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We have Swallows nesting under our elevated decking. Apparently the same family return to their nests every year - after migrating from Africa. Quite mind-blowing to think these little birds travel up literally from the other side of the earth to the same nest every year.
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@victor-meldrew did you mean to say Africa? Or not mean to say literally? I confuse 😔
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@victor-meldrew did you mean to say Africa? Or not mean to say literally? I confuse 😔
Yep. They migrate from the UK to Sth Africa every Sept/Oct and return every April/May - to the same nesting site. Some make the journey up to 16 times.
Amazing birds who tolerate us humans but dive-bomb our cats.
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Notable born on this day from Twitter:
Maurice Ralph Hilleman (August 30, 1919 – April 11, 2005) was a leading American microbiologist who specialized in vaccinology and developed over 40 vaccines, an unparalleled record of productivity. According to one estimate, his vaccines save nearly 8 million lives each year. Many have described him as one of the most influential vaccinologists of all time.
Of the 14 vaccines routinely recommended in current American vaccine schedules, Hilleman and his team developed eight: those for measles, mumps, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, chickenpox, Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae bacteria. During the "1957-1958 Asian flu pandemic", his vaccine is believed to have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. He also played a role in the discovery of antigenic shift and drift, the cold-producing adenoviruses, the hepatitis viruses, and the potentially cancer-causing virus SV40.
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@donsteppa said in Science!:
Notable born on this day from Twitter:
Maurice Ralph Hilleman (August 30, 1919 – April 11, 2005) was a leading American microbiologist who specialized in vaccinology and developed over 40 vaccines, an unparalleled record of productivity. According to one estimate, his vaccines save nearly 8 million lives each year. Many have described him as one of the most influential vaccinologists of all time.
Of the 14 vaccines routinely recommended in current American vaccine schedules, Hilleman and his team developed eight: those for measles, mumps, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, chickenpox, Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae bacteria. During the "1957-1958 Asian flu pandemic", his vaccine is believed to have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. He also played a role in the discovery of antigenic shift and drift, the cold-producing adenoviruses, the hepatitis viruses, and the potentially cancer-causing virus SV40.
Not a bad achievement but I’m sure there’s someone out there who spent the evening googling some stuff who knows better than he did.
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@donsteppa said in Science!:
Notable born on this day from Twitter:
Maurice Ralph Hilleman (August 30, 1919 – April 11, 2005) was a leading American microbiologist who specialized in vaccinology and developed over 40 vaccines, an unparalleled record of productivity. According to one estimate, his vaccines save nearly 8 million lives each year. Many have described him as one of the most influential vaccinologists of all time.
Of the 14 vaccines routinely recommended in current American vaccine schedules, Hilleman and his team developed eight: those for measles, mumps, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, chickenpox, Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae bacteria. During the "1957-1958 Asian flu pandemic", his vaccine is believed to have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. He also played a role in the discovery of antigenic shift and drift, the cold-producing adenoviruses, the hepatitis viruses, and the potentially cancer-causing virus SV40.
Just think of all the anti-vaxxers his efforts have created.
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@Tim You know any more about this as a cancer cure? Your field I think re proteins, etc:
*Scientists have shown that message RNAs can completely shrink tumours in mice, and now they’re testing it in humans!
mRNAs are now widely discussed for their use in Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Simply put, mRNAs are molecules that instruct cells to make proteins, and in this case they can produce tumour-fighting proteins (cytokines).*
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Scientific basis for the story of Sodom & Gomorrah
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@machpants said in Science!:
Scientific basis for the story of Sodom & Gomorrah
Interesting ongoing analysis of the claims in this (and linked) twitter thread:
Maurice Hilleman - Wikipedia
