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[REAL, 1850] The Impulsoria, a locomotive powered by four horse's on treadmills.
  • https://www.frrandp.com/2021/02/the-impulsoria.html

    Other than one prototype unit, however, the locomotive was never produced. By 1850, steam was clearly king, and any horse-powered railways outside of streetcar operations were on the way out. Thus, the Impulsoria became nothing more than a strange curiosity of an early railway engine.

  • Quasar ‘clocks’ show Universe was five times slower soon after the Big Bang
    www.eurekalert.org Quasar ‘clocks’ show Universe was five times slower soon after the Big Bang

    Quasars are the supermassive black holes at the centres of early galaxies. Scientists have unlocked their secrets to use them as ‘clocks’ to measure time near the beginning of the universe.

    Quasar ‘clocks’ show Universe was five times slower soon after the Big Bang
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    Smartwatches can detect Parkinson’s years before diagnosis
    english.elpais.com Smartwatches can detect Parkinson’s years before diagnosis

    Accelerometers record subtle changes in movement and sleep patterns, and this information could anticipate the disease long before it becomes evident

    Smartwatches can detect Parkinson’s years before diagnosis
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    Why The U.S. Has Become The Blackout Capital Of The Developed World | OilPrice.com
    oilprice.com Why The U.S. Has Become The Blackout Capital Of The Developed World | OilPrice.com

    A few decades ago, power outages in vast swathes of the United States were relatively rare and would normally be seen as black swan events, but in 2023 widespread blackouts have become a common occurence

    Why The U.S. Has Become The Blackout Capital Of The Developed World | OilPrice.com
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    ‘Boil in the bag’ environmentally friendly funerals arrive in the UK
    www.theguardian.com ‘Boil in the bag’ environmentally friendly funerals arrive in the UK

    With a lower carbon footprint than gas-fired cremation, the process is described as ‘gentler on the body and kinder on the environment’

    ‘Boil in the bag’ environmentally friendly funerals arrive in the UK
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    Pill Bugs And Chitons Get Jobs As Tiny Grippers
    hackaday.com Pill Bugs And Chitons Get Jobs As Tiny Grippers

    A research paper titled Biological Organisms as End Effectors explores the oddball approach of giving small animals jobs as grippers at the end of a robotic arm. Researchers show that pill bugs and…

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    Batteries in electric vehicles have more mileage in city driving rather than highway driving
    techxplore.com Batteries in electric vehicles have more mileage in city driving rather than highway driving

    A Toyota Corolla with a 1.8L engine requires 6.2 liters of gas to drive for 100 kilometers on a highway. But on city roads, it would require 7.9 liters of gas. A 2022 Ford F-150 requires 9.4 and 12.1 liters per 100 km for highway and city driving, respectively.

    Batteries in electric vehicles have more mileage in city driving rather than highway driving
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    World's 1st 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical trials in Japan - The Mainichi
    mainichi.jp World's 1st 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical trials in Japan - The Mainichi

    TOKYO -- A Japanese research team is making progress on the development of a groundbreaking medication that may allow people to grow new teeth, with c

    World's 1st 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical trials in Japan - The Mainichi
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    Honey bees are very loyal to their flower patches
    www.earth.com Honey bees are very loyal to their flower patches

    The results suggest that honey bees exhibit a higher degree of fidelity to their chosen flower patches compared to bumble bees.

    Honey bees are very loyal to their flower patches
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    Breakthrough in nutrition science: DNA barcoding reveals dietary secrets
    www.earth.com Breakthrough in nutrition science: DNA barcoding reveals dietary secrets

    Scientists at the Duke School of Medicine have developed a cutting-edge method that uses DNA barcoding to identify the plant-based foods an individual has consumed

    Breakthrough in nutrition science: DNA barcoding reveals dietary secrets
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    Gfycat.com shuts down on September 1 and all Gifs will be taken down - gHacks Tech News
    www.ghacks.net Gfycat.com shuts down on September 1 and all Gifs will be taken down - gHacks Tech News

    Popular animated gifs hosting service gfycat.com is shutting down on September 1, 2023 and all hosted content will no longer be accessible at that point.

