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“Jumping genes” pathway provides a potential way to slow aging

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Researchers have provided experimental proof of a pathway that controls aging, finding that quieting some mobile DNA sequences in roundworms led to a longer life. Not only does the discovery provide a greater understanding of how we age, but it also opens the door to potential applications in biology and medicine. Continue Reading Category: Biology , Science Tags: Aging , anti-aging , Genetics

World holds its breath as second dying man is given a pig's heart

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A 58-year-old man with terminal heart disease has gone under the knife, becoming the second patient to ever receive a pig heart in a complicated, high-risk xenotransplant. Lawrence Faucette was ineligible for a human heart due to pre-existing peripheral vascular disease and complications with internal bleeding. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: University of Maryland , Transplant , Heart , Surgery , Cardiovascular , Organ donation , Genetic engineering

Future supercontinent predicted to trigger a mammal Armageddon

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About 66 million years ago, the reign of the reptiles came to a dramatic end as a huge asteroid slammed into Earth. Scientists have now predicted that mammals will meet their maker in a similar cataclysm in about 250 million years’ time, as the continents collide to form a new supercontinent. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Geology , Evolution , Extinction , University of Bristol , Earth , Future , Climate , Climate Crisis

Expeditions ebike trailer lowers the floor instead of raising the roof

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If you've gone and bought yourself a high-end ebike, you won't want to tow just any ol' bicycle-camping trailer behind it. With its lowerable floor, sharp lines and composite construction, the Expeditions Trailer may be just what you're looking for. Continue Reading Category: Bicycles , Transport Tags: trailers , Cycling , Camping , ebikes

Diabetes-treating implant produces oxygen to support islet cells

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Daily insulin injections are painful and inconvenient, which is why scientists are developing implants that treat diabetes without any need for needles. A new one looks particularly promising, as it produces oxygen to feed onboard islet cells. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: MIT , Boston Children's Hospital , Diabetes , Implant , Treatment , Oxygen

Future supercontinent predicted to trigger a mammal Armageddon

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About 66 million years ago, the reign of the reptiles came to a dramatic end as a huge asteroid slammed into Earth. Scientists have now predicted that mammals will meet their maker in a similar cataclysm in about 250 million years’ time, as the continents collide to form a new supercontinent. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Geology , Evolution , Extinction , University of Bristol , Earth , Future , Climate , Climate Crisis

Diabetes-treating implant produces oxygen to support islet cells

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Daily insulin injections are painful and inconvenient, which is why scientists are developing implants that treat diabetes without any need for needles. A new one looks particularly promising, as it produces oxygen to feed onboard islet cells. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: MIT , Boston Children's Hospital , Diabetes , Implant , Treatment , Oxygen

Future supercontinent predicted to trigger a mammal Armageddon

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About 66 million years ago, the reign of the reptiles came to a dramatic end as a huge asteroid slammed into Earth. Scientists have now predicted that mammals will meet their maker in a similar cataclysm in about 250 million years’ time, as the continents collide to form a new supercontinent. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Geology , Evolution , Extinction , University of Bristol , Earth , Future , Climate , Climate Crisis

Diabetes-treating implant produces oxygen to support islet cells

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Daily insulin injections are painful and inconvenient, which is why scientists are developing implants that treat diabetes without any need for needles. A new one looks particularly promising, as it produces oxygen to feed onboard islet cells. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: MIT , Boston Children's Hospital , Diabetes , Implant , Treatment , Oxygen

Future supercontinent predicted to trigger a mammal Armageddon

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About 66 million years ago, the reign of the reptiles came to a dramatic end as a huge asteroid slammed into Earth. Scientists have now predicted that mammals will meet their maker in a similar cataclysm in about 250 million years’ time, as the continents collide to form a new supercontinent. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Geology , Evolution , Extinction , University of Bristol , Earth , Future , Climate , Climate Crisis

Diabetes-treating implant produces oxygen to support islet cells

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Daily insulin injections are painful and inconvenient, which is why scientists are developing implants that treat diabetes without any need for needles. A new one looks particularly promising, as it produces oxygen to feed onboard islet cells. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: MIT , Boston Children's Hospital , Diabetes , Implant , Treatment , Oxygen

