So does that mean it's over&;#63; No. The post This Was Not Iran’s Actual Attack appeared first on Frontpage Mag.

The connection between a human and their pet is so incredibly special. In a TikTok‚ a young woman shares the heartbreakingly beautiful story of her nana and the cat who never left her side. “They were besties‚” as the woman describes them. No matter where Nana went‚ her sweet cat‚ who she named Baby‚ was sure to be there as well. Then‚ Nana became ill. She stopped eating and‚ soon after‚ so did Baby. Although it seems that Nana was no longer able to go out‚ Baby didn’t mind staying by her side still. In fact‚ she was with her to the very end. Once Nana passed away‚ it seems that Baby knew that it was okay for her to go‚ too. So‚ the next day‚ this sweet cat passed away. @mrsmccamy252 TW: The world doesnt prepare you for losses like these. We all took a big one nan. I miss u so damn much you might not be here but your heart and your soul will always live through my voice . I will never stop talking about you. #griefjourney #restinpeace #angel #petloss ♬ interlinked – jacob¡ “The world doesn’t prepare you for losses like these‚” the captions reads. “… You might not be here but your heart and your soul will always live through my voice. I will never stop talking about you.” Nana’s Bond With Her Cat is Heartbreakingly Beautiful Although these losses are incredibly heartbreaking‚ Nana’s family can find comfort in knowing just how much these two meant to one another. Plus‚ they were there for each other till the end. Now‚ there ashes will be side by side as well. “In Mexican culture they’ve always said that the pets we loved and care for walk us across‚” someone shares in the comments‚ “and I’m sure Baby didn’t want Nana to cross alone.” “They loved each other so much‚” another adds. “May they rest in peace together forever.” You can find the source of this story’s featured image here&;#33; The post “When My Nana Was Ready‚ So Was Baby‚” Cat Passes Away A Day After Her Owner appeared first on InspireMore.

41 years ago today‚ EMI released David Bowie’s 15th studio album Let’s Dance. The album became Bowie’s greatest commercial success‚ with 11 million albums sold and topping the charts in 9 countries. For many Bowie fans‚ his persona‚ lyrical content‚ and performance in Let’s Dance remain the most iconic of his long career‚ not least because of the substantial […] The post Good News in History‚ April 14 appeared first on Good News Network.

