Belated Wednesday Bible Study: Time is circular
I had a busy day yesterday, made a couple of posts but didn ' t get around to the Bible lesson. 1 Samuel 26 is essentially a different version of the story told in Ch. 24. We have seen multiple versions of the same story more than a few times so far. Presumably this is because the scribes are transcribing oral tradition and it is normal for there to be variations on the stories floating around. Classical Greek and Roman mythology show a similar phenomenon. It ' s a bit jarring in this case, however, because this is presented as a chronological narrative and it doesn ' t make any sense that way.In Ch. 24 David has the oppor...
Source: Stayin' Alive - December 2, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Is too much of exercise bad for you?
It is well known that regular exercise is good for the heart. Almost all guidelines recommend 150 minutes a week of moderate intensity physical activity. But like the old saying that too much of good things can be harmful, is too much exercise bad for you?
The Copenhagen City Heart Study assessed the dose of jogging and long term mortality [1]. In the introduction of their article, they mentioned the historical anecdote of sudden death of Pheidippides, a professional running courier in 490 BC. It is believed that he ran from Marathon to Athens, Greece, approximately 25 miles to give the news of victory of Athens overs Per...
Source: Cardiophile MD - November 17, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Check out the autumnal moth named after a stargazer and a mythical beast
The Sprawler moth seems to spread its forelegs wide when it’s at rest on a chunk of wood. Its delicate patterning gives it something of a resemblance of a bark surface, perhaps. But, it is its scientific name that is a little curious and needs further explanation.
The Sprawler, new to my Cambridgeshire garden 8th November 2021
Lepidopterists originally referred to The Sprawler as Cassinia after the Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini who lived from 1625–1712. It was first cited by Hufnagel in 1766. But, why was it named after an astronomer? The answer lies in the behaviour of the moth’s larva, its ca...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - November 9, 2021 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Lepidoptera Source Type: blogs
New moths on the block
These Lepidoptera were all new for my back garden in Cottenham drawn to a 40 Watt ultraviolet “actinic” lamp on the night noted. Any of dubious ID I had confirmed from a photo by Sean Foote better known on Twitter as @MothIDUK to whom I am very grateful for the assistance and have put a tip in his tip jar.
The 35 species new for the garden in 2021 are as follows
7/3/21 – The Satellite
20/4/21 – Agonopterix purpurea* (To Myo lure)
10/5/21 – Esperia sulphurella
31/5/21 – Mottled Pug
2/6/21 – Brown Silver-line
4/6/21 – Hypena rostralis
4/6/21 – Buttoned Snout
6/6/21 –...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - October 25, 2021 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Lepidoptera Source Type: blogs
2021 is the year I discovered 35 new species of moth in our back garden
These Lepidoptera were all new for my back garden in Cottenham drawn to a 40 Watt ultraviolet “actinic” lamp on the night noted. Any of dubious ID I had confirmed from a photo by Sean Foote better known on Twitter as @MothIDUK to whom I am very grateful for the assistance and have put a tip in his tip jar.
The 35 species new for the garden in 2021 are as follows
7/3/21 – The Satellite
20/4/21 – Agonopterix purpurea* (To Myo lure)
10/5/21 – Esperia sulphurella
31/5/21 – Mottled Pug
2/6/21 – Brown Silver-line
4/6/21 – Hypena rostralis
4/6/21 – Buttoned Snout
6/6/21 –...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - October 25, 2021 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Lepidoptera Source Type: blogs
The people we can be
A lot of the lyrics to my songs come out ad lib when I have a go at recording a first-pass demo of a new tune. I usually then edit them into shape as the song evolves. But, sometimes they have a bit more of a story, and although the basics just emerge as I’m putting it together, they do get more craft occasionally. My latest conflates a couple of encounters Mrs Sciencebase and I have had with Paris over the years. The most recent encounter was from a high altitude, a few years ago we were flying back at night from a trip to Croatia and could see Paris from the airliner. The Eiffel Tower was illuminated and looked lik...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - October 11, 2021 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Music Source Type: blogs
A song of courtship, love, memories, and a life together
Listen on SoundCloud or BandCamp
A lot of the lyrics to my songs come out ad lib when I have a go at recording a first-pass demo of a new tune. I usually then edit them into shape as the song evolves. But, sometimes they have a bit more of a story, and although the basics just emerge as I’m putting it together, they do get more craft occasionally. My latest conflates a couple of encounters Mrs Sciencebase and I have had with Paris over the years. The most recent encounter was from a high altitude, a few years ago we were flying back at night from a trip to Croatia and could see Paris from the airliner. The Eiffel Tow...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - October 11, 2021 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Music Source Type: blogs
