What are you reading?

No, if I read the study correctly there is a preventative effect from dietary b-carotene rich food but the plain supplement is a problem.

You were right the first time, Rusty.

Edit--should have posted this to the useless facts thread.

Uncorking Champagne Bottle Produces Supersonic Shock
Waves

https://www.newswise.com/articles/uncorking-champagne-bottle-produces-supersonic-shock-waves?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=92cdbddb5a-briefing-dy-202200607&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-92cdbddb5a-43298189

https://www.thedriftmag.com/sick-to-our-stomachs/

Sick to Our Stomachs​ | Why Does Everyone Have IBS?

"Despite its growing prevalence — IBS is the most frequently diagnosed gastrointestinal disorder — some doctors and digestive specialists question its utility as a medical construct, since the diagnosis does not elucidate anything about patients’ physiology or the causes of their discomfort. It is, however, very profitable: in the United States, the annual medical costs associated with IBS exceed $1 billion. "

“Silken Prey” by John Sanford.

On the moral responsibility to be an informed citizen

https://psyche.co/ideas/on-the-moral-responsibility-to-be-an-informed-citizen

Pest mgmt for plum curculio,, a problem for my plum and peach trees.

Review of the Biology, Ecology, and Management of Plum Curculio (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Timothy P Lampasona, Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Tracy C Leskey, Anne L Nielsen
Journal of Integrated Pest Management, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2020, 22, https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmaa018
Published: 10 November 2020

https://academic.oup.com/jipm/article/11/1/22/5957684?login=false

Scientists Turn Nuclear Waste Into Diamond Batteries Which Last 1,000's of Years

https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/scientists-turn-nuclear-waste-into-diamond-batteries-which-last-1-000-s-of-years

@silvermouse said:
Reading about these little buggers

KILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pesticides work in sod but not in sandy corn fields.
i am not an entomologist but i play one on cigar forums.

@silvermouse said:
Association Between Exposure to Pyrethroid Insecticides and Risk of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in the General US Adult Population

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2757789

I didn't realize that Pyrethroids were that common outside of insecticides.

Pyrethroids are found in a variety of consumer products, including household and garden insecticides, pet sprays and shampoos, lice treatments, and mosquito repellents. Pyrethroids are also used to prevent the consequences associated with the exposure of pregnant women to Zika virus.3 Pyrethroids account for approximately 30% of the insecticide market worldwide. Although more than 1000 pyrethroids have been made, only about a dozen pyrethroid pesticides, such as permethrin, cypermethrin, deltamethrin, and cyfluthrin, are on the market in the United States.4 Pyrethroid use has increased drastically in recent decades, owing to the phase-out of organophosphates from residential use.4

The findings from this prospective cohort indicated that environmental exposure to pyrethroid insecticides was significantly associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality in the US general adult population. The observed association is likely associated with pyrethroid-induced adverse effects on the cardiovascular system.

When I hear of pyrethrin, I always think of the movie Naked Lunch.

cell phones and the brain

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2022/jul/03/is-your-smartphone-ruining-your-memory-the-rise-of-digital-amenesia

"...These Physicists Favor of a New Theory of Gravity"

The grammar in the title seems a bit off, doesn't it?