Maria Apostolopoulou

Large crowds protesting outside the UN climate talks, for the first time since 2021. Because the last three such UN meetings occurred in countries that ban public protests. Why are we still holding UN meetings in such countries...? Is it to assure politicians no-one cares about the climate...?

I don't care about coffee, but if we lose chocolate (=cocoa) because of this whole climate/trade mess, I'm taking to the streets!😅

I could hardly walk - the issue that affects 1 in 5 mums Two mothers who experienced pelvic girdle pain say being aware of the risk will help people seek treatment.

Why is a condition that affects 20% of mothers still underdiagnosed and undertreated...?
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The emergence and diversification of dog morphology Dogs exhibit an exceptional range of morphological diversity as a result of their long-term association with humans. Attempts to identify when dog morphological variation began to expand have been con...

I guess we can't fully blame the Victorians anymore for turning wolves into chihuahuas...
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US ends penny-making run after more than 230 years Pennies today cost nearly four cents each to make - more than twice the cost of a decade ago.

It makes sense, since something that's worth .01$ costs .04$ to make, but businesses will round up prices, costing consumers an estimated 6m$ annually...is there no other way...?
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Record grounded glacier retreat caused by an ice plain calving process - Nature Geoscience An Antarctic glacier retreated after the loss of landfast ice at a peak rate almost an order of magnitude faster than previously recorded because of buoyancy-driven ice calving, according to an analys...

Glacier retreats more than double previous records, and all that water will add to the sea level rise...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I'd go to church for a bat party!
batsinchurches.org.uk

The effects of antidepressants on cardiometabolic and other physiological parameters: a systematic review and network meta-analysis We found strong evidence that antidepressants differ markedly in their physiological effects, particularly for cardiometabolic parameters. Treatment guidelines should be updated to reflect differences...

Not all antidepressants are equal, and what side effects are minor for one patient, are major for others. The 2nd link is an online tool to help choose!
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Woman plays clarinet during four-hour brain surgery Denise Bacon, 65, underwent deep brain stimulation (DBS) as Parkinson's Disease has affected her ability to walk, swim, dance and play her instrument.

I did not know this was a thing...
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😅
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A new long and narrow‐snouted ichthyosaur illuminates a complex faunal turnover during an undersampled Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) interval Ichthyosaurian faunas before and after the Pliensbachian stage of the Early Jurassic are known from numerous, often complete fossils. The two faunas are very different taxonomically, with only one of...

New dinosaur!
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global extinction risk status of animal, fungus and plant species. Open to all, it is used by gover...

Hopeful news for green turtles, bad news for seals...
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Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried? The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

Scorch the earth and then bury oneself in the sand...😅
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@catsofyore.bsky.social

I love how his comeback is not to defend the president, but to whatabout her!😅

Jane Goodall - Wikipedia

She didn't have an undergraduate degree, but she was still awarded a PhD for her revolutionary work with primates (criticized at the time by her mostly male colleagues).
RIP Dr Goodall, you have left a beautiful mark on this planet!
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Induction of experimental cell division to generate cells with reduced chromosome ploidy - Nature Communications Researchers induced ploidy reduction in human oocytes generated by somatic cell nuclear transfer, enabling fertilization and embryo development with integrated somatic and sperm chromosomes, highlighting a proof-of-concept for in vitro gametogenesis.

Skin cells were successfully turned into oocytes (though with chromosomal errors), which were then fertilized and underwent early embryo development!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR): use of combined vaccine instead of single vaccines

And finally, let's not experiment on children with single M or M or R vaccines, which NO country or medical association recommends..
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Prevalence and Early Identification of Autism Spectrum ... This report describes autism spectrum disorder prevalence and early identifications patterns among children aged 4 and 8 years old.

California has a higher autism prevalence rate, which could be explained by local initiatives to identify it:
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A few facts about autism prevalence throughout the years:
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Frontiers | Safeguarding the polar regions from dangerous geoengineering: a critical assessment of proposed concepts and future prospects Fossil-fuel burning is heating the planet with catastrophic consequences for its habitability and for the natural world on which our existence depends. Halti...

"It is clear to us that the assessed approaches are not feasible, and that further research into these techniques would not be an effective use of limited time and resources."
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WTF....
Which facts is he referring to exactly...?

Xi and Putin discuss organ transplants and living 'indefinitely' The two leaders discussed how organ transplants could help people live to 150-years-old.

Enter the conspiracy theories! 😅
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Disturbing...😅

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy had it right all along!

Madagascar's King Toera: France returns skull of monarch killed during colonial era King Toera was killed by French troops 128 years ago and his head kept in a Paris museum's archive.

The way it should be!
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Child sex abuse victim begs Elon Musk to remove links to her images BBC investigation finds US victim's images are traded globally by an operator based in Indonesia.

Since he is one of the richest persons in the world, maybe spend some resources finding a solution to this...?
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Mammograms ARE important, but you know whoever invented that machine did not have boobs...😅

Posted for no apparent reason...
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Hey! Lotto winners waste their own money!