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Brisk Walking for Just 11 Minutes a Day Slashes Risk of Premature Death by 23% Says Study of 30 Million People

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Walking at a brisk pace for just 11 minutes a day slashes the risk of a premature death by almost a quarter, according to new research.

The team led by researchers at the University of Cambridge showed how one in ten early deaths could be prevented if everyone managed to reach the threshold of 75 minutes per week of moderate-intensity physical activity.

The study demonstrated that this would be sufficient to lower the risk of heart disease and stroke–the leading causes of death globally—as well as a number of cancers.

To explore the amount of physical activity necessary to have a beneficial impact on several chronic diseases and premature death, researchers from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis, pooling and analyzing cohort data from all of the published evidence. This approach allowed them to bring together studies that on their own did not provide sufficient evidence and sometimes disagreed with each other to provide more robust conclusions.

In total, they looked at results reported in 196 peer-reviewed articles, covering more than 30 million participants from 94 large study cohorts, to produce the largest analysis to date of the association between physical activity levels and risk of heart disease, cancer, and early death.

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The researchers found that, outside of work-related physical activity, two out of three people reported activity levels below 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity activity, the amount recommended by NHS, Britain’s national health service.

Broadly speaking, they found that beyond 150 min per week of moderate-intensity activity, the additional benefits in terms of reduced risk of disease or early death were marginal. But even half this amount came with significant benefits: accumulating 75 min per week of moderate-intensity activity brought with it a 23% lower risk of early death.

“If you are someone who finds the idea of 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity a week a bit daunting, then our findings should be good news,” said Dr. Soren Brage, lead author of the study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

If you find that 75 minutes a week is manageable, then you could try stepping it up gradually to the recommended full 150 minutes, he suggested.

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Specifically, 75 minutes per week was enough to reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular disease by 17% and cancer by 7%. For some specific cancers, the reduction in risk was greater – head and neck, myeloid leukaemia, myeloma, and gastric cardia cancers were between 14-26% lower risk. For other cancers, such as lung, liver, endometrial, colon, and breast cancer, a 3-11% lower risk was observed.

“We know that physical activity, such as walking or cycling, is good for you, especially if you feel it raises your heart rate. But what we’ve found is there are substantial benefits to heart health and reducing your risk of cancer even if you can only manage 10 minutes every day,” stated Professor James Woodcock from the MRC Epidemiology Unit.

The researchers calculated that if everyone in the studies had completed a full 150 min per week of moderate-intensity activity, around one in six (16%) early deaths would be prevented. One in nine (11%) cases of cardiovascular disease and one in 20 (5%) cases of cancer would be prevented.

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However, even if everyone managed at least 75 min per week of moderate-intensity physical activity, around one in ten (10%) early deaths would be prevented. One in twenty (5%) cases of cardiovascular disease and nearly one in thirty (3%) cases of cancer would be prevented.

“Moderate activity doesn’t have to involve what we normally think of exercise, such as sports or running,” said Dr. Leandro Garcia from Queen’s University Belfast. “Doing activities (like dancing) that you enjoy and that are easy to include in your weekly routine is an excellent way to become more active.”

Sometimes, replacing some habits is all that is needed. For example, park your car in the furthest parking spot at your workplace or on shopping trip, then briskly walk to the door—or climb the stairs instead of using the elevator.

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The research was funded by the Medical Research Council and the European Research Council.

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Your Inspired Weekly Horoscope From Rob Brezsny: A ‘Free Will Astrology’

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Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How All of Creation Is Conspiring To Shower You with Blessings. (A free preview of the book is available here.)

Here is your weekly horoscope…

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY – Week of March 11, 2023
Copyright by Rob Brezsny, FreeWillAstrology.com

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
A financial advisor once told me I could adopt one of three approaches to running my business: 1. Ignore change; 2. always struggle with change, half-immobilized by mixed feelings about whether to change or stay pat; 3. learn to love and thrive on change. The advisor said that if I chose either of the first two options, I would always be forced to change by circumstances beyond my control. The third approach is ultimately the only one that works. Now is an excellent time for you Pisceans to commit yourself fully to number three—for both your business and your life.

ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Repressed feelings and dormant passions are rising to the surface. I bet they will soon be rattling your brain and illuminating your heart, unleashing a soothing turbulence of uncanny glee. Will you get crazy and wise enough to coax the Great Mystery into blessing you with an inspirational revelation or two? I believe you will. I hope you will! The more skillful you are at generating rowdy breakthroughs, the less likely you are to experience a breakdown. Be as unruly as you need to be to liberate the very best healings.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
You finally have all you need to finish an incomplete mission or resolve a mess of unsettled karma. The courage and determination you couldn’t quite summon before are now fully available as you invoke a climax that will prepare the way for your awe-inspiring rebirth. Gaze into the future, dear Taurus, and scan for radiant beacons that will be your guides in the coming months. You have more help than you know, and now is the time to identify it and move toward it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
Our sun is an average star in a galaxy of 100 billion stars. In comparison to some of its flamboyant compatriots, it’s mediocre. Over 860 light years away is a blue-white supergiant star called Rigel, which is twice as hot as our sun and 40,000 times brighter. The red supergiant Antares, over 600 light years away, has 12 times more mass. Yet if those two show-offs had human attitudes, they might be jealous of our star, which is the source of energy for a planet teeming with 8.7 million forms of life. I propose we make the sun your role model for now, Gemini. It’s an excellent time to glory in your unique strengths and to exuberantly avoid comparing yourself to anyone else.

CANCER (June 21-July 22):
The philosophical principle known as Occam’s razor asserts that when trying to understand a problem or enigma, we should favor the simplest explanation with the fewest assumptions. While that’s often a useful approach, I don’t recommend it in the coming weeks. For you, nuances and subtleties will abound in every situation. Mere simplicity is unlikely to lead to a valid understanding. You will be wise to relish the complications and thrive on the paradoxes. Try to see at least three sides of every story. Further tips: 1. Mysteries may be truer than mere facts. 2. If you’re willing to honor your confusion, the full, rich story will eventually emerge.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
“There are no unsacred places,” wrote Leo poet Wendell Berry. “There are only sacred places and desecrated places.” Poet Allen Ginsberg agreed. “Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy!” he wrote. “Holy the solitudes of skyscrapers and pavements! Holy the cafeteria! Holy the mysterious rivers of tears under the streets! Holy the sea, holy the desert, holy the railroad.” With Berry’s and Ginsberg’s prompts as your inspiration, and in accordance with current astrological imperatives, I invite you to invigorate your relationship with sacredness. If nothing is sacred for you, do what it takes to find and commune with sacred things, places, animals, humans, and phenomena. If you are already a lover of sacred wonders, give them extra love and care. To expand your thinking and tenderize your mood, give your adoration to these related themes: consecration, sublimity, veneration, devotion, reverence, awe, and splendor.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
My favorite Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh, wrote the following: “In us, there is a river of feelings, in which every drop of water is a different feeling, and each feeling relies on all the others for its existence. To observe it, we just sit on the bank of the river and identify each feeling as it surfaces, flows by, and disappears.” I bring this meditation to your attention, Virgo, because I hope you will do it daily during the next two weeks. Now is an excellent time to cultivate an intense awareness of your feelings—to exult in their rich meanings, to value their spiritual power, to feel gratitude for educating and entertaining you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
How might your life come into clearer focus when you uncover secrets that inspire your initiative and ingenuity? What happens when resources that had been inaccessible become available for your enjoyment and use? How will you respond if neglected truths spring into view and point the way toward improvements in your job situation? I suspect you will soon be able to tell me stories about all this good stuff. PS: Don’t waste time feeling doubtful about whether the magic is real. Just welcome it and make it work for you!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
It’s not the best time to tattoo a lover’s likeness on your abdomen. Maybe in May, but not now. On the other hand, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to see if your paramour might be willing to tattoo your name on their thigh. Similarly, this is a favorable period to investigate which of your allies would wake up at 5 am to drive you to the airport, and which of your acquaintances and friends would stop others from spreading malicious gossip about you, and which authorities would reward you if you spoke up with constructive critiques.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
Redwoods are the tallest trees in the world. They may grow as high as 350 feet. Their roots are shallow, though, reaching down just six to 12 feet before spreading out 60 to 100 feet horizontally. And yet the trees are sturdy, rarely susceptible to being toppled by high winds and floods. What’s their secret? Their root systems are interwoven with those of other nearby redwoods. Together, they form networks of allies, supporting each other and literally sharing nutrients. I endorse this model for you to emulate in your efforts to create additional stability and security in your life, Sagittarius.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
What’s the best way to be fulfilled? Hard work and discipline? Are we most likely to flourish if we indulge only moderately in life’s sweet pleasures and mostly focus on the difficult tasks that build our skills and clout? Or is it more accurate to say that 90 percent of success is just showing up: being patient and persistent as we carry out the small day-to-day sacrifices and devotions that incrementally make us indispensable? Mythologist Joseph Campbell described a third variation: to “follow our bliss.” We find out what activities give us the greatest joy and install those activities at the center of our lives. As a Capricorn, you are naturally skilled at the first two approaches. In the coming months, I encourage you to increase your proficiency at the third.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
Mackerels are unusual fish in that they must keep swimming nonstop. If they don’t, they die. Do they ever sleep? Scientists haven’t found any evidence that they do. I bring them up now because many of you Aquarians have resemblances to mackerels—and I think it’s especially crucial that you not act like them in the coming weeks. I promise you that nothing bad will happen if you slow way down and indulge in prolonged periods of relaxing stillness. Just the opposite in fact: Your mental and physical health will thrive as you give your internal batteries time and space to recharge.

