New Study Links Higher Levels of a Certain Type of Fat to a Decreased Risk of Dementia
A recent study suggests that older individuals with higher triglyceride levels may have a reduced risk of developing dementia and experience slower cognitive decline than those with lower levels. The research involved 18,294 participants, and its findings were supported by a separate U.K. dataset. cognitive issues were studied.
https://scitechdaily.com/new-study-links-higher-levels-of-a-certain-type-of-fat-to-a-decreased-risk-of-dementia/ #triglyceride #dementia #risk #cognitive #decline
Watch great white shark get mobbed by gang of seals in 'incredible and surprising' footage
Astonishing footage from Planet Earth III, which premieres Nov. 4 on BBC America and AMC+, shows a herd of seals fending off an attack by the world's most notorious predator off the southern coast of Africa.
https://www.livescience.com/animals/sharks/watch-great-white-shark-get-mobbed-by-gang-of-seals-in-incredible-and-surprising-footage #FurSeals #GreatWhiteShark #mob #SouthAfrica
Charted: The Number of North Korean Defectors (1998-2023)
Why Are the Number of North Korean Defectors Decreasing?
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/north-korean-defectors-escape-routes/ #NorthKorean #defectors #escape #routes #infographic #DPRK #COVIDー19
Soda additive linked to thyroid toxicity may finally get banned by FDA
BVO has largely been phased out of big-name sodas and was recently banned in CA.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/50-years-later-fda-proposes-banning-a-food-additive-it-said-is-not-safe/ #brominated #vegetable #oil #BVO #thyroid #toxicity #SunDrop
The Mystery of the World’s Largest and Deepest Gravity Hole
The sea level here is hundreds of feet lower than the rest of the ocean.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gravity-hole-indian-ocean #IndianOcean #GravityHole #gravitational #anomaly #geoid #low
The Mystery of the World’s Largest and Deepest Gravity Hole
The sea level here is hundreds of feet lower than the rest of the ocean.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gravity-hole-indian-ocean #IndianOcean #GravityHole #gravitational #anomaly #geoid #low
Leap seconds could become leap minutes, despite pushback from Russians, Vatican
Already endangered, the leap second might have a practical successor soon.
One of the leading thinkers on how humans track time has a big, if simple, proposal for dealing with leap seconds: Don't worry about them. Do leap minutes instead, maybe one every half-century or so.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/11/leap-seconds-could-become-leap-minutes-despite-pushback-from-russians-vatican/ #year #leap #second #minute #IBWM #russia #vatican
Animal Scientists Develop Climate-Smart Cows That Produce 20x More Milk
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a high-yield, climate-resilient cow breed that could substantially increase milk production for Tanzanian subsistence farmers, potentially transforming local agriculture and food security.
https://scitechdaily.com/animal-scientists-develop-climate-smart-cows-that-produce-20x-more-milk/ #milk #production #climate #resilient #cow #breed
Which AI Image Generator is The Most Biased?
After The Washington Post published an article declaring that artificial intelligence images “amplify our worst stereotypes,” PetaPixel has put together a bias comparison of the three major text-to-image generators.
https://petapixel.com/2023/11/03/which-ai-image-generator-is-the-most-biased/ #AI #Image #Generator #Biased #WaPo #PetaPixel #comparison #Midjourney #DALLーE #StableDiffusion
Ordering Off a 5,000-Year-Old Mesopotamian Menu
A community effort brings ancient flavors to modern Texas.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ancient-mesopotamian-dinner #mesopotamia #menu #cooking #recipes #texas #mudhif #iraq #MarshArab #reed #structure #Lagash #tavern
Scientists get rare glimpse of 'nesting doll' isotope nitrogen-9
With five more protons than should be stable, the newly discovered nitrogen-9 isotope sits right on the borderline of physical possibility.
https://www.livescience.com/chemistry/scientists-get-rare-glimpse-of-nesting-doll-isotope-nitrogen-9 #N #NestingDoll #nitrogen9 #protons #oxygen #isotopes #beryllium #DripLine
Suicide site encouraged daughter to die - parents
The parents of a student nurse who took her own life have called for suicide websites to be shut down to save other young lives.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-67308222? #suicide #prevention #website #forum #mental #illness #emotionally #unstable
@jpaskaruk Ayn Rand, Rand Paul and Paul Ryan walk into a bar. The bartender serves the tainted alcohol because there are no regulations. They die.
(That's it. That's the whole joke.)
@accretionist Well said.
A good time to remind voters who get easily disenchanted: In a lifetime there will be very few elections where you have a candidate you feel good about on all your top issues. Vote anyway, or else you're letting less conscientious people choose our officeholders.
A voter's job is to stay informed and engaged. Autocrats would rather you stay home and opt out. Low turnout is ideal for bad guys. Keep voting, year after year. Not a love affair- it’s a job.
Daily Telescope: Lucy finds not one but two diamonds in the sky
"The fact that it is two makes it even more exciting."
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/11/daily-telescope-lucy-finds-not-one-but-two-diamonds-in-the-sky/ #lucy #asteroid #Dinkinesh #binary
Wasabi Boosts Cognitive Ability in Older People, Study Shows
A new study shows that the traditional Japanese spice wasabi can improve some types of cognitive function in those aged over 60, offering a straightforward and rather tasty way of looking after our brains as we get older.
https://www.sciencealert.com/wasabi-boosts-cognitive-ability-in-older-people-study-shows #wasabi #cognition #boost #antioxidant #antiinflammatory
Japan unveils plans to breathe new life into its higher education institutions
The proposal incorporates a radical restructuring of the university giving its junior researchers far more autonomy.
‘We are not really used to teaching in an English-speaking system – that is the very big problem,’ he says, adding that overcoming this significant language barrier will allow Japan to become more cosmopolitan and create a research culture that will attract global talent
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/japan-unveils-plans-to-breathe-new-life-into-its-higher-education-institutions/4018348.article #japan #HigherEducation #language #barrier
'Sustained Human Transmission' of Mpox Has Been Happening Longer Than We Realised
The monkeypox virus has been jumping from human to human since at least 2016, according to the work of an international team of scientists.
https://www.sciencealert.com/sustained-human-transmission-of-mpox-has-been-happening-longer-than-we-realised #mpox #human #transmission #CladeIIb
Geologist from Wisconsin at home in Japan.
Always exploring this world.