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#2020 version
Green recovery must end the reign of GDP, argue Cambridge and UN economists
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phys.org
Green recovery must end the reign of GDP, argue Cambridge and UN economists
Our fixation with Gross Domestic Product for over half a century as the primary indicator of economic health has rendered nature "invisible" from national finances, intensifying the biosphere's destruction ...
The AI Girlfriend Seducing China’s
Lonely Men
“She’s somewhere between existence and nonexistence,”
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Lonely Men
“She’s somewhere between existence and nonexistence,”
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SIXTH TONE
The AI Girlfriend Seducing China’s Lonely Men
In China, a sassy chat bot is stealing millions of men’s hearts. It’s also recording their most intimate desires and emotions.
Fruit Walls: Urban Farming in the 1600s
The fruit wall appears around the start of the so-called Little Ice Age, a period of exceptional cold in Europe that lasted from about 1550 to 1850.
The design of the modern greenhouse is strikingly different from its origins in the middle ages [*]. Initially, the quest to produce warm-loving crops in temperate regions (and to extend the growing season of local crops) didn't involve any glass at all. In 1561, Swiss botanist Conrad Gessner described the effect of sun-heated walls on the ripening of figs and currants, which mature faster than when they are planted further from the wall.
Gessner's observation led to the emergence of the "fruit wall" in Northwestern Europe. By planting fruit trees close to a specially built wall with high thermal mass and southern exposure, a microclimate is created that allows the cultivation of Mediterranean fruits in temperate climates, such as those of Northern France, England, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Fruit Walls Article
The fruit wall appears around the start of the so-called Little Ice Age, a period of exceptional cold in Europe that lasted from about 1550 to 1850.
The design of the modern greenhouse is strikingly different from its origins in the middle ages [*]. Initially, the quest to produce warm-loving crops in temperate regions (and to extend the growing season of local crops) didn't involve any glass at all. In 1561, Swiss botanist Conrad Gessner described the effect of sun-heated walls on the ripening of figs and currants, which mature faster than when they are planted further from the wall.
Gessner's observation led to the emergence of the "fruit wall" in Northwestern Europe. By planting fruit trees close to a specially built wall with high thermal mass and southern exposure, a microclimate is created that allows the cultivation of Mediterranean fruits in temperate climates, such as those of Northern France, England, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Fruit Walls Article
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Norway 🇳🇴
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A newly discovered body part changes our understanding of the brain
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Article
Science in the News
How a newly discovered body part changes our understanding of the brain (and the immune system) - Science in the News
by Marie Siwicki figures by Anna Maurer At this time of year, researchers, doctors, and recreational nerds alike turn to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for the list of the past year’s most important scientific breakthroughs…
Virucidal Efficacy of Different Oral Rinses Against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
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Article
OUP Academic
Virucidal Efficacy of Different Oral Rinses Against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
Several oral rinses show significant severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) inactivating properties in vitro, supporting the idea tha
Reversal of type 2 diabetes: normalisation of beta cell function in association with decreased pancreas and liver triacylglycerol
In ONE WEEK on a low energy diet, blood sugars became NORMAL in diabetics.
That's how fast a chronic disease can be healed.
"The abnormalities underlying type 2 diabetes are reversible by reducing dietary energy intake."
Normalisation of both beta cell function and hepatic insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetes was achieved by dietary energy restriction alone.
Article
In ONE WEEK on a low energy diet, blood sugars became NORMAL in diabetics.
That's how fast a chronic disease can be healed.
"The abnormalities underlying type 2 diabetes are reversible by reducing dietary energy intake."
Normalisation of both beta cell function and hepatic insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetes was achieved by dietary energy restriction alone.
Article
SpringerLink
Reversal of type 2 diabetes: normalisation of beta cell function in association with decreased pancreas and liver triacylglycerol
Diabetologia - Type 2 diabetes is regarded as inevitably progressive, with irreversible beta cell failure. The hypothesis was tested that both beta cell failure and insulin resistance can be...
Resistance exercise reduces liver fat and its mediators in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease independent of weight loss
Resistance training for 8 weeks, without changing anything else such as diet, reduced liver fat and improved insulin sensitivity.
Article
Resistance training for 8 weeks, without changing anything else such as diet, reduced liver fat and improved insulin sensitivity.
Article
Gut
Resistance exercise reduces liver fat and its mediators in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease independent of weight loss
Background Lifestyle interventions focusing on weight loss remain the cornerstone of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) management. Despite this, the weight losses achieved in research trials are not easily replicated in the clinic and there is an…
Lonely people's brains are different due to excess of imaginary social contact
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Article
PsychNewsDaily
Lonely People Have A Unique Brain Signature, Perhaps Due To So Much Imagined Social Contact
A new study has found that the brains of lonely people differ from those of people who are not lonely, in significant and detectable ways.
What is it you plan to do with this wild and precious life that has been given to you?
Just to Be Alive Is Enough
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Just to Be Alive Is Enough
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Lion’s Roar
Just to Be Alive Is Enough | Lion’s Roar
There is no greater gift than to be grateful for our lives, says the late Zen teacher Blanche Hartman, and gratitude leads naturally to generosity, because we want to share this gift with others.
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This amazing GIF shows a solar eclipse moving across the Earth
satellite is capturing the shadow of this morning's solar eclipse as it traverses South America.
This amazing GIF shows a solar eclipse moving across the Earth
satellite is capturing the shadow of this morning's solar eclipse as it traverses South America.