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Worms living near Chernobyl nuclear plant have gained new ‘super powers’

 

Various animals and insects have continued to exist in the nuclear zone since the 1986 disaster.

Scientists have discovered an incredible new “super power” that worms living in Chernobyl appear to have.

A group of scientists from New York University travelled to Ukraine to investigate nematodes – tiny, microscopic worms that can’t be seen by the naked eye.

 

 

The researchers gathered the worms from soil samples, rotting fruit and other materials and then brought them back to their laboratory in the US to freeze and study them.

They tested the worms against various levels of radiation varying from low levels found in large cities, to high levels that are typically only found in outer space.

Their findings suggested that this particular species of worm had developed a new ability thanks to their lifetime spent in the vicinity of the Chernobyl plant.

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The results showed that these worms had evolved to form an immunity to radiation.

 

 

The findings from this study has given scientists hope that information on how these worms react to radiation exposure could lead to new insights in human cancer research.

Unlike other animals that have been studied — including wild wolves that have developed cancer-resilient genomes — the worms have simple genomes and live short lives, allowing the scientists to study multiple generations over a short period of time. 

Sophia Tintori, one of the researchers who conducted the study, told the New York Post: “Chernobyl was a tragedy of incomprehensible scale, but we still don’t have a great grasp on the effects of the disaster on local populations.”

She added: “Did the sudden environmental shift select for species, or even individuals within a species, that are naturally more resistant to ionizing radiation?”

 

 

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant explosion in 1986 made the eastern-European city one of the most radioactive landscapes on the planet.

Scientists have studied the effects of the disaster on plants and animals for over thirty years.

One particular case study looked into the rise in the population of feral dogs in the area around the plant.

homeless wild dog in old ruined abandoned city Pripyat after nuclear disaster

The results showed that dogs located around Chernobyl and in the nearby city of Pripyat are genetically distinct from other free-breeding and purebred dog populations.

 

 

Dr Tintori expanded on the findings of her team’s research: “The exciting discovery does not mean Chernobyl is safe, but suggests the worms are resilient animals which can withstand extreme conditions. Twenty genetically different worms were tested for their DNA damage to see if they had an unusual capacity to protect and repair their genetic material.

“He said the findings suggested that animals in Chernobyl were not necessarily more tolerant or had evolved, but that the discoveries could lead to a better understanding of natural variation.”

It’s important to clarify that the discovery made by this team of scientists does not mean Chernobyl is safe.

Instead, it suggests the worms in the abandoned city are resilient animals which can withstand extreme conditions and high levels of radiation.

 

https://www.joe.co.uk/news/worms-living-near-chernobyl-nuclear-plant-have-gained-new-super-powers-425616

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We May Have "Misunderstood the Universe," Nobel Prize Winner Says

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For a long time, scientists believed they understood how fast the universe is growing — but the more they learn, those theories seem to be expanding as fast as the universe itself.

Basically, the "Hubble constant" measures the speed at which the universe is expanding. The only problem? Different instruments keep providing different values for it, giving rise to what's known as the "Hubble tension."

It raises an interesting possibility: that, as Nobel Prize-winning physicist Adam Riess explains in a NASA blog, much of what we thought we knew about the universe may have been wrong.

"We’ve now spanned the whole range of what Hubble observed, and we can rule out a measurement error as the cause of the Hubble tension with very high confidence," the Johns Hopkins physicist said.

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Pointing the Webb telescope deep into the universe to try to confirm Hubble's complicated numbers back in 2023, scientists were puzzled when the newer telescope confirmed the findings of its predecessor, deepening the discrepancy.

One possibility for the surprising reders could be stellar crowding, which occurs when space telescopes see more stars than they are able to handle, might affect expansion measurements as the light from them essentially warps their vision. Stellar dust makes this effect even stronger, but as NASA explains, the Webb should be able to cut through the noise and get more accurate imaging and distance measurements.

As Reiss speculates, there may be something greater going on than the numbers not adding up.

"With measurement errors negated," he told NASA, "what remains is the real and exciting possibility we have misunderstood the universe."

 

https://futurism.com/the-byte/adam-reiss-nobel-misunderstood-universe

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I agree with the most of the vtuber's ending summary, it's a good book, teaches a lot of people to do good. But if one thinks that that alone is enough to change one's fate

 

 

The calculation for balance is complex, not something a meek human can fully comprehend. One has to put in full effort, and leave the result to the gods.

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18 hours ago, Huat Zai said:

 

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there is more than meets the eye for alibaba.

 

besides internal management issues, there is the external geopolitics.

 

if pdd is taking over tiongland by storm, that means tiongland economy is in deep shit liao.

 

the reason why amazon is able to grow cloud is becos of no intervention by us zheng hu while alibaba is unable to grow cloud becos winnie xi wants to control cloud.

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1 hour ago, socrates469bc said:

 

there is more than meets the eye for alibaba.

 

besides internal management issues, there is the external geopolitics.

 

if pdd is taking over tiongland by storm, that means tiongland economy is in deep shit liao.

 

the reason why amazon is able to grow cloud is becos of no intervention by us zheng hu while alibaba is unable to grow cloud becos winnie xi wants to control cloud.

 

Maoist trying to shift the direction of a capitalist market

 

 

50kg don't change shoulder huat ah! Pappy licking feet for scrapes huat ah!