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Snakes have bitten this man hundreds of times. His blood could help make a better treatment
In a new study published Friday in the journal Cell, scientists created one antivenom to treat snakebites from several different species in mice — using antibodies from Tim Friede’s blood. A more universal antivenom for humans is still many years … Continue reading
We may have the nature of light all wrong – are dark photons to blame?
Our understanding of the nature of light might be completely wrong. The double-slit experiment is one of the most famous experiments in physics and is how we’ve understood light for over 200 years. But a team is now suggesting we’ve … Continue reading
The UK’s Stunning Grid Flip From Coal Giant to Clean Energy Leader (feat. @JustHaveaThink)
This autumn, for the first time ever, the UK is expecting to run entirely on zero-emissions electricity for a few hours. That doesn’t just mean a sunny day with loads of solar and wind and some exports to the neighbours—that’s … Continue reading
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Photosynthesis Has a Fatal Flaw (and We Can Fix It)
[…] Plants eat sunlight and air to make life. But the key enzyme behind it all, called rubisco, isn’t actually all that great at its job. Let’s talk about how photosynthesis really works, why oxygen isn’t coming from where you … Continue reading
Slavoj Žižek: ‘Trump is an obscenity, Elon Musk lives like a communist’ | Prospect Podcast
This week on the Prospect Podcast, philosopher and public intellectual Slavoj Žižek joins Ellen Halliday and Alona Ferber. Žižek gives a harsh verdict on Donald Trump, calling him a “postmodern obscenity”. Žižek criticises the US president’s treatment of Volodymyr Zelensky … Continue reading
Chongqing, China is CRAZY 🤯 #chinatravel
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Last Days of Summer: Cooking a Banana Flower and Building My Cabin
In the Australian rainforest summer has come to an end. Autumn brings sunny days by the creek, abundant food in our permaculture garden and beautiful days spent building, cooking and playing in the creek with our duck. http://geni.us/MothertheMountain Art prints: … Continue reading
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