Future supercontinent predicted to trigger a mammal Armageddon

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About 66 million years ago, the reign of the reptiles came to a dramatic end as a huge asteroid slammed into Earth. Scientists have now predicted that mammals will meet their maker in a similar cataclysm in about 250 million years’ time, as the continents collide to form a new supercontinent. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Geology , Evolution , Extinction , University of Bristol , Earth , Future , Climate , Climate Crisis

Expeditions ebike trailer lowers the floor instead of raising the roof

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If you've gone and bought yourself a high-end ebike, you won't want to tow just any ol' bicycle-camping trailer behind it. With its lowerable floor, sharp lines and composite construction, the Expeditions Trailer may be just what you're looking for. Continue Reading Category: Bicycles , Transport Tags: trailers , Cycling , Camping , ebikes

Diabetes-treating implant produces oxygen to support islet cells

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Daily insulin injections are painful and inconvenient, which is why scientists are developing implants that treat diabetes without any need for needles. A new one looks particularly promising, as it produces oxygen to feed onboard islet cells. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: MIT , Boston Children's Hospital , Diabetes , Implant , Treatment , Oxygen

Future supercontinent predicted to trigger a mammal Armageddon

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About 66 million years ago, the reign of the reptiles came to a dramatic end as a huge asteroid slammed into Earth. Scientists have now predicted that mammals will meet their maker in a similar cataclysm in about 250 million years’ time, as the continents collide to form a new supercontinent. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Geology , Evolution , Extinction , University of Bristol , Earth , Future , Climate , Climate Crisis

Seminal internet meme goes up for sale

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"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog" is an adage and internet meme that was first published by The New Yorker on July 5, 1993, becoming universally recognized for capturing the essence of internet anonymity and the liberation it offers from popular prejudices … and now the original artwork is for sale. Continue Reading Category: Collectibles , Lifestyle Tags: Internet , Art

Expeditions ebike trailer lowers the floor instead of raising the roof

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If you've gone and bought yourself a high-end ebike, you won't want to tow just any ol' bicycle-camping trailer behind it. With its lowerable floor, sharp lines and composite construction, the Expeditions Trailer may be just what you're looking for. Continue Reading Category: Bicycles , Transport Tags: trailers , Cycling , Camping , ebikes

Future supercontinent predicted to trigger a mammal Armageddon

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About 66 million years ago, the reign of the reptiles came to a dramatic end as a huge asteroid slammed into Earth. Scientists have now predicted that mammals will meet their maker in a similar cataclysm in about 250 million years’ time, as the continents collide to form a new supercontinent. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Geology , Evolution , Extinction , University of Bristol , Earth , Future , Climate , Climate Crisis

Diabetes-treating implant produces oxygen to support islet cells

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Daily insulin injections are painful and inconvenient, which is why scientists are developing implants that treat diabetes without any need for needles. A new one looks particularly promising, as it produces oxygen to feed onboard islet cells. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: MIT , Boston Children's Hospital , Diabetes , Implant , Treatment , Oxygen

World holds its breath as second dying man is given a pig's heart

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A 58-year-old man with terminal heart disease has gone under the knife, becoming the second patient to ever receive a pig heart in a complicated, high-risk xenotransplant. Lawrence Faucette was ineligible for a human heart due to pre-existing peripheral vascular disease and complications with internal bleeding. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: University of Maryland , Transplant , Heart , Surgery , Cardiovascular , Organ donation , Genetic engineering

Future supercontinent predicted to trigger a mammal Armageddon

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About 66 million years ago, the reign of the reptiles came to a dramatic end as a huge asteroid slammed into Earth. Scientists have now predicted that mammals will meet their maker in a similar cataclysm in about 250 million years’ time, as the continents collide to form a new supercontinent. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Geology , Evolution , Extinction , University of Bristol , Earth , Future , Climate , Climate Crisis

