That said, there’s some neat factoids in here. Look at where Augustus Caesar died in comparison to the average life expectancy of today. And look at those long-living people in Monaco. Interesting stuff! Relax with some life-extending tea or a moderate amount of booze and check it out. by NowSourcing. Browse more data visualization. Medex Supply
It turns out the best way to grow the ever-elusive Cordyceps mushroom is on the backs of fatty insects, finds a new study published Wednesday in Frontiers in Microbiology. Cultivating this rare species of fungus could increase the availability of a bioactive compound called cordycepin, which boasts potential antiviral and antitumor properties. “Cordycepin has diverse biological effects such as anticancer and anti-inflammation, several aspects that must be considered for the treatment of diseases,” explains Mi Kyeong Lee, a professor of pharmacy at Chungbuk National University in South Korea and senior study author....
Old-School Mapping Even MapQuest and Yahoo! Maps have finally (almost) caught up technologically to Google. So, with all of these slick, Ajaxified options to choose from, it blows my mind whenever I come across a site that links to a mapping 1.0 service like MSN Maps & Directions. Actually, I’m shocked that something like MSN Maps & Directions is even allowed to exist. Trying to locate an address on this abomination is like being transported back to a time when people used the word “cyber....
These five homemade decoys are perfect for the waterfowler on a budget. The economy is bad, but the duck hunting this season should be good—real good—if you can afford to hunt it. Here are five waterfowl decoys for divers, dabblers, and geese that you can make yourself. That way you can save your hard-earned cash for all that ammo you’re going to need this season. The lobster pot diver Cost: $12 or less per decoy....
Be mindful in the present When it comes to taking control of time, this tip might just be the most important one. Paying attention to the moment you’re currently living is key to not letting time pass you by. But even if you’re not on an intellectual quest to determine the nature of time itself, your perception of time dictates a lot of how you experience your past, present, and future....
The newly released Apple Watch Ultra does twice as good, with 36-hour battery life, according to the manufacturer. But the gadget is designed for the great outdoors, so if you’re away from civilization for several days, you might still struggle to keep your watch powered up for the duration of your trip. But whatever model you have, there are multiple ways you can extend the time between charges for your Apple Watch....
But normal doesn’t mean healthy. Exposure to higher sound levels increases your risk of hearing damage if your ears are unprotected. Being near a gunshot or a jet plane taking off can immediately damage your hearing and may even rupture an ear drum. A rock concert or emergency vehicle siren can cause problems in less than eight seconds. At 90 dB, the maximum safe exposure for unprotected ears is about four hours, according to a graphic from the Sight and Hearing Association....
Why should I care about microplastics? As the name suggests, microplastics are small pieces of plastic or plastic fibers that are frequently invisible to the naked eye. As such, fighting to prevent their release is less sexy than advocating against plastic straws or bags—endeavours that are commonly accompanied by heart-wrenching images of turtles choked by trash. But microplastics are still an urgent threat to our environment, says marine biologist Alexis Jackson....
When you decide to share a large file or folder online—perhaps you want to send a cute home movie to a doting relative, or need to back up a photo archive to a secondary location—you can’t just attach it to an email. Under the virtual weight of all those 1s and 0s, your regular email client could collapse. Instead, once your files reach a critical size, you must turn to apps and programs to shuttle them around the web....
Peripherals (mice, keyboards, gamepads, webcams, and printers) can sometimes be a pain—they might either stop working or cause problems with the hardware and the software on your computer. But before you make a (potentially expensive) call to a tech support professional, try troubleshooting your gadget problem yourself. There are certain steps that can be helpful in all scenarios, and that may well get your hardware working properly again. Take a similar approach with anything that connects to Wi-Fi, like a printer....
