Aspergillus flavus, a toxic crop fungus linked to deaths in the excavations of ancient tombs, the researchers modified the chemicals and tested them against leukemia cells. The result? A promising cancer-killing compound that rivals FDA-approved drugs and opens up new frontiers in the discovery of more fungal medicines. Engineers turn toxic ancient tomb fungus into …
Month: July 2025
Another Death Knell for Writers?
When tech companies first rolled out generative-AI products, some critics immediately feared a media collapse. Every bit of writing, imagery, and video became suspect. But for news publishers and journalists, another calamity was on the horizon. Chatbots have proved adept at keeping users locked into conversations. They do so by answering every question, often through …
Golden Spur
July 2, 2025 I was in a fast food joint just after the doctor said don’t be and I saw this. I talked to the guy and he said he was there. He didn’t know Steve and it seemed he was a tourist passing through. He said they were dropping in on bars in tiny …
Tunisian Longdog
The Sloughis, known for their speed and slender physique, have for many centuries accompanied nomadic societies across North Africa, and have been featured in art and lore dating back at least to the Roman era. But nowadays breeders and advocates say that unregulated crossbreeding, the decline of nomadic lifestyles and habitat shifts due to urbanization …
Book Thugs and Bouncers
The wild or an open air zoo?
The DNP and the WWF have been breeding sambar, which are native to Thailand but classed as vulnerable, and releasing them as prey. Thailand credits prey releases for ‘extraordinary’ tiger recovery The wild or an open air zoo? The anthropocene advances.
~Cormac McCarthy, The Road
“Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow. They smelled of moss in your hand. Polished and muscular and torsional. On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of …
Mastodon Moon
“Blue Moon of Michigan.”In the twilight of a rare Blue Moon, a bull mastodon (Mammut americanum) disturbs an eastern cougar (Puma concolor couguar) at it’s kill. The West Shore of Lake Michigan.The reconstitution of the American mastodon is based on the Hyde Park complete skeleton. by Velizar Simeonovski Interesting in that it shows existing megafauna with …
How Damascus Barrels Were Forged in 1925
They use a video from 1925 at the end of the damacus barrel making era to explore it. More shotgun related stuff on his channel.
Drone Deer Study
He has some interesting points. It seems to be in Arkansas which is a long way from our conditions but there should be some common behaviors. More interesting is that he can follow deer like he did and get insights maybe not seen before. Someone here could do the same with the right resources. How …