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(Zodiac images by Numerologysign.com, CC license)

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“A huge amount of freedom comes when you take nothing personally.” – Don Miguel Ruiz

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Quote of the Day: “A huge amount of freedom comes when you take nothing personally.” – Don Miguel Ruiz 

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DNA From 4 US Presidents Including George Washington Set to Blast Into Space–With DNA from Space Pioneers

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Reprinted with alterations from World at Large, an independent news outlet that covers conflict, nature, travel, health and fitness, and more.

The DNA of George Washington will join that of the creator of Star Trek on a spacecraft for launch later this year

Hair samples from Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Regan, and a completed human genome are also onboard “Humanity’s first deep space time capsule,” set to be launched into space on a rocket carrying an important lunar lander as a primary mission.

Houston “memorial spaceflight” company Celestis Inc. typically blasts urns of cremated ashes into space.

This year’s Enterprise Mission reflects most of what’s great about the modern space industry, and science-fiction fans.

When Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry died in 1991, it was 6 years later that some of his ashes were launched into deep space by Celetis in what most people found a fitting end for the science-fiction titan.

Now his wife, Majel Barrett Roddenberry, who passed away in 2008, will join her husband’s ashes floating around space when hers are launched aboard a “Vulcan” rocket.

As well as being sent up to space with the ashes of Star Trek actor, James “Scotty” Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, a DeForest Kelly, the mission will also be sporting a state-of-the-art moon lander designed by Astrobotics for payload missions to the moon.

US presidents’ and Star Trek founder’s DNA samples – SWNS

In total 150 ash-containing capsules will be launched into space, which also include the  Apollo astronaut Philip Chapman and special effects master Douglas Trumbull, who worked on 2001: A Space Oddysey, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. 

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Altogether the payload is one that celebrates fiction and fact, as well as the unquenchable enthusiasm of space-bound firms and sci-fi fans, two groups that largely intersect; evidenced by the fact that the rocket is called a Vulcan, and the mission is called Enterprise.

“We’re very pleased to be fulfilling, with this mission, a promise I made to Majel Barrett Roddenberry in 1997 that one day we would fly her and husband Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry together on a deep space memorial spaceflight,” said Celestis Co-Founder and CEO Charles M. Chafer. “The mission is named Enterprise in tribute to them”.

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Later this year, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket on its maiden voyage will lift off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and after putting the Peregrine 1 lunar lander on course for its rendezvous with the Moon, it will continue into a heliocentric (solar) orbit around the sun.

The Enterprise Flight will be renamed Enterprise Station once it arrives to become humankind’s furthest outpost, where it will journey endlessly, “perhaps awaiting discovery by a distant in time civilization,” says Celestis.

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Good Gardening—A New Year: How Do You Prepare, When Do You Start Seeds?

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Painting by Josephine Wall – CC 3.0
Painting by Josephine Wall – CC 3.0

Welcome back to Good Gardening! It is my great joy to restart this community and our discussions for the year 2023. After a mild winter, Italy is moving rapidly into an early spring, yet no doubt some of you are already seeding or starting in warmer climes.

For those in America’s northern reaches which proved themselves this winter to be a tundra, perhaps your seed cells, pots, and beds remain empty. But don’t worry, because as they say in Italy, “Forza e coraggio perche dopo Aprile viene Maggio!” (Strength and courage because after April comes May!”

With no reader-submitted content to share, I will open the discussion with one of my favorite gardening influencers, stealing a march on March with a February planting guide.

 

“More beings than most – Awake but one time a year – and with that are glad,” – Andy Corbley

Topic Week 13: How do you start your season?

Question 1: How do you prepare your garden for the growing season?

Question 2: Do you like to risk planting early or waiting until all fear of frost is gone?

Question 3: When does your growing season start, has it changed over time?

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‘Unusual’ Circles Spotted on Mars by the Reconnaissance Orbiter

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Mars circles seen from Reconassaince Orbiter - SWNS
Mars circles seen from Reconassaince Orbiter – SWNS

Scientists are scratching their heads after large gray circles were spotted on Mars by the Reconnaissance Orbiter.

NASA reported the unusual sand dunes on the Red Planet, which they say are “almost perfectly circular,” and just another of the strange phenomena that NASA has observed over a decade of thoroughly surveying Mars.

