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Snakes! - Larry's Comments - Around and in the Earth - Göbekli Tepe calendar, again - Deep Sea nodules, again - Ancient underwater bridge - Blood Pressure Pill Superior for Hypertension - Amyloids don't Cause Alzheimer’s: Quantum Effect Challenges Conventional Wisdom - New Alzheimer’s treatment - Free COVID-19 Tests Will Be Offered - treatment could hold promise for incurable brain cancer - Hitherto undiscovered Antibiotics Hiding in Our Gut Microbiomes - Weight Loss Drug Reduces Diabetes Risk by 94 Percent - Don't Give Smartphones To Children Under 11? - Japanese Man Is Eyeing ‘Double’ Life Expectancy - New Treatment Reverses Multiple Hallmarks of Aging - Phages working with antibiotics via CRISPR - Lasting Immunity with Intranasal COVID-19 Vaccine - How is Coffee Decaffeinated? - Save Mezcal From the World - Woolly mammoth 'de-extinction' is nearing reality - Tiny Backyard Bug Performs the Fastest Backflips - The Coolest Farm Machines - Student Builds Fusion Reactor At Home In 4 Weeks - Tiny Green Lasers Are Changing the Game - Heat Destroys Quantum Entanglement - Ocean Wave Energy - Information is Beautiful - Huge WWII Nazi flack tower Has Been Transformed Into Mountainous Inner-city Park - Blowing African sand - Does Pressure Keep the Deep Ocean From Freezing? - What Everyone Gets Wrong About Planes - Starlink To Beam Free Emergency Service For All Mobile Users - Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is making a strange noise - Paying for software is stupid - AI, Replace Real Estate Agent Commissions With Flat Fees - What's new in AI imaging? - New Wankel type engine, what happened to the old one? - Dancing galaxies make a monster at the cosmic dawn - Unexplained Galaxies at the Edge of the Universe - Let’s do REAL Time Travel - Black Holes and the Supercomputers, uh, let's look at a solar loop - Earth’s Temperature Could Increase by 25 Degrees - Are psychedelics effective for therapy?
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Nasa makes discovery ‘as important as gravity’ about EarthScientists find ‘invisible force’ lifting up sky 240km above the planet.

Ancient carvings at Göbekli Tepe may represent world's oldest calendarResearchers have revealed what may be the world’s oldest known lunisolar calendar, discovered at the archaeological site of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey

Amyloids May Not Cause Alzheimer’s: Quantum Effect in the Brain Challenges Conventional WisdomA unique quantum effect in biology may hold the key to deciphering a common indicator of Alzheimer's disease, challenging existing assumptions about the condition and guiding the quest for a cure. Amyloid fibrils are fibrous protein structures in the brain, linked to neurodegenerative disorders s

Free COVID-19 Tests Will Be Offered To US Households This FallAs fall and the respiratory virus season approaches, U.S. health officials are stepping up their game to combat COVID-19. In a proactive move to prote

Two-in-one treatment could hold promise for incurable brain cancer, mouse study showsResearchers at WEHI have identified a promising new two-in-one treatment that not only targets and destroys an aggressive form of brain cancer, but also helps the immune system develop a lasting defense against it.

Weight Loss Drug Reduces Diabetes Risk by 94 Percent in Clinical TrialTirzepatide, the active ingredient in the popular weight loss drug Zepbound, has been shown to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in obese or overweight adults with pre-diabetes by a huge 94 percent.

Longevity Breakthrough: New Treatment Reverses Multiple Hallmarks of AgingResearchers at MD Anderson have identified a molecule that diminishes age-related inflammation and enhances brain and muscle function in preclinical models. Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have shown that therapeutically restoring 'youthful' levels of a specific sub

New Intranasal COVID-19 Vaccine Could Give Lasting Immunity Without A NeedleThe upcoming generation of COVID-19 vaccines, which require no needles at all, may arrive soon. CDO-7N-1, a novel intranasal vaccination, has been und

The Race to Save Mezcal From the WorldClimate change, corporate money, soaring demand—can Mexico’s local agave growers find a viable path for a beloved beverage?

Brighter Than Ever: Tiny Green Lasers Are Changing the GameNIST scientists have made a breakthrough in laser technology by filling the "green gap" with new microresonators that generate an extensive range of green light. Scientists have made small red and blue lasers for years, but other colors have been a challenge. Researchers have filled an impor

Scientists Are on the Cusp of Unleashing the Power of the World’s Largest BatteryA new testing facility off the Oregon coast could be the spark that ignites a long-awaited energy revolution.

Information is BeautifulDistilling the world's data, information & knowledge into beautiful infographics & visualizations

A Storm of Sand: The Powerful Intercontinental Reach of Saharan DustSatellites observed Saharan dust moving from Morocco across the Atlantic, highlighting the Sahara’s role as a major dust source. This dust affects weather across the globe, and a recent study has shown how varying concentrations of Saharan dust can either suppress or enhance rainfall in tropical

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is making a strange noise | Digital TrendsThings have been difficult for the Starliner. Now they’ve become just plain weird.

