Halil
@halil007.bsky.social
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
and rightdoing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass
the world is too full to talk about.
Rumi
and rightdoing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass
the world is too full to talk about.
Rumi
theconversation.com/long-covid-d... It’s estimated around 3% of people in the UK experience long COVID – persistent, long-lasting symptoms after a COVID-19 infection. #covid #health #science
Long COVID: damaged mitochondria in muscles might be linked to some of the symptoms
These findings may provide insights into better ways of managing long COVID.
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January 13, 2024 at 10:20 PM
theconversation.com/long-covid-d... It’s estimated around 3% of people in the UK experience long COVID – persistent, long-lasting symptoms after a COVID-19 infection. #covid #health #science
interestingengineering.com/innovation/3... “This device shows really strong potential to reduce the large number of animals that are used worldwide for testing drugs and other compounds” said Dr Adriana Tavares.
3D-printed body-on-chip may replace animal models in drug testing
Scientists from the University of Edinburgh have developed a 3D-printed device that may be used instead of animals in pharmaceutical research and development.
interestingengineering.com
December 28, 2023 at 6:09 PM
interestingengineering.com/innovation/3... “This device shows really strong potential to reduce the large number of animals that are used worldwide for testing drugs and other compounds” said Dr Adriana Tavares.
www.webmd.com/covid/news/2... Companies marketing expensive and unproven stem cell therapies are targeting patients with long COVID – an often debilitating condition that to date has no proven treatments, according to a report published today. #covid #health
Clinics Peddle Unproven Stem Cell Treatment for Long COVID
Researchers identified 38 direct-to-consumer businesses selling purported stem cell therapies to prevent and treat the virus – 36 of which also claim to treat post-COVID syndrome.
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October 26, 2023 at 9:28 PM
www.webmd.com/covid/news/2... Companies marketing expensive and unproven stem cell therapies are targeting patients with long COVID – an often debilitating condition that to date has no proven treatments, according to a report published today. #covid #health
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-j... Reminds me of the Star Trek Enterprise episode where the aliens grew their food as part of their spaceship, the one where Trip got a bun in the oven! 🤣
Scientists Just Came Up With a Wild Idea For Making Oxygen on Mars
And we could use it on Earth too.
www.sciencealert.com
October 21, 2023 at 8:11 PM
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-j... Reminds me of the Star Trek Enterprise episode where the aliens grew their food as part of their spaceship, the one where Trip got a bun in the oven! 🤣
www.bbc.com/news/world-u... Anyone want to try this out and let us know? 🤣🤣🤣
Guinness World Records crowns new hottest pepper
Pepper X registers at 2.69 million Scoville Heat Units - pepper spray is about 1.6 million units.
www.bbc.com
October 18, 2023 at 10:00 AM
www.bbc.com/news/world-u... Anyone want to try this out and let us know? 🤣🤣🤣
www.insider.com/doctors-disc... Doctors performed a 10-hour hemispherotomy on a 6-year-old girl last month. Brianna Bodley suffered from regular seizures as a result of a rare, chronic inflammatory disease. The procedure will allow Brianna to live a normal life with half her brain."
Doctors permanently disconnected half of a 6-year-old girl's brain in a 10-hour surgery to stop her ...
Brianna Bodley will spend the rest of her life with only half her brain "turned on." But a doctor said she'll be able to live a perfectly normal life.
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October 12, 2023 at 4:56 PM
www.insider.com/doctors-disc... Doctors performed a 10-hour hemispherotomy on a 6-year-old girl last month. Brianna Bodley suffered from regular seizures as a result of a rare, chronic inflammatory disease. The procedure will allow Brianna to live a normal life with half her brain."
bigthink.com/the-future/c... The first "cryonauts" met gruesome fates. A few of them decomposed into a "plug of fluids" and were scraped off the bottom of a capsule. The question remains: Is any of this scientific? So far, bodies that have been examined following cryo are hopelessly beyond repair.
Horror stories of cryonics: The gruesome fates of futurists hoping for immortality
Cryonics is the practice of freezing your body in the hope of resurrection by future medicine. Some pioneers met a fate grislier than death.
bigthink.com
October 10, 2023 at 4:23 PM
bigthink.com/the-future/c... The first "cryonauts" met gruesome fates. A few of them decomposed into a "plug of fluids" and were scraped off the bottom of a capsule. The question remains: Is any of this scientific? So far, bodies that have been examined following cryo are hopelessly beyond repair.
www.yourweather.co.uk/news/trendin... The appearance of these sharks was due to the massive flooding of the Logan & Albert rivers. The sharks were unable to exit the lake when the water level dropped. They remained there for almost two decades due to the care of the park staff. #science #nature
Sharks survive 20 years in a golf course lake
A species of shark has lived for over 17 years in a lake on a golf course in Australia, where they survive in low-salinity waters.
