Why Primate Mothers Keep Their Dead Chldren with Them for Months

Freedomist Editor September 20, 2021

Primate Mothers Sometimes Carry Their Dead Babies With Them for Months – Here’s Why

From scitechdaily.com
2021-09-17 17:16:06
University College London
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Some primate species may express grief over the death of their infant by carrying the corpse with them, sometimes for months, according to a new UCL-led study — with implications for our understanding of how non-human animals experience emotion.

Published on September 15, 2021, in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the researchers compiled data from anecdotes reported in 126 publications on primate behavior. In the largest study of its kind, researchers undertook the most extensive and rigorous quantitative analysis to date of a behavior known as “infant corpse carrying” in primate mothers, looking at 409 cases across 50 species.

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Older Site Source of Stonehenge Rocks and Evidence of Use, an Elite Cemetary

Parker Davis September 16, 2021

Stonehenge ‘history reshaped’ after mass burial find suggested site was ‘elite cemetery’ | Science | News

From www.express.co.uk
2021-09-08 11:54:08

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England‘s most famous stone circle has long since captivated the imaginations of millions around the world. Earlier this year, researchers came a step closer to solving the mystery behind the man-made rock formation after uncovering the remains of the Waun Main site in Pembrokeshire’s Preseli Hills, southwest Wales. It soon proved to be one of Britain’s biggest and oldest stone circles, and could be the original building blocks of Stonehenge.

Researchers believe the stones could have been dismantled and rebuilt 150 miles away on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, where the structure stands today and has stood, it is believed, since as far back as 3000 BC.

This came as a breakthrough, yet archaeologists are still not fully sure what purpose Stonehenge served.

There is strong evidence, however, that it was used as a burial site, with remains from an excavation just a few miles away and at the site itself explored during the Smithsonian channel’s documentary, ‘Secrets: Stonehenge Mystery’,…

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Your Underwear Could Power Your Phone

Paul Collier September 16, 2021

Flexible lithium battery-the core of the development of smart wearable devices

From www.digitaljournal.com
2021-09-10 17:51:27

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On 2nd Sep, Peng Huisheng’s team from the Department of Polymer Science of Fudan University solved related problems and continuously constructed a new type of fiber polymer lithium- ion battery, which has both good safety and comprehensive electrochemical performance.

On 2nd Sep, Peng Huisheng’s team from the Department of Polymer Science of Fudan University solved related problems and continuously constructed a new type of fiber polymer lithium-ion battery, which has both good safety and comprehensive electrochemical performance. The fully flexible fabric display system independently developed by the team can closely follow the irregular contours of the human body, and is as light and breathable as ordinary fabrics, ensuring good wearing comfort.Dongguan, China – September 10, 2021 /MarketersMEDIA/ —

You do not need to bring a charger and power bank when you go out. You can wirelessly charge your mobile phone through the clothes you wear. Nowadays, scenes that sound…

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Silicon Particles Could Boost Portable L-I Battery Life

Parker Davis September 16, 2021

Lithium-ion batteries just made a big leap in a tiny product

From www.technologyreview.com
2021-09-08 16:00:00

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A materials company in Alameda, California, has spent the last decade working to boost the energy stored in lithium-ion batteries, an advance that could enable smaller gadgets and electric vehicles with far greater range.

Sila has developed silicon-based particles that can replace the graphite in anodes and hold more of the lithium ions that carry the current in a battery.

Now the company is delivering its product to the market for the first time, providing a portion of the anode powder in the battery of the forthcoming Whoop 4.0, a fitness wearable. It’s a small device but potentially a big step forward for the battery field, where promising lab results often fail to translate to commercial success.

“Think of the Whoop 4.0 as our Tesla Roadster,” says Gene Berdichevsky, Sila’s CEO, who as Tesla’s seventh employee helped solve some of the critical battery challenges for the company’s first electric vehicle. “It’s really the first device on the market that’s…

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AI Becoming a Necessity to Quality Healthcare

Parker Davis September 16, 2021

The future of healthcare is dependent on securing AI-powered medical devices

From medcitynews.com
2021-09-12 13:02:42

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Investments in artificial intelligence and machine learning are finally on the rise in healthcare.

While the industry has been slow to adopt AI in comparison to other sectors like financial services and manufacturing – with 70% of health systems yet to establish a formal program – a recent survey found that 68% of health system executives plan to invest more in AI in the next five years to help reach their strategic goals. And the investments are expected to be significant; the global AI in healthcare market size is estimated to reach $120.2 billion by 2028.

The opportunities for AI in healthcare are widespread, spanning both operational and clinical use cases including fraud prevention, voice-assisted charting, registration, remote patient monitoring and more. AI holds particular promise for connected medical devices and telehealth – an integral part of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) – as it enables faster triage, intake, detection and decision making.

In fact, new patient apps and connected medical devices leveraging AI are already being launched regularly. For example, Google recently introduced a new AI-powered dermatology app that uses image recognition algorithms to provide expert, personalized help by suggesting possible skin conditions based on patient-uploaded photos. A Philips device leverages insights from AI to diagnose and treat oncology patients. And Amwell’s new telehealth platform enables providers to receive alerts on their patients’ health status via an AI-powered, automated real-time early warning score system.

