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Drone Helps Save the Life of a 71-Year-old Man Who Has Cardiac Arrest While Shoveling Snow

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A 71-year-old Swedish man “can’t put into words” how thankful he is for the new technology that quickly flew him into the small category of only ten percent of people who survive sudden cardiac arrest.

The man has now made a speedy recovery, after the speedy delivery of a defibrillator—via autonomous drone.

The company behind the drone pilot project says it’s the first time in medical history, a drone has played a crucial part in saving a life during a cardiac arrest.

He was in his driveway shoveling snow in the Swedish city of Trollhättan in December, when the attack occurred.

Normally, you have about ten minutes to get help in such a situation and ambulance response times are often too long to save the life of the patient.

Luckily, a telephone call was immediately placed requesting emergency services and he lived in a region that had partnered with Everdrone’s innovative life-saving program called EMADE (Emergency Medical Aerial Delivery service).

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EMADE drones deliver an automated external defibrillator (AED) to the scene—and the amount of time from the alarm until the AED was safely delivered at the doorstep of the incident address was just over three minutes.

Even more fortuitous, a doctor happened to be driving by and stopped to see if he could help.

“I was on my way to work at the local hospital when I looked out the car window and saw a man collapsed in his driveway and I immediately rushed to help”, says Dr. Mustafa Ali. “The man had no pulse, so I started doing CPR while asking another bystander to call 112 (the Swedish emergency number). Just minutes later, I saw something flying above my head. It was a drone with a defibrillator!”

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After the initial treatment on site, the ambulance arrived, the patient was rushed to the hospital.

“This is a truly revolutionary technology that needs to be implemented all over,” said the patient who now has made a full recovery and returned home. “If it wasn’t for the drone I probably wouldn’t be here.”

The drone carries an ultralight Schiller FRED easyport defibrillator, which can be used by any bystander.

The drone delivery system in Region Västra Götaland was developed and is operated by Everdrone, a world-leading company in autonomous drone solutions, in close collaboration with Center for Resuscitation Science at Karolinska Institutet and SOS Alarm.

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“This is an excellent real-world example of how Everdrone’s cutting-edge drone technology, fully integrated with emergency dispatch, can minimize the time for access to life-saving AED equipment”, says Mats Sällström, CEO of Everdrone.

275,000 patients in Europe and 350,000 in the US, suffer from OHCA annually. Approximately 70% of OHCAs occur in private homes without AEDs on site. The company says the chance of survival decreases by 7–10% with each minute following the collapse—and consequently, the current survival rate among OHCA patients is merely 10%.

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Everdrone’s service can currently reach 200,000 residents in Sweden and is expected to expand to more locations in Europe during 2022.

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Rainbow Village: 84-Year-Old Saves Neighborhood From Bulldozer By Painting Every Street With Joyful Colors

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14 years ago in Taiwan, an 84-year old military veteran painted an entire government village to prevent it from being torn down. Now aged 98, the painter is still there, as is the village—and it’s since become a famous travel stop.

A series of small one-story homes, Rainbow Village is now a city park where painted animals and human figures sit happily in every color imaginable upon a grid of rainbow boulevards.

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When Huang Yung Fu started painting the occasional wall in the exceedingly drab Caihong Military Dependents’ Village in Taichung City, it was originally to relieve boredom.

But when Huang learned that the ghost town he and his wife lived in was to be levelled, he kicked into artistic overdrive, covering every paving stone, gutter, and door in pictures and paint.

Now an internationally-recognized tourist attraction, Huang and his wife are the only residents of the Rainbow Village—where they welcome visitors and live their lives.

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“In 2010, professors and students from Ling Tung and Hungkuang Universities chanced upon the paintings and were struck by their cute and expressive nature,” writes the Ministry of Cultural Heritage.

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“Student Charles Tsai brought together students and faculty to appeal to the Taichung City Government to preserve this unexpected piece of cultural heritage, leading the “Save Rainbow Village” campaign. As the news spread, Huang himself began to be known as ‘Grandpa Rainbow.'”

The campaign was a success, and the area is preserved in Taichung as an art park. Lonely Planet ranked it as one of the “secret marvels of the world,” and Culture Trip put it as the most “Instagrammable spot” in Taiwan.

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Because of the cost of maintaining the village, the government created the Rainbow Cultural and Creative Co. which produces the tourist infrastructure and helps supply the paint to expand and repair the murals.

