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    New Twice-Yearly Injection could offer 100% HIV Protection.

    A recently published NEJM article claims a very much successful trials of a new drug. Twice-yearly shots were 100% effective at preventing new transmissions of HIV, this new landmark study shows. The study included more than 5,000 women and girls ages 16 to 25 living in South Africa and...
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    Plane Crash in Kathmandu

    A Saurya Airlines aircraft crashed during takeoff at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Wednesday. Casualties have been reported. :( The accident occurred after the Pokhara-bound flight suffered a runway excursion during takeoff, said TIA Spokesperson Subash Jha. Nineteen...
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    New Drug Extends Lifespan by 25% in Mice.

    Scientists have discovered that deactivating a protein called IL-11 can extend the healthy lifespan of mice by nearly 25%, raising the potential for similar benefits in humans. Researchers found that removing the IL-11 gene or using an anti-IL-11 antibody dramatically increased the lifespan and...
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    "The Jewel on the Crown" of the Solar System.

    Researchers believe that Mercury has a layer of diamond up to 11 miles thick deep in the planet's rocky innards. It's a spectacular theory — one that not only dazzles the mind, but could help explain many of Mercury's puzzling attributes. :unsure:
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    New "Missing Link" Blackhole in the Galactic Center.

    It seems that we're finally locating at least some of the Universe's 'missing' black holes. A cluster of stars called IRS 13 near the center of the galaxy seems to harbor a black hole in its midst. Moreover, the way these stars swarm and orbit suggest that the black hole is a rarity – one in...
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    Insurance claim....

    How difficult would it be to explain & convince the insurance Co. that a horse stole your motorcycle, ran away with it, lost control and hit a stationary car..! :ROFLMAO:
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    We Need to Rethink Exercise – The Workout Paradox

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    Weekend Puzzle - The Combination Lock

    The Combination Lock Puzzle You have a combination lock with a four digit PIN using numbers 0 to 9 - No two digits are the same. Also you are given the following clues to solve it. Combination 1 2 3 4 Two numbers are correct but in the wrong positions Combination 3 4 5 6 Three numbers...
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    Major IT Outage hits Airlines, Banks, Telcos, Media etc.

    A major IT outage has reportedly hit banks, media outlets, and airlines on Friday, causing chaos at airport check-in and cancelled flights. Reports of outages have been streaming in from around the globe. All major airlines like Delta, American & United in the US still grounded. The outage has...
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    Drone Footage all the way up from Base Camp to the Summit.

    DJI Mavic Pro 3 - Equipped with a 4/3 CMOS Hasselblad camera, tri-camera system, and 43-minute flight time.
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    Weekend Geometry Puzzle.

    The angles at A & B are right angles. Distances as marked. What's the radius of the circle?
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    Weekend Puzzle - The Cantaloupe Problem

    A person transports 100 kg of Cantaloupes during the summer by train. At the time of loading the Cantaloupes contained 99% of water. By the time it reached the final destination the water content had dropped to 98%. Question - How much does the Cantaloupes weigh now?
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    Woolly Mamoth DNA recovered.

    A complete genome has been extracted from a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth, which might bring us closer to resurrecting the species. A woolly mammoth that died 52,000 years ago is so well preserved that it is possible both to read its full genome and to reconstruct the three-dimensional...
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    AI speech generator 'reaches human parity' - Too dangerous to release.

    Microsoft's VALL-E 2 can convincingly recreate human voices using just a few seconds of audio, its creators claim. Microsoft has developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) speech generator that is apparently so convincing it cannot be released to the public. VALL-E 2 is a text-to-speech...
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    Ariane 6 rocket successfully launches for first time.

    Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket successfully blasted off for the first time on Tuesday, releasing satellites into orbit and restoring the continent's independent access to space. European space efforts have suffered a series of blows, including four years of delays to Ariane 6, that have robbed...
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    Innovative approach could make HIV vaccine a reality.

    HIV virus mutates fast, really very fast. Although a person initially becomes infected with one or a few HIV strains, the virus replicates and mutates quickly, resulting in a "swarm" of viral strains existing in a single body. This is why it's hard to develop a vaccine for HIV. But scientists...
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    The Herd of Helios and Archimedes - Problem that took 2200 years to solve.

    Everyone knows Archimedes, the Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor. Though many know about Archimedes, his Sun God Cattle problem is much less known. It first came to light in a German library recorded on a manuscript, a letter from Archimedes to another great...
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    Dynamics of measles immunity from birth and following vaccination.

    A study from China reports that, "Measles remains a major threat to human health despite widespread vaccination. While we know that maternal antibodies can impair vaccine-induced immunity, the relative contributions of pre-existing immunity levels, maternal and infant characteristics on vaccine...
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    Could the blood of camel species help save us from serious diseases?

    Most antibodies — those molecules that course through our blood and tissues patrolling for pathogens — are fairly hefty as proteins go. But the antibodies made by camels and sharks and their close relatives are simpler and smaller. Since their discovery in the late 1980s, researchers have...
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    Geometric Puzzle 04/07/24

    A semi-circle is inscribed in a quarter circle as shown below. What is the ratio of the semi-circle area to the quarter circle area?

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