The space agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted the shapes as it studied how frost thaws at the end of Martian winter.

“Sand dunes of many shapes and sizes are common on Mars. In this example, the dunes are almost perfectly circular, which is unusual,” the agency explains. “They are still slightly asymmetrical, with steep slip faces on the south ends. This indicates that sand generally moves to the south, but the winds may be variable.”

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“This is part of a series of images to monitor how frost disappears in the late winter; this observation appears to be free of frost.”

This is the second set of publicized images from the Reconassaince Orbiter of Martian winter sand. In December, the orbiter found a remarkable group of frosty talons thawing out after a long winter.

Also earlier this year, the orbiter reported what looked like the face of a bear on the barren surface.

Taken in December from a height of 251 km, with NASA asking “a Bear on Mars? This feature looks a bit like a bear’s face. What is it really?”

The photo shows a hill with a V-shaped collapse structure (the nose), two craters (the eyes), and a circular fracture pattern (the head). The circular fracture is probably a layer of dust covering the rim of another, larger impact crater.

The Mars Reconassaince Orbiter has been in action since 2006 studying the geology of mars. These are just three of its many and important contributions to science.

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Protein Key to Osteosarcoma May Unlock Treatments for Deadly Bone Cancers That Affect Kids

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Osteosarcoma on a thigh bone of a 5th Dynasty Egyptian - credit: Wellcome Trust UK, CC 4.0.
Osteosarcoma on a thigh bone of a 5th Dynasty Egyptian – credit: Wellcome Trust UK, CC 4.0.

Treatments for deadly bone cancers that mainly affect children may be on the horizon after experiments identified a protein that promotes cell death in osteosarcomas.

Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University said the discovery could lead to a cure for all types of skeletal tumors.

Osteosarcoma is the most common bone cancer, but it occurs mainly in children. They are linked with rapid bone growth and tend to develop in boys more often than girls due to average height differences.

Osteosarcoma has a 55% survival rate, which has unfortunately not improved this century, and scientists are keen on developing potential medicines since surgical removal of the osteosarcoma tumors is often impossible.

At Shanghai’s Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, researchers have identified a bone matrix protein called secreted phosphoprotein 24 kD (Spp24) that binds to and neutralizes a protein called bone morphogenetic protein 2, which has properties that help the tumors grow and proliferate.

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“Cell proliferation, migration, and invasiveness were all inhibited by Spp24. Treatment with Spp24 reduced tumor growth,” said Dr. Haijun Tian at Jiao Tong. “These results confirm the potential of Spp24 as a therapeutic agent for the treatment of osteosarcoma and other skeletal tumors.”

“Like many other bone matrix proteins, the more we look into the function of Spp24, the more surprising roles we find even though the primary function of Spp24 remains uncertain,” he added.

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Medicine and biology are like that sometimes: drugs and proteins have therapeutic functions, even if the reason behind them is unclear.

The research was published in the journal Orthopedic Research. 

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Lovebirds Tie the Knot in Their 80s After Meeting on a Dating Website–Bride ‘Highly Recommends’ it

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Tricia and Ian at their Glendower Hotel wedding / SWNS
Tricia and Ian at their Glendower Hotel wedding / SWNS

A pair of geriatric lovebirds tied the knot in their 80s after they fell for each other on an internet dating site.

The besotted 85-year-old Tricia Shaw admitted she was smitten “at first sight” when she went online and found her “toy boy” 82-year-old Ian.

Ian felt there was “something about her,” and had to accept her offer of meeting up, and Tricia, who’d previously met four potential suitors online, said she was left “wobbly at the knees” when she first tucked into a fish supper with him.

The couple, who now live together, went ahead with their wedding in February after Ian was diagnosed with heart disease and needed a risky bypass operation.

Tricia now believes more octogenarians should embrace online matchmaking after the pair enjoyed a “magical” wedding in front of 115 guests.

“I highly recommend online dating because you tick so many boxes before you even meet,” said Tricia, who worked at times as a private detective. “You can tell you’ve got a lot in common.”

“The wedding was the most magical time of my life. Everything was spot on, and I couldn’t have imagined anything as wonderful.”

Great-grandmother-of-five Tricia, from Lancastershire, England, came across Ian’s profile after going on the dating platform Plenty More Fish seven years ago.

She joined the site after losing her previous husband of 33 years and had met a handful of men before messaging Ian, who had been previously married for 35 years and was originally from Glasgow.

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The relationship got off to a rocky start when Ian ignored her first text at the start of his seven-day walking holiday.

But he was intrigued when Tricia asked to get “in touch” and wrote again after completing his hike.