Diabetes-treating implant produces oxygen to support islet cells

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Daily insulin injections are painful and inconvenient, which is why scientists are developing implants that treat diabetes without any need for needles. A new one looks particularly promising, as it produces oxygen to feed onboard islet cells. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: MIT , Boston Children's Hospital , Diabetes , Implant , Treatment , Oxygen

Future supercontinent predicted to trigger a mammal Armageddon

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About 66 million years ago, the reign of the reptiles came to a dramatic end as a huge asteroid slammed into Earth. Scientists have now predicted that mammals will meet their maker in a similar cataclysm in about 250 million years’ time, as the continents collide to form a new supercontinent. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Geology , Evolution , Extinction , University of Bristol , Earth , Future , Climate , Climate Crisis

Seminal internet meme goes up for sale

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"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog" is an adage and internet meme that was first published by The New Yorker on July 5, 1993, becoming universally recognized for capturing the essence of internet anonymity and the liberation it offers from popular prejudices … and now the original artwork is for sale. Continue Reading Category: Collectibles , Lifestyle Tags: Internet , Art

Expeditions ebike trailer lowers the floor instead of raising the roof

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If you've gone and bought yourself a high-end ebike, you won't want to tow just any ol' bicycle-camping trailer behind it. With its lowerable floor, sharp lines and composite construction, the Expeditions Trailer may be just what you're looking for. Continue Reading Category: Bicycles , Transport Tags: trailers , Cycling , Camping , ebikes

Diabetes-treating implant produces oxygen to support islet cells

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Daily insulin injections are painful and inconvenient, which is why scientists are developing implants that treat diabetes without any need for needles. A new one looks particularly promising, as it produces oxygen to feed onboard islet cells. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: MIT , Boston Children's Hospital , Diabetes , Implant , Treatment , Oxygen

Future supercontinent predicted to trigger a mammal Armageddon

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About 66 million years ago, the reign of the reptiles came to a dramatic end as a huge asteroid slammed into Earth. Scientists have now predicted that mammals will meet their maker in a similar cataclysm in about 250 million years’ time, as the continents collide to form a new supercontinent. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Geology , Evolution , Extinction , University of Bristol , Earth , Future , Climate , Climate Crisis

Drug that mimics exercise triggers weight loss and builds lean muscle

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As a new age of weight-loss therapeutics dawns, heralded by the likes of semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy), scientists are one step closer to creating a drug that can coax muscles into behaving as if they’ve just been put through a vigorous workout. Known as exercise mimetics, this proposed class of drugs essentially ‘mimics’ the benefits of exercise, triggering a mechanism that supercharges fat metabolism and encourages lean muscle mass. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: University of Florida , Washington University in St Louis , Weight Loss , Obesity , metabolism , Muscle , Cardiovascular , Diabetes , Dementia , anti-aging , Age-Related , Exercise

Immune cells replaced by suboptimal versions in older adulthood

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Researchers investigating how specialized immune cells called killer T cells change over the course of our lives have found that, in older age, these cells are replaced by less effective versions that struggle to fight viral invaders. The world-first discovery improves our understanding of age-related immunity and may lead to improved vaccines and therapies tailored to different age groups. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: The Immune System , Cells

One of the original Leica 0-Series prototypes from 1923 is for sale

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A century ago in 1923, around 23 prototype 35-mm cameras were produced to test and evaluate the new format and the revolutionary design of the first 35-mm camera, leading to the creation of the landmark Leica A camera in 1925. Just 12 of those Leica 0-Series originals are known today and one of them is going to auction on 7 October 2023. Continue Reading Category: Photography , Technology Tags: Leica , Leitz Photographica , Camera

South Australian seaweed found to have anti-skin-aging properties

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A new study has found that bioactive compounds in brown seaweed, local to South Australia, inhibited the breakdown of essential skin proteins and significantly increased collagen levels compared to commercially available anti-skin-aging agents. It paves the way for more effective natural health and skincare products. Continue Reading Category: Health & Wellbeing , Lifestyle Tags: Seaweed , anti-aging , Flinders University

