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@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-16 15:16:34

One evening in early 1976, a bushy-haired Jeffrey Epstein
showed up for an event at an art gallery in Midtown Manhattan.
Epstein was a math and physics teacher at the city’s prestigious Dalton School,
and the father of one of his students had invited him.
Epstein initially demurred, saying he didn’t go out much, but eventually relented.
It would turn out to be one of the most fateful decisions he ever made.
At the gallery, Epstein bumped into another Dalton…

The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich
For years, rumors swirled about where his wealth came from. A Times investigation reveals the truth of how a college dropout clawed his way to the pinnacle of American finance and society.

@mia@hcommons.social
2025-11-12 21:42:33

A surprise benefit of mRNA vaccines could be better treatments for cancer, extending lives without the side effects of chemo? Yay for good news! theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Covid vaccines may increase the lifespan of cancer patients – this could be a game changer
A study suggests mRNA vaccines could help the body fight malignant cells, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-11-14 14:02:49

💊 PFAS may be eliminated from the body faster with certain medicines, study suggests
#pfas

PFAS may be eliminated from the body faster with certain medicines, study suggests
Certain medicines can cause the environmental toxin PFAS to be eliminated from the body faster, according to a study from the University of Gothenburg. The findings highlight one more medicine as effective, but whether it brings health benefits is still unclear.

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-11-07 04:11:37

Last season’s updated vaccine provides significant protection against covid-19,
particularly against severe illness and death.
The results reaffirm the benefit of staying current with covid vaccination.

Researchers analyzed data from approximately 1.8 million Americans between August 2024 and April 2025,
of whom only about 13 percent received the 2024–2025 coronavirus shot.
They evaluated three clinical outcomes related to the disease: infections, emergency departm…

How long does covid booster protection last? A new study offers answers.
More evidence highlighting the benefit, and limitations, of covid-19 vaccines

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2025-10-24 19:36:40

#DaylightSavingTime & Health - A Systematic Review of Beneficial & Adverse Effects: medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/20 -> "The apparent benefits of DST during summer months on mortality, DST-Offset on sleep duration and mortality, and Standard Time during winter months on sleep duration argue in favour of keeping transitions. If kept, adverse effects of transitions should be mitigated in individuals susceptible to myocardial infarction or exacerbations of disease" -> Zu Sinn und Unsinn - Uhrenumstellungen aus der Sicht der Chronobiologie und Epidemiologie: idw-online.de/de/news860363

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-10-27 11:37:17

💦 Sperm microRNAs may enable transmission of exercise benefits from fathers to children
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10

Sperm microRNAs may enable transmission of exercise benefits from fathers to children
In a recent study published in Cell Metabolism, a research paper provides the first evidence that sperm microRNAs act as carriers of epigenetic information, enabling the intergenerational transmission of paternal exercise capacity and metabolic health, thereby exerting profound effects on offspring development.

@Dragofix@veganism.social
2025-10-31 19:39:52

Wetlands efficiently remove nitrogen pollution from surface water, leading to cost savings for municipalities phys.org/news/2025-10-wetlands

Wetlands efficiently remove nitrogen pollution from surface water, leading to cost savings for municipalities
Wetlands are an important part of the ecological system, providing a myriad of benefits for people, wildlife, and the environment. They also serve as "nature's kidneys," filtering out pollutants from surface water. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign finds that wetlands along the Mississippi River Basin effectively clean up nitrogen runoff from agricultural fields. The researchers also show this can lead to significant savings for local drinking water treatment faciliti…

@pre@boing.world
2025-11-23 20:40:43
Content warning: re: bitcoin conference report

The conference is over now. I likely wouldn't have come for just a bitcoin thing, but I am very interested in redecentralizing the web, so it's attachment to the nostr day pulled me in.
Everyone I met was friendly and interesting and seems much more interested in making a better money system than in making money for themselves.
Our government and bank money systems are dysfunctional in all kinds of ways which are often less visible than they should be too people using them, especially to those in Europe and America who benefit from the way those systems exploit the global south.
I'm not convinced that fixing that would end wars and fix broken government as some seem to think, but I am sure our money is the source of many problems.
There are many bright, well meaning, and intelligent people building to improve bitcoin in fascinating ways with the hope of having a parallel system to transition to. With lots of work still to be done.
Can it work?
I'm sure I don't know, and I'm sure even if it's a better system it'll come with it's own unfairness and cruelty. Money will continue to be a source of suck and worry.
I'm told that the bigger conferences are often full of shitcoin scammers and suit wearing banksters who are in fact all in it too get rich and rip people off, but I found none of that here.
Here there is a real community of people trying to make the world a better place and improve the lives of their neighbours and governance of their countries.
And in the end building community is the most radical and effective way to change the world regardless of the problems of it's money system.
I had a great time. Thanks to those organising it.
#bitfest #bitcoin