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Crickets - Larry's comments - Bernie's August Astro - Killer hospital meals - Brain memories move around - Video gaming is good for kids IQ's - Shock collar for PTSD and more - 'Hibernation genes' hold untapped benefit for humans - Baby from 31-year-old frozen embryo - Surgeons, higher risk of cancer - Gut Microbiome influences appetite in real-time - Cold weather? Use your touchscreen with a sausage - Can You Safely Drink Your Own Pee? - Flu drug Tamiflu works better with chocolate - 50,000 volts go through a wire at 5,000,000 FPS - FBI warns scamming happening through QR codes - Female dating app crashes and burns - Public ChatGPT Queries being Indexed By Google And Other Search Engines - AI In A U.S. State May Soon Use More Electricity Than Its Human Residents - Self-Charging Car That Powers Up While You Drive? - Shroud of Turin image matches low-relief statue - Google Has Turned 2 Billion Smartphones Into A Global Earthquake Warning System - Randomness Crisis Threatening the Internet - AI is entering an 'unprecedented regime.' Should we stop it? Can we? - 'Hyperrealistic' reconstructions of Stone Age sisters who worked in brutal mine 6,000 years ago - Did drunk apes help us evolve? - Extinct Bone Crushing Dogs - Tarantula species within record-long genitalia - Supersized stick insect discovered in Wet Tropics - Live Colossal Squid discovered in Antarctic Waters - Earth’s leaking Core - Titan, the Most Alien World in Our Solar System - Free-floating planets may form their own planetary systems - Plasma, the Filament Mystery at All Scales - Nothingness - The worst prediction in the history of science - UK Brain Drain, sky hight visa costs - Climate change melts 25% of glaciers on Antarctic island - What Is 'Nothing'?
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Scientists Find Evidence That Memories in Brain Are Physically Moving AroundNew research out of Northwestern University found evidence that memories in the brain may be moving around in response to stimuli.

Scientists Say Shock Collar-Like Device Can Treat PTSDUsing a device that functions kind of like a shock collar, researchers say they have found a fascinating, if not grisly, way to treat PTSD.

How effective is Vagus Nerve Stimulation?
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/how-effective-is-vagus-nerve-s-idAMtvQmSsWv3ZF9UWCEBg

An Ohio couple welcomes a baby boy from a nearly 31-year-old frozen embryoA baby boy born last week to an Ohio couple developed from an embryo that had been frozen for more than 30 years in what is believed to be the longest storage time before a birth.

A sixth sense you didn't know you had, powered by gut microbesThe human body is teeming with microbes, especially in the gut, and they're not just freeloaders. To coexist smoothly, our bodies need to know what these tiny residents are up to. We already know that the brain receives signals when specific nutrients reach the intestine, which in turn guides…

AI In A U.S. State May Soon Use More Electricity Than Its Human ResidentsOne of the most power-hungry AI data centres in the world might soon be built in Wyoming. The shocking news came on Monday, when Cheyenne Mayor Patric

Shroud of Turin image matches low-relief statue—not human body, 3D modeling study findsThe Shroud of Turin is a famous artifact with obscure origins. How and when it was made has long been the subject of debate among many scientists, historians and religious leaders, alike. The two most prominent theories are that it was either created as a work of art during the medieval period or that it was a piece of linen that was actually wrapped around the body of Jesus Christ after his death over 2000 years ago.

See 'hyperrealistic' reconstructions of 2 Stone Age sisters who worked in brutal mine in the Czech Republic 6,000 years agoNew reconstructions based on the skeletons of two sisters who lived in a prehistoric mining community in what is now the Czech Republic show what they likely looked like and wore.

What Happened to the Bone-Crushing Dogs That Once Hunted Across North America?Before going extinct roughly two million years ago, canids known as borophagines took down and consumed much larger prey

Supersized stick insect discovered in Wet TropicsJames Cook University researcher Professor Angus Emmott helped identify the new Acrophylla alta species and explained that the most surprising feature of this giant stick insect was its weight, which, at around 44 g, is slightly less than a golf ball.

