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China offered multiple countries help with COVID-19 testing during the pandemic. The payoff for Beijing included access to the DNA of millions of people.

 

The prosperous civilization of the Minoans represented one of the oldest cultures of the Bronze Age in the Mediterranean area and the first major Aegean civilization comparable in its achievements to the older ones, such as Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Anatolia.

 

Scientists in China have developed a method to produce spider silk from genetically modified silkworms, offering a strong, sustainable alternative to synthetic fibers with applications in various industries. Researchers have synthesized spider silk from genetically modified silkworms, producing f

 

A 420-pound, 5-foot-2 robocop with a giant camera for a face will begin patrolling the Times Square subway station overnight, the NYPD has announced.

 

Novel vaccine includes NIH-funded technology in development since 2004. A trial of a preventive HIV vaccine candidate has begun enrollment in the United States and South Africa. The Phase 1 trial will evaluate a novel vaccine known as VIR-1388 for its safety and ability to induce an HIV-specific

 

The remains of two temples, one dedicated to the Egyptian god Amun and the other to the Greek goddess Aphrodite, have been discovered in the sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion in the Bay of Aboukir, about 20 miles northeast of Alexandria.

 

Mysterious Tiny 1,400-Year-Old Gold Foil Figures Found In Pagan Temple | AncientPages.com
#archaeology #norway #pagan #history #Archaeology

 

CISA highlights the importance of open source software and our efforts to help secure it.

 

Astronomers using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have identified carbon dioxide in a specific region on the icy surface of Jupiters moon Europa.

 

Some archaeologists describe Peru's capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises. That's what some gas line workers got when their digging uncovered eight pre-Inca funeral bales.

 

The Great Lakes' frigid fresh water used to keep shipwrecks so well preserved that divers could see dishes in the cupboards. Downed planes that spent decades underwater were left so pristine they could practically fly again when archaeologists finally discovered them.

 

Researchers now hope to use the environmental engineering success to combat climate change.

[–] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

@ShaunaTheDead Agreed on both counts. Discovery of any type of life would be a major discovery.

[–] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

@uphillbothways Couldn't it be a staging ground, not just for lunar mining, but also asteroid mining?

@BastingChemina

[–] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Children of Time is on my reading list. I have heard great things about it. I may read it next.

[–] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What book is currently on your nightstand?
Seveneves

Who is the author?
Neal Stephenson

What genre?
Scifi

How do you like it?
I am on on part one. So far, so good.

Would you recommend it to others?
As of right now I would, but it is early yet. I like the writing style and pacing.

[–] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am reading #Seveneves which is about exactly that!

[–] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I was thinking that fish and seafood would be good alternative to.

[–] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

It would also help if healthy, fresh foods were less expensive and unhealthy treats/desserts/junk food were more expensive. Some families cannot afford to eat healthy.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has described five broad categories of social determinants of health. These include:

  • economic stability
  • education access and quality
  • health care access and quality
  • neighborhood and the built environment, such as access to sidewalks and playgrounds
  • social and community context
[–] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Not a bad list. All of those are worthy of a watch.

[–] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

insights into the lives of the “retainer population” and are a window into the world of lower-status individuals ...

... the DNA analysis unveiled that these individuals hailed from different parts of the Inca Empire, with some originating from as far as Amazonia. Interestingly, there was minimal shared DNA among them, suggesting that they were brought to Machu Picchu individually, rather than being part of familial or community groups.

I am not well versed on the history of Machu Picchu, but it sounds like these were potentially skilled trades attracted to the work or forced laborers ... or perhaps some combination of the two.

[–] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Most definitely. So would Super 8.

[–] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)
  • Innerspace
  • Weird Science
  • Tremors
[–] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (10 children)

doesn’t believe

A far cry from "knows".

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