Interesting Articles and Essays about Science and Technology

[Luxman]

Common Blood Pressure Drug Extends Lifespan, Slows Aging in Animals - July 7, 2023
https://www.sciencealert.com/common-blood-pressure-drug-extends-lifespan-slows-aging-in-animals

 

[Luxman]

Gen Xers and older millennials really just want to go back in time to before the internet existed - June 14, 2023
According to a new survey, Americans are yearning for an era before constant connectivity. Can we blame them?
https://www.fastcompany.com/9090927...o-back-in-time-to-before-the-internet-existed

Any new technology has a period of adjustment, the longterm benefits outweigh any short term problems.
Most of what I know I learned from the internet. I wish the internet had been invented 100 years ago.
At least 90% of the pre-internet information was inaccessible to 99% of people 25 years ago.
The more knowledge we have the easier it is to learn new things, and makes life easier by helping us avoid mistakes and scams.

 

[Luxman]

Ancient Worm Resurrected After 46,000 Years of Death-Defying Limbo - July 28, 2023
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-worm-resurrected-after-46000-years-of-death-defying-limbo

The next pandemic could be started by an extinct pathogen dug up from the permafrost.

 

[Luxman]

We solved Roman concrete - Mar 13, 2023

 

[Luxman]

This is Your Brain on Salt - Mar 15, 2022
https://news.gsu.edu/research-magazine/this-is-your-brain-on-salt-javier-stern

 

[Luxman]

LSU Health New Orleans Discovers Major Contributor to Alzheimer’s Disease - Aug 9, 2022
They also report that adequate intake of dietary fiber may help prevent Alzheimers.
https://www.lsuhsc.edu/newsroom/LSU...Major Contributor to Alzheimer’s Disease.html

 

[Luxman]

Bizarre fossil found in China fills 30-million-year gap in bird evolution - Sep 6, 2023
https://studyfinds.org/bizarre-fossil-bird-evolution/

Meet The Feathered, Bigger, Stronger Relative Of The Velociraptor! - Jan 6, 2022

 

[Luxman]

Issac Asimov Predicts The Future In 1982. Was He Correct?

 

[Luxman]

Mammoth underground ocean discovered: Contains 3x more water than all surface water combined - Oct 23, 2023
https://www.thebrighterside.news/po...ntains-3x-more-water-than-all-oceans-combined

 

[Luxman]

Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change

 

[Luxman]

It's great to see so much passion for science.

Neil deGrasse Tyson loses his mind - Oct 19, 2023

 

[Pornfan99]

Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change.

I had to some time to kill before dinner, and remember that I wanted to check this out. VERY informative! His .. forecast of China sure was accurate! I've read articles on carbon warming / greenhouse effect, off-and-on. One thing we could do to .. slow it down, would be to plant more trees. And/or, stop cutting down the rain forest in South America.

 

[Luxman]

What Happens To Your Body If You Stop Masturbating - Jan 13, 2024

https://www.healthdigest.com/1489382/what-happens-body-stop-masturbating/

 

[Pornfan99]

Hmmmm - I've been "monk mode" since the pandemic. 20x a month?! Good thing I just hit Adam & Eve for another 16 ounces of lube!

"Individuals with prostates who ejaculated fewer than seven times a month showed a higher likelihood of being diagnosed with prostate cancer compared to those who ejaculated approximately 20 times a month," according to Dr. Juliana Hauser.

Some good images, too!

 

[Luxman]

The Biggest Parasite Can Grow up to 30 Feet Long, and Live in Your Stomach - Jan 24. 2024
The biggest parasite that infects humans can grow up to 30 feet long, but the deadliest one is small enough to lurk inside a mosquito.
https://www.discovermagazine.com/he...w-up-to-30-feet-long-and-live-in-your-stomach

 

[Luxman]

Watch chameleon erupt in color 'as if uttering her last words' in her final moments before death - Jan 24, 2024
https://www.livescience.com/animals...-last-words-in-her-final-moments-before-death

Female Chameleon Erupts with Color Before Death - Jan 25, 2024

 

[Luxman]

US Is Dealing With an 'Out-of-Control' Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Epidemic - Feb 1, 2024
Even babies are at risk.
https://www.sciencealert.com/experts-confirm-us-is-dealing-with-an-out-of-control-sti-epidemic

 

[Luxman]

The Great Sphinx of Giza Through the Years - Feb. 20, 2020
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2020/02/photos-great-sphinx-giza/606874/

 

[Luxman]

What Happens When You Wire Speakers Backwards? - Feb 22, 2024

 

[Luxman]

Huge Study Confirms Viagra Possibly Cuts Alzheimer's Risk by Over 50% - Mar. 25, 2024
https://www.sciencealert.com/huge-study-confirms-viagra-cuts-alzheimers-risk-by-over-50

Boner pills probably prevent or cure other illnesses too.