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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211005101908.htm The article above talks about how taking ketones (I'm not sure which kind or what amounts) three times a day for fourteen days helped to improve things like working memory, processing speed, and brain circulation (blood flow to th...read more

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211005124704.htm This essentially says that Caenorhabditis elegans nematodes produce a milk-like substance for their young (and sacrifice themselves in the process). It's very interesting. They think this might have implications for slowing human ...read more

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210803105546.htm music_ foreign_language

Today, a relative and I made a modified version of the following recipe, an it turned out great: https://vegetables.boards.net/post/537/thread Here's approximately what we did: Ingredients: • 6 eggs • Sesame oil (to oil the pan) • ½ teaspoon cinnamon • ½ teaspoon fenugreek • ¾ teas...read more

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apathy#Anxiety This section of this Wikipedia article (as seen on 12 May 2021) highlights an important phenomenon that seems to be rarely discussed and rarely understood--namely, how anxiety can not only occur at the same time as apathy, but how anxiety can cause...read more

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-04-unusual-treatment-kids-brain-tumors.html

I just read an article that said almost all the feral dogs in Australia were actually pure Dingos, or else Dingo hybrids. Here it is: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210326104708.htm dingo_

My favorite string cheese is currently one I just tried: Frigo Cheese Heads Original String. Here's the barcode: 041716840887. Anyway, it has that nice squeaky/rubbery feel on my teeth and that nice taste peculiar to cheese curds. However, despite the texture, it's quite soft, and interest...read more

So, I just made some tuna fish sandwiches. They turned out pretty good, in a tangy, peppery sort of way. Here's what I did: I mixed two cans of Winco tuna in water (drained) with some mayonnaise, a quartered and sliced tomato, several slices of pickled banana peppers (I don't think they're th...read more

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210114163927.htm The link above is to an article about how researchers saw many electric eels intelligently work together to hunt prey. So, they say electric eels aren't just solitary predators after all.

https://phys.org/news/2019-10-method-carp-effects-ammonia.html The linked article above talks about how arginine in fish food helps common carp resist ammonia better. arginine_ fish_food ammonia_

https://phys.org/news/2020-12-frequently-sheep-happier-mothers.html The link above talks about how pregnant sheep sheared more often had lower cotisol levels (which they took to mean the sheep were less stressed and in better condition). cortisol_ stress_ pregnancy_ wool_

https://phys.org/news/2020-12-fern-immunity-growth-carp.html The link above talks about how fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) leaf powder improves immunity and growth of common carp. I wonder if they'll put it in fish food for goldfish, too. fern_ leaf_powder powder_ greens_ goldfish_

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-duckbill-dinosaur-fossil-africa-hints.html What if dinosaurs primarily lived in the ocean? Has anyone done any deep sea archeology, lately? The article doesn't speculate about that. ocean_

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201102142242.htm This sounds pretty good to know about, if it's true. study_ iq_ vitamin_ vitamin_d pregnancy_ baby_ brain_ development_

https://phys.org/news/2020-10-decline-average-body-temperature-healthy.html The above article talks about how the average human body temperature, among healthy adults, in at least certain areas of the world, is declining. They have some hypotheses about why this is the case. I have my own. He...read more

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201007085609.htm This article tells about how it seems better for you (with regard to support) if your support group members know and support each other (rather than just you). friends_

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201007145416.htm breast_milk milk_ multiple_sclerosis sugar_

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0086807 This article talks about the extreme cold-tolerance of Ozobranchus jantseanus, a leech of freshwater turtles. This leech can survive being frozen in liquid nitrogen (-320.8° F, or -196°C) for 24 hours. It can withsta...read more

I discovered that if I cook milk just right, and then refrigerate it, that it gets a desirable vanilla-like taste to it. Very interesting. I cooked it on low or medium-low heat for a long time. Think like over 30 minutes. It was Gteat Value vitamin D milk.

When you're out of ketchup for your hamburgers you can do any of the following things: • Appreciate them without ketchup (not my personal favorite, but they are appreciable). • Make your own make-shift ketchup from canned tomatoes, salt, vinegar, and something like onion greens. • Instead o...read more

Here's another species of grasshopper in our garden. This is one of the kinds that is often found on roads and dry soil. when mature (this one isn't mature), they make a sound when they fly, and they have black with yellow shown on their open wings. I saw a similar adult on our property, today, ...read more

Here's a young two-striped grasshopper on a Chris Ukrainian tomato plant. This picture was taken today.

I'm trying to identify a cool grasshopper that frequents our property, although it's not the dominant kind by a long shot. It looks a lot like, and may be, Schistocerca shoshone, the green bird grasshopper, or green valley grasshopper. They are huge, though. They probably get over three in...read more

So, I was thinking today that pill bugs have a lot of legs. I figured they must not be insects. So, I looked them up to find out what they were, and Wikipedia says they're crustaceans. Then I found the following article: https://www.thoughtco.com/fascinating-facts-about-pillbugs-4165294 It...read more