While there is significant potential for AI in healthcare, there are also limitations. The primary challenge that has not yet been widely discussed, however, is how best to secure AI-powered connected medical devices from increasingly frequent and complex cybersecurity risks.

Securing the IoMT in the age of AI is imperative

While AI can and often has been used for good, it can also be used to discover and exploit…

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Poll Shows Americans No Longer Feel Government Respects Their Rights

Freedomist Editor September 16, 2021

Americans less positive about civil liberties, AP-NORC poll says

From www.kbtx.com
2021-09-10 14:19:00

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(AP) – Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, Americans were reasonably positive about the state of their rights and liberties. Today, after 20 years, not as much.

That’s according to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research that builds on work conducted in 2011, one decade after the pivotal moment in U.S. history. Some questions were also asked on polls conducted in 2013 and 2015.

Americans were relatively united around the idea that the government did a good job protecting many basic rights a decade after the terrorist attacks, which produced a massive overhaul of the country’s intelligence services and the creation of agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security. Along with those changes came a creeping concern about government overreach, although Americans as a whole remained fairly positive.

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Indian Doctor Successfully Treats Cancer with Hot Magnets

Parker Davis September 16, 2021

Dr Havita Srikanti is successfully, allegedly, treating his patients using hot magnets. He claims, and has docmentation to prove it, that his method of using hot magnets to treat cancer works by killing the cancer cells but none of the surrounding cells.

Hot magnets that kill cancer cells while sparing healthy ones

From www.thehindubusinessline.com
2021-09-12 13:53:01

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Magnetic hyperthermia — generating heat in magnetic nanoparticles by applying alternating magnetic fields on them — has been an area of research in cancer therapy since the 1990s.

The goal is to burn away cancer cells. Conventional treatments such as chemotherapy do that, but they also kill adjoining healthy cells, with severe side effects.

Dr Kavita Srikanti, a scientist with the Hyderabad-headquartered International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), has used magnets to treat cancer with some success. (Srikanti and her mentor Dr R Gopalan have worked extensively on magnets for various applications.)

At the heart of the research is the use of ‘magnetocaloric materials’ — which heat up when inside a magnetic field and cool when pulled out…..

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MA VA Left Vet Die in Stairwell and Decompose

Freedomist Editor September 16, 2021

Massachusetts VA hospital broke federal law in failed hunt for missing veteran found decomposing in stairwell

From www.foxnews.com
2021-09-13 16:31:38

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The Bedford VA hospital in Massachusetts violated federal law by failing to properly search for a missing 62-year-old Army veteran, whose decomposing body wasn’t found until a month after his disappearance in an emergency stairwell just 60 feet from the door of his residential room at the facility.

A new 45-page report released last week by the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General states that the body of Tim White was found on June 12, 2020, by another resident in an emergency exit stairwell at Bedford Veterans Quarters (BVQ), an independent-living facility privately operated by Caritas Communities Inc., an organization that provides services for homeless people.

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Iran Agrees to Nuclear Site Monitoring from UN

Mark Clouse September 16, 2021

Iran and UN watchdog reach deal over nuclear site monitoring

From www.bbc.co.uk
2021-09-12 17:42:14

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Iran has agreed to allow the global nuclear watchdog to service cameras used to monitor Iranian nuclear sites.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors will also be allowed to replace the cameras’ memory cards, and they will be kept in Iran.

Iran had previously said it would only hand over camera footage from key nuclear sites after an agreement is reached to lift US sanctions.

The IAEA had complained that Iran was blocking its monitoring work.

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China Markets US Covid Story Worldwide on Social Media

Ivo Fysic September 14, 2021

Pro-China social media campaign expands to new countries, blames U.S. for COVID

From www.reuters.com
2021-09-08 16:12:00

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China’s President Xi Jinping is shown on a screen through digitally decorated glass during the World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China, November 23, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 8 (Reuters) – A misinformation campaign on social media in support of Chinese government interests has expanded to new languages and platforms, and it even tried to get people to show up to protests in the United States, researchers said on Wednesday.

Experts at security company FireEye (FEYE.O) and Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google said the operation was identified in 2019 as running hundreds of accounts in English and Chinese aimed at discrediting the Hong Kong democracy movement. The effort has broadened its mission and spread from Twitter (TWTR.N), Facebook(FB.O) and Google to thousands of handles on dozens of sites around the world.

This expansion suggests Chinese interests have made a deeper commitment to the sort of international propaganda techniques Russia has used for several years, experts said.

Some of the new accounts are on networks used predominantly in countries that have not previously been significant Chinese propaganda targets, such as Argentina. Other networks have users around the world but with a large proportion in Russia or Germany.

False information about COVID-19 has been a major focus. For example, accounts on social networking sites vKontakte, LiveJournal and elsewhere in Russian, German, Spanish and other languages have asserted that the novel coronavirus emerged in the United States before China and that it was developed by the U.S. military.

Multiple Russian-language LiveJournal accounts used identical wording: “U.S. Ft. Detrick was the source of COVID-19,” referring to the U.S. Army’s Fort Detrick installation in Maryland.

In addition to promoting false information on the virus, researchers said priorities for the group include criticizing fugitive Chinese propagandist Guo Wengui and his ally, former Donald Trump strategist…