Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, researchers say A Stanford University team have tested their nasal spray vaccine in animals but still need to do human clinical trials.

A single nasal spray vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds & flus, plus bacterial lung infections, & may even ease allergies.

It leaves lung white blood cells on "amber alert" & ready to jump into action no matter what the infection is.

🧪 @medsky.social
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The distribution of speaking rate (SR, in syllables per second) (left) and information rate (IR, in bits per second) (right) within the languages in our database (colored areas; colors represent the language families) and across them (black areas at the top) using a Gaussian kernel density estimate. The black vertical lines spanning the whole plot represent the means (solid lines) ± 1 SD (dashed lines). The short black vertical lines represent the actual data points.

The speed at which languages are spoken is wide, but at the end of the day, the rate at which they transfer information is surprisingly similar (although German does have a long tail towards the slow side). 🧪

Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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‘Revoice’ device gives stroke patients their voice back Researchers have developed a wearable, comfortable and washable device called Revoice that could help people regain the ability to communicate naturally and

A wearable, washable device, developed by researchers @eng.cam.ac.uk could help stroke patients communicate naturally again 🗣️

Using ultra-sensitive sensors and artificial intelligence, it can turn mouthed words into fluent sentences.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/49GZEai 🧪

An image of an open cone of a cycad plant. Cones are the reproductive structures of cycads. Also shown is a thermal infrared image of a cycad male cone heating during pollen release.

Beetle occupancy of male and female cones during thermogenesis. n = 570 beetles in male cones; n = 278 beetles in female cones. The data show that male cones warm up early in the evening while female cones warm up later, and beetle presence follows this same trend.

Wow this is so cool!

Infrared radiation is an ancient pollination signal
@science.org 🧪

The cones of male cycad plants produce heat as night falls to attract beetle pollinators, with cones of female plants warming up 3 hours later. 🤯 They warmed up 3D-printed cones to verify beetle attraction!

The future of flight? First electric aeroplane lands in Denmark The plane can be charged using a standard fast charger for electric cars in just 20 to 40 minutes, the company says. Experts say airports will need to gradually expand charging infrastructures for electric aircraft.

Denmark just flew 5 people over 300 km in an all-electric plane—in under an hour. ⚡✈️ It recharged in 30 mins and emitted zero CO₂. It’s not just a test—it’s step one in Denmark’s bold plan: 100% fossil-free domestic flights by 2030. The skies are changing. #ElectricFlight #Denmark #EVaviation #EVTOL

Beautiful read on imposter syndrome and not giving into your fears!

Comma butterfly( brown and orange colouring ) feasting on the lavender. Garden West Sussex

Let’s pretend that I’m a dead leaf. A master of disguise . Comma butterfly feasting on the lavender.

Close up on a gray insect with long, segmented antennae. The eye is a swirl of blues, greens, and browns.

Close-up of the Ant Lion's eye. It's beautiful, like a small planet.

Such delicate wings!

It eventually flew too far for me to keep tracking it, but it was still pretty close to the ground because it didn't have the skills to fly upwards. I hoped for the best, that's all

While I'm sure you're right, how come? Big fan of hearing people fan over bees

That is some good hairspray!

So where do we apply again?

He looks like if I bite into him, he will taste like peppermint

These white eared bulbul parents are stressed out with the baby fallen out of the nest! They've been like this for more than half an hour. I can't locate their nest and the baby can only fly so high up the grills before he slips back down

#ornithology #bulbul #naturalist

Lovely to see!

This is so cool, lol

Just to let you know the MDI events link attached in the form isn't working

He looks very polite!😂

This is the stuff I live for

So cool! İt's used extensively in South East Asian cooking too

Peak literature

I'd definitely like a link or author names. While I don't love them anywhere near as much as bees, they're such an important part of the ecosystem and they get far too much hate

Where to begin? He's Practically Perfect in Every Way!

Jellyfish are one of the most magical creatures, and they’ve got the aesthetics to match

Cephalopods are the Masters of Sneaky:
A male cuttlefish presents to a female on one side of his body while replicating a female pattern on the side that faces a guarding, competitive male (♂️➡️).

*He's sneaking into his girlfriend's room disguised as a girl*

(📷: Culum Brown)

OECS thematic collections.

If you haven't been looking recently at the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (oecs.mit.edu), here's your reminder that we are a free, open access resource for learning about the science of mind.

Today we are launching our new Thematic Collections to organize our growing set of articles!