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You want Whiskey or Whisky? - Larry's comments - Bernie's Astro - Daylight savings time or no? - Women Are Getting on Testosterone and it's Brill! - Women gain greater heart benefits from exercise than men - Parkinson's Discovery Suggests We May Have an over the counter FDA-Approved Treatment - DNA-encoded therapy for long-lasting protection against COVID-19 - 'Gluten Sensitivity' May Be a Completely Different Problem - Fecal Transplants to Help Alleviate Depression - Track gut health with smart toilet camera - The World's Most Popular Pain Relief Drug May Induce Risky Behavior - This ‘Super Vaccine’ Just Stopped Cancer...in mice - Mutant Wheat Gene Discovery Could Triple Global Grain Yields - A Shiitake Mushroom Computer (You can't make this stuff up) - How hard is making a clone, really? - Transforming power pylons into animal sculptures - Your new Fridge Is About To Start Showing Ads - AI produces shallower knowledge than web search - AI tool maps research funding impact from grants to patents - Alien AI Might Turn Advanced Civilizations 'Invisible' - The Mayans could predict solar eclipses for centuries - 6,000-Year-Old “Chewing Gum” - Rarest Wooden Artefacts Ever Found - “Lost” giant rat found alive in Papua mountains - Caught on camera: Rats snatching bats from the sky at city hibernation sites - Why honey bees overthrow their queen - 'Impossible' Life Found Beneath Arctic Ice Could Alter Climate Models - Atlantic dolphins are dying much younger - Rare fossil find reveals early evolution of mosquitoes - A 112-million-year-old time capsule filled with ancient insects - Why Some Rainbows Turn White - Space weather drill simulates Carrington-level solar storm - Mars Used to Be Blue - Have We Really Found evidence of past Life on Mars? - JWST captures distant peculiar object that might change cosmology - Million-year orbital cycles as 'pacemaker' for Earth's ancient oxygenation pulses - El Niño monsters are coming - Red Sea that vanished catastrophic flood that brought it back.
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Larry's comments 10/29/25

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Women Are Getting on Testosterone and They Say It's Absolutely AwesomeWomen report higher sex drives, more energy, better moods and tons of other benefits to testosterone therapy.

Women gain greater heart benefits from exercise than men, activity tracker analysis findsFemale individuals may experience a three-fold reduction in mortality risk from coronary heart disease when following recommended exercise guidelines, compared to male individuals. These findings, published in Nature Cardiovascular Research, suggest that sex-specific recommendations could improve coronary heart disease prevention and management.

The World's Most Popular Pain Relief Drug May Induce Risky BehaviorThe most commonly taken analgesic worldwide – and one of the most consumed drugs in the US – could be doing a lot more than just pain relief.

Scientists Say This ‘Super Vaccine’ Just Stopped Cancer In Its TracksA team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has developed a groundbreaking “super vaccine” that may one day stop cancer before it even start

Scientists Built a Working Computer Memory Out of Shiitake MushroomsA computer that relies on fungal mycelium to store information could one day be a low-cost alternative to the current generation of memory hardware.

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How the Mayans were able to accurately predict solar eclipses for centuriesThe Maya Civilization, from Central America, was one of the most advanced ancient civilizations, known for its significant achievements in astronomy and mathematics. This includes accurate calendars and detailed celestial records, but scientists don't fully understand all the details of their calculations. However, new research is shedding light on how they predicted future eclipses with remarkable accuracy.

Scientists Decode 6,000-Year-Old “Chewing Gum” — and It Reveals Secrets of Ancient LifeFor centuries, archaeologists have pieced together humanity’s distant past through the fragments left behind—bones, tools, pottery, and ancient texts. Yet,…

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“Lost” giant rat found alive in Papua mountains after 30 yearsIn the mist-shrouded mountains of New Guinea, a Czech researcher has achieved a world-first — capturing photos, video, and data of the elusive Subalpine Woolly Rat, Mallomys istapantap. Once known only from museum specimens, this giant, shaggy rodent has been rediscovered after three decades, revealing a hidden ecosystem of biodiversity. Working alongside indigenous hunters, the expedition not only unveiled new scientific insights but also strengthened the bridge between local knowledge and modern research — offering hope for conservation in one of the planet’s last unexplored frontiers.

Why honey bees overthrow their queenIt sounds like the plot of a medieval historical drama: A once-powerful monarch, weakened by illness, is overthrown by her previously loyal subjects. But in honey bee colonies, such high-stakes coups aren't just fantasy—they're a common occurrence that comes with both risk and reward for bee colonies and the food systems that depend on them.

'Impossible' Life Found Beneath Arctic Ice Could Alter Climate ModelsScientists have discovered special life forms thriving under Arctic sea ice.