Talk of pelvic floor muscles may bring to mind images of jade eggs, but while buying expensive rocks to stick up your nethers is a bad idea, maintaining a strong pelvic floor is a great one. Here’s everything you never knew you needed to know about keeping that pelvic floor jacked: Do I have a pelvic floor? If you have a pelvis, then yes, almost certainly! The pelvic floor refers to a group of muscles that “stretch like a muscular trampoline from the tailbone to the pubic bone,” as the Continence Foundation of Australia so delightfully puts it....
Farmers need to fertilize crops to keep food supplies at adequate levels. New research shows our own waste could be an efficient tool for accomplishing this—specifically human urine. Researchers from the National Institute of Agricultural Research of Niger recently published research on using urine as a fertilizer for pearl millet crops, a grain commonly grown in the region. Urine contains phosphorus, potassium, and nitrogen, which are widely used for growing crops....
It’s silly, yes, but it’s also a wonderful celebration of the essence of science. It’s purely about discovery and learning, and the joys of investigating questions. Some of the research is just for fun (though it’s still published in academic journals), but some of it also serves some greater purpose. In that spirit, we rounded up the 2018 winners and explain why the heck you’d want to know this stuff:...
One of the oldest known genetic differences between humans and chimpanzees may have helped ancient hominids—and now modern humans—excel at running long distances. To understand how the mutation works, scientists examined the muscles of mice that were genetically engineered to have the mutation. In the rodents, having the mutation boosted oxygen levels to working muscles, increasing endurance and reducing overall muscle fatigue. The researchers surmise the mutation could be working similarly in humans....
Then there’s Stellantis. On March 25, Stellantis introduced a brand new twin-turbocharged inline-six engine, dubbed Hurricane, as a fresh internal combustion engine design to promote a product-line-wide focus on efficiency. The company, which is made up of 16 global automotive brands, hopes to implement the new engine as a stop-gap to reduce its dependence on large-displacement inefficient Hemi V8 engines for its Dodge, Ram, Jeep, and potentially other brands. While developing a new internal combustion engine in 2022 might indicate a reticence when it comes to the electrification of its product lines, Stellantis has also stated that it is committed to a 50-percent battery electric vehicle sales mix by the end of the decade....
Hydropower dams’ walls restrict the flow of rivers and turn them into pools of stagnant water. As these reservoirs age, organic matter like algal biomass and aquatic plants accumulates and eventually decomposes and sinks. That oxygen-poor environment stimulates methane production. Reservoir surfaces and turbines then release methane into the atmosphere. Methane makes up approximately 80 percent of the greenhouse gases emitted from hydropower dams, peaking in the first decade of the dams lifecycle....
Researchers at Ohio State University have set out to determine whether or not these kinds of examples reinforce the math behind them. They conducted a study in which college students were taught a simple but unfamiliar system. Some learned it through abstract symbols and some learned it through concrete examples. They were then tested on what they were told was a children’s game, the rules of which used the same math as they were just taught....
Anything falling through the atmosphere has what’s called a terminal velocity. This is the speed at which the upward force, or drag, from air resistance equals the downward force of gravity. Typically, a falling object, like a skydiver, speeds up until it reaches terminal velocity. If something like the space shuttle starts out in the airless vacuum of space, it can reach a speed higher than its terminal velocity. But as soon as it starts passing through the atmosphere, friction will slow it down....
Neutrons may seem like the boring cousin to the more active and interesting protons and electrons that make up atoms, but neutrons hold some mysteries that could shed light on the Big Bang and the formation of the cosmos (life, the universe, everything, etc.). They can also mysteriously become other subatomic particles, like protons, electrons, and electron antineutrinos–a pretty neat trick of physics. But it’s precisely because they have no electric charge that they are notoriously difficult to manipulate....
CRISPR contains two main components: guide RNA, which allows the enzyme to pick out a particular pattern of nucleotides from the entire genome, and the protein Cas9 that snips the strands of DNA. Occasionally, the guide RNA directs the enzyme to the wrong part of the genome, or to other repetitions of the nucleotides that weren’t the researchers’ intended target. And though these off-target cuts don’t happen often, a snip in just the wrong place could have disastrous effects on the organism....
