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    Strange Pregnancies....

    There are many posts here about a 13 year old who's pregnant while being a virgin. No matter what, for a female to become pregnant there's got to be insemination first. No miracles ever takes place. But there can be strange circumstances that could lead to a pregnancy. I will cite one instance...
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    How SARS-CoV-2 Hijacks Lung Cells to drive COVID-19 severity

    Researchers have identified how SARS-CoV-2 hijacks lung cells to drive COVID-19 severity. They have identified the cellular tropism and transcriptome consequences of SARS-CoV-2 by infecting human lung tissue and using single-cell ribonucleic acid sequencing (scRNA-seq) to rebuild the...
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    The Three-Body Problem.

    No... not the Netflix one. PS: Though it's not mentioned in this video both Euler and Lagrange found solutions for special configurations. Five central configurations correspond to the five families of solutions discovered by Euler and Lagrange. Their solutions are the only three-body...
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    Blood Test Helps Accurately Diagnose Bipolar Disorder.

    This test is aimed at differentiating bipolar disorders from depression. The news may be surprising, given the challenges in diagnosing psychiatric conditions, especially when they share common symptoms such as recurrent depression and bipolar disorder. Depression and bipolar disorders are two...
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    Music can be a great connector in life!

    This is why it is said that "Music can be a great connector in life!"... Two geese enjoying music in a park. Both the birds are mesmerized & they request for one more time. The request is so heart-warming that the mouth organist could not ignore.
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    New Hope for a Chlamydia Vaccine.

    A chlamydia vaccine has triggered immune responses in an early trial, raising hopes that one day it might help curb the spread of the sexually transmitted infection. Currently a Chlamydia vaccine is unavailable and Chlamydia is the most common bacterial infection. In the new trial results...
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    Easy Geometric Puzzle.

    Calculate the green shaded area...
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    Intel Gaudi 3

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    First Nitrogen Fixing Eukaryote found!

    Until now, the only “nitrogen-fixing” organisms were thought to be prokaryotes such as bacteria. Researchers have discovered a type of organelle, a fundamental cellular structure, that can turn nitrogen gas into a form that is useful for cell growth. The discovery of the structure, called a...
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    NASA finally knows why Voyager 1 sends gibberish.

    For the past several months, the Voyager 1 spacecraft has been sending a steady stream of unreadable gibberish back to Earth. Now, NASA engineers finally know why. The 46-year-old spacecraft sends regular radio signals as it drifts further from our solar system. But in November 2023, the...
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    mRNA shows promise against a rare & deadly disease.

    “Milestone” Moderna trial finds fewer medical crises in some people with metabolic disorder after RNA infusions. The innovative technology behind some of the most successful COVID-19 vaccines is showing signs of success in treating a rare but dangerous metabolic disease. Researchers report...
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    Molecular Dynamics of visual receptor Rhodopsin.

    The visual receptor Rhodopsin, found in rod cells of the retina, is a well-studied G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) that exhibits dimerization behavior. Dimerization of GPCRs have significant functional consequences, affecting ligand binding affinity, receptor trafficking as well as signaling...
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    Tardigrade Proteins Slow Metabolism in Human Cells.

    Tardigrades - The Unkillable Water Bears - Posted 2 September 2022. https://elakiri.com/threads/unkillable-water-bears.2069775/ New research led by the the University of Wyoming, Laramie, provides additional evidence that Tardigrade proteins eventually could be used to make life-saving...
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    Maths Puzzle

    An old puzzle in circulation again. Calculate the shaded area. ABCD is a square with sides 4 cm.
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    The XZ Hack...

    Just a few days ago, a lone Microsoft developer rocked the world when he revealed a backdoor had been intentionally planted in xz Utils, an open source data compression utility available on almost all installations of Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. The person or people behind this...
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    An approach to remove amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's.

    Alzheimer's disease starts with a sticky protein called amyloid beta that builds up into plaques in the brain, setting off a chain of events that results in brain atrophy and cognitive decline. The new generation of Alzheimer's drugs -; the first proven to change the course of the disease -...
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    Mathematicians finally solved Feynman’s “Reverse Sprinkler” problem.

    A typical lawn sprinkler features various nozzles arranged at angles on a rotating wheel; when water is pumped in, they release jets that cause the wheel to rotate. But what would happen if the water were sucked into the sprinkler instead? In which direction would the wheel turn then, or would...
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    The Real Killer Of The Dinosaurs.

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    Why is this number everywhere?

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