Earth’s Core Appears To Be Leaking Up and Out of Earth’s Surface | Quanta MagazineStrong new evidence suggests that primordial material from the planet’s center is somehow making its way out. Continent-size entities anchored to the core-mantle boundary might be involved.

Giant, free-floating planets may form their own planetary systemsNew research from the University of St Andrews has found that giant free floating planets have the potential to form their own miniature planetary systems without the need for a star.

Climate change melts nearly 25% of glaciers on pristine sub-Antarctic islandAlmost a quarter of the glaciers in one of the world's last pristine ecosystems have melted from climate change, according to new research from Monash University.

Larry's comments 07/30/25

Stuff for Aug 6, 2025.pdf

Bernie's Astro for August

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Hospital food proven bad scientifically – and may undermine healthHospital meals have long been the butt of jokes, but new research shows they might actually pose a health risk, with low-quality diets failing to meet basic nutrition standards in hospitals and nursing homes.

Playing Video Games Has an Unexpected Effect on Kids' IQ, Study DiscoversResearchers have linked spending more time playing video games with a boost in intelligence in children, which goes some way to contradicting the narrative that gaming is bad for young minds.

Humans may have untapped 'superpowers' from genes related to hibernation, scientists claimScientists pinpointed key "regulators" that help control the metabolisms of hibernators, and say the same genes might hold untapped benefits for humans.

Surgeons are at higher risk of cancer, study suggestsHarvard Medical School investigators have discovered that U.S. surgeons have a cancer mortality rate more than two times that of nonsurgeon physicians and around 20% higher than most non-physician workers. While still maintaining overall lower than non-physician death rates, the unexpectedly high cancer rates might shed light on work-related risks.

Explaining how a touchscreen works with a sausageBritish mathematician Hannah Fry digs into the science of touchscreens.

New flu drug combo with chocolate compound outperforms TamifluA surprising new drug combo—including a compound found in chocolate—has outperformed Tamiflu in fighting the flu, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

FBI warns of a particular scam involving QR codesQR codes are being used increasingly by scammers, mainly because of their growing presence in everyday life.

Your Public ChatGPT Queries Are Getting Indexed By Google And Other Search EnginesA recent feature in ChatGPT allowed users to share conversations via unique links. But what began as a tool for transparency and collaboration ended u

Google Has Turned 2 Billion Smartphones Into A Global Earthquake Warning SystemGoogle has silently transformed earthquake detection. A groundbreaking study published July 17 in Science reveals that the tech giant’s Android Eart

Professor May Have Created The World's First Self-Charging Car That Powers Up While You DriveAn Indian professor has created history by coming up with the first self-charging electric car in the world that charges itself as you drive. The inno

AI is entering an 'unprecedented regime.' Should we stop it — and can we — before it destroys us?The technological singularity — the point at which artificial general intelligence surpasses human intelligence — is coming. But will it usher in humanity's salvation, or lead to its downfall?

Did drunk apes help us evolve? New clues reveal why we digest alcohol so wellApe behavior just got a name upgrade — “scrumping” — and it might help explain why humans can handle alcohol so well. Researchers discovered that African apes regularly eat overripe, fermented fruit off the forest floor, and this habit may have driven key evolutionary adaptations. By naming and classifying this behavior, scientists are hoping to better understand how alcohol tolerance evolved in our ancestors — and how it might have helped shape everything from safety in the trees to social drinking rituals.

New tarantula species so feisty that males may have evolved record-long genitalia to survive matingFour new species of tarantulas have been discovered in the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa. But these aren't just any tarantulas.

First-Ever Sighting of a Live Colossal Squid in Antarctic WatersIn a landmark moment for marine science, a live colossal squid has been observed in the depths of the Antarctic Ocean for the very first time. The groundbreaking footage was captured in March by a deep-sea exploration mission led by Dr. Kat Bolstad, a marine biologist specializing in cephalopods at

‘An act of national self-harm’: UK visa system deters top chemistry talentImmigration policies are making it much more difficult to get scientific talent to come to the UK at a time of global flux

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