What did you learn today?

[Tom Bomb]

Invalid Link Removed. Silky.
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[PillO]

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Spider dragline silk is stronger and tougher than steel and kevaler. I had some involvement with a company playing around with it in the 90s. making the precursors to the silk is managable. The very difficult part, the problem that the company spent several hundred million dollars working on and couldn't crack was actually spinning the silk. It isn't just a matter of mixing the precursors in right proportions, there were many aspects including quantity and tensions that were critical to the spinning process that couldn't be solved.

Perhaps someone has solved those problems now, but the lack of detail on the spinning process makes me think that is still not understood well enough to manufacture in meaningful quantities.

 

[Tom Bomb]

Sounds likely

10 Jun 2021: The researchers successfully replicated the structures found on spider silk by using soy protein isolate, a protein with a completely different composition. ... In a way, we’ve come up with ‘vegan spider silk’ – we’ve created the same material
By: @cambridge_uni

The results,

are reported in the journal Nature Communications.

My focus,

It was a surprise to find our research could also address a big problem in sustainability: that of plastic pollution.
Tuomas Knowles

 

[MAJOR METAL]

That the presence of an infection can require more anesthetic than usual before surgery.

 

[marchone]

I learned that end of life use of morphine sulfate solution is not to relieve pain but to assist in the patient’s breathing.

 

[the harp unstrung]

Makes perfect sense to me...

beat me to it!!

(by about 2 weeks…)

 

[tubedude]

I learned that end of life use of morphine sulfate solution is not to relieve pain but to assist in the patient’s breathing.

I thought morphine suppressed respiration. And it was given to ease one into the afterlife.

 

[PillO]

I learned that end of life use of morphine sulfate solution is not to relieve pain but to assist in the patient’s breathing.

I thought morphine suppressed respiration. And it was given to ease one into the afterlife.

The pharmacology of opioids is very complex as there are many different opioid receptors with different functions.

Differential roles of opioid receptors in respiration, respiratory disease, and opiate-induced respiratory depression - PubMed (nih.gov)

 

[Tom Bomb]

Today, learning how to "Cultivate [my] Friendscape with Care." Chop chop
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[Gorn]

Today I learned there’s written sign language. I always thought it would just correspond with regular written language but it uses symbols for hand shapes and motions and such, which makes a lot of sense.

 

[Jeff Scott]

TIL about the pleasures of life in Alaska.

 

[PWRL]

Today I learned there’s written sign language. I always thought it would just correspond with regular written language but it uses symbols for hand shapes and motions and such, which makes a lot of sense.

That would be an interesting font to have.

 

[the harp unstrung]

I’ve known forever that I share my birthday with M.C.Escher, and Barry Manilow…that the Watergate burglars did what they did on 6/17/72…but I didn’t know about THIS!

The War On Drugs…

 

[Tom Bomb]

God forbid, we've been learning about big cats, bunyips, min min lights, ghost stories and cryptozoology. It's good to be the Stephen King

Rumours of leopards, pumas and other big cats roaming the Australian bush have been around for more than a century. So where do these stories come from, if there’s no definitive proof that it’s true?

Around the country, there are tall tales involving unexplained lights, monstrous creatures, and ghostly beings. Some claim they are originally Indigenous myths, but it’s much more complicated than that.

Every community has its own legends and folklore. Often – but not always – they spring from a real source of trauma, or are a warning against destructive behaviour.

 

[PillO]

God forbid, we've been learning about big cats, bunyips, min min lights, ghost stories and cryptozoology. It's good to be the Stephen King

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There are thousands of undiscovered species. Leaving out plants and insects, there are still thousands There are an estimated 8000 undiscovered fish.
Undiscovered Species - How Many Left to Find - Current Results

 

[Tom Bomb]

@PillO: We don't have a ghost of a chance, if our Tim's got his head screwed on the right way. Have you met a yeti yet?

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[Tom Bomb]

Learning now about the killer we've invited into the lounge room. If you have an open fire in your living room, that's worse for your health than having a monster truck in there with you, with the motor constantly running. Nano nano!
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[FilterFunk]

TIL about the fishing cat:

 

[FilterFunk]

TIL what a fiddlehead is:

It's just one more thing I'm never gonna eat. They might actually be delicious, but it's still not gonna happen.

 

[FilterFunk]

TI also L that 2021 is Wonder Bread's 100th anniversary.