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The US Dropping Billions Of Mutant Flies From The Sky - Larry's Comments June 04 2025 - Beetles That Took Things Too Far - Anti-Aging Cocktail Extends Mouse Lifespan - How does coffee affect a sleeping brain? - National fluoride will increase children's tooth decay - Daylight Boosts The Immune System - Humanoid Robot Kickboxing - Robot high-speed parkour - Four-legged robot plays badminton - U.S. Defense Research Agency boosts Optical Power Beaming - Drone attack destroys 40 bombers on the ground - 100 times faster than Starlink? - Movable box buildings - How Recycled Glass Is Made - Leprosy existed in America long before arrival of Europeans - Mysterious Columbian Ancient Human Population came and went - Skipping migration: City-dwelling monarch butterflies stay put - 60% of The Ocean Floor Could Harbor 'Rare' Supergiant Crustacean - Revised age for land-animal ancestor - The Next Frontier Of Ancient DNA - Oxygenation in the ocean may have occurred earlier than previously thought - Venus’ tectonics - Images Reveal The Sun's Surface in detail - Europa's Surface is Constantly Changing - James Webb Space Telescope presents Deepest Gaze at a Single Spot in Space Revealing Ancient Wonders - The Big Bang's Glowing 'Echo' May Be Something Else Entirely - What could we see with a planet-sized telescope? - Grow Real Penicillin from MOLD - Collapse of Swiss Glacier a Global climate Warning - Mangroves show surprising resilience to storms.
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How does coffee affect a sleeping brain?Coffee can help you stay awake. But what does caffeine actually do to your brain once you're asleep? Using AI, a team of researchers has an answer: it affects the brain's 'criticality'.

China Stages First-ever Humanoid Robot Kickboxing MatchChina hosted the world’s first humanoid robot kickboxing tournament, signaling a new era in robotic innovation. Held on May 25 in Hangzhou, Zhej

Robot navigates high-speed parkour with autonomous movement planningA team of roboticists and AI specialists at the Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Lab in Korea has designed, built and successfully tested a four-legged robot that is capable of conducting high-speed parkour maneuvers. In their paper published in the journal Science Robotics, the group describes how they gave their robot a controller capable of both planning and tracking its own movements to allow it to freely traverse a range of environments.

Four-legged robot plays badminton with humansA small team of roboticists at Robotic Systems Lab, ETH Zurich, in Switzerland, has designed, built and tested a four-legged robot capable of playing badminton with human players.

Video appears to show Ukraine drone attack in RussiaFootage shows attack drones homing in on their targets as they sit on the tarmac.

60% of The Ocean Floor Could Harbor 'Rare' Supergiant CrustaceanFar beneath the wavetops, down into the dark ocean depths, a rarely seen crustacean makes its home.

Venus’ tectonics may be actively reshaping its surfaceCircular landforms speckling the Venusian surface may be the work of tectonic activity.

Stunning Images Reveal The Sun's Surface in Unprecedented DetailModern ground-based telescopes rely on adaptive optics (AO) to deliver clear images.

JWST's Deepest Gaze at a Single Spot in Space Reveals Ancient WondersThe James Webb space telescope's deepest view of a single target yet depicts spinning arcs of light that are galaxies from the universe's distant past, the European Space Agency said Tuesday.

The Big Bang's Glowing 'Echo' May Be Something Else EntirelyPart of the reason scientists have settled on the Big Bang theory as the best explanation of how the Universe came into being is because of an 'afterglow' it emits – but a new study suggests we may need to rethink the source of this faint radiation.

Dramatic Collapse of Swiss Glacier a Chilling Warning, Experts SayThe collapse of the Swiss Birch glacier serves as a chilling warning of the escalating dangers faced by communities worldwide living under the shadow of fragile ice, particularly in Asia, experts say.

Larry's Comments June 4. 2025

Stuff for June 4, 2025.pdf

This Giant Snail Lays Eggs Out of Its Neck... Yes, SeriouslyIf you thought human birth was seriously twisted, get a load of the Mount Augustus snail from New Zealand.

Anti-Aging Cocktail Extends Mouse Lifespan by About 30 PercentScientists in Europe have tested an anti-aging drug cocktail in mice and found that it extended the animals' lifespans by around 30 percent.

National fluoride ban would substantially increase children's tooth decay and dental costs, modeling study findsFluoride has been added to public water systems in the United States since 1945 to strengthen tooth enamel and fight off bacteria, ultimately reducing tooth decay. Mass General Brigham researchers developed a model to estimate dental health outcomes for children if the United States were to ban fluoridation of public water. The new study, published in JAMA Health Forum, found that banning fluoride would substantially increase dental decay and costs particularly for publicly insured and uninsured children.

Exposure to Daylight Boosts The Immune System, Study SuggestsEver found yourself out of sync with normal sleep patterns after late nights or working a night shift? It could be you're experiencing what scientists call social jet lag.

U.S. Defense Research Agency Achieves Optical Power Beaming RecordThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in the U.S. has made a significant breakthrough in optical power beaming. A recent test by the a

This Internet Startup With Global Ambitions Aims To Be 100 Times Faster Than StarlinkWhile most eyes are fixed skyward on Elon Musk’s Starlink and its constellation of satellites, a quieter and equally ambitious player is sending int

Leprosy existed in America long before arrival of EuropeansLong considered a disease brought to the Americas by European colonizers, leprosy may actually have a much older history on the American continent. Scientists reveal that a recently identified second species of bacteria responsible for leprosy, Mycobacterium lepromatosis, has been infecting humans in the Americas for at least 1,000 years, several centuries before the Europeans arrived.

Traces of Mysterious Ancient Human Population Discovered in ColombiaColombia sits on the land through which Homo sapiens first spread from Central America to South America more than 14,500 years ago, making it a crucial population gateway.

Skipping migration: City-dwelling monarch butterflies stay putMonarch butterflies are famous for their annual migrations, but not all migrate. In recent years, more and more monarchs have been living and breeding year-round in California's Bay Area, thanks in part to the growing presence of non-native milkweeds in urban gardens.

Long shot science leads to revised age for land-animal ancestorIn 1984, an amateur paleontologist in Scotland found a remarkable specimen: a nearly complete fossil of what looked to be a lizard or salamander. Rather small in size at 20 centimeters, it would turn out to be a crucial piece in the puzzle of animal evolution.

Oxygenation in the ocean may have occurred earlier than previously thought, offering new insights into Earth's evolutionSeveral key moments in Earth's history help us humans answer the question "How did we get here?" These moments also shed light on the question "Where are we going?" and offer scientists deeper insight into how organisms adapt to physical and chemical changes in their environment.

Webb Reveals that Europa's Surface is Constantly ChangingYou'd think that icy worlds are frozen in time and space because they're - well - icy. However, planetary scientists know that all worlds can and do change, no matter how long it takes. That's true for Europa, one of Jupiter's four largest moons. Recent observations made by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) zero in on the Europan surface ices and show they're constantly changing.

Mangroves show surprising resilience to storms in a changing climateDense, spindly mangrove forests line the coast of tropical regions, buffering coastal flooding and providing a valuable sink for carbon, but there is concern that more intense and frequent storms due to climate change could have prolonged impacts on these ecosystems. A new study by Yale School of Environment scientists, however, suggests that these systems may be more resilient than expected.

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