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How many photons are received per bit transmitted from Voyager 1? ( physics.stackexchange.com )

Orchids Support Seedlings Through ‘Parental Nurture’ via Shared Underground Fungal Networks ( www.sheffield.ac.uk )

Two large, randomized controlled trials show that replacing regular salt with potassium-enriched salt substitute (~75% NaCl, 25% KCl) reduces cardiovascular events and probably all-cause mortality. ( www.nature.com )

second study https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2105675

Chinese team reports patient’s diabetes cured with cell therapy in world first ( www.scmp.com )

These crows have counting skills previously only seen in people ( www.nature.com )

Nocturnal heat exposure and stroke risk ( academic.oup.com )

Study reveals 100,000-year evolution from wild to domesticated rice ( english.news.cn )

Constant velocity subluminal warp drive solution ( iopscience.iop.org )

Plant Virus Fights Cancers in Mice With 'Widespread Effectiveness' ( www.sciencealert.com )

World’s brightest X-rays: China first in Asia to build next-generation synchrotron ( www.nature.com )

How Wasps Make Use of Biological Weapons To Conquer Their Prey ( www.inverse.com )

Frozen human brain tissue works perfectly when thawed 18 months later ( newatlas.com )

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15769515...

The surprisingly complicated physics of why cats always land on their feet ( arstechnica.com )

Chinese doctors treated an end-stage type 2 diabetic patient by implanting islet tissue derived in vitro from his own endoderm stem cells. The patient has been insulin-independent for 33 months. ( www.nature.com )

Milestone: mRNA Cancer Vaccine Prompts Robust Immune Reaction Against Malignant Brain Tumors ( epicnews.ca )

Plant Virus Treatment Shows Promise in Fighting Metastatic Cancers in Mice ( today.ucsd.edu )

Pythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoras ( www.iflscience.com )

Brain-reading device is best yet at decoding ‘internal speech’ ( www.nature.com )

A new finding boosts Panspermia, the theory that life on Earth originated in deep space. ( nautil.us )

See the most detailed map of human brain matter ever created ( www.popsci.com )

How cannabis and psilocybin might help some of the 50 million Americans who are experiencing chronic pain ( theconversation.com )

A Common Sleeping Pill May Reduce Build-Up of Alzheimer's Proteins, Study Finds ( www.sciencealert.com )

New NASA Black Hole Visualization Takes Viewers Beyond the Brink - NASA Science ( science.nasa.gov )

Active self-treatment of a facial wound with a biologically active plant by a male Sumatran orangutan - Scientific Reports ( www.nature.com )