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New research shows that people do not age in a linear fashion, but rather the molecules that attribute to aging accelerate at major periods: age 44 and then again at 60.

I find it absurd that it is possible to trigger motions in mice. Even if it's very primitive, to me it feels like this shouldn't be possible yet. But they already did this in 2014. Optogenetics is such a cool subject.

The Sedlec Ossuary (Czech: Kostnice v Sedlci; German: Sedletz-Beinhaus) is a Roman Catholic chapel, located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints (Czech: Hřbitovní kostel Všech Svatých), part of the former Sedlec Abbey in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. The ossuary is estimated to contain the skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people, whose bones have, in many cases, been artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the chapel. The ossuary is among the most visited tourist attractions of the Czech Republic, drawing over 200,000 visitors annually.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedlec_Ossuary

These marine mammals are still feeling the effects of whaling. For most species, it may be another 100 years before there are enough old whales for scientists to confirm their lifespans.

Boat collision left Charlotte stranded at the surface and in danger of predation.

Source: https://www.tumblr.com/viejospellejos/769381276847357952/moooola

Source: https://imgur.com/gallery/crack-Ty4HrUL

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PFAS are made up of a chain of incredibly strong carbon-fluorine bonds, which make them difficult to break down.

Study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08327-7

This Friday the 13th, watch out for deep sea serpents and deathwatch beetles, and even something as innocent as a rainbow. The origins of Friday the 13th are murky, with possible connections to Judas being the 13th guest at the Last Supper, or the Knights Templar being condemned on a Friday the 13th. Just like the holiday, many superstitions have mysterious origins. We often hang on to old ideas without knowing how they came about.

In 2013, teacher John Ssentamu sat in a sun-drenched bus on a route he regularly rode between Masaka, a city west of Lake Victoria, to Kampala, the capital of Uganda. He peered over his neighbor’s shoulder, reading a page of the book he was holding: Harry Potter and Sorcerers Stone. Ssentamu was immediately enthralled with the fantasy world. In particular, he noticed a strange word that didn’t look like English: “quidditch.” and asked the stranger if he could take the book home.

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This is my favorite sea animal and second on overall after Capybara.

Source for Image: Unsplash For Fact: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/mantis-shrimp

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Source: Astrobin

Blog: https://jdhastro.wixsite.com/eclipse2024/post/unforgettable-adventure-2024-total-solar-eclipse-story

I, for one, welcome our avian overlords!

In the future, a program like AI Jesus could be used to hear confessions around the clock. But with no experience of having a human body, it cannot engage or absolve human sins.

A new effort to map the rumblings in spacetime caused by enormous black hole collisions paints a surprisingly loud and lopsided picture of the universe.

Once the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer couldn’t survey widely anymore, NASA scientists switched gears and began using the spacecraft for planetary defense.