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Bats, true facts - Bernie, Our monthly Astro, in auto accident - Larry's Comments - Cutting Caffeine, Weird Dreaming - Rare Memory Condition “Time Travel” - Strengthen bones, permanently - Two Fecal Transplant articles - Artificial sweeteners speed up cognitive decline - 'Microbial piracy' phages fight drug-resistant infections - Meat Protects Against Cancer - Beer drinkers are mosquito magnets - Sea Salt vs. Table Salt - Late breakfast, higher mortality in older adults - The older we get, the fewer favorite songs - Longevity, politicians want to live forever - Top Harvard Mathematician Is Leaving The U.S. For China - Mathematical Sequences that Occur in Nature - Sargassum seaweed make eco-friendly building blocks - Ice generates electricity when bent - Disposal; Hydrogen-Powered Plasma Torch Melts Plastic - Zoom underwater without fins - Airtags Find Stolen Luggage - Orbit: Plasma propulsion system could help remove space debris without contact - Human impact on animal size over the last 1,000 years - Mosquito factory - Bacteria causing sea star epidemic discovered - Solar Flares May Be Far Hotter Than We Imagined - Incoming comet now Growing a Tail - Four volunteers to enter simulated Mars habitat for over a year - Enceladus’s plumes may be fooling us about life - Hit the wrong spot and an asteroid returns on a collision course - Cosmic giant challenging our understanding of galaxy formation - Supermassive black holes shrouded by dust in the early universe - Google misses legal bullet - Light-powered chip makes AI 100 times more efficient - Are FOSSIL FUELS really so bad? - Dan Britt, Orbits and Ice Ages; really good lecture!★★★ - Kids and social media, Good? Bad? - Working men faced with AI.
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Cutting Caffeine Could Do Something Weird to Your DreamsHave you recently cut down on caffeine and feel like you're having the most vivid dreams of your life? While there are a number of potential benefits of reducing our caffeine intake – such as whiter teeth and fewer trips to the toilet – we often hear one downside of cutting back on caffeine is the emergence of vivid (and sometimes scary) dreams.

French Teen With Rare Memory Condition Can “Time Travel” Through Past And FutureA teenager in France has given researchers a rare glimpse into one of the most fascinating abilities the human mind can produce

One Fecal Transplant May Lower Diabetes And Heart Disease Risk For 4 YearsThere's growing evidence that the mix of bacteria in the gut affects obesity risk, and new research backs up the thinking that 'good' bacteria transferred via fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) could help boost metabolic health across several years.

A single fecal transplant provides years of health benefitsA single fecal microbiota transplant in obese teens delivered long-lasting metabolic benefits, shrinking waistlines, reducing body fat and inflammation, and lowering heart disease risk markers, which were still visible four years later.

Beer drinkers are mosquito magnets, according to a festival study
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-beer-drinkers-mosquito-magnets-festival.html

The older we get, the fewer favorite songs we have, study shows
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-older-favorite-songs.html

Hot Mic Catches Putin and Xi Discussing Plans to Transplant Organs for ImmortalityRussian president Vladimir Putin was caught chatting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, about organ transplants and immortality.

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Scientists find that ice generates electricity when bent
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-scientists-ice-generates-electricity-bent.html

Biomimetic underwater triple-jet pack makes you an e-boosted man-sharkAround the same time we were digging up a 2025 update for the radical CudaJet pack, a different spin on underwater jetting was just surfacing into the public conscious. Like the CudaJet, Kikfin's wearable puts a multi-jet array on your back to power you to faster speeds under the surface of the sea.

Plasma propulsion system could help remove space debris without contactSpace has a trash problem, with defunct satellites, rockets, and smaller broken bits orbiting Earth at high speeds. The amount of space junk is only increasing, raising the risk of collision with active satellites and spacecraft, according to Kazunori Takahashi, associate professor in the Graduate School of Engineering at Tohoku University in Japan. Takahashi may have a solution, though.

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Solar Flares May Be Far Hotter Than We Imagined, New Calculations RevealThe powerful belch of material ejected during a solar flare may be way hotter than scientists thought it was.

Four volunteers are about to enter a simulated Mars habitat for a very long timeIt's to prepare for the first crewed mission to the red planet.

Hit the wrong spot and an asteroid returns on a collision courseScientists caution that asteroid deflection must be precise, as striking the wrong spot risks sending it through a gravitational keyhole that sets up a future collision with Earth. Using lessons from NASA’s DART mission, researchers are developing probability maps to guide safer impact strategies.

The cosmic giant challenging our understanding of galaxy formation in the early universe
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-cosmic-giant-galaxy-formation-early.html

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Richard Reeves: Why working-class men are facing the sharpest decline“A lot of the trends in the economy, in family life have just been much harder for working class men.”

Donate to Help Bernie Reim Recover from His Car Accident, organized by Keith LaunchburyMy name is Keith Launchbury, and I am raising funds for my friend Bern… Keith Launchbury needs your support for Help Bernie Reim Recover from His Car Accident

Larry's comments 09/10/25

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Scientists may have found a way to strengthen bones for lifeScientists at Leipzig University have identified a little-known receptor, GPR133, as a key player in bone health. By stimulating this receptor with a new compound called AP503, they were able to boost bone strength in mice, even reversing osteoporosis-like conditions. The breakthrough highlights a promising path toward safer and more effective treatments for millions struggling with bone loss, while also hinting at broader benefits for aging populations.

Artificial sweeteners linked to 60% acceleration in cognitive declineWhile artificial sweeteners were once touted as healthy alternatives to sugar, research continues to prove otherwise. Yet another study has now come along saying that six popular sweeteners might be truly terrible for our brains.

Meat Protects Against Cancer, Suggests Controversial Study. Here's The Catch.For years, health authorities have warned against red meat consumption, with the World Health Organization's cancer research arm classifying it as "probably carcinogenic to humans".

'Microbial piracy' uncovers new way to fight drug-resistant infections
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-microbial-piracy-uncovers-drug-resistant.html

Meal timing tied to healthy aging and longevity in older adultsHow and when we eat as we get older changes, but what impact this has on our health isn't well understood. New research, however, has found that in midlife and beyond, eating one particular meal later in the day is linked with a higher risk of early death.

A Top Harvard Mathematician Is Leaving The U.S. For ChinaOne of Harvard’s most respected statisticians, Liu Jun, has left the United States after 25 years to take up a new role at Tsinghua University in Be

Seaweed could help build the cities of tomorrowOnce a harmless drifter in the Sargasso Sea, an algae known as sargassum is now flooding tropical beaches, from Brazil to the Caribbean, with stinky, toxic piles. As it rots, it releases gases like ammonia and methane, turning paradise into a health hazard.

World’s First Hydrogen-Powered Plasma Torch Melts Plastic Waste In 0.01 SecondsA team of South Korean researchers has created the world’s first hydrogen-powered plasma torch capable of breaking down unsorted plastic waste into

Man Uses Airtags To Find Stolen Luggage - Finds Thieves Wearing His ClothesWhat started as a nightmare ended with relief, but also a lesson: if your bag goes missing, technology might just be your best ally.

We've driven animals in two shocking directions over just 1,000 yearsIn the largest study of its kind, scientists have accurately documented the massive change in animal morphology over the last 1,000 years, with domesticated animals growing larger across the board and their wild relatives becoming smaller. It underlines the true impact of one species in particular…

A starfish apocalypse: The bacterium behind billions of sea star deathsA mysterious marine epidemic has erased billions of sea stars from North America’s Pacific coast. After more than a decade of unanswered questions, scientists have traced the disaster to a single bacterial species – an invisible predator reshaping entire shorelines. In its wake, sea stars erupt in…

Images Show Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Is Now Growing a TailThe latest images of comet 3I/ATLAS are in, delivering a glorious view of the interstellar object's burgeoning tail, courtesy of NOIRLab's powerful Gemini South telescope.

Enceladus’s plumes may be fooling us about lifeSaturn’s icy moon Enceladus has long fascinated scientists with its spectacular water plumes, which NASA’s Cassini spacecraft once revealed to contain organic molecules. Many hoped these molecules hinted at life-supporting chemistry in the moon’s hidden ocean. But new experiments suggest they may not come from the ocean at all—instead, radiation from Saturn’s magnetosphere could be producing them right on Enceladus’s frozen surface.

Supermassive black holes shrouded by dust in the early universeAstronomers have discovered "dust-shrouded supermassive black holes" in the early universe, less than 1 billion years after the Big Bang—a type of object that had previously escaped detection.

Light-powered chip makes AI 100 times more efficientArtificial intelligence is consuming enormous amounts of energy, but researchers at the University of Florida have built a chip that could change everything by using light instead of electricity for a core AI function. By etching microscopic lenses directly onto silicon, they’ve enabled laser-powered computations that cut power use dramatically while maintaining near-perfect accuracy.

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