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[SaintRob]

Not Science Fiction: Harvard Scientists Have Developed an “Intelligent” Liquid

Scientists have developed a metafluid with programmable response. Scientists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a programmable metafluid with tunable springiness, optical properties, viscosity and even the ability to transition between a

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The first-of-its-kind metafluid uses a suspension of small, elastomer spheres — between 50 to 500 microns — that buckle under pressure, radically changing the characteristics of the fluid. The metafluid could be used in everything from hydraulic actuators to program robots, to intelligent shock absorbers that can dissipate energy depending on the intensity of the impact, to optical devices that can transition from clear to opaque.

Can we put some of this in Ramczyk's knee to replace cartilage?

 

[fred8615]

1,500-year-old burial of lynx with 4 dogs stacked on it puzzles archaeologists

Archaeologists aren't sure why a lynx and four dogs were buried together in Hungary around 1,500 years ago.

www.livescience.com

 

[Tapxe]

1,500-year-old burial of lynx with 4 dogs stacked on it puzzles archaeologists

Archaeologists aren't sure why a lynx and four dogs were buried together in Hungary around 1,500 years ago.

www.livescience.com

It was my second time to visit mortality. I was set upon by the lynx. Astrous and Plutus tangled the beast first. In their battle I was able to reach my spear. The foul creature was mighty and their wounds too grave. As it lunged to me, Renifer and Stimpius confronted it. I was unable to gain a clear stab until after it had wounded them mortally.

A fitting burial of the combatants was arranged.

 

[Eeyore]

It was my second time to visit mortality. I was set upon by the lynx. Astrous and Plutus tangled the beast first. In their battle I was able to reach my spear. The foul creature was mighty and their wounds too grave. As it lunged to me, Renifer and Stimpius confronted it. I was unable to gain a clear stab until after it had wounded them mortally.

A fitting burial of the combatants was arranged.

And this, no rubber nipples were sold that day.

 

[Optimus Prime]

The fatigue and pangs of pregnancy have made many women feel older than their years.

Now there’s new research that suggests pregnancy may, in fact, accelerate the aging process.


Two new studies of genetic markers in the blood cells of pregnant women suggest that their cells seem to age at an exaggerated clip, adding extra months or even years to a woman’s so-called biological age as her pregnancy progresses.


But one of the studies also suggests this process may reverse itself once a woman gives birth, rewinding time so that some mothers’ cells seemingly end up biologically younger afterward than they’d been during gestation, especially if a mother breastfeeds her baby…..

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/04/08/pregnancy-aging-biological-clocks/

 

[Sailorsaint]

Magnetic levitation: New material offers potential for unlocking gravity-free technology

Researchers at the Quantum Machines Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) are studying levitating materials—substances that can remain suspended in a stable position without any physical contact or mechanical support.

phys.org

 

[Optimus Prime]

Bryan Johnson is 45 years old but, according to a new report, his test results show he has the heart of a 37-year-old and the lungs of a young adult.

Johnson is a biotech entrepreneur who hopes to game nature's course of aging and have the organs and health of an 18-year-old by going through an intense data-driven experimental program he's called Project Blueprint.

According to a recent Bloomberg profile of the CEO, Johnson could spend up to $2 million on his body this year and there are early glimpses that show he may be on track to unlocking the secret to age reversal.

Test results from doctors suggest that Johnson has the heart of a 37-year-old, the skin of a 28-year-old, and the lung capacity of an 18-year-old, Bloomberg's Ashlee Vance reported.

The program is led by Oliver Zolman, a 29-year-old physician who calls himself the "rejuvenation doctor," and is supported by a team of more than 30 health experts, according to the report.

While it's still in its experimental stage and is constantly being tweaked, the health program consists of an intense daily regimen of carefully curated supplements, meals, exercise, and a slew of bodily tests.

Johnson's 5 a.m.-mornings for example start with two dozen supplements for all kinds of purported health benefits: lycopene, metformin, turmeric, zinc, and, for brain health, a small dose of lithium, among others.