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Watch the Path of a Raindrop From Anywhere in the World

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Have you ever wondered how far raindrops travel after they fall upon the heights of Kilimanjaro? On the off chance you’re dying to know, some curious cartographers have created a mapping tool that visualizes the path a raindrop will take to the sea from anywhere on Earth.

River Runner Global is a free, open-source tool for visualizing how interconnected we are, and can be used quickly for rough-draft water management planning, or for educational purposes.

Data analyst Sam Learner built the project using data from the U.S. Geological Survey, along with help from Kyle Onda, a data architect for the water data and management consultancy Internet of Water.

“There’s something really interesting about ending up in little pockets of the country or world that you don’t know about at all, in interesting terrain,” Learner told Fast Company. “What we put in a river or stream ends up in someone else’s water.”

There’s plenty of surprises following the path of a raindrop, for example all the water that feeds Washington D.C. comes from rainfall and upwelling springs on the western-side of the Appalachians, and before any snowmelt on Mount Everest can reach the Ganges, it has to flow eastward across the top of India for more than 300 kilometers to find a point where the Himalayas split.

The mechanism for processing and displaying the data using bulk topographical info didn’t exist, and so Learner had to built it himself.

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The tool is still in beta, and so place and river names often won’t appear. It’s subject to lag and occasional bugs as well, but Learner says the same back-end data could be used to create another tool, such as a ‘River Climber’ page that follows a path upriver to show the the source of what needs protecting.

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The team have found some pretty famous and interesting waterways so far, which the developers have shared in a Google doc for anyone to quickly take a look at.

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Cat Reunited With Family After It Got Stuck in an Armchair They’d Donated to a Thrift Store

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A family cat has been reunited with its owners after getting stuck in a reclining armchair that was donated to a thrift store.

The family were having a clear out of old furniture while preparing to move out of their home in Denver, Colorado.

They donated an old recliner to a local charity shop, but little did they know that ginger cat Montequlla had tucked himself away in the mechanism.

Employees from the shop discovered him meowing, and called Denver Animal Shelter to come and pick him up on New Year’s Eve.

Officer Jenna Humphreys scanned four-year-old Montequlla but unfortunately his microchip hadn’t been updated, so remained at the shop hoping his family would return.

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Fortunately, the family quickly noticed their kitty was missing and called the store to see if he’d hitched a ride in the armchair.

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Just a few hours later, a grumpy Montequlla was reunited with his family at their home.

Officer Humphreys said, “The owners were crying with joy to have their cat returned.

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“Montequlla appeared relieved to be home.”

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Denver Animal Shelter posted the reunion photos on Facebook, and said, “We are so happy for the ending to this story and are thankful to everyone involved in getting this sweet cat home safely.”

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“Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

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Quote of the Day: “Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

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One of the Largest ‘Sea Dragon’ Fossils Ever Found in Britain Unearthed As a Complete Ichthyosaur

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A fossil of a giant sea reptile found in England is being called the greatest find in the history of British paleontology.

The ichthyosaur skeleton unearthed in Rutland Water Reserve. Credit Anglian Water.

A complete ichthyosaur skeleton from tooth to tail was discovered in the mud of a lagoon in Rutland Water Nature Reserve. It’s in such pristine condition that it looks as if it could have died recently.

At nearly 30-feet long with a 7-foot skull, it’s the biggest and most complete skeleton of its kind found to date in the UK and is also thought to be the first ichthyosaur of its species (Temnodontosaurus trigonodon) found in the country. The discovery recently made headlines after the broadcast of a BBC 2 special called Digging for Britain.

During a routine draining of the lagoon in the Rutland Water Nature Reserve in February 2021, Conservation Manager Joe Davis noticed what appeared like a set of clay pipes while he was walking across the exposed mudflats

“They [the pipes] looked organic. I worked out on the Hebrides, so I’ve found whale and dolphin skeletons before. This appeared similar and I remarked to [Reserve Officer] Paul Trevor that they looked like vertebrae,” Davis recounts in a statement. “We followed what indisputably looked like a spine and Paul discovered something further along that could have been a jawbone. We couldn’t quite believe it.”

“The find has been absolutely fascinating and a real career highlight, it’s great to learn so much from the discovery—and to think that this amazing creature was once swimming in seas above us.” (Watch the video below…)

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Ichthyosaurs first appeared around 250 million years ago and went extinct 90 million years ago. They were an extraordinary group of marine reptiles that varied in size from 1 to more than 25 meters in length, and resembled dolphins in general body shape.

Anglian Water, a water management company that owns the Reserve and co-runs it with the Rutland Wildlife Trust, says it wants to secure heritage funding, which would ensure the precious treasure could remain in Rutland where its legacy can be shared with the community and visitors.

