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thebestoflimes t1_jcgmar0 wrote

Reply to A new targeted drug has not only sparked remissions in patients with a common form of leukemia but also induced the cancer cells to reveal one of their schemes for resisting the drug, according to a new study by chrisdh79

I'm surprised they got one of the Cancer cells to talk and reveal one of their schemes. These guys are infamously tight lipped. The question becomes how did they gain this info and will it hold up in court.

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ManJesusPreaches t1_jcglfaz wrote

Reply to comment by MedicalJargon-itis in UC researchers develop innovative breathing aid. The new device not only improves symptoms of breathlessness and quality of life for people with COPD, it also offers benefits for people dealing with stress and anxiety by Wagamaga

Reporting back as promised. It definitely helps control and slow breathing during anxious moments. I'm actually kind of impressed with how effective it is. Keeping breathing slow is usually really difficult for someone in the midst/verge of a panic attack. This device definitely helps.

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mrlolloran t1_jcgl9v8 wrote

Reply to comment by jubilant-barter in People with dark personality traits are better in finding novel ways to cause damage or harm others: Study reveals that people with more pronounced dark personality traits tend to have more malevolent creativity by DreamingForYouAlways

That’s not what the study implies. It is specifically about creativity. Dumb people can be evil, they will just be amongst the followers or at least they will not be amongst their “thought leaders”

Edit: it’s also about personality, not intelligence

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shesdaydreaming t1_jcgh9zl wrote

Reply to Confirmed: Global floods, droughts worsening with warming by besselfunctions

Yes, because with every X rise in average temperature more and more water vapour can be stored in the atmosphere, so when it's hot you get droughts and then when going into autumn and winter you're more likely to get periods where all the rain falls at once, which causes flooding because when in a drought the ground doesn't absorb the water it runs across the surface.

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MissingScore777 t1_jcgf1qy wrote

Reply to comment by TurtleAir in Poor sleep in middle age can have a negative impact on brain health, according to a study by researchers at The Australian National University by chrisdh79

I'm going to elaborate rather than immediately go yes or no.

The eldest's sleep is improving all the time and she is also adding less of a daily mental load as she becomes more independent. We are just still in the thick of it with the youngest is the issue.

So as long as my condition doesn't deteriorate in the next year or two and the youngest improves in line with his sister then my answer is no. I do not regret kids.

If for whatever reason lack of sleep or the 24/7 intense parenting babies and toddlers require continued for a lot longer than I'm expecting then I would start to move closer to yes.

For background info I am the father and primary parent despite working FT. I would say it's about a 60/40 split in responsibility towards me. That is obviously a lot more involved than fathers have been historically. Someone in a situation where they were a lot less involved might feel differently.

And finally I should say that I have had a vasectomy as I am 100% certain I do not want any more.

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[deleted] t1_jcgezck wrote

Reply to comment by SBBurzmali in Regrowing tropical forests absorb megatonnes of carbon by Creative_soja

Cattle grazing helps build soil through grass root shedding. They graze and the grass sheds it’s roots which ends up sequestering carbon into the soil. It takes time but works. And then the grass grows and builds more roots. And the cycle continues. The Great Plains used to be covered in FEET of topsoil.

The methane cycle of cows is actually a net neutral because it does end up back in the ground. Just takes 10 years. The carbon we worry about is the stuff we’ve burned from fossil fuels. Can we get that into the soil?

We’ve eroded so much soil over the last 100 years that maybe if we applied these strategies with technology helping to optimize them, they could sequester massive amounts of carbon. Plants are the only thing that really sequester carbon and store it. Animals will break down unless they’re all buried which livestock are not.

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UnexpectedDinoLesson t1_jcg77cs wrote

Reply to Sauropod specimen found in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region may have had the longest neck of any known dinosaur — measuring about 15.1 m, more than the height of the Hollywood sign by marketrent

Mamenchisaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur known for their remarkably long necks which made up nearly half the total body length. Their shoulders were somewhat higher than the hips. The different species vary in length, from around 15 m to at least 26 m, and maybe up to 35 m. The species differ in overall size and specific features of the skull and skeleton, but share typical sauropod traits, like quadrupedalism, large bodies, small heads, and long tails.

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