Deadline is 1944 sci-fi story about the use of nuclear bomb. It includes topics such as uranium enrichment, methods of isotopic separation and moral questions about the weapon. Author had no knowledge of Manhattan project and came up with the idea from scientific journals.
Here Are 7 Ways You Can Reduce Your Waste During the Holidays
Have you thought about what Mother Earth wants to find under her (hopefully not dwindling) trees year after year?
I’ll give you a hint: it’s less of everything (except love).
And this is a perfect time of year to turn over a new leaf because according to Washington University in St. Louis, MO, Americans throw away 25% more trash between Thanksgiving and New Year’s than at any other time of year. This amounts to 25 million tons of trash in just a few months.
If you’re feeling inspired, here are 7 ways you can help bring that number down – and keep it going all year long.
7. Make a list and stick to it.
Surprises are a nice idea, but unless you know the person really well (or vice versa) there’s a good chance that thing you wondered whether they’ll like will end up as waste.
Ask people what they want and like, then buy it for them, and be straightforward with the people asking you for ideas too.
6. Bring reusable bags.
You should be doing this every time you run to Target or the grocery store (I keep mine in my car), but don’t forget to bring them along for holiday gifts, too.
5. Try gifting experiences instead of things.
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4. Only send Christmas cards to the people closest to you (or choose virtual cards instead!).
Wash U says that the “2.65 billion Christmas cards sold each year in the U.S. could fill a football field 10 [stories] high.”
Most people are going to toss your card in the trash, so think hard before you send them to everyone you know.
3. Don’t bother wrapping your gifts.
Hide them instead, or just pull them out of a reusable bag at the party. Scavenger hunts are fun, too – at least, for the person who makes them, they are.
2. Or at least use recyclable paper.
Make sure to double check that the paper you buy can end up in the recycling bin – just make sure to remove the tape first or use reused ribbon to tie it up nice and tight.
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Also, use a timer for energy savings, too!
I’m off to do some last minute gifting to the planet – how about you?
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Hybrid Pig-Monkeys Could Be in Our (Near) Future Thanks to Chinese Genetic Experiments
There’s a classic episode of Seinfeld where Kramer is convinced that he’s seen a “pig man” at the hospital – a result of a genetic experiment gone horribly wrong…or right, I suppose.
And while there’s no pig man in the episode, if scientists have their way, the show is probably going to be seen as prophetic one day.
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— Seinfeld (@SeinfeldTV) November 26, 2015
In yet another show of disregard for ethics in experimental genetics, Chinese researchers have brought pig-monkey chimeras to term.
In science (as opposed to mythology), a chimera is an organism derived from two or more zygotes. At the Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology in China, piglets were injected with monkey stem cells when they were fetuses and, for the first time in any lab ever, were brought successfully to term.
They look like regular pigs, for the record, and scientists claim they exist to further the research into growing human organs inside of animals.
The embryonic monkey stem cells came from cynomolgus monkeys, a type of macaque commonly bred for biomedical research. The cells were modified to produce a protein called GFP that would allow researchers to track the cells after injection.
Pigs, for their part, are often used as hosts because of their biological similarities to humans.
The team implanted the cells into more than 4,000 pig embryos, but only 2 of the 10 altered babies were born with monkey stem cells showing up in their heart, liver, spleen, lung, and skin.
Every one of the litter of 10 died within a week of birth from an unknown cause, but as both chimera and typical pigs perished, researchers believe it had to do with the IVF process and not the altered stem cells.
“We believe this work will facilitate future developments in xenogeneic organogenesis, bringing us one step closer to producing tissue-specific functional cells and organs in a large animal model through interspecies blastocyst complementation,” write the authors.
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Scientists in China aren’t deterred, though, and say they will continue to attempt to create healthy animals with a higher proportion of monkey cells, then continue to creating pigs with organs comprised of almost all primate cells, if they’re successful.
It’s a brave new world. At least the pigs are going first.
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10 Great Facts to Get Your Day Started on the Right Foot
We all need to get our days started in a positive way. Some people exercise, some do yoga, some meditate, some drink two pots of coffee.
Whatever you do, you can add these facts to your morning routine to make your day even better!
Enjoy!
1. Some things never change…
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2. I did not know that!
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3. Cool!
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4. Time to reset
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5. That’s tragic.
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6. I always feel like…
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7. That’s not good.
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8. A symbol of friendship.
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9. Makes perfect sense.
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10. Justice warriors.
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We hope you enjoyed those facts!
Have a great day!
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10 Interesting Facts to Get You Thinking
We’re almost at the end of the year, and it has been a loooooooong twelve months.
But I’m gonna power through, and I know that you can, too!
So put aside all the worry, turn that frown upside down, and enjoy these 10 wonderful facts that we’ve selected out of our extensive archive.
Let’s see those pearly whites!
