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- rzu-rzu0
https://peerj.com/articles/13122…
"Results:
First, we found that infected men had lower facial fluctuating asymmetry whereas infected women had lower body mass, lower body mass index, a tendency for lower facial fluctuating asymmetry, higher self-perceived attractiveness, and a higher number of sexual partners than non-infected ones. Then, we found that infected men and women were rated as more attractive and healthier than non-infected ones."
- uan7
‘Mind blowing’ ancient settlements uncovered in the Amazon
The urban centres are the first to be discovered in the region, challenging archaeological dogma.
- Indiana Jones 5?drgs
- That would be a good teaserChimp
- Who's the guy Rogan chats shit with about this? I find it all fascinatingIanbolton
- Don’t get why this is the mind-blowingGnash
- There's a book...1491...grafician
- https://www.amazon.c…grafician
- the Rogan guest is Graham Hancock.
book: 'America Before:...'
There is even a QBNer who knows him or is related to him if I recall right.uan - It just keeps getting older...PhanLo
- Mind blowing? It's a 50 foot pyramid on a 1 acre plot of land...toemaas
- ^ a pyramid of dirt, no lessGnash
- I can see a dickbutt in that map, that's mindblowingIanbolton
- The Lost City of the Monkey God
https://en.wikipedia…
Also full of pandemic fun.hosscreative - Have you read it, grafician?Nairn
- Bolivia is such a cool country to visit, coming directly from the west - it's like an alternative world. Pretty awesome.shapesalad
- lol everyone's a cynic these days...how is it not mind-blowing to discover a previously unknown civilization in the Amazon using lasersyuekit
- does it have a bitcoin logo in the centre like that golden hodl city in el salvador?neverscared
- not an unknown civilization, they just weren't correct about how they lived thereGnash
- LIDAR is the real hero here. It's revolutionizing archeologyGnash
- It says the settlements were spread out over a large area...also we are probably only seeing part of what once existed even with the LIDAR tech.yuekit
- https://www.nature.c…yuekit
- Ya, and? still not an unknown civilizationGnash
- They knew people were living in the region but it was assumed they were nomadic hunters living in the jungle, not building primitive towns and canals.yuekit
- as i said.. "not an unknown civilization, they just weren't correct about how they lived there"Gnash
- primitive towns and canals... in the 1400's, is interesting, perhaps. Mind-blowing, hardlyGnash
- If you are an archeologist studying this part of the world I'm sure it's "mind-blowing" or at least a significant discovery...yuekit
- An archeologist probably isn't going to conclude "well this sucks compared to medieval Britain doesn't it...lame, time to go home"yuekit
- I see a Doppler Boner ╭ᑎ╮utopian
- neverscared4
The Science Is Clear: Gun Control Saves Lives
By enacting simple laws that make guns safer and harder to get, we can prevent killings like the ones in Uvalde and Buffalo
- i_monk8
- like the giant puss filled cyst that we are_niko
- We are the invasive species.utopian
- I'd think it would be much more.stewart
- We're here for the Crites.bezoar
- Overpopulation is a fucking scam********
- ^ Oh please elaborate.garbage
- For everyone presently on this planet to enjoy the lifestyle of an average American, we would need about ten planet Earths.robthelad
- ^ Mostly because of their fucking big cars********
- They do have large cars. I think also cos of infrastructure and services.robthelad
- IF there was another planet Earth would you move there? I think I would.robthelad
- HAS anyone found the entrance to inner earth yet? Or is that pseudo science?robthelad
- There is no planet B********
- Does this new Earth have a New Jersey?CyBrainX
- neverscared3
Good news, stoners! Science is finally backing up what you've long known: that smoking weed does, in fact, make you nicer — and less greedy, to boot.
In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, University of New Mexico researchers found evidence that cannabis use makes people more empathetic, as well as less motivated by money.
- neverscared0
the necrobots are here. ..Rice engineers get a grip with ‘necrobotic’ spiders
This area of soft robotics is a lot of fun because we get to use previously untapped types of actuation and materials,” Preston said. “The spider falls into this line of inquiry. It’s something that hasn't been used before but has a lot of potential.”
- Projectile0
How big do we reckon this wee splash is?
And my gf complains my farts are bad...
- Reading about Betelgeuse mass ejection too
https://edition.cnn.…grafician
- Reading about Betelgeuse mass ejection too
- prophetone9
For the first time ever, US scientists at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain, a source familiar with the project confirmed to CNN.The result of the experiment is a massive step in a decadeslong quest to unleash an infinite source of clean energy that could help end dependence on fossil fuels. Researchers have for decades attempted to recreate nuclear fusion – replicating the fusion that powers the sun.
The US Department of Energy is expected to officially announce the breakthrough Tuesday.
- So we now have OpenAI performing scary advancements at an exponential rate, laws passing allowing robots to be armed and kill...prophetone
- Yet... we still can't understand what the sperm whales are telling us...shapesalad
- all of our devices from phones to toasters to showerheads to vehicles connected to monitored networks, androids robot dogs that can parkour, getting cheaper...prophetone
- and now a breakthrough that achieves a net energy gain that in ten years will have real world applications that may save us...prophetone
- but in 20 years will be engineered down to the size of a tennis ball, powering the cold heart of the AI-driven, Cyberdyne Systems Model 101's...prophetone
- keeping citizen 'safe' as they patrol neighbourhoods, enforcing newly-enacted restrictions on domestic movement under guise of public safety, emission reductionprophetone
- other than that this news is pretty coolprophetone
- ^ username checks out :)Krassy
- They don't know yet by how much, so this is hopium newsgrafician
- https://www.cnn.com/…prophetone
- 1.5x? "give it ten years"grafician
- https://vm.tiktok.co…prophetone
- uan1
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-ne…
Australian scientists have discovered an enzyme that converts air into energy. The finding, published today in the journal Nature, reveals that this enzyme uses the low amounts of the hydrogen in the atmosphere to create an electrical current. This finding opens the way to create devices that literally make energy from thin air.
- Down here at sea level I've got lots of thick air if you need, $99 per cubic square metre.shapesalad
- uan0
I have no idea if it is science (yet), but Randall Carlson is claiming it is, also that India and France govs are looking into it.
Some kind of modern take on old 20th century 0 point energy stuff with new discoveries and applications...
will be amazing if real:
https://www.strikefoundation.ear…- No testing. No science. Just words and ideas.monospaced
- sounds like terrible pseudo-science from listening to 20 seconds of that video._niko
- it's a hypothesis dude. jfc.doesnotexist
- no it isn’t a hypothesis, it’s nonsense rambling with so many grammatical errors it is borderline full retardmonospaced
- This is the kind of thing only the most mentally weak of all human fucktard morons would take seriously. Hypothesis my ass.monospaced
- shapesalad3
https://tsailaboratory.mit.edu/t…
A new peptide may hold potential as an Alzheimer’s treatment.
The peptide blocks a hyperactive brain enzyme that contributes to the neurodegeneration seen in Alzheimer’s and other diseases
MIT neuroscientists have found a way to reverse neurodegeneration and other symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease by interfering with an enzyme that is typically overactive in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.
- Gnash5
New study links mindfulness meditation and psychedelic use to positive leadership outcomes at work
