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Could this mysterious disappearing organ hold the key to longevity?
Researchers are racing to regrow the thymus,
an ephemeral immune organ,
in the hope that it will slow ageing.
In 1996, cryobiologist Gregory Fahy walked into his physician’s office and talked his way into a month’s supply of growth hormone.
His hope,
bolstered by a single study in rats,
was that the injections would help him to regrow his thymus
— a peculiar immune organ that …

Could this mysterious disappearing organ hold the key to longevity?
Researchers are racing to regrow the thymus, an ephemeral immune organ, in the hope that it will slow ageing.

RE: https://podcasts.social/@longcovid/116777839158198510
"Nur eine Grippe", hm hmm.
Edit: Ich muss mich kurz übersetzen. Ich will sagen: Auch Grippe wird unterschätzt. Deswegen ist es doppelt falsch zu sagen, irgendwas sei "nur eine…

Business intelligence startup Veridion, which develops an AI-powered, real-time map of ~640M businesses worldwide, raised a $20M Series A led by Hoxton Ventures (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2026/09/16/veridion-lands-20m-to-take-…

Veridion lands $20M to take business intelligence beyond static data
Business intelligence startup Veridion has raised $20 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered platform for providing continuously updated information on businesses worldwide. The round was led by Hoxton Ventures, with participation from existing investors Underline Ventures, OTB Ventures, Gapminder, Day One Capital and Launchub.Founded in 2019, Veridion has developed what it describes as a live business graph, a digital representation of around 640 million businesses worldwid…

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ bug/1

Bug #1 (liberation) “Microsoft has a majority market share” : Bugs : Ubuntu
See Mark's closure comment here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1/comments/1834 ------ Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. This is a bug which Ubuntu and other projects are meant to fix. As the philosophy of the Ubuntu Project states, "Our work is driven by a belief that software should be free and accessible to all." "Ubuntu software is free. Always was, always will be. Free software gives everyone the freedom to use it however they want and sha...

POL-NI: Rinteln - Sachstand zum schrittweisen Umzug des Polizeikommissariats Rinteln in die Breite Straße - Einsatz- und Streifendienst verbleibt zunächst im Hasphurtweg Rinteln (ots) - (KEM) Das Polizeikommissariat Rinteln zieht langfristig schrittweise in das ehemalige Katasteramt an der Breiten Straße um. Am heutigen Freitag, 18. September 2026, vollzogen die Verantwortlichen die offizielle interne ...

Temperatures in Spain and France are predicted to reach up to 45C, Northern Italy 40, Germany and Balkans mid-30s, this and next week. The heat dome is expected to hold for the whole month of June.
https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weath

Scorching Heat for the Summer Solstice: The Dangerous Longevity of Europe’s New June Heatwave
The heat dome is arriving, bringing scorching temperatures and an early-season heatwave across Europe. Temperatures will surpass 40 °C across Iberia and France.

Simson-Mopeds, DDR-Hymne und die ewige Klage über 'den Westen' – Reinhard Bingener (FAZ) seziert, wie AfD, Linke und BSW vor den Ost-Wahlen fleißig am Sonderbewusstsein basteln. Nur an Moskaus Rolle in 40 Jahren Diktatur erinnert sich dabei erstaunlich wenig jemand. #Ostdeutschland #Landtagswahl

Wahl Sachsen-Anhalt 2026: Wehe, wenn die Langmut im Westen endet
Die Ost-West-Verteilungsdebatte ist abträglich - langfristig vor allem für den Osten selbst.

Es geht wieder los:
Wie entwickeln sich die Bestände von #Igel und #Maulwurf in Deutschland?
Verlässliche Populationszahlen fehlen bislang. Eine bundesweite Citizen-Science-Aktion sammelt deshalb bis zum 28. September Sichtungen beider Tierarten und von Maulwurfshügeln. Die langfristig an…

Zählaktion: Wer hat Igel und Maulwurf gesehen?
In Deutschland gibt es immer weniger Maulwürfe und Igel.

Finally. #Signal ohne Mobilgerät. Jetzt noch das Limit der Geräte weg und es wird tatsächlich sinnvoll benutzbar, aber mit (offiziellem) primary PC client kann man zumindest mit remote-zugriff was basteln…
https://mamot.fr/…

SpaceX aborted the thirteenth mission of its heavy-lift Starship rocket on Thursday, moments before ignition on the launchpad.
The company stated it is currently unaware why its automated systems halted the launch sequence at zero countdown at Starbase, SpaceX’s launch facility on the eastern coast of Texas.
CEO Elon Musk noted in a post on X that
«Some of the engines didn’t start, triggering an automatic launch abort,»
though he did not specify the cause of the failure…

SpaceX aborts thirteenth test launch of Starship rocket - EFE
Aerospace giant SpaceX aborted the thirteenth mission of its heavy-lift Starship rocket on Thursday, moments before ignition on the launchpad