1. Kindness for a hero.
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2. A case of the Mondays.
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3. A great idea!
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4. That makes sense.
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5. This is amazing.
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6. Stressed out.
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7. And they never forgot about it…
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8. Put on your dancing shoes!
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9. An end to slavery.
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10. The seas are rising.
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Have a great day, happy holidays, and keep SMILING!
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Some People Are Accidentally Poisoning Themselves with Essential Oils
You’d have to be living under a rock to have missed the resurgence of alternative medicines and essential oils. People everywhere are touting the ability to cure everything from nausea and headaches to the common cold (and, in some cases, more extreme illnesses) using nothing but plant, root, and herb extracts.
Essential oils are volatile chemical compounds extracted from plant materials via a distillation process that typically involves steaming. They’re used in perfumes, soaps, incense, and aromatherapy aids, along with traditional medicine therapies.
And they are known to have some health benefits when inhaled.
Some.
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But it turns out that even natural medicines require some research and training (whaaaaat), lest you poison yourself and those you love – and that goes double if you’re going to engage in the dubious practice of applying the oils to your skin, or ingesting them orally.
People are clearly ignoring that fact, though, because a recent study has shown that essential oil poisonings are becoming more frequent in Europe, the U.S., and in Australia.
The study appeared in the Medical Journal of Australia, and it analyzed data from the New South Wales Poisons Information Centre. They received a total of 4412 calls about essential oil poisoning between July 2014 and June 2018, with 2/3 of the cases involving children under 15.
There was a 16% increase between 2015 and 2018, showing a disturbing trend.
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“Clinical effects include vomiting, central nervous system depression or excitation, and aspiration pneumonitis.”
And it’s even worse for kids: Essential oils can also upset a person’s hormonal balance, a more concerning hazard when dealing with children who haven’t yet entered puberty, or who might be in the midst of it.
There has been at least a few cases of prepubescent boys developing enlarged breasts after applying tea tree and lavender oil to their skin.
It’s important to note that a number of the poisoning cases were due to someone mistaking the bottle for something like cough syrup, but others were due to people ingesting them on purpose.
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“Flow restrictors and child-resistant closures would be desirable, but containers are only required to have such closures when the essential oil volume exceeds 15 milliliters.”
Since 5 milliliters is enough to generate a severe toxicity in the product, these cases and others should serve as a warning for you to make sure properly secure any essential oils in your home.
I don’t know about you, but I would feel pretty bad if something I brought into my house to help my kids feel better ended up hurting them instead.
Just sayin’.
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A Hallucinogenic Party Drug Seems to Help Curb Alcohol Addiction. Who Knew?
Alcohol abuse is a problem that untold amounts of people deal with on a daily basis. But there may be a surprising new tool on its way to help treat this addictive disorder: a hallucinogenic drug.
According to a report in Nature Communications, researchers suggest a single dose of ketamine can help weaken the desire to drink beer. While the drug’s effect was modest, there is still plenty of room for optimism, according to addiction researcher David Epstein.
“If a seemingly small one-time experience in a lab produces any effects that are detectable later in real life, the data are probably pointing toward something important,” explained Epstein, who works for the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Baltimore.
I read an article online about the use of ketamine to treat alcoholism. There are so many alternative forms of medicine that we haven't explored nearly enough.
— Trey Roberts (@Clydesthename) December 15, 2019
Addiction is considered a memory disorder, so finding a way to stop the memories that trigger cravings for beer was a key component of the ketamine study.
“We’re trying to break down those memories to stop that process from happening, and to stop people from relapsing,” said Ravi Das, a co-author of the study and a psychopharmacologist at University College London.
To conduct the study, Das and the research group recruited 90 people who admitted to drinking too much beer. Participants were exposed to pictures of beer, drank one in the lab and rated their cravings, enjoyment of drinking and their desire to drink another one.
The participants returned a few days later and were divided into three groups for further examination. The researchers utilized different methods to test the effect of ketamine and the different triggers and memories associated with drinking beer. Interestingly, the results showed that the people who had their beer memories jogged before receiving ketamine reported both a lower desire and less enjoyment for beer.
Nine months after the study concluded, all 90 participants had cut their beer consumption in half. Surprisingly, that even included those who did not receive a dose of ketamine. Epstein explained that the full-scale reduction could be due to the self-awareness that comes from enrolling in a study.
“Behavior can change for all sorts of reasons that aren’t specific to the experimental treatment,” he said.
Ketamine has been show to be a viable treatment for a number of conditions, including treatment-resistant depression. It triggers the regeneration of brain cells. Has been shown to reduce suicidal thoughts and treat alcohol addiction as well. Needs more research.
— Andrew Abbass (@ParadigmSlip) February 22, 2018
While the research on ketamine’s short-term effects on drinking is far from over, the early results are promising. The research group plans on conducting clinical trials on people with drinking problems. In addition, they also want to test other problematic memories, such as post-traumatic stress disorder.
