Scientists have discovered that ‘switching off’ a protein called IL-11 can significantly increase the healthy lifespan of mice by almost 25%. The UK researchers at Medical Research Council Laboratory and Imperial College London, worked with colleagues at Duke-NUS Medical School i … | Continue reading

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The Triangulum Galaxy, the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, is shining with star formation in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope. | Continue reading

This is going to be something different, and maybe to explain where I’ve been the last month. Setting myself up for failure Back in 2012, I had been laid off, but during my exit interview, something odd happened, the company … Continue reading → | Continue reading

I had a huge nostalgia blast today with this video from Lazy Game Reviews showing and setting up a Timex Datalink watch, which was a “smart” watch that would show data that you transmitted to it by holding it in front of your CRT monitor and it flashing a bunch of lines. It’s har … | Continue reading

I was going to buy a hot dog the other day. It was easier said than done. There were so many options to choose from: the type of sausage, size, how it should be prepared, type of bread, which toppings I wanted… Finally, I said, "I'll have an original." It's nice to have freedom o … | Continue reading

As it's now aproaching mid-September and the autumn release of GNOME, so is there also a new release of Maps approaching for GNOME 47. Switch to Vector-based Map The biggest change since last release is that we now use the vector-based map by default and the old raster map has al … | Continue reading

Keep in mind, this is part of a dreamwhich, in fairness, I have to say that my dreams are beyond me. But this one . . .This one was beautiful (to me) I want to embody more than just me.You know?No, I want to be more than who I am and more than just myself.I […] | Continue reading

Few things will make time pass as fast as it does when I am trying to solve an intractable computer problem. Without going too deep in the weeds, tonight I found out that my version of Hombrew, a program manager of sorts on Macs was an unupdated relic that I'd imported when I bou … | Continue reading

Reflecting on something that should have happened a lot to me, while it never did. I've been reading several posts as of recently about awful experiences with bullies during school years, or even earlier. Once again, I'm confronted with the baffling fact that I have never had thi … | Continue reading

detail from Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens album Music Inferno: The Indestructible Beat Tour 1988-89 Some great answers in dismas' Ask Metafilter post about Antecedents of the 'worldbeat' guitar sound: "What e.g., Afro-pop artists from the 1980s should I listen to if I really … | Continue reading

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With tree view, organizing large files in iA Writer just became a lot easier. The post Faster Filing With Tree View: A Step Forward for Large Writing Projects appeared first on iA. | Continue reading

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The special chemistry of this shiny iron alloy creates a protective layer on its surface that prevents it from rusting. | Continue reading

UK’s fusion energy production approach took shape with the announcement of STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) programme in 2019. Its first phase (2019-2024) has come to an end with the release of a concept design for the integrated fusion prototype powerplant. It will … | Continue reading