Weighing more than a ton

Photo by Anglian Water

National Geographic, reporting on the find, claims that this particular species was the largest marine carnivore on the planet during the early Jurassic period. They could get even bigger than the Rutland ichthyosaur as well, which was found with several ichthyosaur teeth next to a part of its tail that had been pulled at, suggesting a bigger specimen had been scavenging the carcass.

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Weighing more than a ton, the fossil had to be wrapped in plastic with wooden splints and then caked in plaster of Paris in order to ensure it survived the hoist onto the truck that took it away to be studied and preserved.

“Despite the many ichthyosaur fossils found in Britain, it is remarkable to think that the Rutland ichthyosaur is the largest skeleton ever found in the UK,” said Dr. Dean Lomax, a paleontologist and renowned expert in the species.

“It is a truly unprecedented discovery and one of the greatest finds in British paleontological history.”

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Birdwatchers Flock to See Rare 8-ft Raptor After ​Huge Russian Eagle Takes Detour into Maine

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The Steller’s sea eagle. It’s ripped, royal, and rare. To see the world’s heaviest eagle, with its eight-foot wingspan, an American would normally have to visit Korea, Japan, or eastern Russia. Never had one of the sea eagles ever been spotted in the lower 48 states—until now.

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Five days before Christmas, one of the majestic birds flew into Boothbay Harbor, Maine, and it’s pulling birdwatchers from all over the east coast to see it.

Members of the Massachusetts Audubon Society first spotted the raptor known for its huge golden bill.

NPR reports that the unique tail feather arrangement suggests this is the same bird that was spotted in summer in Canada and Alaska. Straying outside of its native range, it’s known as a “vagrant”.

As of January 16th, the wayward bird was still in Maine, having first been documented as a vagrant in Alaska’s Denali National Park, 4,700 miles away, in August.

The chance to see this eagle would normally involve a plane ride anywhere from 6-12 hours and a passport, so the bird’s appearance in the US is pulling amateur ornithologists from their nests in places like New Jersey for a spontaneous road trip known as “chasing.”

When a rare species, especially a rare vagrant, is spotted, intrepid birders chase reported sightings around the region using apps like eBird, or through various Facebook groups.

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John Putrillo recently photographed this celebrity bird of prey. His Instagram, Manbythesea, is now filled with beautiful images showcasing its dark brown feathers and a bill that’s built to tear fish like salmon into bitesize pieces.

The eagle has given Putrillo a new passion: “I want to learn about all bird species now,” he says. “I want to find every bird I can from the smallest to the largest.”

(WATCH Putrillo’s Instagram video below for a taste of the birding action.)

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Spectacular Fossils Discovered from Prehistoric Rainforest Reveal Intimate Details From 11 Million Years Ago

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Hundreds of immaculately preserved fossils recently found in Australia offer a view into the continent’s early Miocene period as clearly as in a family photo album.

Set in an iron oxide mineral known as goethite, there are leaves belonging to more than 50 species of plants, fossilized flowers, fish, insects, arachnids, even a fossilized feather.

There are fossils so clear scientists were able to make out nematode worms, parasitic mussels, and the scale of a butterfly wing.

For years, farmer Nigel McGrath struggled to work on a part of his land in Gulgong, New South Wales, that was particularly stony.

Aiming to right the problem for good, McGrath began to work loose the rocks and stones by hand, and in doing so began to notice rusty-red fossils of remarkable clarity.

Taking Mr. Nigel’s name, the site is now known as McGraths Flats, and is one of the only prehistoric fossil beds in the world that preserves the ecosystem of a Miocene rainforest.

Dr McCurry with ancient fossils found in Australia; Australian Museum

Before Australia was hot, scrubby, and dry, it was covered in rainforests between 13 million and 5.3 million years ago.

Atmospheric CO2 concentrations were high, creating the perfect conditions for wet and humid forests and the critters that prefer to dwell within such places. It’s thought the forests gave rise to a richness of species equal to that of modern day Borneo. 

Revealed in their full extent in a recent paper, scientists studying McGraths Flats believe them to be the muddy remains of a dried-up oxbow lake, formed when the long horseshoe bend of a waterway was cut off from the main flow.

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Among the notable finds is evidence of several animal behavior models we see today. A fly was turned to goethite with 12 particles of pollen attached to his head.

The first ever instance of freshwater mussel parasitism was found in the form of mussel stuck to a fish’s tail fin.