Of course, with any drug, there are concerns about abusing ketamine. But the upside of its ability to weaken the lure for alcohol makes it a worthwhile option to explore.
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This New Breed of Apple Stays Crisp for up to a Year
Apples are the perfect snack to have in the house – tart and tasty, they’re great for baking, in yogurt, or by themselves…until the day you go to grab that last apple and find that it’s mushy and overripe.
Well, science is thinking it can help make that disappointing moment a thing of the past with these new “Cosmic Crisp” apples.
The Washington-grown hybrid was bred at Washington State University and is a cross between Enterprise and Honeycrisp apples. Researchers began working on the patented breed in 1997, and now, over 20 years later, it’s officially ready to hit stores.
According to reports, the Cosmic Crisp apples resist bruising and browning better than any other kind of apple. It also has an extremely long storage life – to the tune of around six months in a regular fridge. In a suitably controlled atmosphere, the apples can stay nice and crisp up to a full year.
Which means that not only will you not have to deal with mushy, past-their-prime apples, you also could have in-season fruit pretty much any time of the year you’d like.
The long shelf life also means less waste in the long run, but what about taste?
Well, a 2012 report published by the American Society for Horticultural Science claims that a control group of consumers rated the Cosmic Crisp apple higher than Fuji in the categories of sweetness, sourness, flavor intensity, crispness, firmness, juiciness, and overall acceptance.
The creators even boast that, if you’re baking with the apple, you should be able to reduce the amount of sugar your recipe calls for.
(Not available till next year ) #apple #cosmiccrisp #cosmiccrispapple #produce #fruit #exporterworldwide #exporterIf you’re curious, the whitish specks on the apple’s skin earned it its name – Cosmic – and allow the apple to exchange gases with its environment.
Isn’t science kind of a miracle all on its own? I certainly think so!
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The Melting Permafrost in Siberia Revealed a Mysterious 18,000-Year-Old Puppy
It turns out that maybe humans haven’t changed all that much in the past 20,000 years.
At least, not when it comes to puppy love.
Scientists believe the male animal, found near the Indigirka River in Siberia, was around 2 months old when it died. Despite it being preserved by the freezing temperatures with its fur, whiskers, and teeth intact, researchers are not entire sure what species the little guy belongs to.
“The Centre has Europe’s largest DNA bank of all canines from around the globe, yet in this case they couldn’t identify it from the first try,” admits Love Dalen, a representative from the Swedish Centre for Palaeogenetics.
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They do know it’s around 18,000 years old, though preliminary gene sequences was unable to confidently call it a wolf or a dog – or really anything we currently know about.
Well-preserved remains of an ice age wolf were discovered in the area a few years ago (40,000 years old), and dozens of woolly mammoth bodies have also been recovered from the frozen ground. Some scientists hope they’ll be able to use the partial DNA sequences to bring the species back to life (because clearly they’ve never seen Jurassic Park).
As far as humans, it appears that they settled in the northernmost parts of Russia around 32,500 years ago. Previous research suggests that people began domesticating dogs anywhere between 10,000-40,000 years ago, so this little guy could have been a pet, a protector, a working dog, or a wild wolf species – we just don’t know.
Scientists have called in Dogor, which means “friend” in the local Yakut language.
“This is intriguing, what if it’s a dog? We can’t wait to get results from further tests,” says Sergey Fedorov from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the North.
I’d have to say that’s an understatement, because I don’t think I’ve ever been more curious about an 18,000-year old anything in my entire life.
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Running Once a Week Is Linked to a Decrease in the Risk of Early Death
This is excellent news for all you runners out there. And for those who don’t incorporate running as part of your regular routine, this might make you dig out your jogging shoes and hit the gym or the track pretty soon.
A study from the British Journal of Sports Medicine compiled data from 232,149 people whose habits were tracked for between 5.5 and 35 years. The researchers found that those who ran had a 27% lower risk of death than people who didn’t run.
Tp be clear, the study doesn’t guarantee that being a regular runner will lower your risk of early death, but it shows that there is definitely a link between the two.
The results of the study also suggest that you don’t need to be an extremely dedicated runner to get some of the health benefits, either. Researchers found that people who run less than 50 minutes per week, only once a week, or at speeds below 6 mph had similar results as intense runners re: early death rates. Non-runners did not.
Željko Pedišić, a co-author of the study, said, “This finding may be motivating for those who cannot invest a lot of time in exercise, but it should definitely not discourage those who already engage in higher amounts of running.”
So if you’re not a serious runner, or your schedule of work, family, kids, etc. doesn’t allow for you to run every day, at least consider getting out for one long jog a week or a few shorter jaunts.
Pedišić says that this also might help with your blood pressure, cholesterol, and keeping cancer and cardiovascular disease at bay.
Get out there and start running!
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