His meals, a mix of solid and soft foods, are vegan and restricted to 1,977 calories a day. He exercises daily, with three high-intensity workouts a week, and goes through blood tests, MRIs, and colonoscopies each month, Bloomberg reported.

"What I do may sound extreme, but I'm trying to prove that self-harm and decay are not inevitable," Johnson told the outlet.

All of his efforts in 2021 have amounted to what Johnson claims to be a world record epigenetic age reversal of 5.1 years.

In certain aspects of his health, he's shown even younger signs of age. Doctors say he has the gum inflammation of a 17-year-old, and a device that tracks Johnson's rate of nighttime erections is like that of a teenager's, Bloomberg reported...............

MSN

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Anti-ageing activist Bryan Johnson sparks controversy with picture of his face

‘I’m transitioning,’ wrote millionaire who is trying to live forever

www.independent.co.uk

 

[SaintRob]

Anti-ageing activist Bryan Johnson sparks controversy with picture of his face

‘I’m transitioning,’ wrote millionaire who is trying to live forever

www.independent.co.uk

"Colononscopies", plural, each month?

 

[fred8615]

New Research Debunks the Myth That Venting Your Anger Is Effective

Research indicates that rising physiological arousal intensifies feelings of anger. Venting about a source of anger might feel good in the moment, but it’s not effective at reducing the rage, new research suggests. Instead, techniques often used to address stress – deep breathing, mindfulness, m

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[SoggyBottomBoy]

New Research Debunks the Myth That Venting Your Anger Is Effective

Research indicates that rising physiological arousal intensifies feelings of anger. Venting about a source of anger might feel good in the moment, but it’s not effective at reducing the rage, new research suggests. Instead, techniques often used to address stress – deep breathing, mindfulness, m

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WHAAAAT!!!! DON'T TRY TO SELL ME THAT BULLSHIRT!!! IT'S ABSOLUTELY EFFECTIVE!! OMG!!! OMG! OMg. Ommmm. Ommmm. Could it be that the fine researchers in that study are mistaken, perchance?

 

[Sailorsaint]

WHAAAAT!!!! DON'T TRY TO SELL ME THAT BULLSHIRT!!! IT'S ABSOLUTELY EFFECTIVE!! OMG!!! OMG! OMg. Ommmm. Ommmm. Could it be that the fine researchers in that study are mistaken, perchance?

I guess the scenario needs context. Does it include a particular Saints/Rams game and big screen tv?

 

[CoolBrees]

Not science per se, but interesting maybe

This is the climate that is most closely related allegedly

 

[LA_Steve]

Mammoths to be reintroduced to Colorado amid concerns they could get wild

Some researchers have argued that mammoths’ extinction allowed for a spike in North American wildfires because the grazing behemoths were no longer around to hoover up dry grass and vegetation through their trunks.

www.aspendailynews.com

Satire

 

[Tapxe]

Scientists develop innovative technique to transform plastic waste into powerful clean fuel: '[It] could be produced for free'

A new technique developed by researchers at Rice University in Texas may provide the key to making hydrogen cars more viable.

www.thecooldown.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

If you zoomed out on the universe, well beyond the level of planets, stars or galaxies, you would eventually see a vast, evenly speckled expanse with no notable features. At least, that has been the conventional view.

The principle that everything looks the same everywhere is a fundamental pillar of the standard model of cosmology, which aims to explain the big bang and how the universe has evolved in the 13.7bn years since.

But this week a meeting of some of the world’s leading cosmologists will convene at London’s Royal Society to ask the question: what if this basic assumption is wrong?


The meeting comes after a number of high-profile astronomical observations have challenged the conventional view, according to Prof Subir Sarkar, a cosmologist at the University of Oxford and co-organiser of the meeting.

“We are, in cosmology, using a model that was first formulated in 1922,” he said. “We have great data, but the theoretical basis is past its sell-by date. More and more people are saying the same thing and these are respected astronomers.”…….

World’s top cosmologists convene to question conventional view of the universe

Meeting at London’s Royal Society will scrutinise basic model first formulated in 1922 that universe is a vast, even expanse with no notable features

www.theguardian.com