Ancient feather; Michael Frese

Also researchers were able to see the predatory behaviors of the fish inside the lake, as their stomach contents of dragonfly wing and midges were preserved.

As lucky as the studying paleontologists have been, they are hungry for more discoveries, National Geographic reports.

Spider fossil; Michael Frese

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“We know that a feather of a bird preserves really well—but we want the whole bird, and when we do find a bird, we know that it’ll be immaculately preserved,” said study lead author Dr. Matthew McCurry. “We’ve literally got a decade’s worth of work ahead of us.”

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New Illinois Law Allows Women to Get Birth Control Pills from a Pharmacist Without a Doctor Involved

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A new law passed on the first of January provides easier access to birth control in Illinois, with women able to quickly complete screenings from new trained pharmacists and walk out with self-administered contraception the same day.

The law provides for birth control pills, vaginal rings, and skin patches, which were previously available only with a prescription from a physician.

The purpose behind the legislation is to cut back on unplanned pregnancies, which one state newspaper claims is 31% of all pregnancies in the state, but also to give women cheaper methods to prevent a myriad of health complications, of everything from greater-than-normal menstrual pain to osteoporosis and ovarian cancer.

“There are a lot of things that pharmacists are capable of doing that we’re not allowed to do,” Audrey Butler, a pharmacist at Alwan Pharmacy, tells Chicago Magazine. “Pharmacists have specialized training in all drugs, we’re drug experts, but we’re not seen as providers.”

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As with reduced presence of proper grocery stores leading to some disadvantaged communities living in food deserts, those far from the necessary physicians can live in contraceptive deserts, whereas pharmacies are much more commonplace.

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The new legislation certainly makes Illinois one of the most liberal states in terms of access to birth control, as not only can one now receive a health screening in a private room at a pharmacy, but there’s no age restrictions on its access.

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“You cannot take responsibility for how well another accepts your truth; you can only ensure how it is communicated.” – Neale Donald Walsch

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Quote of the Day: “You cannot take responsibility for how well another accepts your truth; you can only ensure how it is communicated.” – Neale Donald Walsch

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Man Who Tells the Queen He Engineers Solar Panels is Stunned When She Orders Some Installed on the Castle

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A man who told the Queen he was a solar panel engineer when she asked him ‘what do you do?’ was stunned when she later got in touch—and paid him to install some on Balmoral Castle.

Businessman George Goudsmit met the Queen at an event and had a quick ’20 second’ conversation with her.

She asked the 80-year-old what he did and he replied that he made solar panels.

The Managing Director at AES Solar recalls, “As she walked away she turned around and said, ‘maybe I should have solar panels at Balmoral’.”

He was shocked when he was later commissioned to install panels at Balmoral.

George was attending a function on the Isles of Scilly to celebrate the success of his daughter’s business, Little Island Chocolate.

George, who recently received a lifetime achievement award at the Solar and Storage Awards, then wrote to The Royals as a follow up. They later replied and he was asked to carry out the work.

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“This was such big thing for me and our company,” he said.

He and his team soon carried out a survey and put the panels on a large estate house on the property in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, in the heart of the Scottish Highlands.

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George, of Forres, Scotland, whose goal is to get as much renewable energy into the world as possible, says there is now even discussions of installing them at Buckingham Palace.

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It all came to a halt when the pandemic worsened, he said.

“Hopefully this will be something to discuss in the future now that we have already worked with the Royal Family.”

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Most Parents Say They Develop ‘Superpowers’ After Having a Baby, According to New Poll

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Mom reflexes–dad reflexes, sudden strength, and speaking kid-language are some of the ‘superpowers’ people have developed after becoming a parent.

And, they wouldn’t have it any other way, according to a new poll which found that more than 4 in 5 Americans say becoming a parent is the most rewarding thing they’ve ever done.

The survey of 2,000 parents who have children aged 6 or younger also revealed that three in five parents learn what “dad/mom reflexes” are within the first two months of parenthood.

63% said they found the ability to understand “kid language”—and 53% of all parents formed “super strength.”

In a ‘Dynamic Duo,’ the mother was the most likely to develop ‘eyes in the back of her head, with 53% of women unlocking this ability compared to only 42% of men.

The survey, conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Stokke, also found that 43% of respondents believe that ‘becoming a role model’ was the biggest change they had to adopt after becoming a parent. (For instance, not eating so many sweets yourself, after preaching to your kids.)

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When it comes to the baby’s development, and their important milestones, more than two-thirds of parents (67%) said that learning how to walk was the most rewarding—for their child and themselves.

