there is not a lot of research within this area. Now a research group at Lund University has investigated the association between tattoos and lymphoma.

A New 'Absolute Miracle' Breakthrough Could Provide A Recipe For Zero-Carbon CementConcrete and steel production are significant contributors to global CO2 emissions, but a groundbreaking solution from Cambridge offers a promising wa

Concerning – Scientists Discover New Unintended Consequences of Deep-Sea MiningNew research shows deep-sea mining creates dust clouds that mostly settle quickly but can remain visible at long distances, possibly impacting deep-sea life. Further research is urged to understand the potential effects due to the clear and nutrient-scarce nature of these waters. 'Dust clouds' at

30,000 years of history reveals that hard times boost human societies' resilienceHuman societies that experience downturns do a better job of recovering from later disasters, new research finds.

Archaeologists Find ‘Anomaly’ Near The Pyramids That May Reveal An Ancient PortalGround-penetrating radar (GPR) has transformed archeology, allowing researchers to explore beneath the surface without excavation. This technique has

Surprising Scientists: Eurasian Jays Exhibit Human-Like Memory TraitsA study has found that jays can remember incidental details, which is similar to episodic memory in humans. According to a study recently published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, Eurasian jays have the ability to recall incidental details of past events, a trait indicative of episodic memory

It's So Hot in Mexico That Howler Monkeys Are Dropping DeadAt least 83 of the midsize primates, who are known for their roaring vocal calls, were found dead in Tabasco.

Venus Appears to Be a Churning Hotbed of Volcanic ActivityMagma might be roiling and bubbling just underneath the surface of Venus, even as you read these words – and possibly breaking through.

T-Minus: How to not die on (the way to) MarsHere are five threats Mars astronauts will face while trying to survive on our planetary neighbor — and how NASA is working to solve them.

The Seven Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made by Exploring JupiterThe giant planet is a world of extremes

The Quantum Twist: Unveiling the Proton’s Hidden SpinNew research combining experimental and computational approaches provides deeper insights into proton spin contributions from gluons. Nuclear physicists have been tirelessly exploring the origins of proton spin. A novel approach, merging experimental data with cutting-edge calculations, has now i

WhatsApp's Encryption Has Been ‘Bypassed’, Users Have Been WarnedUsers of WhatsApp have been alerted to a serious security risk since their data may have been exposed due to an encryption flaw. Elon Musk has also op

This Hidden Netflix Feature Can Help You Find Shows EasilyTired of scrolling endlessly through Netflix, overwhelmed by a sea of generic categories like “comedy” and “action” that leave

Scientists find ChatGPT is inaccurate when answering computer programming questionsA team of computer scientists at Purdue University has found that the popular LLM, ChatGPT, is wildly inaccurate when responding to computer programming questions. In their paper published as part of the Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, the group describes how they pulled questions from the StackOverflow website and posed them to ChatGPT and then measured its degree of accuracy when responding.

Earth from space: Ethereal algal vortex blooms at the heart of massive Baltic 'dead zone'In 2018, satellite images captured a stunning spiral of cyanobacteria blooming in the Baltic Sea. The swirling mass of microbes helped to create a massive "dead zone" the size of West Virginia that starved the surrounding water of oxygen.

Larry's stuff for May 28th, 2024

Stuff for May 28.pdf

This New Long-lasting Drug Can Block Influenza A And Get Rid Of Your Flu ForeverIn a perfect world, we wouldn’t get the flu, wouldn’t require annual vaccinations, and could even get rid of the virus once it has infecte

Skoll | Social Entrepreneurs Driving Large-scale Change

Something In Pomegranates May Help The Brain Stave Off Alzheimer'sA substance found in foods like pomegranates, strawberries, and walnuts restored the ability to detect and remove damaged cells in mice modeling Alzheimer's disease, scientists report in a new paper.

Kombucha’s Microbial Magic: New Study Shows Fat-Busting EffectsThe capacity of microbes to modify fat metabolism might account for potential health advantages in humans. A recent study has revealed that the microbes present in kombucha tea influence fat metabolism in the intestines of a model worm species in a way that mirrors the metabolic effects of fasting.

