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An Australian known as the “Man with the Golden Arm” for protecting 2.4 million babies with his rare, antibody-rich blood plasma has died at 88, health officials said.
Mr James Harrison rolled up his sleeve and donated blood 1,173 times over 64 years, Australian Red Cross organisation Lifeblood said.
His plasma contained a rare antibody, known as Anti-D, used to make a medication for mothers whose blood was at risk of attacking their unborn babies – a condition known as rhesus D haemolytic disease of the foetus and newborn
Scientists created a ‘woolly mouse’ with mammoth traits.
During thunderstorms, leaves from trees and other plants create mini electric discharges that can significantly alter the surrounding air quality through the emission of hydroxyl (OH) and hydroperoxyl (HO2).
Plant leaves spark with electricity during thunderstorms — and that could be altering our air quality in unpredictable ways
During thunderstorms, leaves from trees and other plants create mini electric discharges that can significantly alter the surrounding air quality. But researchers are unsure if this is beneficial or harmful.
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Palaeeudyptes klekowskii, The biggest species of Penguin ever discovered, compared to the average human and an Emperor Penguin
Extinct mega penguin was tallest and heaviest ever
A fossil foot bone found in Antarctica suggests that one extinct species of penguin was a true giant, clocking in at 115 kilograms
Firefly just became the first commercial company in history to achieve a fully successful Moon landing.
Launched in mid-January from Florida, the lander carried 10 experiments to the moon for NASA. The space agency paid $101 million for the delivery, plus $44 million for the science and tech on board. It’s the third mission under NASA’s commercial lunar delivery program, intended to ignite a lunar economy of competing private businesses while scouting around before astronauts show up later this decade.
In 1984, Lisa McVey, then 17, was abducted and repeatedly raped by serial killer Bobby Joe Long. She gained his sympathy by calling him "sweet" and saying she understood him. He let her go, and her statement led to his capture and death sentence. She later became a police officer.
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A drug from a sea sponge is one of the most powerful cancer treatments.
Trabectedin, also known as ET-743, is a chemotherapeutic agent used to treat certain cancers, notably soft tissue sarcomas and ovarian cancer. Originally isolated from the sea squirt Ecteinascidia turbinata, trabectedin binds to the minor groove of DNA, disrupting the cell cycle and inducing apoptosis in cancer cells. Due to the low natural yield from sea squirts, a semisynthetic production method was developed, starting from safracin B, a compound obtained through the fermentation of the bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens.
This hotel in Iceland has an Aurora wake-up call button on the room's phone
Apparently, there are quite a lot of people who miss or don't witness the most vivid shows of the northern lights during their trip to Iceland. So, Hotel Rangá in Iceland came up with an unusual service. If you click the small black button called "Aurora Wake-Up call", then you are added to a list of phones the hotel's staff will call in case they see the northern lights during the night.
A new type of car wash that was introduced in Chicago in the 1920s. Customers paid 25 cents to an attendant at the auto wash bowl who strapped a protective rubber cover over the radiator. Patrons would then enter via a ramp and drive their cars around the bowl at a speed of about 10 miles per hour.
Photos from Fidel Castro's US tour in 1959, during the brief time period when he was a celebrity in the US, before the relationship turned sour. He signed autographs for adoring fans, visited a highschool in Missouri, met Richard Nixon and appeared as a guest on the Ed Sullivan show
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjpnfDwWd7Y
High school teacher creates incredible blackboard artworks for his students only to erase them afterwards.
Hirotaka Hamasaki, a Japanese high school teacher, draws remarkable blackboard illustrations featuring anime, nature, and cultural icons for his students. His intricate creations, though short-lived, serve as a powerful artistic expression.
Wanna go for a ride buddy?
Military dogs can jump alone, equipped with their own parachutes, or in tandem with their trainers to provide support and aid to stranded soldiers.
Looks like Lego Laos
Rice Terraces - Vietnam