This EV smashed the world record for distance on a single charge
At 103 miles/kWh, the car is 25 times more efficient than any EV on sale.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/09/1600-miles-on-a-single-charge-student-built-ev-sets-new-world-record/ #EV #SingleCharge #WorldRecord #distance
Middle Paleolithic Tracks Offer Oldest Evidence Yet of Human Footwear
New evidence from three tracksites on South Africa’s Cape coast suggests that early humans may have worn footwear while traversing dune surfaces during the Middle Paleolithic/Middle Stone Age.
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/earliest-shod-hominin-tracks-12268.html #paleolithic #footwear #africa #CapeCoast #track #trendy
New Aluminum Radical Battery Promises More Sustainable Power
Scientists are developing the world’s first non-toxic aqueous aluminum radical battery. This new battery design, which uses water-based electrolytes, offers fire retardancy, air stability, and a potential for higher energy density than current lithium-ion batteries.
https://scitechdaily.com/new-aluminum-radical-battery-promises-more-sustainable-power/ #aluminum #battery #sustainable
Human Brain is Naturally Wired to Perform Advanced Calculations, New Study Confirms
An international team of scientists has developed a specific mathematical model that closely matches how a human brain works when it comes to reading vision. Their new model contained everything needed to carry out what is known as Bayesian inference.
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/neuroscience/human-visual-system-12267.html #psychology #brain #calculations #bayesian
Hidden Danger in Herbal Remedies – How Ayurvedic Medicine Can Cause Lead Poisoning
A young woman developed lead toxicity after consuming Ayurvedic medicines for over a year, initially presenting with nonspecific symptoms like abdominal pain and anemia. After her diagnosis, investigations led to the seizure of hundreds of pills with high lead levels from an Ayurvedic clinic, prompting public advisories from health authorities.
https://scitechdaily.com/hidden-danger-in-herbal-remedies-how-ayurvedic-medicine-can-cause-lead-poisoning/
#lead #poisoning #traditional or #herbal #medications #ayurvedic
New COVID Variant “Eris” on the Rise
SARS-CoV-2 lineage EG.5.1 has an advantage at evading neutralizing antibodies.
https://scitechdaily.com/new-covid-variant-eris-on-the-rise/ #ERIS #Antibodies #COVIDー19 #Pandemic #Virus
How Google Authenticator made one company’s network breach much, much worse
Google's app for generating MFA codes syncs to user accounts by default. Who knew?
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/how-google-authenticator-gave-attackers-one-companys-keys-to-the-kingdom/ #Google #authenticator #MFA #codes #syncs #UserAccounts #default
The Case for 'Pleasure Hygiene': Sexual Health in Patients With Chronic Illness
Should primary care physicians be offering a pleasure prescription to the 6 in 10 Americans living with chronic illness? How can we help these patients access their capacity for sexual pleasure, a critical and life-affirming component of the human experience?
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/996406?
#Pleasure #Hygiene #Sexual #Health #Patients #Chronic #Illness
Reviving Ancient Wisdom: Historical Recipes Inspire Modern Medical Innovations
Researchers have discovered that a combination of honey and vinegar, known historically as oxymel, exhibits significant antibacterial properties against biofilm-protected bacteria, offering a potentially effective and economical solution for treating wound infections.
https://scitechdaily.com/reviving-ancient-wisdom-historical-recipes-inspire-modern-medical-innovations/ #Bacteria #Healing #Infection #Microbiology #Wounds
#antibacterial #antibiofilm #activity of #AceticAcid #vinegar #MedicalGrade #Honeys #oxymel
America Just Hit the Lithium Jackpot
The world’s largest known deposit was just discovered in Nevada. What does that mean?
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/nevada-lithium-geopolitics/675325/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&utm_content=20230914&utm_term=The Atlantic Daily #US #lithium #deposit #Nevada
@taniel this is why the DNC needs to be burnt down to the ground.
if you love to be wined and dined by the fascists you keep finding reasons to defend, then you aren't a fascist apologist. you’re just a fascist.
CORPORATISM IS FASCISM and that means all the neoliberal, centrist austerity for you not me Democrats are fascists.
and that's why they're apologists: politics is just a matter of style and tone to them.
this is USA’s Weimar Germany.
they need to be rooted out.
'Huge win for abortion rights': Planned Parenthood to resume care in Wisconsin
Wisconsin residents, reproductive rights advocates, and Democratic political leaders on Thursday celebrated after Planned Parenthood announced that it will resume abortion care at Madison and Milwaukee clinics next week following a recent court ruling.
https://www.rawstory.com/huge-win-for-abortion-rights-planned-parenthood-to-resume-care-in-wisconsin/ #PlannedParenthood #Wisconsin #Win #abortion #rights
Mystery of 'living fossil' tree frozen in time for 66 million years finally solved
The Wollemi pine was thought to have gone extinct 2 million years ago until it was rediscovered by a group of hikers in 1994. Now, scientists have decoded its genome to understand how it's survived — almost unchanged — since the time of the dinosaurs.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/mystery-of-living-fossil-tree-frozen-in-time-for-66-million-years-finally-solved #LivingFossil #tree #Wollemi #pine #extinct #survival
The “Unknome”: A Database of Human Genes We Know Almost Nothing About
Researchers from the UK have developed a publicly accessible database, the “unknome”, which lists thousands of understudied proteins encoded by human genes. By assigning a “knownness” score to each protein based on existing scientific knowledge, the platform aids researchers in exploring these proteins’ functions, many of which play critical roles in cellular processes.
https://scitechdaily.com/the-unknome-a-database-of-human-genes-we-know-almost-nothing-about/ #genome #biology #genetics #human #unknown #proteins
Fact Check
Everyone in 'Idiocracy' Wears Crocs Because They Were 'Horrible' and Cheap?
The movie was filmed in 2004, two years before the controversial foam based footwear product took over the world.
True
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/idiocracy-crocs/ #idiocracy #crocs #horrible #stupid #cheap #factcheck
Key Weakness of COVID-19 Discovered
New research identified that the COVID virus relies on a human post-translation process called SUMOylation for replication, a process similar to that of Influenza A and B. Blocking this process could lead to the development of antiviral medications effective against multiple viruses, including flu, RSV, and Ebola.
https://scitechdaily.com/key-weakness-of-covid-19-discovered/ #Weakness #COVIDー19 #Biochemistry #Influenza #Pharmacology #SUMOylation
The Sahara’s Secret Past: When Deserts Turned Green
A recent study reveals that North African humid periods, when the Sahara Desert turned green, occurred due to Earth’s orbital precession around the Sun and were suppressed during ice ages. This research, utilizing a new climate model, advances the understanding of these humid periods and the significant environmental changes in the Sahara.
https://scitechdaily.com/the-saharas-secret-past-when-deserts-turned-green/ #GreenSahara #desert #rain #climate #environment
@realTuckFrumper Karen?
World Risk Poll: How Long Can People Survive Without Income?
In the event of disasters and other shocks, people can lose their livelihoods. So, understanding how long someone can survive without income is an essential aspect of resilience and disaster preparedness.
The World Risk Poll asked 125,000 people from 121 countries how long their household could cover basic needs.
Here are the most and least financially resilient nations
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/income-security-by-nation/ #infographic #income #security #resilience #countries
Geologist from Wisconsin at home in Japan.
Always exploring this world.