Glasgow-born Ian arrived in a kilt – SWNS

“The message arrived just as I was getting on a train, and I thought, ‘Well this will keep until I get back home,” said Ian. “But later, I got a message from Tricia saying ‘I can’t believe you haven’t been in touch’. And I thought ‘this one has got something about her.'”

“Tricia said it was love at first sight,” he said “She fell for me straight away, and I also liked her from the word go. The wedding meant everything to me.”

The love-struck pair moved in together 14 months later and had made plans to marry sometime in the future.

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But when Ian got the news he would need a heart-bypass operation, they decided to press ahead with their wedding, which eventually took place on February 10th this year.

Over a hundred friends and family showed up for the wedding, where Tricia was given away by her son Timothy and grandson Henry.

“I have no family, but Tricia has an enormous family. All of them came and loads of friends. There were 115 eventually.”

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Tasty Burgers and Steaks Made of Mycelium Are New Healthy Food Alternative to Plant-Based Meats

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Mycelium steak and Meati Founder Tyler Huggins
Mycelium steak and Meati Founder Tyler Huggins

In an effort to renew alternatives to meat in the wake of collapsing shares and sales of veggie meat and their companies, one man is looking at mycelium—the fibrous root structure of a lifeform much more similar to beef than soy: mushrooms.

In fact, of the 5 classic taste profiles, umami has really only 2 members—meat, and mushrooms, so making the first from the second is only logical.

That’s why Meati is using its nationwide distribution deal with Sprouts grocery store to market mycelium steaks, burgers, and more.

The mycelium is the part of the mushroom we never see, and is composed of thousands of tiny filaments. It’s cultivated in big steel tanks of sugar, water, and heat at the 125,000 square foot “Mega Ranch” in Meati Founder Thomas Huggins’ home state of Montana

“My point of view? We need more diversity in our food system, not less,” Huggins told Fast Company Magazine. “More resilience, more options that resonate with people that are really enjoyable.”

There are a lot of reasons why using fungi as a sustainable food option is much better than soy, corn, or any other meat alternative. These monocrops come from highly genetically-modified seed stock and need to be kept alive with millions of acres of prime farmland, billions of gallons of water, hundreds of thousands of gallons of pesticides and herbicides, and millions of pounds of ammonium-nitrate fertilizers—the epitome of unsustainability.

Grilling Mycelium burgers – Meati
Grilling Mycelium burgers – Meati

By contrast not one inch of farmland needs to be used to cultivate mycelium, which is typically grown on sawdust and other waste wood products, (though Meati uses other starters like sugar).

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Products like Impossible Burger and Beyond Burger are what the Harvard School of Medicine defines as “ultra-processed foods,” meaning an edible product that is many times removed from its natural state. Most veggie meats are actually composed mainly of ultra-processed seed oils and other fillers rather than vegetables in order to keep costs down and improve shelf life.

This means their nutritional profile is principally highly-inflammatory and oxidized polyunsaturated fats, not to be confused with heart-healthy monounsaturated fats

By contrast mycelium meat would be composed mostly of fiber, provided there aren’t too many additives, while nonetheless containing that umami flavor that makes grilled mushrooms and steak so similar in taste.

On the subject of taste, Huggins describes a story of showing up at Sprouts headquarters for a tasting and the investors “were kind of rolling their eyes”.

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“’Oh, another plant-based product,’” he said jokingly. “It wasn’t exactly enthusiastic. But then they took their first bites, looked at each other, and grabbed another cut. In an instant, it became: ‘who else are you talking to? Can we be first?'”

Unlike the CEOs of Impossible Foods and Beyond Foods, Huggins is a meat eater who enjoys bow hunting, and his parents run a bison and elk meat company in Montana. He is looking for something to produce that consumers can really sink their teeth into and be satisfied, along with trying to help reduce emissions from the food system.

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“Be a part-time crusader. Save the other half of yourselves for pleasure and adventure.” – Aldous Huxley

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Quote of the Day: “Be a part-time crusader. Save the other half of yourselves for pleasure and adventure.” – Aldous Huxley 

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Lebanese Man Builds Wind Turbine from Recycled Plastic–Producing Electricity for his Family and Neighbors

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In Lebanon’s windy northwest governate of Akkar, a literature student taught himself engineering to build a wind turbine on his grandmother’s roof.

With government-supplied electricity more of a nice theory than a daily reality, solar panels have become ubiquitous in the region.

However 25-year-old Mohamad Sabsabi used old water drums, steel beams, and a cart wheel to build a wind turbine to take advantage of the wind when the sun is behind the clouds.

A French literature student, Sabsabi dropped out of university when hyperinflation made it impossible for him to continue paying the fees. He used YouTube videos, books, and scientific articles to build the turbine that is working and producing electricity.

