US reading skills

https://archive.is/zSU4c

Top research institutes for contributions to Nature journal

https://www.nature.com/nature-index/research-leaders/2025/institution/all/all/global

Doctors are hailing a new pill for patients with high blood pressure resistant to existing medication as a “gamechanger” and a “triumph of science”.

Globally, more than 1.3 billion people have hypertension. In half of them, their high blood pressure is uncontrolled or resistant to existing treatments. They face a much higher risk of heart attack, stroke, kidney disease and early death.

Now a blockbuster new drug – baxdrostat – has been shown in trials to significantly lower blood pressure in those people whose levels remain dangerously high despite taking several medicines.

The results of the BaxHTN study, which involved 796 patients from 214 clinics worldwide, showed that after 12 weeks, patients taking baxdrostat saw their blood pressure fall by about 9-10 mmHg (millimetres of mercury, the unit of measurement of blood pressure) more than placebo – a reduction large enough to cut cardiovascular risk.

1. Li Hanfeng
2. Hu Yijuan
3. Yi Shouliang
4. Xie Yimin
5. Shang Rui
6. Wang Zhonglin
7. Guo-Jun Qi
8. Ma Donghan and Ma Dongxin
9. Xie Xiaoliang
10. Sun Huanbo
11. Charles Lieber
12. Chen Jing
13. Li Yongxi
14. She Yiyuan
15. Pan Linfeng
16. Andrew Yao
17. Terence Tao
18. Joshua Zahl
19. Zhong Xiao
20. Chen Min and shen jie
21. huaxin lin
22. wang xujia
23. ma xiaonan
24. kenji fukaya
25. Sun song
26. Sun xin
27. Vladimir Markovic
28. Guo zaiping
29. Dang yang and mu ming poo
30. Sun Nan
31. Duan luming
32. Chen Zhoufeng
33. Nieng Yan
34. Sun shao cong
35. Quan Guocong
36. Yuriy Semenov
37. Zhang chengqi
38. Lu wei
39. Yau Shing-Tung
40. Zhang Yaqin
41. Ronald eils and Irina Lehmann
42. Giorgio Parisi
43. Liu chang
44. Chen Hudong
45. Julian cheng
46. Wang jing
47. Niu Fenglin
48. Wang Xujia
49. Zhang Yonghao
50. Chen deliang
51. Gérard Mourou
52. Feng Gensheng
53. Zhou Ming
54. Zhang Yitang
55. Shan Liang
56. Cao Ting
57. Mohd Rizal Arshad
58. Luo Weiwei
59. Dong Sijia

Instead of typical helium, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen—found in other stripped supernovae—the spectrum was dominated by strong signals of silicon, sulfur and argon. Nuclear fusion produces these heavier elements within a massive star's deep interior during its final stages of life.

"This star lost most of the material that it produced throughout its lifetime," Schulze said. "So, we could only see the material formed during the months right before its explosion. Something very violent must have happened to cause that."

nobody wants to shed hydrogen anymore

Jeremy was named after the left-wing British Labour politician Jeremy Corbyn, on account of it being a "lefty" snail, but also due to Corbyn's reported love of gardening.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/bezos-backed-methane-tracking-satellite-is-lost-space-2025-07-01/

The satellites (OCO and OCO-2) are already in orbit. It cost more to take them down (i.e., destroy) than just let them orbit the earth and do their job. These satellites are PUBLIC UTILITY already paid for with taxpayers money. This is equivalent of destroying bridges and other public infrastructures that are already built out of spite.

https://eos.org/research-and-developments/nasa-planning-for-unauthorized-shutdown-of-carbon-monitoring-satellites

https://www.iflscience.com/this-is-illegal-nasa-reportedly-ordered-to-destroy-important-oco-satellite-80280

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/trump-moves-to-end-nasa-missions-measuring-carbon-dioxide-and-plant-health

https://defector.com/why-did-national-geographic-disappear-its-own-documentary-about-a-queer-climate-scientist

“After the completion of the film, something came to light that was relevant to the film. The National Geographic Society took the appropriate steps to look into this matter responsibly. Following this review, we assessed the findings, which led to our decision to no longer air the film.”

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It activates the same chemicals in your brain as cocaine!

Well, yeah, there are only ~~three~~^[@Neuromancer49@midwest.social corrected me] a few neurotransmitters. That's not saying much.

You know what else activates those chemicals? Practically everything. When scientists breed "knockout" mice without dopamine, the mice just stand there until they die of thirst, because there is no reward for.... living.

It contains more germs than a toilet seat!

Germs like moist surfaces. We don't want germs on our toilets, which is why we make them out of porcelain, which is hard, dry, non-porous, and easy to clean.

If it had more germs than your colon, then I would be concerned.

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