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When Digestive Symptoms Signal Parkinson's Disease
The fact that nearly all patients with Parkinson's disease experience digestive problems and have neuropathological lesions in intrinsic and extrinsic innervation of the gastrointestinal tract suggests that Parkinson's disease also has a gastrointestinal component.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/997576 When #Digestive #Symptoms #Parkinsons #Disease #neuropathology #gastrointestinal

'Vaginal Dryness' Can Be Fatal. No, Really.
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I'm Dr Rachel Rubin. I am a board-certified urologist who is fellowship trained in sexual medicine. I'm here to tell you that vaginal dryness is killing women. I mean it. It's actually killing women.Matters, With Dr. Rachel Rubin
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/996829 #urology #WomensHealth #sexual #medicine #vaginal #dryness

Morning Magic: Snoozing Benefits Uncovered in Sleep Research
New research from the Department of Psychology at Stockholm University shows that snoozing may actually support the waking process for regular snoozers.
https://scitechdaily.com/morning-magic-snoozing-benefits-uncovered-in-sleep-research/ #sleep #snooze #waking #health #psychology

New Research Reveals That Intermittent Fasting Could Combat Alzheimer’s
A study has shown that time-restricted feeding can improve Alzheimer’s-related circadian disruptions in mice, leading to better memory and reduced harmful protein buildup in the brain. This approach, based on lifestyle changes, may offer a new care strategy for Alzheimer’s patients.
https://scitechdaily.com/new-research-reveals-that-intermittent-fasting-could-combat-alzheimers/ #health #alzheimers #prevention #IntermittentFasting

Biden’s Numbers, October 2023 Update
Statistical measures of the economy, immigration, oil production and more since Biden became president.
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/10/bidens-numbers-october-2023-update/ #Biden #economy #immigration #OilProduction #statistics

Exclusive: How a defend-forward operation gave Ukraine’s SBU an edge over Russia
Russia had been trying to crack into Ukraine’s critical infrastructure networks long before the war began, and they still haven’t given up, says Illia Vitiuk, head of the cyber department at the Security Service of Ukraine, known as the SBU. His team responds to 12-15 serious cyberattacks every single day.
https://therecord.media/illia-vitiuk-interview-ukraine-sbu-defend-forward #interview #ukraine #russia #hackers #networks

The momentum of the solar energy transition
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41971-7?error=cookies_not_supported&code=3c6baea7-3219-45a1-8a6b-341c39ff613c

World Finally Reaches 'Tipping Point' For Solar Power, Study Suggests
After years of policymakers push-starting the solar power sector, its engines may finally be rolling on their own.
Researchers in the UK have put together three different models to track snowball events in technology and the economy, and the simulations suggest solar power is well on its way to becoming the world's main source of energy.
https://www.sciencealert.com/world-finally-reaches-tipping-point-for-solar-power-study-suggests #solar #energy #power #economy

Hidden Chambers Found in Crumbling Pyramid 200 Years After Prediction
In 1836, Egyptologist John Shae Perring was excavating the Pyramid of Sahure (also known as Sahura) when he noticed a debris-filled passageway.
An expert on floor plans for these types of structures, he surmised there might be storage rooms beyond.
But it would take another nearly 200 years to finally confirm his suspicions.
https://www.sciencealert.com/hidden-chambers-found-in-crumbling-pyramid-200-years-after-prediction #pyramid #hidden #room #Sahure #egypt

Report: US needs much more than the IRA to get to net zero by 2050
Current policies cut emissions in half—can we keep cutting?
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/national-academies-the-ira-is-nice-but-we-need-climate-policy-beyond-2030/ #Accelerating #Decarbonization #US #NetZero #IRA

Business-oriented threat involving ‘several types of malware all at once’ remains active
A malware campaign that prompted an FBI alert in April has amounted to more than 10,000 attacks against at least 200 targets worldwide, according to cybersecurity researchers.
The threat involves “several types of malware all at once,”
https://therecord.media/cryptominer-keylogger-backdoor-threat-fbi-alert #malware #attack #business #cryptominers #backdoor #keyloggers

Amazing Project Could Reduce Stops at Red Traffic Lights by 30%
Google has shared an update about its AI-driven mission to reduce wait times, fuel use, and polluting emissions at intersections – and the early indications are that stops can be reduced by around 30 percent, with emissions dropping around 10 percent.
https://www.sciencealert.com/amazing-project-could-reduce-stops-at-red-traffic-lights-by-30 #google #ProjectGreenLight #traffic #monitoring #pollution

Mysterious rock depicted in 15th-century painting is most likely a Stone Age tool
Why medieval painter Jean Fouquet chose to depict Acheulean hand ax remains a mystery.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/mysterious-rock-depicted-in-15th-century-painting-is-most-likely-a-stone-age-tool/#MelunDiptych #medieval #French #painter #miniaturist #JeanFouquet #Acheulean #stone #handaxe

Astrophysicists Put All Objects in Universe into One Pedagogical Plot
In a new paper, astrophysicists from Australian National University present an overview of the thermal history of our Universe and the sequence of objects (e.g., protons, planets, and galaxies) that condensed out of the background as the Universe expanded and cooled.
https://www.sci.news/astronomy/all-objects-universe-pedagogical-plot-12372.html #astronomy #pedagogy #chart #universe #BlackHole

Oldest radio-wave explosion ever found could be used to weigh the universe, astronomers say
Astronomers traced a mysterious radio source to three merging galaxies 8 billion light-years away. Studying it could help uncover the universe's missing matter.
https://www.livescience.com/space/oldest-radio-wave-explosion-ever-found-could-be-used-to-weigh-the-universe-astronomers-say #FastRadioBurst #FRB20220610A #galactic #merger #astronomy #universe #matter

This fast radio burst took 8 billion years to reach Earth
The bright flash has cosmologists adjusting their models on how such intergalactic energy behaves.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03264-3 #astronomy #FastRadioBurst #FRB20220610A #gotcha

Green Power Surge: Tokyo’s Breakthrough in Cobalt-Free Battery Tech
By replacing problematic and scarce cobalt with safer and more abundant elements, the researchers mitigate some issues with current batteries. As an extra bonus, the new battery chemistry leads to greater energy density for an equivalent weight and volume of battery, which could be very useful in applications such as electric cars.
https://scitechdaily.com/green-power-surge-tokyos-breakthrough-in-cobalt-free-battery-tech/ #Battery #Technology #LithiumIon #Tokyo #Cobalt #alternative #Mn #Ni

You Won’t Hear Much About the Next Chapter of Space Travel
Space tourism is getting less transparent, and more like traveling by private jet.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/10/space-travel-tourism-virgin-galactic-spacex-blue-origin/675694/?utm_source=feed #space #travel #tourism publicity #VirginGalactic