He’s hoping for a north-Lebanon wind industry to crop up in the wake of his invention, which he says he wants to share with his neighbors.

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Anyone without solar panels is left without power for all but 1 or 2 hours during the day, and the wind turbines, which can be made from scrap apart from the electrical components, could be an easy solution.

“I don’t know how long it’ll take but I’m optimistic,” Sabsabi told L’Orient Today.

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Bumblebees Learn New ‘Trends’ for Their Behavior by Watching Each Other and Learning

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After a few bees figured out how to get a sweet treat from a locked container, the whole hive eventually learned how by watching and learning.

The research, led by Queen Mary University of London and published in PLOS Biology, provides strong evidence that social learning drives the spread of bumblebee behavior—in this case, precisely how they forage for food.

A variety of experiments were set up to establish this. The researchers designed a two-option puzzle box that could be opened either by pushing a red tab clockwise or a blue tab counter-clockwise to reveal a 50% sucrose solution reward.

‘Demonstrator’ bees were trained to use either the red or blue tabs, with ‘observer’ bees watching. When it was the observers’ turn to tackle the puzzle, they overwhelmingly and repeatedly chose to use the same method that they had seen, even after discovering the alternative option.

This preference for the taught option was maintained by whole colonies of bees, with a mean of 98.6% of box openings made using the taught method.

“Bumblebees and indeed invertebrates in general, aren’t known to show culture-like phenomena in the wild,” said lead author Dr. Alice Bridges. “However, in our experiments, we saw the spread and maintenance of a behavioral ‘trend’ in groups of bumblebees—similar to what has been seen in primates and birds.”

The importance of social learning to the acquisition of puzzle box solutions was also illustrated through the control group, which lacked a demonstrator. In this group, some bees managed to open the puzzle boxes, but did so far fewer times than those who benefitted from seeing another bee do it first.

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The median number of boxes opened in a day by the observer bees with a demonstrator was 28 boxes a day, whereas it was only 1 for the control colony.

In an additional experiment, the researchers put both ‘blue’ and ‘red’ demonstrators into the same populations of bees. In the first population, 97.3% of the 263 incidences of box-opening by observers by day 12 used the red method. In the second population, observers preferred the blue method over the red on all days except one.

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In both cases, this demonstrated how a behavioral trend might emerge in a population in the first place—for the most part, due to experienced bees retiring from foraging and new learners arising, rather than any bees changing their preferred behavior.

“The behavioral repertoires of social insects like these bumblebees are some of the most intricate on the planet, yet most of this is still thought to be instinctive,” Dr. Bridges added. “Our research suggests that social learning may have had a greater influence on the evolution of this behavior than previously imagined.”

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Artificial Intelligence ‘Can Help Spot Early Signs of Cancer in Chest X-Rays’

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Andy Corbley
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One of the critical abnormalities found by the AI - SWNS
One of the critical abnormalities found by the AI – SWNS

Artificial intelligence can help spot early signs of cancer in chest x-rays, according to a new study.

Scientists found that a state-of-the-art AI tool can classify normal and abnormal chest X-rays in a clinical setting at least as well as professional radiologists, but as an editorial on the paper pointed out, radiology departments are often understaffed.

An abnormal chest X-ray can be an indication of a range of conditions, including cancer and chronic lung diseases.

Scientists say that an AI tool that can accurately classify normal and abnormal chest X-rays would greatly reduce the heavy workload of radiologists.

“Artificial intelligence has shown great promise, but should always be thoroughly tested before any implementation,” said study co-author Dr. Louis Lind Plesner, a radiologist from the Herlev and Gentofte Hospital in Copenhagen.

They used a commercially available AI tool to analyze the chest X-rays of 1,529 patients from four hospitals in Denmark.

Chest X-rays were included from emergency department patients, in-hospital patients, and outpatients. Two board-certified radiologists were used as the reference standard. A third radiologist was used in cases of disagreements.

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The AI tool identified abnormal chest X-rays with a 99.1% sensitivity rate, which included those with critical, remarkable, and unremarkable abnormalities. In 10 cases there were false negatives, 9 of which were clinically insignificant. The significant one, a subtle lesion, was also missed by one of the attending radiologists.

“The most surprising finding was just how sensitive this AI tool was for all kinds of chest disease,” said Dr. Plesner. “In fact, we could not find a single chest X-ray in our database where the algorithm made a major mistake.”

“Furthermore, the AI tool had a sensitivity overall better than the clinical board-certified radiologists.”

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He also said the AI tool performed particularly well at identifying normal X-rays of the outpatient group at a rate of 11.6%.

Dr. Plesener said the findings, published in the journal Radiology, suggest that the AI model would perform especially well in outpatient settings with a high prevalence of normal chest X-rays.