The people we can be – a song
Listen on SoundCloud or BandCamp
A lot of the lyrics to my songs come out ad lib when I have a go at recording a first-pass demo of a new tune. I usually then edit them into shape as the song evolves. But, sometimes they have a bit more of a story, and although the basics just emerge as I’m putting it together, they do get more craft occasionally. My latest conflates a couple of encounters Mrs Sciencebase and I have had with Paris over the years. The most recent encounter was from a high altitude, a few years ago we were flying back at night from a trip to Croatia and could see Paris from the airliner. The Eiffel Tow...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - October 11, 2021 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Music Source Type: blogs
One Day I ’ll Fly Away, COVID Permitting
With Fall in full swing, many of us are asking “when will I begin to live my life again?” Life involves traveling, yet 2020 was the worst year in tourism history, with 1 billion fewer international arrivals than 2019. And now, after an optimistic summer, travel bookings for Labor Day were down 15% from 2019, indicating that the Delta variant dissuades people from traveling. Still, getting away is a human need, and an economic need. In a recent press release, the U.S. Travel Association urges everyone to vaccinate, for their own protection, and “to help put us on the p...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - October 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Talya Miron-Shatz Tags: confidence creativity featured health and fitness philosophy covid experience happiness travel Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: A note on sources
1 Samuel 7 is just another version of the Groundhog Day story that constitutes most of the previous Book of Judges. A leader emerges who rallies the people to return to exclusive veneration of Yahweh, and he rewards them with victory in battle. As I need say no more about that, let me say something about the document we are reading.I have from time to time mentioned the Septuagint and the Masoretic text. The Septuagint is a translation of the Hebrew Bible into Koine Greek, that is the Lingua Franca of the Mediterranean world from the 4th Century BC and many centuries thereafter. The Masoretic text is the authoritative Hebr...
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 26, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, September 20th 2021
In conclusion, inhibiting the lysosomal oxidation of LDL in atherosclerotic lesions by antioxidants targeted at lysosomes causes the regression of atherosclerosis and improves liver and muscle characteristics in mice and might be a promising novel therapy for atherosclerosis in patients.
NANOG Expression versus Cellular Senescence
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2021/09/nanog-expression-versus-cellular-senescence/
Are there many strategies that can reverse cellular senescence? There are certainly strategies that can lower levels of cellular senescence over time, both in cell cultures and in living a...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 19, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Restoration of Autophagy as a Goal in the Treatment of Aging
The processes of autophagy act to remove damaged molecular machinery and structures in the cell. Autophagy becomes dysfunctional with age, however. This is likely downstream of underlying causes of aging that cause changes in gene expression that degrade the function of autophagic processes in one way or another. For example mitophagy, the clearance of damaged mitochondria by autophagy, is indirectly negatively impacted by changes in mitochondrial dynamics resulting from altered gene expression. Equally, age-related changes in gene expression produce defects in the formation of autophagosomes, and this affects all aspects ...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 16, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Eight Reasons For Ending Joe Biden ’s Travel Bans
Ryan Bourne and Brad SubramaniamBack in July, Ioutlined why Joe Biden ’s crude COVID-19 travel bans on non-Americans coming from Europe, India, and a few other countries no longer made any sense from a public health perspective.Talk in Washington at the time was of lifting these restrictions by September. Well, here we are, mid-way through that month and the restrictions are going strong. Officials and diplomats now seem to think October or even Thanksgiving are the earliest potential dates for their removal. Some ponder whether the political incentives might point towards inactionuntil the mid-terms...which would mean b...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 16, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Ryan Bourne, Brad Subramaniam Source Type: blogs
More Laughing, More Thinking
By KIM BELLARD
There was a lot going on this week, as there always is, including the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and the beginning of the NFL season, so you may have missed a big event: the announcement of the 31st First Annual Ig Nobel Awards (no, those are not typos).
What’s that you say — you don’t know the Ig Nobel Awards? These annual awards, organized by the magazine Annals of Improbable Research, seek to:
…honor achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people’s interest in scie...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Medical Practice Research health research Ignobel Kim Bellard Source Type: blogs