Research identifies brain network link to stutteringA new study published in the journal Brain has identified a specific brain network hub that plays a key role in stuttering.

New Study Predicts Major Leap in Global Life Expectancy by 2050The most recent results from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2021, recently published in The Lancet, predict a rise in global life expectancy of 4.9 years for males and 4.2 years for females from 2022 to 2050. Increases are expected to be largest in countries where life expectancy is low

The World’s First Diabetes Cure With Cell Therapy Has Been Achieved In ChinaChinese researchers and physicians are said to have used cell therapy for the first time to successfully treat a diabetic patient, marking a significa

Plastic Invasion: Microplastics Found Lodged in Human and Dog Testicular TissueUniversity of New Mexico researchers found microplastics in human and canine testicular tissues, raising concerns about reproductive health. The study discovered 12 types of microplastics, with higher levels in humans and correlations between PVC and lower sperm counts in dogs. Scientists at the

Whoever Figures Out How to Remove Microplastics From the Human Body Is Going to Make a FortuneIt's becoming ever more evident that once someone figures out how to remove microplastics from our bodies, they're going to make a killing.

China Is Planning To Get Rid Of Its Nepo-Baby And Get-Rich-Quick InfluencersThe internet in China is undergoing a major transition. Major social media sites like Weibo, Xiaohongshu, and Douyin—the corresponding versions of T

From wild to domesticated: Scientists reveal 100,000 years of continuous rice evolutionAccording to a study published in Science, researchers have used phytolith analysis and other methods to reveal the continuous evolutionary history of rice from wild to domesticated over an astonishing span of 100,000 years, providing new evidence for understanding the development of human society and the origins of agricultural civilization, and confirming that China is the birthplace of rice (Oryza sativa).

Aardwolf: The weirdo hyena cousin that eats 300,000 termites each nightAardwolves — the "weird cousin" of the hyena world that has peg teeth and only eats insects — are an evolutionary mystery, stemming from a ghost lineage that scientists haven't been able to figure out.

Celebrate World Turtle Day With 15 Photographs of the Delightful ReptilesThese shots from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo contest show why turtles are so terrific

The Earth's changing, irregular magnetic field is causing headaches for polar navigationThe Earth's liquid molten outer core, composed mostly of iron and nickel, exerts an electromagnetic field extending from the north and south pole that protects the planet from harmful solar particle radiation.

Fish are Adapting to Weightlessness on the Chinese Space StationFour zebrafish are alive and well after nearly a month in space aboard China’s Tiangong space station. As part of an experiment testing the development of vertebrates in microgravity, the fish live and swim within a small habitat aboard the station. While the zebrafish have thus far survived, they are showing some signs of disorientation. … Continue reading "Fish are Adapting to Weightlessness on the Chinese Space Station"

Bright comet headed toward Earth could be visible with the naked eyeThe incoming comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS might become as brilliant as Venus during its close approach to Earth this fall, potentially making it visible to the naked eye.

First pictures from Euclid satellite reveal billions of orphan starsThe first scientific pictures from the Euclid satellite mission have revealed more than 1,500 billion orphan stars scattered throughout the Perseus cluster of galaxies.

Princeton Plasma Physics Lab uses AI machine learning to advance fusion researchNJBIZ recently reported on a groundbreaking for a more than $100 million effort at PPPL headquarters on Princeton University’s Forrestal Campus in Plainsboro.

This Is What Actually Happens When You Click 'I'm Not A Robot'The ubiquitous “I’m not a robot” button – a seemingly straightforward hurdle we encounter online – holds a secret far more intri

Google Has Updated Its Algorithm Again - And The Internet Will Never Be The SameOver the past couple of years, Google has implemented significant updates to its search algorithm, leading to a seismic shift in how information is ac

China's 'heavenly pits': The giant sinkholes that have ancient forests growing withinChina's southwestern karst landscape is pockmarked with dozens of enormous sinkholes that look like they were made with a cookie cutter — and scientists keep finding new ones.

Gigantic Iceberg in Antarctica Tears Loose in Major Calving EventOn May 20th, 2024, an iceberg measuring 380 square kilometers (~147 mi2) broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

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