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    The Oldest Unsolved Problem in Math

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    Now in Mexico....

    Just arrived today in Mexico, Flew in from Houston. Staying in NH Selections Centro Historico hotel , quite a central location. Many places to see around within walking distance. Very lively, music and dancing all around even in the restaurants. Will start visiting the ancient sites from...
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    Husband is a Mechanical Engineer.

    Circulating in WhatsApp..... :ROFLMAO:
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    The Paradox of an Infinite Universe

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    The Trillion Dollar Equation

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    Neonatal T-Cells are Not Impaired, they are just different.

    It was long believed that a newborn's immune system was an immature version of an adult's, but new research from Cornell University shows that newborns' T cells – white blood cells that protect from disease – outperform those of adults at fighting off numerous infections. But during the...
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    What Happens AFTER Nuclear War?

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    Solid Carbon Batteries: Is Lithium-ion Dead?

    Antora’s modular thermal battery turns solar and wind energy into dispatchable, zero-emissions heat and power.
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    Striking Example of Convergent Evolution - The Tibetans & The Andeans

    Mutations in same gene allow two different groups of humans to thrive at extreme altitudes. The high life is a lot harder than it sounds. Most people are accustomed to living at low elevations and struggle to breathe at high altitudes. But thin air isn’t a problem for the Quechua people of...
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    The Fountain of Youth....?

    The fountain of youth has eluded explorers for ages. It turns out the magic anti-aging elixir might have been inside us all along. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Assistant Professor Corina Amor Vegas and colleagues have discovered that T cells can be reprogrammed to fight aging, so to...
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    Japan successfully launches the new H3 rocket

    Japan successfully launched its new H3 flagship rocket a few hours ago, putting its space programme back on track after multiple setbacks including the failure of the rocket's inaugural flight last year. The H3 is due to replace the two-decade-old H-IIA, which is retiring after two more...
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    Altermagnets - A new chapter in Magnetism

    For thousands of years, people have been drawn to the apparent magic of magnets. Ancient Greek philosophers believed dark rocks called lodestones had souls because of their ability to move iron flakes. Physicists now know that magnetic materials glean their power from the behavior of the atoms...
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    Insurance Companies......

    Could this would have been possible without English language skills? Four insurance companies are in competition. One comes up with the slogan "Coverage from Cradle to the Grave" The second one tries to improve on this and came up with "Coverage from Womb to the Tomb" Not to be outdone, the...
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    Gang killed a man for his fake designer watch.

    Note: Another SriLankan makes his country proud. :( A gang of robbers has been jailed after they killed a music manager for a fake designer watch. Emmanuel Odunlami was celebrating his 32nd birthday near St Paul's Cathedral in central London on 1 May 2022 when he was fatally stabbed. Jordell...
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    Sri Lankan Airlines Emergency Landing

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    Men Do Not Listen....

    Another oldie in current circulation...... Men Do Not Listen 👏🏻 Max and his wife Lola received a letter from their daughter who had gone to study "Modern Biochemistry" overseas. She wrote, "My beloved parents, I miss you so much and it breaks my heart to think that by the time I get back...
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    The Brennan Monorail

    An interesting video about an old prototype self-balancing monorail.
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    A potential off-the-shelf treatment for Pancreatic, Colorectal cancer - A Vaccine

    A new vaccine developed by the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) shows promising results for Pancreatic and Colorectal cancer. The vaccine targets tumors with mutations (or changes) in the KRAS gene, a driving force in many cancers. Note : The KRAS gene provides instructions for...

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