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Postby robbiestoupe » Thu May 17, 2018 3:04 pm

I was able to participate as a Grand Award Judge at the International Science and Engineering Fair at the DLL Convention Center yesterday. I was blown away at how intricate and technical some of these high school student's projects were. The process for choosing the award winners was wonky, but I'd definitely do this again if the symposium comes back to Pittsburgh.

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Postby dodint » Thu May 17, 2018 3:21 pm

So that's why the Blue Garage was full.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Thu May 17, 2018 3:27 pm

I could have hit you up with free parking thru Saturday. They were handing out vouchers like candy.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Thu May 17, 2018 3:33 pm

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/wor ... chromepush

400th straight month of higher than average global temperatures. Even with April being one of the coldest in North America on record: https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/ ... 590122002/
It was the coldest April in the United States since 1997....clearly we are doing something right with global warming. Let the other shthole countries reduce their emissions!

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Postby count2infinity » Thu May 17, 2018 3:36 pm

:lol:

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Postby shafnutz05 » Thu May 17, 2018 3:39 pm

I tried to type that like a Trump tweet, should have taken out the ellipses.

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Postby bhflyhigh » Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:53 pm

New study that viruses are somehow involved in Alzheimer's.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... lzheimers/

Man would it be nice if this would lead to new ways to treat this terrible disease.

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Postby tifosi77 » Thu Jun 21, 2018 7:46 pm

To be fair, it does read like Trump tweet. In the sense that saying "other shithole countries" as opposed to "other, shithole countries" means something different than I think was intended.

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Postby tifosi77 » Thu Jun 21, 2018 7:48 pm

New study that viruses are somehow involved in Alzheimer's.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... lzheimers/

Man would it be nice if this would lead to new ways to treat this terrible disease.
Virus also implies the possibility of inoculation by vaccine.

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Thu Jun 21, 2018 7:49 pm

I saw a report on the local news tonight that they've discovered some connection between Alzheimer's and herpes.

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Postby Lemon Berry Lobster » Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:07 pm

New study that viruses are somehow involved in Alzheimer's.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... lzheimers/

Man would it be nice if this would lead to new ways to treat this terrible disease.
Virus also implies the possibility of inoculation by vaccine.
Just no chemicals in the water that will turn the frogs gay

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Postby Shyster » Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:25 pm

Having observed bullfrogs during mating season, the males already don't seem too choosy about what they'll glom on to.

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Postby tifosi77 » Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:37 pm

I saw a report on the local news tonight that they've discovered some connection between Alzheimer's and herpes.
That's like using modified HIV cells to fight leukemia.

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Postby Kaiser » Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:53 pm

Sweet, now if they can invent a release valve for the human sphincter, I won't have any more fears about aging.

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Postby AuthorTony » Thu Jun 21, 2018 9:08 pm

I tried to type that like a Trump tweet, should have taken out the ellipses.
And more Random Caps.

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Postby Shyster » Thu Jun 21, 2018 9:36 pm

The herpesvirus in question seems to be one of the more obscure ones, which usually causes a childhood fever. Although it also seems the two herpes simplex viruses (the ones behind cold sores and genital herpes) are also associated with Alzheimer's. I'd never heard of the virus in question (Human herpesvirus 6) before today. It looks like it's something most people get as little kids and never experience again.

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Postby Willie Kool » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:32 pm

I'd never heard of the virus in question (Human herpesvirus 6) before today. It looks like it's something most people get as little kids and never experience again.
Not really surprising though that it could linger hidden for a lifetime, only to reactivate a different manifestation in old age, considering that chickenpox/shingles is also a herpes virus.

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Postby bhflyhigh » Tue Jun 26, 2018 9:22 am

Not really surprising though that it could linger hidden for a lifetime, only to reactivate a different manifestation in old age, considering that chickenpox/shingles is also a herpes virus.
From the Article:
A series of studies led by Massachusetts General Hospital neurologist Robert Moir and colleagues suggests a possible theory to bind these disparate pathogen findings together: Beta amyloid proteins may accumulate in the brain as part of an immune response against injury or invading pathogens. In a paper published online on June 21st, also in Neuron, Moir and colleagues reported that amyloid beta peptides bind to and entrap HSV-1 and HHV-6, thereby helping to protect against infection. Mice infected with these herpes viruses quickly accumulate beta amyloid plaques, too. Their theory posits that when enough beta amyloid plaques build up during an infection, they then trigger inflammation and other unhelpful responses, such as the creation of tau tangles that kill neurons. The plaques also alert brain immune cells called microglia to the fact that something is wrong; these cells launch an immune cascade that kills even more neurons. The end result of this process— which began with a seemingly protective response to microbial invasion—could be Alzheimer’s.
So in their theory it's not the virus causing Alzheimer's, it's the immune response of the body fighting the virus that may cause the disease.

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Postby tifosi77 » Wed Jul 25, 2018 6:58 pm

Liquid water 'lake' revealed on Mars
What they believe to be a lake sits under the planet's south polar ice cap, and is about 20km (12 miles) across.

Previous research found possible signs of intermittent liquid water flowing on the martian surface, but this is the first sign of a persistent body of water on the planet in the present day.

Lake beds like those explored by Nasa's Curiosity rover show water was present on the surface of Mars in the past.

However, the planet's climate has since cooled due to its thin atmosphere, leaving most of its water locked up in ice.

The result is exciting because scientists have long searched for signs of present-day liquid water on Mars, but these have come up empty or yielded ambiguous findings. It will also interest those studying the possibilities for life beyond Earth - though it does not yet raise the stakes in the search for biology.

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:19 pm

Is this like liquid water or liquid other stuff.

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Postby tifosi77 » Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:22 pm

H20

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Postby Kaiser » Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:28 pm

I guess we found our landing site.

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:33 pm

H20
Nice

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Postby Gaucho » Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:51 pm

I thought the headline sort of gave it away.

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Postby Gaucho » Wed Aug 01, 2018 7:48 am

When surgeons removed one sixth of a child's brain, here's what happened

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/31/heal ... %3A30%3A11

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