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Self-Healing and Antimicrobial – Scientists Develop New Material That Could Revolutionize the Growth of Human Tissue
The new material belongs to a family of substances called hydrogels, the essence of life’s ‘squishy’ substances found in all living things, such as cartilage in animals and in plants like seaweed.
https://scitechdaily.com/self-healing-and-antimicrobial-scientists-develop-new-material-that-could-revolutionize-the-growth-of-human-tissue/ #SelfHealing #Antimicrobial #Human #Tissue #Biomaterials #CellBiology #Regenerative #Medicine #hydrogel

.US Harbors Prolific Malicious Link Shortening Service
The top-level domain for the United States — .US — is home to thousands of newly-registered domains tied to a malicious link shortening service that facilitates malware and phishing scams, new research suggests. The findings come close on the heels of a report that identified .US domains as among the most prevalent in phishing attacks over the past year.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/10/us-harbors-prolific-malicious-link-shortening-service/ #dotUS #LinkShortening #malware #ProlificPuma

10 Million Have Been Disenrolled from Medicaid; Some Could Find Themselves Eligible for Marketplace Subsidies
More than 10 million people have been disenrolled from Medicaid, based on data available from 50 states and the District of Columbia as of November 1, 2023. Disenrollment rates range from 65% in Texas to 10% in Illinois, according to KFF’s ongoing tracking. Differences in state renewal policies and system capacity likely explain some of this variation.
https://www.kff.org/medicaid/press-release/10-million-have-been-disenrolled-from-medicaid-some-could-find-themselves-eligible-for-marketplace-subsidies/ #medicaid #disenrolled #marketplace #subsidies

Visualizing Investments of the Ultra-Wealthy
How do the world’s richest people invest their money?
This graphic shows how ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWIs)—people with a net worth of $30 million or more including their primary residence—allocate their wealth based on data from Knight Frank’s 2023 Wealth Report.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-the-investments-of-the-ultra-wealthy/ #ultrawealthy #investment #infographic #homes #equities #CommercialProperty #bonds

Why Your Photos Suck… (And How to Fix Them)
https://petapixel.com/2023/10/28/why-your-photos-suck-and-how-to-fix-them/ #photography #advice

Cosmic Alchemy: Webb’s First Glimpse Into Heavy Element Creation
Using various telescopes, researchers observed a bright gamma-ray burst, revealing a neutron star merger and detecting the rare element tellurium. These findings, resulting from kilonova explosions, offer deeper insights into element creation, promising more advanced discoveries in the future.
https://scitechdaily.com/cosmic-alchemy-webbs-first-glimpse-into-heavy-element-creation/ #JWST #Webb #HeavyElement #tellurium #neutron #star #nucleogenesis #astronomy #kilonova

Update now! Apple patches a raft of vulnerabilities
Apple has released security updates for its phones, iPads, Macs, watches and TVs.
Updates are available for these products:
iPhone
iPad
Macs
Apple TV
Apple Watch
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2023/10/update-now-apple-patched-many-vulnerabilities-but-ileakage-remains
#apple #update #patches #iPhone #iPad #Macs #AppleTV #AppleWatch

Declassified CIA Satellite Spy Program Reveals Lost Roman Forts
A declassified Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) satellite spy program has turned up hundreds of photos of ancient Roman forts in the Middle East — challenging a theory that is decades old.
https://petapixel.com/2023/10/26/declassified-cia-satellite-spy-program-reveals-lost-roman-forts/ #CIA #spy #satellite #Roman #forts #photographs

https://www.businessinsider.com/retirement-401k-savings-advice-grow-contribution-biden-increase-commissions-2023-10

Biden Threatens to Veto 'Poison Pill' Israel Aid Bill https://www.mediaite.com/politics/politicizing-aid-to-israel-biden-threatens-to-veto-poison-pill-republican-legislation-to-strip-irs-funding/

https://www.voanews.com/a/afghan-journalists-in-pakistan-concerned-as-deadline-for-deportation-looms/7335598.html

Interesting article but the author knows pumpkin pie just about as much as the Japanese. Kabocha is never spiced, so most kabocha dishes are bland. I've been using kabocha for pumpkin pie since forever - canned pumpkin is expensive and hard to get - and it's wonderful. Just remember to spice up that kabocha.

What’s Weird about Japanese Halloween
Happy Halloween! The Japanese bring their own twists to October 31
https://www.thedailybeast.com/whats-weird-about-japanese-halloween #Japan #Halloween #culture #Nonalog #pumpkin #kabocha

NASA captures image of eerie ‘ghost hand’ in space
NASA captures image of eerie ‘ghost hand’ in space
https://bgr.com/science/nasa-captures-image-of-eerie-ghost-hand-in-space/ #NASA #XRay #space #hand #nebula

Sex-obsessed site run by House Speaker's wife suddenly goes dark
A website run by the wife of House Speaker Mike Johnson disappeared yesterday.
https://boingboing.net/2023/10/31/sex-obsessed-site-run-by-house-speakers-wife-suddenly-goes-dark.html #MikeJohnson #speaker #wife #website

The Viral Threat Almost No One Is Thinking About
Flu viruses and coronavirus started the last few pandemics. Could the next one be a paramyxovirus?
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/10/paramyxovirus-next-pandemic-flu-covid/675785/
#pandemic #virus #flu #SARS #MERS #coronavirus #measles #Hendra #nipah #CanineDistemper #paramyxovirus