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(Real Science - modifying the DNA of a living child to treat a potentially fatal genetic disease.) www.abc.net.au/news/health/...

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"“Basic research is the pacemaker of technological progress,”. Look no further than Google, which got its start in 1994 with a $4 million federal grant to help build digital libraries; the company is now a $2 trillion verb." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/s...

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(Sometimes,luck) "If those heaters weren't actually dead, and if a power switch had been flipped by a circuit disturbance, then restoring that switch might bring the thrusters back online and preserve control of the spacecraft if the backup system failed." www.theregister.com/2025/05/15/v...

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"the well-known 1859 Carrington Event was a different kind of solar activity and did not involve solar particle storms. During this event, a strong solar flare disrupted telegraph systems." interestingengineering.com/science/powe...

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"traditional rocket engine (highly pressurized propellant and an oxidizer are injected into a combustion chamber where they burn and produce an energetic exhaust plume) rotating detonation engine ( wave of detonation travels around a circular channel)" arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

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Come to may fabulous new show, free, May 27, Sydney events.humanitix.com/artificial-i...

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"Volkswagen design chief Andreas Mindt said that next-gen models from the German automaker would get physical buttons for volume, seat heating, fan controls, and hazard lights. This shift will apply “in every car that we make from now on,”" www.wired.com/story/why-ca...

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"meme on Facebook quoting Albert Einstein : “The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” It certainly felt right that this is something Einstein might have said. But, being eternally skeptical, I decided to check it out." www.interior-news.com/opinion/its-...

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"1. Dodgy experts don’t acknowledge uncertainty 2. The dodgy expert doesn’t strive to be objective 3. Dodgy experts cherry-pick evidence 4. Dodgy experts don’t change their mind when the evidence changes" theconversation.com/when-it-come...

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" the therapist using a pointer while asking the patient to follow it with their eyes. The patient is instructed to inform their therapist if the light settles in a spot within their visual field that generates any thoughts or feelings." www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your...

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"The “evidence”: a map made in 1513, based on older sources includes what looks like it might be a bit of Antarctica, long before Antarctica was discovered, →Hancock concludes that Antarctica was free of ice & the lost civilization may have lived there." www.currentaffairs.org/news/pseudo-...

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"Only 2 doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine are required to achieve 99 per cent effectiveness to prevent infection from the virus for life." www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/health/...

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"it's surprising to folks outside of AI world to learn that the people building these ever-advancing technologies "do not understand how our own AI creations work," he continued — and anyone alarmed by that ignorance is "right to be concerned."" futurism.com/anthropic-ce...

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"researchers discovered a "volatile-rich cap" a mere 2.36 miles below the surface, trapping pressure and heat below it. ... may be what's preventing the volcanic system from erupting — a blast that's happened several times in the history of our planet" futurism.com/the-byte/cap...

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"Kennedy attacks evidence-based medicines; vilifies pharmaceutical industry; suggests HIV doesn't cause AIDS and antidepressants are behind mass shootings; believes that vaccines are harmful, not protective; claims 5G wireless networks cause cancer." arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

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(How much do you trust AI?) theconversation.com/a-weird-phra...

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"a tiny pulse of light is fired into each M cone cell, one at a time. As the cells are lasered into, a magnificent turquoise patch roughly twice the size of a full moon forms in the subject's field of vision." futurism.com/neoscope/sci...

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"The last of 75 turbines has been installed at the biggest wind project yet built in South Australia which will help edge the state closer to its 2027 target of reaching 100 per cent net renewables. The 412 megawatt Goyder South wind project" reneweconomy.com.au/final-turbin...

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"When faced with events we cannot control, our minds look for patterns and explanations. Paranormal beliefs create structured stories that make random events seem intentional." theconversation.com/how-paranorm...

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"The next time people encounter alpha-gal, which is abundant in red meat like beef, pork and lamb, and also in other mammalian products, like milk and gelatin, they may mount an allergic reaction — and symptoms can vary wildly." www.sciencenews.org/article/tick...

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"The blue whale. Weighing up to 200 tons, this majestic creature is believed to be the largest animal that has ever existed on planet Earth. It also has a remarkably long lifespan of 100 years or even more." (Why does it not get lots of cancers?) www.the-scientist.com/peto-s-parad...

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" advanced hydrogen fuel cell technology →6 megawatts (MW) of power for propulsion/onboard electricity. The 54,300 gross ton ship, which measures 239 meters in length, is designed to accommodate 998 passengers and is scheduled for delivery in late 2026." interestingengineering.com/transportati...

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(a nice history lesson about how the internet started) (and how predictive texting made it crash on its very first login) arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

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"the right incentives, the right mechanisms in place to make sure that there is value for consumers to invest in technologies like vehicle-to-grid, so that they can be storing our solar in the middle of the day." thedriven.io/2025/04/14/d...

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ABC Science: Inside an Australian Cacao Farm: From Fresh Cocoa Pod to Chocolate Bar ft. @doctorkarl.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1o_...