The editorial on the topic praised the potential to take care of 7.8% of all the normal readings for the radiologists, one of the key findings of the study, but suggests that as a labor-saving device, more research is needed to ensure radiologists aren’t putting patients at risk for a mere 7.8% reduction in workload.

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Boeing Employee Buys Winning Ticket on Hunch When Lottery Hits ‘747’ Million–Just Like the Jets She Helped Make

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Andy Corbley
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The Boeing 747 when it was unveiled in 1968

A 36-year Boeing employee noticed at a local grocery store in her home of Auburn Washington that the Powerball jackpot had reached $747 million.

In a nod to her place of work, she decided to buy a ticket after the number of Boeing’s premier jumbo passenger jet, the 747.

In another coincidence, the jackpot had reached $747 million the week in which Boeing sold its last 747 ever.

A believer in fate might say it was meant to be, since winner Becky Ball had already spent the weekly allocation she gives herself for buying lottery tickets. But noticing the connection with her job she “had to buy one more ticket” when she saw the number at her local Fred Meyer grocery store.

Becky Ball has released no statements, interviews, or information about herself, but has told reporters privately that she intends to share the money throughout her extended family.

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She had planned to retire at the end of June, but will instead advance that date to March following her choice to claim the lottery as a lump sum rather than in increments, which after taxes is around $309 million.

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Despite the drastic reduction, she could still afford a Boeing 747 and have money left over to live comfortably until the end of her days.

The Fred Meyer store received a $50,000 gift from the state lottery for being the one who sold the winning ticket, which they plan to donate to feed the homeless and needy, as well as a $10,000 party thrown for the associates of the store.

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“It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it.” – Aldous Huxley

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By Anders Nielsen

Quote of the Day: “It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it.” – Aldous Huxley 

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80-Year-old Woman Celebrates Doing a 5K Every Day Since Pandemic–1,000 in a Row!

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Andy Corbley
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Mae Dean Erb completes 1000th consecutive 5K (Credit: Cindy Impson)
Mae Dean Erb completes 1000th consecutive 5K (Credit: Cindy Impson)

A Cherokee woman determined not to let the pandemic get her down began running or walking a 5K every day for 100 days.

Through lockdowns, Alpha, Delta, Omicron, and beyond, Mae Dean Erb kept on running until she completed her 1,000th 5K last Friday, two months short of her 80th birthday.

“I don’t know how she managed to do a 5K walk or run every single day for the last 1,000 days but she did,” Erb’s daughter, Julie Erb-Alvarez, told GNN. “Her milestone was celebrated by a gathering of friends and family – even some virtually. She is our hero.”

A member of the Cherokee Nation, Erb lives with her husband of 56 years, Jim Erb, in a rural town called Blackgum, near her hometown of Vain, Oklahoma.

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She has by no means stopped doing these continuous 5Ks, and in fact at the time of publishing she would be on her 1,006th, noting that good habits are as hard to break as bad habits.

“I don’t hurt anywhere. I have knee issues every once in a while, with, I guess age, but it’s really wonderful thing (walk/run) to do,” she told the Cherokee Phoenix.

Mae Dean Erb completes 1000th consecutive 5K (Credit: Cindy Impson)

“It’s just something you should do for yourself and your family, and when you have a 4-year-old grandson, you want to stay young enough to pick him up and run with him and catch him if he’s going in the wrong direction.”

She often runs and walks with her friends who note that going out for a walk doesn’t even feel like a walk anymore unless it’s 5K.

Julie notes that Mae has become an inspiration to the whole community, not least to herself, who wants to be just like her mom when she reaches her golden years.

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‘Hero’ Dogs From Rescue Operation in Turkey Get First Class Seats on Airliners Flying Them Home

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Andy Corbley
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Rescue Dogs from Thailand - Turkish Airlines
Rescue Dogs from Thailand – Turkish Airlines

When the full extent of the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria became apparent, rescuers came from around the world and across political boundaries to aid in the lifesaving efforts; and they brought their dogs too.

Trained rescue dogs and their handlers came from the US, Israel, El Salvador, Mexico, Qatar, South Korea, China, India, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, and 17 EU countries to lend their leashes and noses to help pull survivors out from under the rubble of buildings.

More than 140 dogs have so far arrived from outside Turkey and Syria to help, from a wide variety of breeds, though all require “boundless energy… to go until they drop,” one rescuer told Al Jazeera. 

Now on their journey back to their homes, the national carrier Turkish Airlines has given each and every pooch a first-class seat to honor their heroism.

A spokesperson for the airline told The Independent that it was “the least we could do to show our appreciation for these heroic dogs’ sincere and heroic efforts.”