Seven in ten respondents (71%) said the ‘little things’ are the best parts of becoming a parent—kisses, hugs, and jokes are what truly matter—and they soothe any adjustments to a new parenting lifestyle.

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Almost half of moms and dads polled said their least favorite part about becoming a parent was the long nights without sleep.

For all their sleep lost, more than 83% are happy to exchange their Friday date nights on-the-town for a cuddle session at home with their baby, and they’re eager to do just that.

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Researchers Find the Key to Fixing Human Allergies to Dogs

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There have been many research efforts describing the progression of dog allergies, but very few studies to try to cure people of them.

Now, researchers looking to artificially induce immune tolerance have for the first time identified candidates for those parts of the molecules that make up dog allergens—which could give us a ‘dog allergy vaccine’.

Being allergic to dogs is a common malady and one that is growing worldwide. Over the years, scientists have been able to identify seven different dog allergens — molecules or molecular structures that bind to an antibody and produce an unusually strong immune response that would normally be harmless.

These seven are named Canis familiaris allergens 1 to 7 (Can f 1-7). But while there are seven, just one, Can f 1, is responsible for the majority (50-75 percent) of reactions in people allergic to dogs. It is found in dogs’ tongue tissue, salivary glands, and their skin.

Researchers have yet to identify Can f 1’s IgE epitopes — those specific parts of the antigens that are recognized by the immune system and stimulate or ‘determine’ an immune response (which is why epitopes are also called antigen determinants). More specifically, epitopes are short amino acid sequences making up part of a protein that induces the immune response.

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Epitopes bind to a specific antigen receptor on the surface of immune system antibodies, B cells, or T Cells, much like how the shape of a jigsaw puzzle piece fits the specific shape of another puzzle piece. (The part of the receptor that binds to the epitope is in turn called a paratope). Antibodies, also known as immunoglobulin, come in five different classes or isotypes: IgA (for immunoglobulin A), IgD, IgE, IgG, or IgM. The IgE isotype (only found in mammals) plays a key role in allergies and allergic diseases. There is also an IgE epitope that is the puzzle piece that fits the IgE isotype’s paratope.

“We want to be able to present small doses of these epitopes to the immune system to train it to deal with them, similar to the principle behind any vaccine,” said Takashi Inui, a specialist in allergy research, professor at Osaka Prefecture University and a lead author of the study. “But we can’t do this without first identifying the Can f 1’s IgE epitope.”

So the researchers used X-ray crystallography (in which the diffraction of x-rays through a material is analyzed to identify its ‘crystal’ structure) to determine the structure of the Can f 1 protein as a whole — the first time this had ever been done.

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They found that the protein’s folding pattern is at first glance extremely similar to three other Can f allergens. However, the locations of surface electrical charges were quite different, which in turn suggest a series of ‘residues’ that are good candidates for the IgE epitope.

Their findings were published in the Federation of European Biochemical Societies journal in 2021.

Further experimental work needs to be performed to narrow the candidates down, but the findings suggest the development of a hypoallergenic vaccine against Can f 1 — a dog-allergy vaccine — is within our grasp.

The production of a ‘hypoallergenic vaccine’ by use of such epitopes would not just be a world-first with respect to dog allergies but is rare with respect to any allergic reaction.

Furthermore, if the researchers’ work is indeed used to develop a dog allergy vaccine, the principles behind it could be used much more widely against various allergies.

Source: Osaka Prefecture University

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Baby Has the Sweetest Reaction to Gift From His Auntie – WATCH

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An adorable baby got the perfect present from his auntie.

Not just any blanket available to buy in a store, this gift was made from a photo.

Ashlyn McCullum became a new user on Rumble just to share the sweet moment.

Check out the spontaneous reaction when he saw the picture on it…

Priceless!

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“It is worth living long enough to outlast whatever sense of grievance you may acquire.” – Marilynne Robinson

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Quote of the Day: “It is worth living long enough to outlast whatever sense of grievance you may acquire.” – Marilynne Robinson

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Farmer’s Donkey Acts Like a Dog After Spending Months Living In Home With Family Pups – LOOK

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A donkey ditched by its mom now thinks it’s a dog after it was raised among pooches.

John Nuttall and his partner Gražina Pervenis live on England’s east coast, and when they saw the mother of a miniature mule rejecting her own foal, they decided to hand-rear him in their homes.

3-month-old Kye had a tough start to his life after his mother turned on him, but Gražina, a dog trainer, suggested a hands-on approach.

