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Weightlifting outmuscles running for blood sugar control, study finds medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11...

"...when it comes to preventing diabetes and obesity, pumping iron might have the edge..."

#Move! #Lift! #TeamConfirmationBias!
Weightlifting outmuscles running for blood sugar control, study finds
Running may help burn calories, but when it comes to preventing diabetes and obesity, pumping iron might have the edge, according to preclinical findings from the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute ...
medicalxpress.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Mouth-watering news...We've identified microbes that produce fine flavours in chocolate, a discovery that could lead to entirely new kinds of the delectable treat.

www.newscientist.com/article/2492...
How cocoa beans' microbiomes are key to the finest chocolate flavours
Nine species of fungi and bacteria have been found in cocoa beans that produce fine chocolate, and this knowledge could help producers develop better flavours
www.newscientist.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Newsletter: In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder.

Here’s how to use RSS.
www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...
Curate your own newspaper with RSS
Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read
www.citationneeded.news
July 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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The dance lesson
August 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Antenna cut from moths can be used in electronic drones as smell detectors. Surprisingly, this works better than electronic smell sensors. The practice is called electroantennography.

www.newscientist.com/article/2474...
Smell-seeking drone uses moth antenna to follow a scent
A moth antenna can be integrated into the electronics of a drone to create a smell-seeking bio-hybrid – but it only detects the smell of a female moth
www.newscientist.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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🦊👾ARTICLE FOX

Il y a une semaine, une extension Firefox appelée Osint Sync, présentée comme un outil OSINT, cachait en réalité un malware qui collecte furtivement des données et les transmet à un serveur Discord.
Retrouvez dans cet article son analyse.

projetfox.com/2025/02/anat...
Anatomie d'OsintS, une extension Firefox malveillante - Projet FOX
Le 15 février 2025, une extension Firefox baptisée Osint Sync a été diffusée sur plusieurs communautés Discord, présentée comme un outil OSINT légitime. Cependant, des investigations ont rapidement ré...
projetfox.com
February 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Things that aren’t linked to cancer despite influencers screaming about them and media clickbait headlines:

Artificial sweeteners
Food dyes
Microwaves, cell phones, & body scanners
Glyphosate
Parabens
GMOs
Seed oils

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January 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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I had the chance to review the big breakthroughs in biotech for 2024, a fun and enthralling conversation with
@dkthomp.bsky.social
—Lenacapavir, @science.org breakthrough of the year
—Organ Clocks
—A.I. Detection of Heart Artery Inflammation
open.spotify.com/episode/1VNQ...
The Year's Biggest Breakthroughs in Science and Tech (Feat.: OK, But Seriously, What Is Quantum Computing?)
Plain English with Derek Thompson · Episode
open.spotify.com
December 31, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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The 2024 Good Tech Awards, spotlighted by @kevinroose.com for #AI/Science
nytimes.com/2024/12/30/t...
congrats!
@arcinstitute.org @brianhie.bsky.social @patrickhsuu.bsky.social @jameszou.bsky.social and the others for well deserved recognition
January 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Our assessment of a person's epigenetic ("biological") age has been centered on DNA methylation. A new report shows that a set of 7 histone markers has comparable accuracy and also uncovers new pathways of aging biology
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
January 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Fear & rage drivers of #misinformation.

Alas, too often negativity wins.

Study: Large-scale analysis of long-term sentiment & content dynamics of online (mis)information www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In 2025, my joy & positivity? Yep, gonna be tough.
December 29, 2024 at 5:22 PM
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RFK Jr is a liar that profits off anti-vaccine disinformation.

The HPV vaccine prevents infection with cancer-causing HPVs and has near-eliminated cervical cancers in the recent cohorts.

This vaccine PREVENTS cancer. Not just cervical: anal, penile, throat, vulvar, and more.
December 17, 2024 at 10:29 PM