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Bacteria for Blastoff: Using Microbes to Make Supercharged New Rocket Fuel - Berkeley Lab

newscenter.lbl.gov

so incredibly interesting, wish i had the F**king brain to understand all of it

and why stop thinking at space travel ? what about cars, trucks, lawn mowers ? get it done you boffins

nb: Polycylcopropanated should be Polycyclopropanated...so annoying when you're trying to absorb what you're reading !!!

 

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haha it all started when he began practicing...and the bird went LA LA LA LA ...not listening !!!!!

 

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gimme five...oh wait...just one will do

New Research By Texas A&M Professor Challenging Long-held Beliefs About Limb Regeneration

Dr. Ken Muneoka Dr. Ken Muneoka has been no stranger to disrupting the field of regeneration; for example, in a 2019 ground-breaking publication in

vetmed.tamu.edu

 

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hmm..lazy pill ?

The Benefits of Exercise in a Pill? Science Is Closer to That Goal - Neuroscience News

Researchers have identified a molecule in the blood that is produced during exercise. The molecule, Lac-Phe, can effectively reduce food intake and obesity in mouse models.

neurosciencenews.com

take away for me was

"Data from a human exercise cohort showed that sprint exercise induced the most dramatic increase in plasma Lac-Phe, followed by resistance training and then endurance training"

 

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This is why the pistol shrimp is immune to its own powerful shock waves

Anterior opening in orbital hoods helps redirect kinetic energy from the blasts.

arstechnica.com

at bottom is a link to a far more techy article

 

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this is sorta sciency...i guess...

One-hit wonder: How awards, recognition decrease inventors' creativity - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis

New research from Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis has identified one reason why some first-time producers struggle to repeat their initial creative productions while others go on to continually produce creative works.

source.wustl.edu

 

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Storage and separation of gases using Boron nitride, an article from the guys at Deakin who invented it Breakthrough in gas separation and storage could fast-track shift to green hydrogen and significantly cut global energy use Could be a game changer wrt the Hydrogen economy, still early days and many hurdles to be overcome.

 

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Old mate has since disclosed via Twitter that (1) his belief that LaMDA is sentient is based solely on his own religious beliefs; and (2) his religious beliefs are Discordianism.

Feel free to disregard

Google fires researcher who claimed LaMDA AI was sentient

After public claims that Googe's LaMDA had attained sentience and even possessed a soul, researcher Blake Lemoine has been let go.

www.engadget.com

 

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hmm...i just glossed over the article tbh...

Hitoki Trident hands-on: I'm in love with a $500 laser-blasting water pipe

The Hitoki Trident is a desktop flower water pipe that goes pew pew pew to get you high high high, and I am in love love love.

www.engadget.com

 

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bravo you boffins...

MIT engineers develop stickers that can see inside the body

MIT engineers designed an adhesive patch that produces ultrasound images of the body. The stamp-sized device sticks to skin and can provide continuous ultrasound imaging of internal organs for 48 hours.

news.mit.edu

 

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free to restore photos

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Free AI tool restores old photos by creating slightly new loved ones

A recent AI tool can restore vintage photos in a few seconds, and for free.

www.engadget.com

 

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oh boy...can i say I'm morbidly aroused ?

Inflating spider corpse creates robotic claw game of nightmares

Welcome to the exciting, rather macabre new field of "necrobotics."

arstechnica.com

maybe leave out the part about controling live animals would be nice

 

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Satellite images + lucky boat trip give new info on glowing “milky seas”

Scientists are closer than ever to understanding the phenomenon.

arstechnica.com

photo from boat here

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2207612119#fig01

 

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Yale-developed technology restores cell, organ function in pigs after death

The revolutionary technology could help extend the health of human organs during surgery and expand availability of donor organs for transplant.

news.yale.edu

 

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A beautiful, big and possibly undescribed Box Jelly described in PNG 'Are you sitting down?': Scientist believes jellyfish caught on film may be new species Nice video. According to Lisa-Ann Gershwin it's a new species but it does look a lot like Chirodectes Maculatus - Chirodectes - Wikipedia The pattern on the bell is similar, but the round markings are open on the PNG beasty. Wikipedia seems to have decided they are the same species, which is likely to my mind, but I wouldn't argue with Lisa. She is an American biologist resident in Oz for many years and is regarded as Australia's foremost jellyfish expert. She developed the Jellyfish app. She's a funny lady, I had spoken to her a couple of times for advice and one stage was going to collect specimens with her for a (failed) PhD. Seems a lifetime ago.

Box Jellies (cubozoans) are very different to other jellyfish, they are active predators who swim well compared to other Jellies that just blob around. They have a neural ring running around there bell along with true eyes, with retinas, corneas and lenses. The most famous is the large Australian Box Jelly or Sea wasp, Chironex fleckeri which causes many deaths worldwide, while a smaller species Carukia barnesi causes the Irukandji syndrome.

 

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DIY ISP

Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes

Jared Mauch gets $2.6 million from gov't to expand fiber ISP in rural Michigan.

arstechnica.com

 

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I tried to understand...but it's slightly out of my league

A New Theory in Physics Claims to Solve the Mystery of Consciousness - Neuroscience News

Consciousness can not simply be reduced to neural activity alone, researchers say. A novel study reports the dynamics of consciousness may be understood by a newly developed conceptual and mathematical framework.

neurosciencenews.com

 

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Tasmanian Tiger de-extinction attempt

De-extinction: scientists are planning the multimillion-dollar resurrection of the Tasmanian tiger

University of Melbourne partners with US biotech company to plan genetic restoration of the thylacine

www.theguardian.com

 

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Laboratory to study dark matter opens 1km under Australian town – with no bananas allowed

From deep inside a gold mine in Stawell, Victoria, researchers are hunting for the invisible substance thought to make up 85% of the matter in the universe

www.theguardian.com

 

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absooooooooooooooooolutely awesome and inspiring

2022 BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition: the winning images - BMC Ecology and Evolution

In 2022, researchers from around the world entered the BMC Ecology and Evolution photography competition. The contest produced a spectacular collection of photographs that capture the wonder of the natural world and the growing need to protect it as the human impact on the planet intensifies...

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ooooohhhh...creeeeepy AF !!!

 

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ooooohhhh...creeeeepy AF !!!

It sounds like the bowels of hell and it's also simular to sounds in 2001 a Space Oddessy.

 

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24 Bunnies was all it took. Mr Austin released 24 wild rabbits in 1859 and the rest is history. Founder of the Austin hospital. New genetic testing reveals how rabbits plagued Australia