“When people can’t cry for help anymore, dogs are one of the last chances for people to be found,” explained Linda Hornisberger in an interview with BBC. Hornisberger is a Senior Search Expert at the Swiss Disaster Dog Association (REDOG). “Dogs can cover a large area quickly and with their nose, they can detect the scent of the people under the rubble.”

Rescue Dog from China and its handlers – Turkish Airlines

The author of this story at GNN has flown Turkish Airlines only a few times, but considers it a superior flying experience to all other carriers by an immeasurable margin, and as such is not surprised in the least to see reports of their contributions to relief and rescue efforts.

These efforts have included reserving cargo holds on its flights for urgently needed supplies and medicine, tents, and other hygiene equipment, and providing free flights for evacuees.

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In total over 238,000 rescue personnel have been transported over 1,300 aid flights, and the company has donated 2 billion Turkish Lira ($105 million) to rescue efforts.

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Turkish Airlines chairman of the board and executive committee, Dr. Ahmet Bolat, also donated his March salary for “immediate aid efforts”.

A United Nations appeal has been put out for relief efforts that’s currently only 10% completed. All readers can use this link to join in and donate as Dr. Bolat did.

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She Reunites Families with Lost Heirlooms for Free–Returning Over 500 Items to Thrilled Relatives

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Andy Corbley
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Chelsey Brown - SWNS
Chelsey Brown – SWNS

Chelsey Brown likes to trawl flea markets and thrift shops for interesting items, but not for decorations or collections.

As an amateur genealogist, she enjoys tracking down the owners or the descendants of the owners and reuniting them with their lost heirlooms.

The Manhattan interior designer claims to have returned more than 500 objects to their owners, and she does it all for free.

“I love the thrill of the chase; I love to close out the mysteries,” says Brown. “It’s insane the things I have found. All of the Holocaust items I have been able to return have been special.”

After finding a telling clue on an object, she seeks out demographic information in city census records and other sources. This usually brings up a marriage certificate or another distinguishing legal document.

She is then usually able to track down the owner and contact them about whatever it is she’s trying to return, though she admits most people think it’s a scam.

Brown says that many of the same emotional dramas that can cause disruptions in relationships and households today were just as prevalent 100, sometimes 200 years ago.

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Chelsey has found hundreds of interesting items—including love letters from decades ago, which show all the hallmarks of love struggles today, such as clinginess and ghosting.

“Heartbreak, affairs, and family drama were all still happening then,” says Brown. “I think it comforts people to know if they don’t get any contact with someone after going on a date that the exact same happened to some in 1850—but with letters.”

Her specialization is typically letters, such as a romantic series during World War II, or a diary of two teenage lovers who drifted apart.

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“I found this amazing one written by a woman who was in a long-distance relationship. It was full of love letters and poems,” she said. “They decided to end the relationship but then I found out they got back together years later and are married with six kids. It’s really exciting returning them to the families.”

All this digging through the past has given her the idea to write a time capsule book.

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Company to Make History With World’s First 3D-Printed Rocket Launch

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Andy Corbley
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Artists impression of the Terran 1 launch - courtesy of Relativity Space
Artists impression of the Terran 1 launch – courtesy of Relativity Space

A private space tech firm will become the first entity to launch a 3D-printed rocket, which is technically the largest 3D-printed object as well.

Totally reusable, the Terran 1 will launch today from the spaceport at Cape Canaveral at 1:00 PM US Eastern Time, and will be streamed live on this YouTube channel.

Built by Relativity Space, the company has huge ambitions for lowering the cost and emissions of spacefaring. This real-world test of Terran 1 features a rocket made with only 85% printed material, but future rockets will reach 95% and will include additive-manufactured boosters as well.

It’s a small payload rocket meant to economize small deliveries into space with all the wonderful cost reductions that come from reusability and 3D-printing.

A liquid oxygen propellant will act as the fuel, which would make it the first rocket ever to leave the atmosphere on natural gas fuels, and prove a key part of the company’s future missions to Mars which it hopes to power with methane.

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Currently the rocket stands 110 feet tall and can carry 2,756 pounds (1,250 kilograms) into space, while the Terran R, a future project, will be much larger.

Relativity Space was started by former SpaceX and Blue Origin employees.

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“We should feel excited about the problems we confront. Solving them is one of the highest of all our brain functions.” – Robert A. Wilson

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By Priscilla Du Preez

Quote of the Day: “We should feel excited about the problems we confront. Solving them is one of the highest of all our brain functions.” – Robert Anton Wilson

Photo by: Priscilla Du Preez

With a new inspirational quote every day, atop the perfect photo—collected and archived on our Quotes page—why not bookmark GNN.org for a daily uplift?

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