Numberphile video at the link in the link… Favorite YouTube videos - #157 by T-roy
Matt Parker shows you all of the digits.
I want to read the grand application for this. Hey, we want to follow a dolphin around and see if he talks to himself? (Yes, I realize that they were probably studying other stuff and happened to notice this)
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Obvious result?
Otherwise the obvious result is a shart during squats.
Don’t ask me how i know.
everyone who has ever watched the horses head to the gate knows what to look for
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WTG, Canada! WTG, science!
link to post: @dricks.bsky.social on Bluesky
link to article: New Achilles Heel Exposed in Antibiotic Resistance
summary via chat gpt:
Researchers at McMaster University have discovered that depriving drug-resistant bacteria of zinc can make them vulnerable to antibiotics they previously resisted. This study, published in Nature Microbiology, focuses on bacteria like Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, part of the “ESKAPE” group of deadly pathogens. The researchers found that these bacteria, when unable to access zinc, lose their ability to resist carbapenems, powerful last-resort antibiotics, while becoming susceptible to azithromycin, a common antibiotic. This approach leverages nutrient stress as a potential new strategy for treating antibiotic-resistant infections.
follow up question to chat gpt:
The article does not specify the exact method used to deprive the bacteria of zinc. It mentions that the researchers studied the bacteria in zinc-limited environments, such as human serum and murine infection models, but it does not detail how zinc deprivation was achieved in these settings. The focus is on the effects of zinc limitation rather than the precise techniques used to create the zinc-deprived conditions.
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Oh yeaaaahhh, I have seen those horses head to the gate
Obligatory Simpsons gif:
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This one is a bit WTF, and definitely WTG with the amount of detail they have learned about an exoplanet’s atmosphere from such a distance
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This could be an amazing development if this drug makes it to market
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Oh, “doctors.” No quacks involved? How will it get endorsed by the worm?
What next, dragon eggs hatching??
hot damn
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That’s amazing.
I learned about CRISPR about ten years ago, on a podcast that featured Jennifer Doudna. It was exciting and I figured one of those things that might go somewhere in thirty years. I was way wrong, it’s gone a lot of places in just ten years.
Two gene therapy treatments for scd have been fda approved for over a year. Among gene therapies, this one has by far the largest potential recipients.
Cost expected im 3m-4m range. Takeup has been very slow (many reasons).
Thats an incredible number.
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