    Gfycat.com shuts down on September 1 and all Gifs will be taken down - gHacks Tech News
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    How to Keep Muscles Strong as You Age
    www.scientificamerican.com How to Keep Muscles Strong as You Age

    Here’s why older adults naturally lose muscle mass over time and how regular physical activity and resistance training can help

    How to Keep Muscles Strong as You Age
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    Fighting loneliness by finding purpose
    artsci.wustl.edu Fighting loneliness by finding purpose

    A new study co-authored by Patrick Hill, associate professor of psychological and brain sciences, offers an important message for our times: A sense of purpose in life — whether it’s a high-minded quest to make a difference or a simple hobby with personal meaning — can offer potent protection agains...

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    Canada has officially banned testing cosmetics on animals | CNN
    edition.cnn.com Canada has officially banned testing cosmetics on animals | CNN

    Canada has moved to ban the testing of cosmetics on animals, joining a number of other countries and American states to outlaw the practice.

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    Instant Coffee Is Negatively Associated with Telomere Length: Finding from Observational and Mendelian Randomization Analyses of UK Biobank
    www.mdpi.com Instant Coffee Is Negatively Associated with Telomere Length: Finding from Observational and Mendelian Randomization Analyses of UK Biobank

    Telomere length, as a biomarker of accelerated aging, is closely related to many chronic diseases. We aimed to explore the association between coffee consumption and telomere length. Our study included 468,924 participants from the UK Biobank. Multivariate linear models (observational analyses) were...

    Instant Coffee Is Negatively Associated with Telomere Length: Finding from Observational and Mendelian Randomization Analyses of UK Biobank
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    The first flying car, 'Model A,' approved by the FAA and it's 100% electric
    www.usatoday.com The first flying car, 'Model A,' approved by the FAA and it's 100% electric

    Alef Aeronautics' 'Model A' has a driving range of 200 miles and a flight range of 110 miles. The company plans to start delivering cars by late 2025.

    The first flying car, 'Model A,' approved by the FAA and it's 100% electric
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    The first flying car, 'Model A,' approved by the FAA and it's 100% electric
    www.usatoday.com The first flying car, 'Model A,' approved by the FAA and it's 100% electric

    Alef Aeronautics' 'Model A' has a driving range of 200 miles and a flight range of 110 miles. The company plans to start delivering cars by late 2025.

    The first flying car, 'Model A,' approved by the FAA and it's 100% electric
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    Taking higher-than-recommended doses of vitamin D for five years reduced the risk of atrial fibrillation
    www.uef.fi Taking higher-than-recommended doses of vitamin D for five years reduced the risk of atrial fibrillation

    Taking higher-than-recommended doses of vitamin D for five years reduced the risk of atrial fibrillation in older men and women, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland.

    Taking higher-than-recommended doses of vitamin D for five years reduced the risk of atrial fibrillation
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    Firefox on Reddit: 📣 Announcement: We have reopened.
  • All legacy technical posts will remain available so that searching for help related to the browser is still available, but henceforth and until the reddit admins appropriately reply to our concerns, the only new submissions allowed will be ones that contain the cuddly fuzzy little animals from which the subreddit indirectly received its name:‌

    The red panda! Also known as fire foxes. ‌

    If you are looking for technical posts, we now have an official community on Kbin. Keep in mind that Lemmy also federates with Kbin. We continue to be around on Matrix as well.

    Yay for Firefox!!

  • Protests broke Reddit hack for useful Google search results—and Google knows it
  • “Many of you may wonder how we have a search team that’s iterating and building all this new stuff and yet somehow, users are still not quite happy,” Raghavan reportedly said.

    Their search has been getting worse and worse for a long time before the Reddit protest.

  • After screening thousands of drugs, researchers have found an antibiotic that completely eliminates the bacteria that causes Lyme disease
  • Researchers tested the drug, not yet on the market, in mouse models of Lyme disease at seven-day, 14-day, and 21-day intervals and found that it eliminated the infection. For the first time, azlocillin also proved effective in killing drug-tolerant forms of B. burgdorferi in lab dishes, indicating that it may work as a therapy for lingering symptoms of Lyme disease.

    Researchers plan to conduct a clinical trial.

    One day... Maybe.

  • Civil Rights Defenders launches Off.guard - the first tool created to share vital information when internet shuts down
  • Took a long time following links to find:

    In order for off.guard to work properly make sure to activate push-notifications for this website in chrome settings and click activate notifications below. Then off.guard will take care of the rest.

    So it's using net access to push info out.

    I gave up finding more. Lots of marketing buzz words and little technical details.

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