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Neal Asher
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Science fiction writer.
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Zipped through 2,000 words today. This is a short story making a transition into a novella at 20,000 words now. It contains a certain character on his journey from Earth to what becomes his home world of Cull. A character who is, shall we say, the strong and silent type . . . and a bit brassy.
November 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Lockdown Tales
Best-selling author Neal Asher was far from idle during the isolation of lockdown; he kept himself occupied in the best way possible: he wrote. A...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Ultra-strong, lightweight metal composite can withstand extreme heat
University of Toronto researchers have designed a new composite material that is both very light and extremely strong—even at temperatures up to 500 Celsius.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Speaking more than one language may help the brain stay younger
Speaking more than one language can slow down the brain's aging and lower risks linked to accelerated aging.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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New photonic chips passively convert laser light into multiple colors on demand
Over the past several decades, researchers have been making rapid progress in harnessing light to enable all sorts of scientific and industrial applications. From creating stupendously accurate clocks...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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New photonic chips passively convert laser light into multiple colors on demand
Over the past several decades, researchers have been making rapid progress in harnessing light to enable all sorts of scientific and industrial applications. From creating stupendously accurate clocks...
phys.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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High Cumulative Blood Pressure Correlates with a Sizable Increase in Dementia Risk
The raised blood pressure of hypertension is damaging to sensitive tissues throughout the body, but particularly the brain. Alongside many other issues in the health and function of the vascular syste...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Elastin-like Recombinamers Enable Regrowth of Damaged Enamel
Provoking regrowth of tooth enamel by mimicking some of its structure appears to be a going concern in dental research, if judging from this paper and another similar approach using keratin. At the hi...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Book two. Another excellent read.
November 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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November 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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November 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Should we be the strong men to make good times, or do we sit this round out?
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November 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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The Flags Are Driving Them Crazy
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November 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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The Fix Everything Button
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November 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Owning the Future
I have a varied collection of short stories in my files and, of course, the temptation is there to dump them on Kindle, take the money and run. Howeve...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Shaping immunity: The secrets behind the shape of neutrophils
Researchers at the Kennedy Institute have provided the most comprehensive overview to date of how the distinctive segmented nucleus of neutrophils influences their function in health and disease.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Shaping immunity: The secrets behind the shape of neutrophils
Researchers at the Kennedy Institute have provided the most comprehensive overview to date of how the distinctive segmented nucleus of neutrophils influences their function in health and disease.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Reversing fibrosis: New research provides insight for novel therapies
Yale School of Medicine (YSM) researchers have made key breakthroughs in understanding how to treat fibrotic diseases such as scleroderma and graft-versus-host disease.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Exercise-induced vesicles boost neuron growth when transplanted into sedentary mice
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign report that extracellular vesicles released into the bloodstream during aerobic exercise can, on their own, drive a robust increase in adult ...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Wow that’s awesome.
November 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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The Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in the Aging of the Brain's Vasculature
The aging of the blood vessels supplying the brain into a state of dysfunction provides an important contribution to the onset and progression of neurodegenerative conditions. There are many aspects t...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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NADP in the Cell Cytosol Influences Vascular Aging
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP) has a different portfolio of functions in the cell to the better known nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) that has been a focus for parts of the...
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November 16, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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With very little effort at all I can get Grok to animate my book covers. I then thank the AI and end up in a discussion with it about those books! Damn but the future is coming fast. 😂
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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👀
November 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Wow! Grok absolutely nailed this one!
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM