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[bonnjer]

‘Real hope’ for cancer cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialled

Excitement among patients and researchers as custom-built jabs enter phase 3 trial

www.yahoo.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

Newly deciphered passages from a papyrus scroll that was buried beneath layers of volcanic ash after the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius may have shed light on the final hours of Plato, a key figure in the history of western philosophy.

In a groundbreaking discovery, the ancient scroll was found to contain a previously unknown narrative detailing how the Greek philosopher spent his last evening, describing how he listened to music played on a flute by a Thracian slave girl.

Despite battling a fever and being on the brink of death, Plato – who was known as a disciple of Socrates and a mentor to Aristotle, and who died in Athens around 348BC – retained enough lucidity to critique the musician for her lack of rhythm, the account suggests.


The decoded words also suggest Plato’s burial site was in his designated garden in the Academy of Athens, the world’s first university, which he founded, adjacent to the Mouseion. Previously, it was only known in general terms that he was buried within the academy.……

Plato’s final hours recounted in scroll found in Vesuvius ash

Newly deciphered passages outline Greek philosopher’s burial place and describe critique of slave musician

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tapxe]

The first reverse microwave in the U.S.: you can have it at home to save energy while cooking - ECONews

This is the first reverse microwave in the US: your food is going to be cooled in seconds with this new futuristic and long-awaited invention

www.ecoticias.com

This technology allows the reverse microwave to draw heat away from the contents inside, lowering their temperature in just minutes. The concept behind reverse microwaves has existed for decades, but the technology is only now becoming available for home use in the United States.

 

[bigdaddysaints]

‘Real hope’ for cancer cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialled

Excitement among patients and researchers as custom-built jabs enter phase 3 trial

www.yahoo.com

if this succeeds, there will be so many people that would rather die or let loved ones die before taking this.

 

[longtime lurker]

Bacterial enzyme strips away blood types to create universal donor blood

Using enzymes produced by a bacteria that almost everyone has in their gut, researchers have removed the antigens from red blood cells that determine blood type, putting us within reach of producing universal donor blood.

newatlas.com

 

[longtime lurker]

Hope it’s ok to put this here….we just had an earthquake in So Cal. The epicenter is pretty close to where I live. I don’t think that I’ll ever get use to the ground rolling and swaying under me. Thank goodness this one didnt have strong jolts.

 

[Swamprat]

Yeah, glad I don't have to deal with earthquakes... gives me the heebee jeebees just thinking about them...

...but the ground rolling, walls swaying sounds like a typical Saturday night...

 

[longtime lurker]

Yeah, glad I don't have to deal with earthquakes... gives me the heebee jeebees just thinking about them...

...but the ground rolling, walls swaying sounds like a typical Saturday night...

Yeah, it is a little like that…haha.

My kids are born here so I think they are use to it…not their old man though. Nope

 

[Optimus Prime]

Chimps are dying of the common cold. Is great ape tourism to blame?

Viruses that cause mild sniffles in humans are devastating populations of chimpanzees and gorillas. In some ape communities, it’s a bigger killer than habitat loss or poaching

www.theguardian.com

 

[Dago]

Wow

Orangutan seen treating wound with a medicinal plant — a first

After an orangutan hurt his face, scientists observed him chewing a plant known to relieve pain and applying a paste made from the leaves to the injury.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

What would it be like to meet one of our closest human relatives from 75,000 years ago in the flesh?

Scientists have produced a remarkable reconstruction of what a Neanderthal woman would have looked like when she was alive.

It is based on the flattened, shattered remains of a skull whose bones were so soft when excavated they had the consistency of "a well-dunked biscuit".

Researchers first had to strengthen the fragments before reassembling them.

Expert palaeoartists then created the 3D model............

Face of 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman revealed

Scientists build a 3D model of one of our evolutionary cousins from the pieces of a shattered skull.

www.bbc.com

 

[longtime lurker]

Stretchable E-Skin Could Give Robots Human-Level Touch Sensitivity

AUSTIN, Texas — A first-ever stretchy electronic skin could equip robots and other devices with the same softness and touch sensitivity as human skin,

news.utexas.edu

 

[Booker]

Stretchable E-Skin Could Give Robots Human-Level Touch Sensitivity

AUSTIN, Texas — A first-ever stretchy electronic skin could equip robots and other devices with the same softness and touch sensitivity as human skin,

news.utexas.edu

 

[Optimus Prime]

Stretchable E-Skin Could Give Robots Human-Level Touch Sensitivity

AUSTIN, Texas — A first-ever stretchy electronic skin could equip robots and other devices with the same softness and touch sensitivity as human skin,

news.utexas.edu

 

[longtime lurker]