The pair fitted the foal with a “doggie diaper” and shared caring duties over the next critical six weeks.

“I went to the pet shop and bought the big dog nappies because you don’t want donkey baby poo all over the house,” John, 64, told SWNS News.

In the first days, 40-year-old Gražina fed Kye with milk from his estranged mother through a tube to ensure the youngster got the right nutrients.

“She kept him on that for two-to-three weeks. She was feeding him every hour at that time – she was like a zombie.”

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Soon, Kye began playing with their dogs—and began exhibiting hound-like behavior.

Kye now comes running with the dogs whenever John whistles.

“He even started playing with a ball and everything, and now, I can go for a walk down the road, and he’ll follow me like a dog.”

He would come back in the house every evening “because he also needed human contact.”

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“If I get in my van to go out, he’ll see it going and chase after the van. He’s certainly a character.

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Little Kye moved back into the paddock with other donkeys three weeks ago, and is getting stronger each day.

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“He’s grown up. He’s got all his teeth, and he’s eating well.

“He’s going to live—that’s the main thing. My main concern was to keep him alive.”

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Album of Endangered Bird Songs Soars Above Taylor Swift to Number 3 on Music Chart

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An album of Australia’s most-endangered birds and their calls has sold its way into the No.3 spot on national pop charts, beating Taylor Swift and ABBA in its flight path.

Songs of Disappearance is a 24-minute album of endangered birdcalls recorded by Australia’s best wildlife sound recordist, David Stewart. It sold over 2,000 copies and demonstrates the love of Australians who want to help their native species—with all proceeds going to conservation of our feathered friends.

Its genesis came when Stephen Garnett, a conservation professor at Charles Darwin University, finished the 2020 Action Plan for Australian Birds, a set of recommendations that found 1 in 6 native species are threatened with extinction. He had a conversation with his Ph.D. student Anthony Albrecht, a classical cellist and one-half of a two-person multimedia company called the Bowerbird Collective.

Albrecht asked his advisor if there was anything Bowerbird Collective could do to make people aware of the action plan. That was when they discussed the idea of an album.

“I knew it was an ambitious thing to suggest and—I don’t know—Stephen’s a little bit crazy like me, and he said, let’s do this,” Albrecht tells NPR.

The other half of Bowerbird, the violinist Simone Slattery, arranged a musical collage of all 53 birds on the record, while the remaining tracks are each bird’s individual songs recorded by Stewart.

“We did it! Thanks to your incredible support we reached #3 in the ARIA charts, ahead of Taylor Swift, ABBA, Mariah Carey and Michael Bublé,” the organizers wrote on their website, noting the Christmas-time bump given to the latter.

All proceeds of the album were donated to BirdLife Australia, which helped in production.

Some of the singing comes from birds that are Critically-Endangered, and one bird, the Night Parrot, wasn’t even known to science until 2013.

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“When we last prepared an Australian bird action plan in 2010, we were not even sure Night Parrots and King Island Brown Thornbills existed – this CD has calls of both,” Professor Garnett said in a statement.

Each CD comes with a copy of the action plan, and a small guide to each bird and how to pick the sound of their calls out. The LP just became available internationally, so we all can enjoy the sounds and donate to the cause.

“The golden bowerbird sounds like a death ray from some cheesy ’70s sci-fi series,” says Sean Dooley, the national public affairs manager at BirdLife Australia.

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“And then you get to the Christmas Island frigatebird. The male has a flap of skin under its chin that inflates like a giant red balloon, so when it’s doing these courtship sounds, it sounds bizarre—but looks incredible.”

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Scientists at Stanford Revitalize Batteries By Bringing ‘Dead’ Lithium Back to Life

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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University may have found a way to revitalize rechargeable lithium batteries, potentially boosting the range of electric vehicles and battery life in next-gen electronic devices.

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As lithium batteries cycle, they accumulate little islands of inactive lithium that are cut off from the electrodes, decreasing the battery’s capacity to store charge. But the research team discovered that they could make this “dead” lithium creep like a worm toward one of the electrodes until it reconnects, partially reversing the unwanted process.

Adding this extra step slowed the degradation of their test battery and increased its lifetime by nearly 30%.

“We are now exploring the potential recovery of lost capacity in lithium-ion batteries using an extremely fast discharging step,” said Stanford postdoctoral fellow Fang Liu, the lead author of a study published Dec. 22 in Nature.