Seminal internet meme goes up for sale

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"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog" is an adage and internet meme that was first published by The New Yorker on July 5, 1993, becoming universally recognized for capturing the essence of internet anonymity and the liberation it offers from popular prejudices … and now the original artwork is for sale. Continue Reading Category: Collectibles , Lifestyle Tags: Internet , Art

Expeditions ebike trailer lowers the floor instead of raising the roof

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If you've gone and bought yourself a high-end ebike, you won't want to tow just any ol' bicycle-camping trailer behind it. With its lowerable floor, sharp lines and composite construction, the Expeditions Trailer may be just what you're looking for. Continue Reading Category: Bicycles , Transport Tags: trailers , Cycling , Camping , ebikes

Diabetes-treating implant produces oxygen to support islet cells

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Daily insulin injections are painful and inconvenient, which is why scientists are developing implants that treat diabetes without any need for needles. A new one looks particularly promising, as it produces oxygen to feed onboard islet cells. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: MIT , Boston Children's Hospital , Diabetes , Implant , Treatment , Oxygen

Carbon-Kevlar Ram HD expedition RV smashes free from camper van shell

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Since launching in 2019, Alabama's Storyteller Overland has been focused entirely on all-terrain camper vans, from the stealthy to the beastly. Now it's going in a different direction with the all-new Hilt, a heavy-duty camper truck optimized for pushing even farther and deeper off-grid. The burly new Hilt carries a family-size modern efficiency apartment atop a 6.7-liter diesel-powered Ram 5500, bringing a fully off-grid utility set for a comfortable stay anywhere in the world. Continue Reading Category: Automotive , Transport Tags: storyteller-overland , Off-road , RV , Motorhome , Motorhomes , Off-grid , Camping , Outdoors

Sand from world's deserts used to create Apple's new sculpture park

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Following its Foster + Partners-designed Visitor Center, Apple has made another new addition to its donut-shaped futuristic headquarters in Cupertino, California. This latest project isn't another building, however, but a sculpture park featuring hundreds of glass columns made from sand sourced from deserts around the world. Continue Reading Category: Architecture , Lifestyle Tags: Apple , Sculpture , Art , Glass

Seminal internet meme goes up for sale

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"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog" is an adage and internet meme that was first published by The New Yorker on July 5, 1993, becoming universally recognized for capturing the essence of internet anonymity and the liberation it offers from popular prejudices … and now the original artwork is for sale. Continue Reading Category: Collectibles , Lifestyle Tags: Internet , Art

Expeditions ebike trailer lowers the floor instead of raising the roof

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If you've gone and bought yourself a high-end ebike, you won't want to tow just any ol' bicycle-camping trailer behind it. With its lowerable floor, sharp lines and composite construction, the Expeditions Trailer may be just what you're looking for. Continue Reading Category: Bicycles , Transport Tags: trailers , Cycling , Camping , ebikes

Diabetes-treating implant produces oxygen to support islet cells

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Daily insulin injections are painful and inconvenient, which is why scientists are developing implants that treat diabetes without any need for needles. A new one looks particularly promising, as it produces oxygen to feed onboard islet cells. Continue Reading Category: Medical , Science Tags: MIT , Boston Children's Hospital , Diabetes , Implant , Treatment , Oxygen

Pictorial: Nissan's "Urban EV GoKart" 20-30 Concept

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Nissan has released the first imagery of its 20-30 Concept, a sporty Micra-sized EV with bold sports styling. The plan is that by 2028, Nissan EVs will have solid-state batteries, reducing the cost of electrical energy storage by 65%, and enabling pocket rocket hot hatches just like this. Continue Reading Category: Automotive , Transport Tags: Nissan , Electric Vehicles , Concept Cars

SproutHub puts an automated indoor garden on your kitchen countertop

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Folks looking to harvest a steady supply of fresh greens from their kitchen may have limited success with pots at the window. SproutHub automates growing on the countertop, with the promise of an easy weekly harvest. Continue Reading Category: Around The Home , Lifestyle Tags: Indiegogo , Farming , Garden , Plants , Food