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"key to the long-term evolutionary success of these prehistoric creatures: their exceptional adaptability in both diet and habitat." interestingengineering.com/science/croc...

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"The study estimates that anywhere from 900 million to 1.4 billion people worldwide could be exposed to elevated levels of at least one toxic metal, with 14% to 17% of global farmland potentially affected." www.science.org/content/arti...

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"the average annual radiation dose on Earth would have been about 10 milligrays during the first 10,000 years, falling to two milligrays after 100,000 years. .. 5.0 mGy yr−1 (mean dose) may be the threshold dose for double-strand break induction," interestingengineering.com/space/earth-...

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"Gini Coefficient, where 0 represents perfect equality (everyone has the same wealth) and 1 perfect inequality (with one individual owning everything). United States has a Ggini coefficient of about 0.41, Norway one of 0.27, according to World Bank." www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

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"A classical binary bit can only be in one state at a time: 0 or 1. Three bits→ 8 different states: 000, 001, 010, 011, 100, 101, 110, and 111. A classical computer has to check them one at a time. A quantum computer could process all 8 states at once" www.livescience.com/technology/c...

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"About 25,000 asteroids more than 460 feet long—a size range that starts with midsize “city killers” and goes up in impact from there—are thought to exist close to Earth. Just under half of them have been found." www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/14/1...

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"A repeated analysis of the exoplanet’s atmosphere suggests an abundance of a molecule that on Earth has only one known source: living organisms such as marine algae." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...

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"Rising sea levels and extreme weather events increasingly threaten the submarine force’s infrastructure, which is mainly located in at-risk flood areas. Trump administration wipes all mention of climate change from federal agency websites." thebulletin.org/2025/04/how-...

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"electric vehicles (EVs) are less prone to breaking down than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles of the same age, which can suffer two and a half times as many breakdowns as electric cars" thedriven.io/2025/04/14/e...

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(Measles was eradicated in the US by the year 2000. But now, due to anti-vaccination Disinformation, people are dying of measles.) www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...

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" "pour-over" coffee="hot water is poured over coffee grounds in a filter within a funnel-shaped cone"→percolate & drip into cup. The trick=pour the water from as high as possible without letting the jet of water break up upon impact with the grounds' arstechnica.com/science/2025...

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"Australia sends around 80% of our gas overseas. More than half of the gas we export doesn’t even earn royalties or resources rent tax→ the gas industry from trying to convince us for the past few years that a gas shortage is imminent." www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

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“If you haven’t read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent, because your personal experiences alone aren’t broad enough to sustain you.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/o...

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"few, if any, of the 102 coal-fired units closed in the past four years are reliable candidates for a restart. Further, the plan to restart coal plants ignores the fact that most of the still-operating facilities are running far below their capacity→ no economic sense. " ieefa.org/resources/re...

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"Researchers at Cornell University use sunlight and seawater→carbon-free, green hydrogen through solar-powered electrolysis of seawater. The innovative technology also generates potable water as a beneficial byproduct." interestingengineering.com/energy/devic...

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"While Europe has moved to hold social media giants accountable, U.S. efforts have almost completely faltered, with YouTube, X and other platforms curtailing misinformation teams and allowing conspiracy theories to run riot." www.scientificamerican.com/article/goog...

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"On Thursday, a new record for battery charging was set on Australia’s main grid – a peak of 1,327.5 megawatts (MW) at 11.05am, according to data from GPE NEMLog, easily beating the previous record of 1,067 MW set just after midday on April 2." reneweconomy.com.au/australias-b...

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".. excess wind and solar to be exported to Victoria/NSW+more imports when needed, displacing local gas generation. It is key to help the state reach its stated target of 100%t net renewables by the end of 2027, when 900 km transmission project should be complete" reneweconomy.com.au/transformati...

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".. 12 nutrition scientists, many of whom have been studying protein for decades. All of them agreed that we need more research on the topic, but the science we do have clarifies some of the confusion. Here is a fact-check of six big protein claims we’ve seen." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/w...

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"That’s about seven grams of plastic per brain — as much as makes up a disposable spoon, Dr. Campen said, or about five water bottle caps." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/w...

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"When children were told a story about new pupils at a fictional school and asked to recount the story later, there were significant differences in what the most prejudiced children remembered, as opposed to the most liberal children." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/s...

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(But some scientists reject company’s claim that the new animals are a revival of the extinct creatures, since in reality dire wolves and gray wolves are different species separated by a few million of years of evolution and several million letters of DNA.) www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/08/1...

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Most unfortunate.

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There are many different types of medical "trial" - ranging from "anecdotal" up to the Gold Standard (double-blind, controlled, randomised, cross-over - and with large numbers). I am not sure, but I think that Mr Gibson's "trial" falls into the weakest category - anecdote.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

The benefits are still controversial. The known side effects includes cancers, immune reactions and infections. Old medical saying, "Don't be the first to try a new treatment, but don't be the last." I personally would wait, and watch carefully - and do nothing in a benign and masterful manner.

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