A great deal of research is focused on looking for ways to make rechargeable batteries with lighter weight, longer lifetimes, improved safety, and faster charging speeds than the lithium-ion technology currently used in cellphones, laptops and electric vehicles. A particular focus is on developing lithium-metal batteries, which could store more energy per volume or weight. For example, in electric cars, these next-generation batteries could increase the mileage per charge and possibly take up less trunk space.

Both battery types use positively charged lithium ions that shuttle back and forth between the electrodes. Over time, some of the metallic lithium becomes electrochemically inactive, forming isolated islands of lithium that no longer connect with the electrodes. This results in a loss of capacity and is a particular problem for lithium-metal technology and for the fast charging of lithium-ion batteries.

However, in the new study, the researchers demonstrated that they could mobilize and recover the isolated lithium to extend battery life.

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“I always thought of isolated lithium as bad, since it causes batteries to decay and even catch on fire,” said Yi Cui, a professor at Stanford and SLAC and investigator with the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Research (SIMES) who led the research. “But we have discovered how to electrically reconnect this ‘dead’ lithium with the negative electrode to reactivate it.”

Creeping, not dead

The idea for the study was born when Cui speculated that applying a voltage to a battery’s cathode and anode could make an isolated island of lithium physically move between the electrodes—a process his team has now confirmed with their experiments.

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The scientists fabricated an optical cell with a lithium-nickel-manganese-cobalt-oxide (NMC) cathode, a lithium anode and an isolated lithium island in between. This test device allowed them to track in real time what happens inside a battery when in use.

They discovered that the isolated lithium island wasn’t “dead” at all but responded to battery operations. When charging the cell, the island slowly moved towards the cathode; when discharging, it crept in the opposite direction.

“It’s like a very slow worm that inches its head forward and pulls its tail in to move nanometer by nanometer,” Cui said. “In this case, it transports by dissolving away on one end and depositing material to the other end. If we can keep the lithium worm moving, it will eventually touch the anode and reestablish the electrical connection.”

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Boosting lifetime

The results, which the scientists validated with other test batteries and through computer simulations, also demonstrate how isolated lithium could be recovered in a real battery by modifying the charging protocol.

“We found that we can move the detached lithium toward the anode during discharging, and these motions are faster under higher currents,” said Liu. “So we added a fast, high-current discharging step right after the battery charges, which moved the isolated lithium far enough to reconnect it with the anode. This reactivates the lithium so it can participate in the life of the battery.”

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“Our findings also have wide implications for the design and development of more robust lithium-metal batteries.”

Source: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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This Week’s Inspiring Horoscopes From Rob Brezsny’s ‘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.)

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY – Week of January 15, 2022
Copyright by Rob Brezsny, FreeWillAstrology.com

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
Capricorn biologist Robin Wall Kimmerer wrote a meditative book about moss. It was her response to questions she had been wondering about: Why has this inconspicuous plant persevered for 350 million years? While so many other species have gone extinct, why has moss had staying power through all the Earth’s climate changes and upheavals? And what lessons does its success have for us? Here are Kimmerer’s conclusions: Moss teaches us the value “of being small, of giving more than you take, of working with natural law, sticking together.” In accordance with astrological omens in 2022, Capricorn, I believe moss should be your role model.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
Author Joyce Carol Oates has been very successful and has won several major awards. But she describes her job as arduous and time-consuming. “I work very slowly,” she testifies. “It’s like building a ladder, where you’re building your own ladder rung by rung, and you’re climbing the ladder. It’s not the best way to build a ladder, but I don’t know any other way.” I wouldn’t always recommend her approach for you, Aquarius, but I will in 2022. As long as you’re willing to accept gradual, incremental progress, you’ll get a lot of fine work done.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
I’ve selected a quote for you to use as one of your guiding principles in 2022. I urge you to undertake a specific action in the next 24 hours that will prove you mean to take it seriously. Here’s the wisdom articulated by Piscean rabbi and philosopher Marc-Alain Ouaknin: “People must break with the illusion that their lives have already been written and their paths already determined.” It’s reinvention time, dear Pisces.