Atlantic dolphins are dying much younger. Scientists sound the alarmCommon dolphins in the North Atlantic are living significantly shorter lives, with female longevity dropping seven years since the 1990s. Researchers found this decline by analyzing stranded dolphins, revealing a 2.4% drop in population growth linked to bycatch deaths and environmental pressures. The findings expose flaws in traditional counting methods and call for adaptive conservation measures, such as smarter fishing restrictions.

Rare fossil find reveals early evolution of mosquitoesIn amber some 99 million years old, LMU researchers have discovered the oldest known mosquito larva. The Cretaceous fossil comes from the Kachin region in Myanmar and was preserved in excellent condition. Described as a new species of a new genus, it has been given the name Cretosabethes primaevus. It represents both the first mosquito larva preserved in amber and the first immature mosquito from the Mesozoic Era, as only the fossils of adult mosquitoes from this era had previously been found.

Scientists unearth a 112-million-year-old time capsule filled with ancient insectsResearchers have unearthed South America’s first amber deposits containing ancient insects in an Ecuadorian quarry, offering a rare 112-million-year-old glimpse into life on the supercontinent Gondwana. The amber, found in the Hollín Formation, preserved a diverse range of insect species and plant material, revealing a humid, resin-rich forest teeming with life.

Bernie's Astro for October

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Would you get rid of daylight saving time?The clocks in the U.S. will be "falling back" on Sunday, Nov. 2, marking the end of daylight saving time for 2025. If you could decide, would you abandon it forever?

Parkinson's Discovery Suggests We May Have an FDA-Approved Treatment AlreadyResearchers have discovered how a surface protein on brain cells, called Aplp1, can play a role in spreading material responsible for Parkinson's disease from cell to cell in the brain.

Clinical trial presents promising DNA-encoded therapy for long-lasting protection against COVID-19A new way to deliver protective antibodies against COVID-19 was tested in a Phase I clinical trial. Instead of injecting pre-made antibodies into patients, this approach encouraged the body to produce its own antibodies to fight off the disease-causing viruses.

Fecal Transplants Can Help Alleviate Depression, Evidence ShowsA review of studies on fecal transplants alleviating symptoms of depression has found the treatment works best when the packages of helpful microbes are delivered straight to our gut through our butts, as opposed to an oral route.

Toilet-mounted camera takes photos of your poop so you don't have toFor just US$600, you can finally say goodbye to the tedious hassle of snapping pictures of your excrement every day in the bathroom – Kohler's new camera will automatically do it for you.

Mutant wheat breakthrough could triple grain yieldsImagine if three times as much grain could be obtained from the same amount of wheat plants as is currently possible, using the same amount of land, water and fertilizer. Well, that could soon be possible, thanks to a new genetic discovery.

Power lines go wild with giant animal pylons Nobody likes to see the view being spoiled by power lines, but they're often a necessary part of modern infrastructure. Perhaps if they could be turned from an eyesore into a focal point, even the staunchest opponents could accept them. Such is the thinking behind this creative project that…

Your Samsung Fridge Is About To Start Showing Ads, Because Nothing In Life Is Ad-Free AnymoreSamsung’s smart refrigerators are about to get a little too smart for comfort. Starting November 3, a new update will bring a widget that displays w

AI tool paints bigger picture of global impact of millions of research grants, papers and patentsTeam behind Funding the Frontier hope it will help funders and policymakers make better decisions but others worry system might favour 'safe' research

AI produces shallower knowledge than web search, study findsLearning about a topic by interacting with AI chatbots like ChatGPT rather than following links provided by web search can produce shallower knowledge. Advice given on the basis of this shallow knowledge tends to be sparser, less original, and less likely to be adopted by others.

Alien AI Might Turn Advanced Civilizations 'Invisible' in a Cosmic BlinkIs anybody out there? Probably.

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Space weather drill simulates Carrington-level solar storm, challenging satellite safety and mission control responseNo communication or navigation, faulty electronics and collision risk. At ESA's mission control in Darmstadt, teams faced a scenario unlike any before: a solar storm of extreme magnitude. Fortunately, this nightmare unfolded not in reality, but as part of the simulation campaign for Sentinel-1D, pushing the boundaries of spacecraft operations and space weather preparedness.

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'Puzzling' object discovered by James Webb telescope may be the earliest known galaxy in the universeWhile scouring images from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers spotted Capotauro, "one of the most puzzling discoveries" to date.

Researchers identify million-year orbital cycles as 'pacemaker' for Earth's ancient oxygenation pulsesA research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS), along with collaborators, has found that long-term orbital variations occurring over million-year timescales may have served as the "pacemaker" for Earth's ancient oxygenation pulses. Their findings were recently published in Geophysical Research Letters.

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The Red Sea that vanished and the catastrophic flood that brought it backResearchers at KAUST have confirmed that the Red Sea once vanished entirely, turning into a barren salt desert before being suddenly flooded by waters from the Indian Ocean. The flood carved deep channels and restored marine life in less than 100,000 years. This finding redefines the Red Sea’s role as a key site for studying how oceans form and evolve through extreme geological events.

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