www.yourweather.co.uk
October 9, 2023 at 7:57 AM
www.yourweather.co.uk/news/trendin... The appearance of these sharks was due to the massive flooding of the Logan & Albert rivers. The sharks were unable to exit the lake when the water level dropped. They remained there for almost two decades due to the care of the park staff. #science #nature
www.iflscience.com/sweet-sour-s... «Joining the ranks of sweet, savory, sour, bitter, and umami, a new study suggests the tongue might also detect ammonium chloride as a basic taste. The ammonium chloride flavor is prominent in salt licorice candy, popular in Nordic countries, Netherlands & Germany»
Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Umami - Now Meet The Sixth Taste
Scientists have discovered a new taste: ammonium chloride.
www.iflscience.com
October 6, 2023 at 8:05 PM
www.iflscience.com/sweet-sour-s... «Joining the ranks of sweet, savory, sour, bitter, and umami, a new study suggests the tongue might also detect ammonium chloride as a basic taste. The ammonium chloride flavor is prominent in salt licorice candy, popular in Nordic countries, Netherlands & Germany»
Vampire Diaries & the dysfunctional "original" family! But I can't answer that question without naming the best Dracula ever, the superb Christopher Lee, an incredible actor, with an incredible life! Best friends with Peter Cushing & Vincent Price, they were the best of the horror genre!
name your fav vampire.
October 6, 2023 at 2:04 PM
Vampire Diaries & the dysfunctional "original" family! But I can't answer that question without naming the best Dracula ever, the superb Christopher Lee, an incredible actor, with an incredible life! Best friends with Peter Cushing & Vincent Price, they were the best of the horror genre!
www.livescience.com/health/medic... «They also coupled it with a drug used to treat osteoporosis called bisphosphonate, so that the drug would be more likely to target bone. The treated mice showed increased bone density, while the bone density of untreated mice on the ISS declined significantly.»
New drug could prevent bone loss on lengthy space missions, study in space-faring mice suggests
A new drug reduced bone loss in mice on the International Space Station, without causing any negative side effects.
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October 5, 2023 at 11:07 AM
www.livescience.com/health/medic... «They also coupled it with a drug used to treat osteoporosis called bisphosphonate, so that the drug would be more likely to target bone. The treated mice showed increased bone density, while the bone density of untreated mice on the ISS declined significantly.»
www.scientificamerican.com/article/lost... A really good read, explains the iron buildup concerns from drinking blood, explains their increased social interactions with other vampire bats, and why this leads to feeding each other when hungry! #bats #nature #science #vampirebats #vampire
Lost Genes Explain Vampire Bats’ Diet of Blood
To survive on nutrient-poor blood, less can sometimes be more
www.scientificamerican.com
October 4, 2023 at 9:28 AM
www.scientificamerican.com/article/lost... A really good read, explains the iron buildup concerns from drinking blood, explains their increased social interactions with other vampire bats, and why this leads to feeding each other when hungry! #bats #nature #science #vampirebats #vampire
www.sciencealert.com/a-brand-new-... Trigger is a malfunction in the synapses (or connections) between neurons that manage dopamine production, subsequently leading to a toxic buildup of the chemical that can then cause the dopaminergic neuron damage that characterizes Parkinson's. #science #health
A Brand New Parkinson's Trigger Has Been Found – And It Begins Far Earlier Than Thought
An important clue in the brain.
www.sciencealert.com
October 3, 2023 at 7:50 PM
www.sciencealert.com/a-brand-new-... Trigger is a malfunction in the synapses (or connections) between neurons that manage dopamine production, subsequently leading to a toxic buildup of the chemical that can then cause the dopaminergic neuron damage that characterizes Parkinson's. #science #health
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... @worldofhiglet.bsky.social Do you have access to BBC iPlayer? I haven't watched this yet, but it's his latest installment, he's very good! E1 looks really interesting, touches on Scotland & Panama! Enjoy!
Union with David Olusoga - Series 1: 1. The Making of Britain
David Olusoga discovers how Scotland joined England and Wales to form Great Britain.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 3, 2023 at 5:16 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... @worldofhiglet.bsky.social Do you have access to BBC iPlayer? I haven't watched this yet, but it's his latest installment, he's very good! E1 looks really interesting, touches on Scotland & Panama! Enjoy!
www.google.com/amp/s/phys.o... New cellular organelle found 🤯 #science #biology
Cell biologists identify new organelle present in mammalian cells made of rings of DNA
Researchers at ETH Zurich recently identified a previously unknown compartment in mammalian cells. They have named it the exclusome. It is made up of DNA rings known as plasmids. The researchers have ...
