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    FDA approves mRNA Flu Vaccine

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first flu vaccine built on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, months after the agency refused to even consider the application. The shot, called mFLUSIVA, is made by Moderna and was cleared on Wednesday. Approval covers adults ages 50...
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    If You Have Type O Positive Blood, Your DNA Has a Dark Secret

    An interesting video... PS: Note : The Bombay Phenotype mentioned in the video is the type that has missing H, A or B antigens. It appears to be in Group O in standard ABO typing, but it carries an IgM anti-H antibody. THis antibody reacts with all normal A, B, AB, and O red cells. This...
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    Why does every mammal get 1 billion heartbeats in their life?

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    Meet "Gabi" the robot monk...

    Amid rows of colourful lanterns strung across the courtyard of Jogyesa temple in Seoul, an unusual ceremony unfolded this week: monks held a Buddhist initiation for a humanoid robot draped in saffron robe. They placed a string of 108 prayer beads around the robot’s neck and affixed a lantern...
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    The Fascinating Story of Fairchild Semiconductor.

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    The Biggest Nobel Prize Omission in Physics

    PS: Please refer to this old post as well. https://elakiri.com/threads/interesting-math-puzzle-in-honour-of-freeman-dyson.2071882/
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    The Gamer Who Won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry...

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    A must read...

    Copied from a message received on WhatsApp.... Anup Kumar Bedi’s Post Last week, on my flight from Delhi to Pune, I experienced a moment I’ll carry with me for the rest of my life. I had just settled into my window seat when a little boy, no older than seven, stopped beside me, holding his...
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    He Proved That Two Plus Two Equals Three.

    Interesting story of Sir Mark Oliphant (Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant 1901-2000), a pioneering scientist in Nuclear Physics.
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    New Drug for Pancreatic Cancer

    A new medication could double survival time in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, according to Phase III clinical trials. The medication, called daraxonrasib, is the first drug that targets cancer-causing mutations in pancreas cells. The drug targets a mutation in the KRAS gene, part of...
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    IMF’s unstated rate: Sri Lanka’s $695m loan costs about 5.33% per annum

    Gita Gopinath, who served as the IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director from 2022 to 2025 and is now a professor of economics at Harvard University, said something at a Bloomberg podcast interview on May 29 that every Sri Lankan policymaker and citizen should hear. She said: “I do think there has...
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    The GEOMETRY of Everything Is Only 8 Shapes — and One MAN Found Them All.

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    How Does Google Maps Actually Work?

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    Gene test helps many breast cancer patients avoid chemotherapy

    Many people with breast cancer can safely avoid chemotherapy with the use of a gene test, potentially sparing them unnecessary side effects without increasing the risk of the cancer returning, a large international clinical trial led by UCL has found. The OPTIMA trial (Optimal Personalised...
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    His Discovery Was Rejected Twice — Now It's Inside Every Single Hospital on Earth.

    The story of Richard R. Ernst - Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1991. He passed away 4 June 2021.
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    Sri Lanka’s Exchange Rate Dilemma: Don’t Blame Toothless Central Bank

    By Dr W A Wijewardena.... Free fall of rupee in international transactions The Sri Lankan rupee against the US dollar, the currency to which the rupee has been pegged, is falling and, given the global and local circumstances, it has been unavoidable. As at the end of business on 22 May 2026...
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    The U-Wing aircraft that basically can't crash.

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    The Seven Beauties of the "Shing Valley" - Panjakent _ Tajikistan

    This refers to a group of seven lakes located in the beautiful Shing Valley in the Fann Mountains, nearest large town is Panjakent in Tajikistan. The lakes are at different elevations. They are said to be naturally interconected (underground) Also named Haft-Kul in local language (The Seven...
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    Darvaza Crater - The Gateway to Hell

    A few shots taken just a couple of days ago in Darvaza. It's located in Turkmenistan, Karakum Desert. It's about 4 hours drive from Ashbagat which is the capital city, also refereed to as the White Marble city. Every building in the city is white marble and also all cars are white. Only the...
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