(PDF) Distinct diet-microbiome associations in autism spectrum disorder PDF | Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is linked to both altered gut microbiota and unhealthy diets; however, the mechanistic connections remain elusive.... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

Study of 818 children finds that kids with autism have gut microbiomes that are hyper‑sensitive to diet, especially to synthetic polysorbate‑80 and carrageenan emulsifiers which disrupt microbial networks and key species, but not in neurotypical kids.
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Beef is making a comeback – does it fit into a healthy diet? The protein craze is in full swing and beef consumption is on the rise, particularly in the US, where health agencies are promoting red meat as part of an optimum diet. So, how much beef should we rea...

'“This near doubling does not have a scientific basis,” says Bleich. “We are meeting or exceeding what we actually need from a health perspective when it comes to protein, so it doesn’t make sense.”'

Science and US government parted company recently-ish.

www.newscientist.com/article/2522...

Unlocking a hidden fossil archive: synchrotron micro-computed tomography illuminates ‘ghost’ radiolarians linked to Late Ordovician oceanic anoxic events Abstract. Recent advancements in synchrotron-based micro-computed tomography (microCT) enable non-destructive visualization of fossils that were previously

This is absolutely amazing. Just think what a speck of dust from Mars could yield.
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Emperor penguins added to endangered list after rapid decline The International Union for Conservation of Nature has updated the Red List status for three of Antarctica’s most famous species after a dire assessment of their prospects under climate change

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Ashley St. Clair sues Elon Musk’s xAI over explicit photos A new lawsuit from Ashley St. Clair targets Elon Musk’s Grok over sexually-explicit images

For those who didn't know (I admit, I didn't):

"St. Clair, 27, is a conservative influencer and is the mother to Musk’s one-year-old son."

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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Walking 3000 steps a day seems to slow Alzheimer's-related decline Alzheimer's-related cognitive decline could be slowed by taking as few as 3000 steps a day, possibly due to the effects of regular exercise on brain health

Well... this looks kinda important!

Walking just 3000-5000 steps/day can delay Alzheimer’s-related decline by around3 years, and 5000-7500 steps/day by up to 7 years — even if early disease markers are present.

Every step counts.

www.newscientist.com/article/2502...

The Strange Allure of Extreme Alpha Male Influencers My social media is awash with outspoken men with bulging abs eating raw meat. Why do I find it aspirational?

"Sociological researcher Annie Kelly did her PhD in digital antifeminism and the far right..."

This feels a bit like saying, "Hold on a minute while I fetch Mum; she's a theologian," to the Jehovah's Witness couple at the door.

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Donald Trump’s son Eric saying, “I don't even know Epstein's first name, so saying my dad was close to Jeffrey is a lie" on Fox MEWS (satire).

This brain has been left intentionally blank.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/e...

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"Nearly all these discordant birds were genetically female but had male reproductive organs. However, the researchers also found a few genetic males with ovaries—including a genetically male kookaburra with a distended oviduct, indicating it had recently laid an egg."

Unpleasantly hot and sticky in London today, but thankfully nothing like this!

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Europe's old power plants to get digital makeover driven by AI boom Some of Europe's ageing coal and gas fired power plants can look forward to a more high-tech future as big tech players, such as Microsoft and Amazon, seek to repurpose them as data centres, with ready-made access to power and water.

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Let's hope some of these tech players seeking to repurpose ageing power plants as data centres aren't US giants like Microsoft and Amazon!

For the first time ever, the majority of doctors in France are women Out of 237,214 practicing doctors, there are 118,957 women and 118,257 men as of January 1, according to data from the Directorate for Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics. Nonetheless, this i...

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For the first time ever, there are now more female than male doctors (118,957 vs. 118,257)! in France. General practitioners lead the way with 52.4% women. Next up: breaking ceilings in leadership (as long as it's not Le Pen!).

Semaglutide Slows Epigenetic Aging in People with HIV-associated lipohypertrophy: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial Semaglutide is a once-weekly GLP-1 receptor agonist that has been proposed as a gerotherapeutic, yet no data exist on its effects on epigenetic aging. We therefore conducted a post-hoc epigenetic anal...

This is an amazing piece of research. Maybe billionaire weirdos should stop leaching plasma from their children and fund more R&D on GLP-1 receptor agonists like tirzepatide, dulaglutide and semaglutide...

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

It is becoming easier to create AI avatars of the deceased − here is why Buddhism would caution against it A scholar of Buddhism explains why creating a digital afterlife for loved ones may cause us to miss critical moments for genuine transformation and connection.

Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful science-fiction/cosmic-horror subgenre.

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Rust-based battery connects to an electricity grid for the first time An iron-air battery in the Netherlands, which can store energy for 100 hours or more to make renewable power sources more consistent, has become the world’s first “rust” battery to connect with an ele...

Oh look, another new kind of chemical battery that works really well and uses readily available/common materials.

www.newscientist.com/article/2490...

The usual imagined route to AI singularity is AI-built-by-AI, but it could be about to get a huge boost from Chinese engineers.

TBH, if it takes some of the wind out of the sails (sic) of US corporations and similar entities, it might not be such a bad thing.

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Trump effectively confessed he knew what Epstein was doing, and the mainstream media whiffed | Press Watch Stenography isn’t enough when Trump unleashes something wildly self-incriminating

Remember, they jailed Al Capone for tax evasion, not for the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre or beating anyone to death with a baseball bat.

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Is It Too Late to Stop the Authoritarian Takeover of America? (The Chilling Truth About Trump, Foreign Influence, and What We Still Have Time to Do)

The road to fascism is lined with idiots telling you to stop overreacting.

www.jackhopkinsnow.com/p/is-it-too-...

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While I'd have thought having an arch enemy might actually enrich your life in many ways, I'm surprised cutting out arseholes adds only 2.5 months to your life.

"Negative social ties may trigger a chronic, inflammatory stress response [...] which may impair the immune system."

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"French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday against Candace Owens over the far-right commentator’s repeated allegations that first lady Brigitte Macron was born a man."

Good!

'Goes too far': GOP senators raging over Trump admin attack on clean energy President Donald Trump's administration is poised to attack the clean energy industry with new permitting rules that would affect "scores of projects on private land," and "even Republicans say it goe...

Ever get the idea that our planet is being terraformed by evil alien invaders disguised as billionaire oligarchs to make it more hospitable to their physiology but deadly to ours?

www.rawstory.com/trump-clean-...

"As America pulls back, it will cede ground to authoritarian China as a scientific superpower, with all the benefits that confers. MAGA’s assault on science is not just about DEI, nor is it about universities. It is first and foremost an act of self-harm."

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Of all the technomagical wonders described in William Gibson's Neuromancer you might have been hoping for, the one you're getting first is the one the protagonist (and maybe you too) really didn't want: a cure for cocaine.

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Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests Usage of punctuation down almost half in two decades as further research finds 67% of British students rarely use it

Does this mark the end of civilisation or merely a rest before its next expression?

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RFK, the proverbial child with a hammer...

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The real Muppets would do a better job than the muppets people voted for.