It’s a pretty awesome guy thing to do, I get why you thought that.
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He made beer that’s also a vaccine. Now controversy is brewing -
He made beer that’s also a vaccine. Now controversy is brewingBuck’s body made antibodies against several types of the virus after drinking the beer and he suffered no ill effects, he and his brother Andrew Buck reported December 17 at the data sharing platform Zenodo.org, along with colleagues from NIH and Vilnius University in Lithuania. Andrew and other family members have also consumed the beer with no ill effects, he says. The Buck brothers posted a method for making vaccine beer December 17 at Zenodo.org. Chris Buck announced both publications in his blog Viruses Must Die on the online publishing platform Substack, but neither has been peer-reviewed by other scientists.
A second ethics committee at the NIH objected to Buck posting the manuscripts to the preprint server bioRxiv.org because of the self-experiment. Buck wrote a rebuttal to the committee’s comments but was loathe to wait for its blessing before sharing the data. “The bureaucracy is inhibiting the science, and that’s unacceptable to me,” he says. “One week of people dying from not knowing about this is not trivial.”
He made beer that’s also a vaccine. Now controversy is brewing
An NIH scientist’s maverick approach reveals legal, ethical, moral, scientific and social challenges to developing potentially life-saving vaccines.
Science News (www.sciencenews.org)
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Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites are falling to Earth at an alarming rate“So several times a year we’re taking these potshots at people on the Earth and fortunately so far missing. So far we’ve been very lucky, but it won’t last.”
Deorbiting Starlink satellites may not pose a risk to people, but Dr McDowell said they may still prove problematic.
Scientists are still trying to understand what impact this rate of deorbits might have on the Earth’s atmosphere.
Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites are falling to Earth at an alarming rate
An average of one to two Starlink satellites are deorbiting each day in 2025
The Independent (www.independent.co.uk)
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These parachutes unfurl thanks to the Japanese art of kirigamiInspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, or paper cutting, scientists made parachutes that open automatically when dropped. And unlike traditional parachutes, they fall straight down, no matter which way they were originally facing, making their falls more predictable.
A thin disk of Mylar, perforated with a series of concentric slits, expands into an elegant latticework vase as its attached cargo falls. Pulled open by the rush of air, the shape slows the payload’s fall by producing drag.
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Solo drinking surge among young adults, especially women: A red flag for public healthThat’s what I mean, wouldn’t it being a different subset of users? Maybe these are the hardcore drinkers that already existed, but were overshadowed by the huge numbers of drinkers.
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Solo drinking surge among young adults, especially women: A red flag for public healthIsn’t drinking way down in young people overall? I think the comparisons wouldn’t be one to one then.
“There have been increases in solitary drinking among young women, in particular, over the past 25 years. Solitary drinking, or sometimes drinking when they are alone, was reported by about 40% of young adults who drank in the past year.”
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Deaf Teenager and 24-Year-Old Gain Ability to Hear After Experimental Gene TherapyJust one month after the treatment, the majority of patients gained some hearing. Six months later, all 10 showed considerable hearing improvement, with the average volume of perceptible sound improving from 106 decibels (very loud) to 52 (much fainter). What’s more, the patients did not report any adverse side effects within the first 12 months post-treatment.
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Two of the World’s Worst Termites Hooked Up in Florida—and Now We’re ScrewedIn October 2024, the researchers discovered a full-blown hybrid colony in a Fort Lauderdale park, which had likely been active for more than five years before being detected. Chouvenc said that there are likely many more hundreds of colonies across South Florida that have not yet been found.
Both parent species are prolific breeders, capable of forming massive colonies and spreading rapidly. The fact that these hybrids are swarming—and potentially just as fertile—raises major red flags.
Fort Lauderdale’s status as a global boating hub may accelerate the spread. “This may be a Florida story now, but it likely won’t stay just in Florida,” Chouvenc warned. Private boats have previously been implicated in termite spread across the U.S. and internationally.
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Smoke pointsAs per a blog I randomly found, 350. Fr.
Butter Vs Olive Oil Smoke Point: Which One Is Your Pick? - Cooknight
In the culinary world, the choice between butter and olive oil often sparks passionate debates among food enthusiasts. While both fats offer unique flavors
Cooknight (cooknight.net)