Interesting News, Articles & Stuff
- Thread starter Summer
- Start date
strech
Well-Known Member
Brain Scans Confirm There's a Part of You That Remains 'You' Throughout Your Life
At the very core of your identity a kernel of self awareness combines memories of the past with the fleeting sensations of the present, and adds a touch of anticipation for the future.
www.sciencealert.com
cybrguy
Putin is a War Criminal
Yeah, I didn't even fall for that as a little kid, tho it was usually "Smell MY finger"...
C No Ego
Well-Known Member
cats love it ... it is an aphrodisiac to eat ants for them... when smashed ants smell like terpenes
Leg-lengthening: The people having surgery to be a bit taller
Each year hundreds of people around the world are opting for long, often painful surgery to extend their legs in a bid to make themselves a few inches taller. But the complex procedure isn't without risk and health experts say some are being left with long-term problems.
World's biggest iceberg captured by RAF cameras
An RAF aircraft has obtained images of the world's biggest iceberg as it drifts through the South Atlantic.The A400m transporter flew low over the 4,200-sq-km block, known as A68a, to observe its increasingly ragged state.
Planck
believes in Dog
There's more than one way to cure the fake not fake virus.
December 5, 2020: A momentous boom rocked parts of Upper New York State on December 2 after an exceptionally large meteor infiltrated the earth's atmosphere. The explosive flash produced a brilliant shadow across the city of Toronto, and the far reaching roar from the explosion created seismic like shaking across portions of north central New York
December 5, 2020: A momentous boom rocked parts of Upper New York State on December 2 after an exceptionally large meteor infiltrated the earth's atmosphere. The explosive flash produced a brilliant shadow across the city of Toronto, and the far reaching roar from the explosion created seismic like shaking across portions of north central New York
They Bet Big on Trump. Now They Claim Fraud.
Americans (with a few exceptions) cannot legally bet on elections, but gamblers in Europe and Asia poured millions into the 2020 presidential race. Some of those bettors, like a Brit who wagered about $1 million on Biden, became significantly richer when betting sites began paying out after Biden’s Electoral College win on Monday.
Last edited:
Tranquility
Well-Known Member
It's weird they're paying out on the electoral college votes when the article seems to imply the decision point is who is inaugurated. Does anyone have the actual rules of payout? It seems odd to have differing criteria.
Edit:
While I can't find the rules, the company claims:
The Next President market rules stipulated that we would settle the market on the candidate that had the most projected Electoral College votes.
https://betting.betfair.com/politic...fair-market-settlement-latest-051120-204.html
Last edited:
Chocolate gets its sweet history rewritten
When did humans first start cultivating chocolate? It's not just a candy conundrum: the question has long interested both biologists and anthropologists who wonder how and why cacao became so important to ancient Mesoamerican civilizations such as the Maya and Aztecs, both of whom cherished chocolate so much they used it in religious rites and as currency.==============================================================================================
Every Patient Treated With CRISPR Gene Therapy for Blood Diseases Continues to Thrive, More Than a Year On
18 months into the first serious clinical trials of CRISPR gene therapy for sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia—and all patients are free from symptoms and have not needed blood transfusions.
Sickle cell disease (SCD) can cause a variety of health problems including episodes of severe pain, called vaso-occlusive crises, as well as organ damage and strokes.
Patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT) are dependent on blood transfusions from early childhood.
Attachments
Last edited:
Buzzbomb Almighty
Well-Known Member
That's beautiful! I'm stealing that.
Last edited by a moderator:
strech
Well-Known Member
I guess I did leave off the article!
When Elvis Helped to Conquer Polio
After a deadly mistake sapped public confidence in inoculations, the medical community found an unlikely ally in the King of Rock ’n Roll.
Bologna
(zombie) Woof.
Rare planetary alignment peaking tonight:
www.nasa.gov
And from last week:
Looks like he'll be "Staying in Vegas" for a little while yet...:
The ‘Great’ Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn - NASA
Skywatchers are in for an end-of-year treat. What has become known popularly as the “Christmas Star” is an especially vibrant planetary conjunction easily
www.nasa.gov
And from last week:
Looks like he'll be "Staying in Vegas" for a little while yet...:
Last edited:
Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii
Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop that served up the ancient equivalent of street food to Roman passersby.Known as a termopolium, Latin for hot drinks counter, the shop was discovered in the archaeological park's Regio V site, which is not yet open the public, and unveiled on Saturday.
Oxford team directly converts CO2 to jet fuel using iron-based catalysts
Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a method to convert CO2 directly into aviation fuel using a novel, inexpensive iron-based catalyst.
C No Ego
Well-Known Member
even as they are trampling over mats of hundreds of thousands of rats in the ocena while rafting to new destinations they will feel empathy for the heads they are pushing deeper into the abyss as they stay on top of the pile
'Where Are The Women?': Uncovering The Lost Works Of Female Renaissance Artists
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/02/9514...-the-lost-works-of-female-renaissance-artistsAdvancing Women Artists (AWA) has shed light on a forgotten part of the art world, identifying some 2,000 works by women artists that had been gathering dust in Italy's public museums and in damp churches. It has also financed the restoration of 70 works spanning the 16th to the 20th centuries.
