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Although it ’s mostly harmless , some strains of the bacteriumE. colican make fairly dangerous health problems , like infections orfood poisoning . A squad of Nipponese bioengineers has now genetically engineered this common gut microbe in orderliness for it to take on a very different theatrical role : producing painkiller precursors chemically related to morphine , as report in a new study inNature Communications . Morphine is an opiate , sourced fromraw opiumfrom the seed of the opium poppy ....

Doctor Who fans who do n’t live inthe UK or Irelandhave had to be exceptionally organized when keeping track ofwhere to check the long - take to the woods sci - fi series . But the BBC Studios show’sclassic era(up to and including the Seventh Doctor ) finally has a free resourcefulness : Tubi , which just append over 600 episodes dating back to 1963 . That means if you hold out in the U....

We have a pair of puzzles today featuring words with unusual syllabic property . Did you miss last week ’s puzzle ? Check it outhere , and find its solution at the bottom of today ’s article . Be thrifty not to read too far before if you have n’t solved last week ’s yet ! Puzzle #5: Strange Syllables find oneself a one - syllable word that becomes a three - syllable Son when one letter is added to the final stage of it ....

The medicine video forGhost , the in vogue track from anAustralian indie phratry banding named Husky , look like it was land to life by hundreds of fourth-year citizens interbreed - sew around the clock for month on end . But directorJonathan Chongtook a much simpler approach that did n’t demand a single acerate leaf . By having animatorClem Stamationfake the bad-tempered - stitch effect using clever calculator animation and compositing , Chong deliver the wrists of all those seniors and disengage up their time for more serious interest , like reveal concentrated candies ....

By Ivonna Dumanyan and Gabrielle Levac , as distinguish to Samuel Anderson establish by two college jock , BioMetrix is create wearable technology that find a body ’s light smudge , then coaches the drug user on how to stay in the biz . We asked its co - founder , 21 - year - old Ukrainian Ivonna Dumanyan ( opposite , left ) and 24 - year - sometime Wisconsin - born Gabrielle Levac ( opposite , good ) , how they ’re harnessing a Band - Aid - sized equipment to defy the notion of “ no pain , no gain ....

While it ’s always an exciting day in the IFLScience squad when we hit across the latest baby brute taking the internet by storm , it seemed as though nothing could match our fixation withMoo Deng – then came along Pesto , the most delightfully chonky baby penguin we ’ve ever seen . If you ’re not already familiar , Pesto is aking penguinchick resident at SEA LIFE Melbourne in Australia ....

When you buy through link on our site , we may earn an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it works . A fresh discovered mintage of lichen — a plant - like growth that count like moss or a ironic leaf — has been named after President Obama . Kerry Knudsen , lichen conservator of the University of California , Riverside Herbarium , discovered the specie in 2007 while doing a survey for lichen diversity on Santa Rosa Island in California ....

Wikimedia Commons The killer in some classical slasher movies are notoriously obtuse . Jason Voorhees , Michael Myers , and Leatherface all shamble along at a stride that seduce little old Lady face like Usain Bolt . It ’s got to be frustrating for someone with slaying on their creative thinker to get outrun by their dupe . But veridical - existence slow - and - scaries , the predatory cone snail of the genusConus , have evolved a direful way to make up for their speed deficit : deadly , harpoon - same teeth that can stab prey and drag them to the snail ....

When you buy through links on our site , we may take in an affiliate committee . Here ’s how it works . The struggle of Thermopylae was literal , but how real is the movie " 300 " ? Ephraim Lytle , supporter prof of Hellenic history at the University of Toronto , has seen it and put up his eyeshot . This clause first appeared in theToronto Starand is republished here with permission ....

It tookAllison Youngall of five minute to right serve the ten query in our $ 50 Challenge . Congratulations ! She ’s won a shopping spree in themental_flossstore . And this calendar month ’s random t - shirt winners are Ryan Pelster and Meri Beck , who also had all the right answers . I ’ll be in touch about your dirty money . 1.Who are the five leaders profile for the " 5 Gutsiest World Leaders" cut through story?...

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When you buy through linkup on our site , we may realize an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it works . British theoretic physicist Paul Dirac was one of the most significant figures in the early days of quantum cathartic , who along with Erwin Schrödinger gain theNobel Prize for physicsin 1933 . But it was in 1927 that this quiet , but bright mind coif to work out looking for " pretty mathematics , " and in doing so formulated what would become one of his dandy achievements — the Dirac equivalence ....

When handle withweeks of social distancing , sometimes you have to feel happiness right-hand where you are . For many of us right now , it ’s playingAnimal crossway . But the warm , muzzy feelings of life on aquaint countryisland do n’t have to end when the Nintendo Switch is off ! Here are some film and television show that ’ll definitely rekindle those pastoral vibe — especially after induce to dole out with that Bunny Day mascot ....