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October 3, 2023 at 3:57 PM
www.google.com/amp/s/phys.o... New cellular organelle found 🤯 #science #biology
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles... He researched blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II. This allowed medics to save 1000s of Allied forces' lives during the war. #blackhistory
Charles R. Drew - Wikipedia
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October 3, 2023 at 3:48 PM
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles... He researched blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II. This allowed medics to save 1000s of Allied forces' lives during the war. #blackhistory
historica.fandom.com/wiki/Forty_E... •Founding location
Elephant and Castle District, West End of London, UK
•Years active late 19th century–1950s
•Ethnicity English
•Membership (est.) 70
•Criminal activities Shoplifting
•Allies Elephant and Castle Mob en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_E... #history
Elephant and Castle District, West End of London, UK
•Years active late 19th century–1950s
•Ethnicity English
•Membership (est.) 70
•Criminal activities Shoplifting
•Allies Elephant and Castle Mob en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_E... #history
Forty Elephants
The Forty Elephants was an all-female shoplifting gang in London that was active from 1873 until the 1950s. The gang operated from the Elephant and Castle district, and they raided quality West End ...
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October 2, 2023 at 9:00 AM
historica.fandom.com/wiki/Forty_E... •Founding location
Elephant and Castle District, West End of London, UK
•Years active late 19th century–1950s
•Ethnicity English
•Membership (est.) 70
•Criminal activities Shoplifting
•Allies Elephant and Castle Mob en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_E... #history
Elephant and Castle District, West End of London, UK
•Years active late 19th century–1950s
•Ethnicity English
•Membership (est.) 70
•Criminal activities Shoplifting
•Allies Elephant and Castle Mob en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_E... #history
www.theargus.co.uk/news/2382409... Another tree lost, this time an ancient yew, they are generally very long lived, they also exhibit Allelopathy, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allelop... #tree #trees #nature
Shock as yew tree which 'predates the Battle of Hastings' felled
A yew tree which “predates the Battle of Hastings” has been felled.
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October 1, 2023 at 8:45 AM
www.theargus.co.uk/news/2382409... Another tree lost, this time an ancient yew, they are generally very long lived, they also exhibit Allelopathy, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allelop... #tree #trees #nature
Covid booster ✅
Flu shot ✅
Connecting my mind to 5g ✅
Howling at the 🌕✅
Flu shot ✅
Connecting my mind to 5g ✅
Howling at the 🌕✅
September 30, 2023 at 10:10 AM
Covid booster ✅
Flu shot ✅
Connecting my mind to 5g ✅
Howling at the 🌕✅
Flu shot ✅
Connecting my mind to 5g ✅
Howling at the 🌕✅
If magic is science we don't understand, does that mean all magic/fantasy fans are actually sci-fi fans who just don't know it, & if they watched sci-fi drama/films, they'd be instantly converted, thus ending the sci-fi Vs magic/fantasy war? Everyone is sci-fi fans! 😜🪄⚛️ #magic #sci-fi
September 30, 2023 at 10:09 AM
If magic is science we don't understand, does that mean all magic/fantasy fans are actually sci-fi fans who just don't know it, & if they watched sci-fi drama/films, they'd be instantly converted, thus ending the sci-fi Vs magic/fantasy war? Everyone is sci-fi fans! 😜🪄⚛️ #magic #sci-fi
www.technologynetworks.com/drug-discove... Really exciting find, this is from a year ago tho, nothing new in search, I don't see anything about human trials yet, but if this turns out to be really true, it's groundbreaking, a genuine potent analgesic without addiction!!! #science #health
Scientists Create New Non-Opioid Painkiller With Fewer Side Effects
Researchers have developed a promising new non-opioid painkiller, potentially with fewer side effects compared to other potent painkillers, and a unique mode of action, potentially opening a new pipel...
www.technologynetworks.com
September 29, 2023 at 8:56 PM
www.technologynetworks.com/drug-discove... Really exciting find, this is from a year ago tho, nothing new in search, I don't see anything about human trials yet, but if this turns out to be really true, it's groundbreaking, a genuine potent analgesic without addiction!!! #science #health
youtube.com/shorts/jerFd... Never knew about this place, I might go! I can't even begin to imagine surgery without anaesthesia, we're ridiculously lucky, I think we need to acknowledge how lucky we are with modern medicine, also healthcare professionals deserve more respect & decent living wages!
This is an operating theatre from 1822
Courtesy of The Old Operating Theatre Museum.📺 Discover the past on History Hit with ad-free exclusive podcasts and documentaries released weekly presented ...
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September 29, 2023 at 12:22 PM
youtube.com/shorts/jerFd... Never knew about this place, I might go! I can't even begin to imagine surgery without anaesthesia, we're ridiculously lucky, I think we need to acknowledge how lucky we are with modern medicine, also healthcare professionals deserve more respect & decent living wages!
www.zmescience.com/science/news... «The new "reverse vaccine" it removes the immune system's memory of a molecule» #science #health
Reverse vaccine could treat MS and other autoimmune diseases
Scientists developed a "reverse vaccine" that helps the body to forget things. It could lead to new treatments.
www.zmescience.com
September 28, 2023 at 9:35 PM
www.zmescience.com/science/news... «The new "reverse vaccine" it removes the immune system's memory of a molecule» #science #health