This Startup Is Aiming to Replace Real Estate Agent Commissions With Flat FeesJosh Sitzer and his spouse put their Kansas City house up for sale in 2017, but they were unhappy about the industry’s mandate that the buyer&#8

This Company Has Created A New And Insanely Efficient Type Of Rotary EngineAstron Aerospace has recently introduced a rotary combustion engine prototype, the H2Starfire, which achieves an impressive 60% thermal efficiency whi

Why the Rotary Engine FailedFelix Wankel and NSU created a smaller, less complex internal-combustion engine. Here's why it failed.

Black Holes and the Supercomputers That Reveal Their SecretsIn a groundbreaking study using the world’s leading supercomputers, researchers have significantly enhanced our understanding of black hole accretion disks. These disks, essential for observing black holes indirectly, were simulated with unprecedented resolution, revealing new insights into their

Larry's Comments for September 3rd 2024

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Mysterious 'Donut' Structure Found Hidden Inside Earth's CoreAbout 2,890 kilometres beneath our feet lies a gigantic ball of liquid metal: our planet's core.

“Really Weird” – Deep-Sea Dark Oxygen Discovery Raises Questions About Alien LifeResearchers from Boston University have made a startling discovery: rocks are producing "dark oxygen" in a region currently under exploration for deep-sea mining. Over 12,000 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean's surface, in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), ancient rocks, millions of years old, blanke

Study Confirms: New 3-in-1 Low-Dose Blood Pressure Pill Vastly Superior for Hypertension TreatmentOver 80% of patients achieved control within a month, sustained at six months. New triple-drug combination therapy GMRx2 has proven more effective than standard hypertension treatments, significantly lowering blood pressure in patients with uncontrolled hypertension. This could drastically reduce

From Cancer to Brain Health: A New Alzheimer’s Treatment EmergesIDO1 inhibitors, drugs originally aimed at cancer, show potential in treating Alzheimer’s by improving brain metabolism. This could lead to therapies that not only manage but potentially reverse aspects of neurodegenerative diseases. Cancer Drugs and Alzheimer's Research According to a recent stud

Promising New Antibiotics Could Be Hiding in Our Gut MicrobiomesBacteria are outmaneuvering antibiotics faster than we can develop the drugs, and so scientists have turned to the human gut – a competitive environment, home to some 100 trillion microbes – to look for ingredients to use in fighting disease.

This Japanese Man Is Eyeing ‘Double’ Life Expectancy With One Very Questionable TrickA Japanese man, Daisuke Hori, 40, from Hyogo Prefecture, has claimed that sleeping for only 30 minutes a day for nearly 12 years has significantly inc

Do Not Give Smartphones To Children Under 11, EE Tells ParentsAs concerns grow over the impact of smartphones on children’s mental health and behavior, one of the UK’s leading mobile network providers, EE

Viruses can work where antibiotics don’t – new research tells us more about how they fight bacteriaViruses known as ‘phages’ might become an essential tool, as antibiotic-resistant bacteria threaten conventional remedies.

'Closer than people think': Woolly mammoth 'de-extinction' is nearing reality — and we have no idea what happens nextScientists are getting very close to bringing a few iconic species, like woolly mammoths and dodos, back from extinction. That may not be a good thing.

Astonishing Aerials: This Tiny Backyard Bug Performs the Fastest Backflips on EarthResearchers have detailed the jumping mechanics of globular springtails, small hexapods that perform rapid, spinning backflips to avoid predators. Using high-speed cameras, they captured these jumps, revealing how springtails use a special appendage to achieve remarkable speeds and heights, far e

Math Student Builds Fusion Reactor At Home In 4 Weeks And Achieves PlasmaIn a remarkable feat, Hudhayfa Nazoordeen, a University of Waterloo math student, constructed a fusion reactor in his bedroom in just four weeks. With

Computer Scientists Prove That Heat Destroys Entanglement | Quanta MagazineWhile devising a new quantum algorithm, four researchers accidentally established a hard limit on the “spooky” phenomenon.

This Huge WWII Nazi Bunker Has Been Transformed Into A Mountainous Inner-city ParkOriginally built during World War II as a fortress to shield Hamburg residents from Allied air raids, the St. Pauli Bunker, once a symbol of Nazi ideo

Starlink To Beam Free Emergency Service For All Mobile Users GloballyElon Musk’s Starlink is set to provide free emergency services to all mobile phone users worldwide, using its satellite network to reach even the mo

Dancing galaxies make a monster at the cosmic dawnAstronomers have spotted a pair of galaxies in the act of merging 12.8 billion years ago. The characteristics of these galaxies indicate that the merger will form a monster galaxy, one of the brightest types of objects in the Universe.

Earth’s Temperature Could Increase by 25 Degrees: Startling New Research Reveals That CO2 Has More Impact Than Previously ThoughtAnalysis of Pacific Ocean sediments shows doubling atmospheric CO2 might raise Earth's temperature by up to 14 degrees, exceeding IPCC predictions, with historical data indicating significant future climate impacts. Doubling the atmospheric CO2 levels could raise Earth's average temperature by 7

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