ARIES (March 21-April 19):
The coming months will be an excellent time for you to explore the art of Soulful Bragging. Do you deserve any of the titles below? If so, feel free to use them liberally throughout 2022. 1. Practical Idealist with Flexible Strategies. 2. Genius of Interesting Intimacy. 3. Jaunty Healer with Boisterous Knowledge of the Soul’s Ways. 4. Free-Wheeling Joker Who Makes People Laugh for Righteous and Healing Reasons. 5. Skillful Struggler. 6. Empathy Master with a Specialty in Creative Compassion. 7. Playful Reservoir of Smart Eros. 8. Purveyor of Feisty Wisdom and Cute Boldness. 9. Crafty Joy-Summoner.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
Most people who use tobacco products are at risk of having shorter life spans than they might have otherwise had. Smoking is detrimental to health. Those who smoke in their twenties and thirties may cut ten years off their longevity. But here’s some good news: If you kick your tobacco habit before age 40, you will regain most of those ten years. I bring this to your attention because I’d like it to serve as a motivational tale for you in 2022. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will have more power than ever before to escape any harmful addictions and compulsions you have—and begin reclaiming your full vitality.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
In May 1974, the Grateful Dead introduced a new wrinkle to their live musical performances. Playing at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, they amplified their music through a “Wall of Sound”: 604 speakers piled high, together channeling 26,000 watts of energy. Had any band ever treated their fans to a louder volume and crisper tones? I’d like to make this breakthrough event one of your top metaphors for 2022. According to my analysis, it will be a great year for you to boost your signal. I invite you to distribute your message with maximum confidence and clarity. Show the world who you are with all the buoyant flair you can rouse.

CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Philosopher Emil Cioran said he despised wise philosophers. Why? Because they practice prudent equanimity, which he regarded as empty and sterile. In Cioran’s view, these deep thinkers avoid strong feelings so they can live in cool safety, free from life’s nerve-wracking paradoxes. I agree with him that such a state is undesirable. However, Cioran contrasted it with the lives of the normal people he admired, who are “full of irreconcilable contradictions” and who “suffer from limitless anxiety.” My question for Cioran: Are there no other options between those two extremes? And my answer: Of course there are! And you can be proof of that in 2022, Cancerian. I expect you’ll be full of deep feelings, eager for new experiences, and infused with a lust for life—with less anxiety and fewer irreconcilable contradictions than ever before.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
In 1838, 29-year-old naturalist Charles Darwin was early in his career. He had not developed his theory of evolution, and was not yet a superstar of science. He began ruminating about the possibility of proposing marriage to his cousin Emma Wedgwood. If married, he wrote: “constant companion and a friend in old age; the charms of music and female chit-chat—good things for one’s health.” If not married: “no children; no one to care for one in old age; less money for books, loss of time, and a duty to work for money.” I bring this to your attention, Leo, because I suspect that in 2022, you may be tempted and inspired to deeply interweave your fate with the fates of interesting characters. A spouse or partner or collaborator? Could be. Maybe a beloved animal or spirit guide? Have fun making your list of pros and cons!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
What were your favorite toys when you were a child? Now would be a good time to retrieve fond memories of them, and even acquire modern versions so you can revive the joy they gave you. In my astrological analysis, you’ll be wise to invite your inner child to play a bigger role in your life as you engage in a wide range of playtime activities. So yes, consider the possibility of buying yourself crayons, Legos, dolls and puppets, video games, squirt guns, roller skates, yo-yos, jump ropes, and board games. And don’t neglect the pleasures of blanket forts, cardboard boxes, mud pies, and plain old sticks.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
In his novel The Story of a Marriage, Andrew Sean Greer asks, “Does love always form, like a pearl, around the hardened bits of life?” My answer would be, “No, not always, but when it does, it’s often extra sweet and enduring.” One of my wishes and predictions for you in 2022, Libra, is that love will form around your hardened bits. For best results, be open to the possibility that difficulty can blossom into grace. Look for opportunities that are seeded by strenuous work.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
“It is worth living long enough to outlast whatever sense of grievance you may acquire.” Author Marilynne Robinson wrote that, and I recommend her thought as one of your uplifting meditations in 2022. According to my reading of the astrological omens, the coming months will be a favorable time to dismantle and dissolve as many old grievances as you can. This could and should be the year you liberate yourself from psychic grunge—for the sake of your own mental, physical, and spiritual health as much as for the sake of others’.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
Some critics view author Diana Wynne Jones as a genius in her chosen field: fantasy novels for children and young adults. She had a generous spirit, asserting, “I have this very strong feeling that everybody is probably a genius at something; it’s just a question of finding this.” If you are still unsure what your unique genius consists of, Sagittarius, I believe 2022 will show you in detailed glory. And if you do already know, the coming months will be a time when you dramatically deepen your ability to access and express your genius.

WANT MORE? Listen to Rob’s EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES, 4-5 minute meditations on the current state of your destiny — or subscribe to his unique daily text message service at: RealAstrology.com

(Zodiac images by Numerologysign.com, CC license)

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