This article first appeared in Issue 18 of our digital magazine CURIOUS. In 2011‚ a UK survey asked the public a simple question: would you like to live forever&;#63; More than five out of every six people said no.Turn it around‚ though‚ and the opposite is equally off-putting: do you want to die&;#63; Perhaps that’s why we’re seeing more resources than ever before invested in life-prolonging science – from billionaires’ “blood boys” to the diets and lifestyles of the so-called “blue zones”. And it seems to be working&;#33; As a species‚ humans are living longer than ever before‚ with life expectancy in rich nations such as the UK having more or less doubled over the past 150 years‚ and the number of individuals reaching their 100th birthday shooting up from about 95‚000 in 1990 to a projected 25 million in 2100.But how far can this go&;#63; Are we destined to always peter out at around the century mark‚ or can we increase the maximum human lifespan to‚ say‚ 150&;#63; How about 200&;#63;What if there’s no limit at all&;#63;Touch of greyCreaky knees; an aching back; an increasingly hazy memory of where you left your keys – we tend to think of these as classic signs of aging. But that’s not quite right. According to the simplest scientific definition‚ such as it exists‚ those bodily foibles aren’t the result of aging – they literally are what aging is.“Age and aging are not the same thing‚” explains the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing. “Age is just a number and is often subjective. Aging‚ on the other hand‚ is an observable process that can be described and defined scientifically. In aging research‚ aging is defined as a progressive loss of physiological integrity leading to functional impairment and an increased likelihood of death.”Why we age‚ therefore‚ is a question of what causes this degeneration – and it’s here that the simple answer suddenly becomes incredibly complex. Aging‚ as far as we know‚ is the result of quite a few different‚ yet interconnected‚ factors: some nature‚ some nurture; some controllable‚ and others the product of random chance – plus some we don’t even know about yet.Take food‚ for example. Intuitively‚ you might think that ready access to food would increase your lifespan – it’s hard to live to 100 if you starve to death aged nine‚ after all. But the reality is weirder than that: “It’s widely known that calorie-restricted diets can prolong lifespan‚” wrote Charalampos Rallis‚ a Lecturer in Cellular Ageing at the University of Essex. “Short-term studies suggest that it also improves health in humans.”Similarly‚ a life lived in comfort may be shorter than one with a little strife. It’s not as nonsensical as it may sound: “When food is plentiful and stress levels low‚ these genes make hay while the Sun shines by supporting growth and reproduction‚” explained Alison Woollard‚ Associate Professor in the University of Oxford’s Department of Biochemistry. “But under difficult conditions‚ they take a ‘things can only get better’ attitude – their activities change‚ sparking a whole physiological shift towards cell protection and maintenance.”You see‚ while growth and reproduction may sound like a positive thing‚ what it mainly is – especially once you’ve finished maturing – is a waste of resources. Translation‚ the process by which cells build new proteins and divide‚ is energy-consuming and limited: after a while‚ a cell will become senescent‚ or unable to divide any further.How quickly this limit is reached certainly seems to be linked to one’s longevity. “The cells of a Galapagos turtle divide approximately 110 times before senescing‚” notes biomedical researcher Avi Roy‚ “whereas mice cells become senescent within 15 divisions.”Stand and deliver: Your money or your lifeThey say only two things in life are certain: death and taxes. If you’re rich‚ however‚ you can get around both – at least‚ that’s what the world’s most moneyed have always hoped. In the past‚ the quest for eternal youth would have your Cleopatras and your Caesars reaching for bathtubs full of donkey milk and using face masks of crocodile dung. Today – well‚ things aren’t much better.Case in point: the US tech billionaire Bryan Johnson. He spends‚ on average‚ $2 million per year on purported anti-aging technologies‚ claiming that his body now “accumulates aging damage… less than the average 1-year-old.” Which‚ if true‚ must be comforting‚ since his regimen has included weekly acid peels‚ starving himself for 23 hours per day‚ and using his own son as a portable blood bank – Elizabeth Bathory‚ eat your heart out.But “there are no proven clinical benefits” of plasma or blood infusions on age-related diseases‚ writes Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan‚ Lecturer in Human Movement Studies (Health and PE) and Creative Arts‚ Charles Sturt University.“Many of Johnson’s age-reversal methods are questionable‚ involve dodgy science‚ and have known side effects‚” she said.So‚ what can we do to eke out a few extra years on Earth&;#63; The answer is simple and‚ we hate to say‚ disappointing: “For the general population‚ watching your weight‚ not smoking‚ drinking moderately and eating at least five servings of fruit and vegetables a day can increase life expectancy by up to 14 years compared with someone who does none of these things‚” writes Richard Faragher‚ University of Brighton Professor of Biogerontology‚ in an article with Nir Barzilai‚ Professor of Medicine and Genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.It may not be fun‚ but it is effective. “[The] difference exceeds that seen between the least and most deprived areas in the UK‚” the pair point out. In the end‚ though‚ super-longevity may come down to sheer dumb luck. “One study found that up to 60 percent of Ashkenazi Jewish centenarians have smoked heavily most of their lives‚” Faragher and Barzilai note. “Half have been obese for the same period of time‚ less than half do even moderate exercise and under three percent are vegetarians.”Who wants to live foreverSo‚ there you have it: eat right‚ don’t smoke‚ and try not to let your cells get carried away on the protein building. But if it’s such a simple formula‚ can we say what the upper limit is on the outcome&;#63; Well‚ it’s a tricky question to answer – amply proven by the fact that so many proposed “maximum human lifespans” have been blasted through in recent decades.“In 1921 it was ‘demonstrated’ that ages above 105 were ‘impossible’‚” writes Faragher. “Estimating the limits to longevity has since been criticized because every ‘maximum limit’ to lifespan so far proposed has been surpassed.” Yet‚ despite all this successful aging‚ plus an ever-increasing population to boot‚ there’s one data point that’s remained constant for more than a quarter-century now: the age of the oldest human ever‚ Jeanne Calment‚ who died in 1997 at the frankly extraordinary 122 years and 164 days. That figure is notably close to one commonly proposed limit on the human lifespan: about 120 years. And Madame Calment’s unbroken record isn’t the only reason for this figure’s popularity. “[If we] look at how our organs decline with age‚ and run that rate of decline against the age at which they stop working‚” Faragher explains‚ “most calculations indicat[e] organs will only function until the average person is around 120 years old.”Mathematical models have predicted a similar cut-off point. One 2016 study‚ for example‚ used demographic data to conclude that humans have a fixed maximum lifespan of about 125 years – and that the chances of any person reaching that age is less than one in 10‚000. Other studies have produced extremely similar figures: 115‚ 124‚ 126‚ 130‚ and so on.But some scientists are not so pessimistic. Breakthroughs in our understanding of the aging process have led to a hypothesized maximum lifespan of up to 150 years; for others‚ the sky’s the limit.“We’re seeing death rates‚ among extreme ages‚ go down a little bit‚” Ken Wachter‚ a professor of demography and statistics at the University of California‚ Berkeley‚ and lead researcher on a 2018 aging paper‚ told PBS at the time. “That means we’re not coming up against a limit to lifespan.” Don’t fear the reaperOK‚ so living off one hour of eating kale per day and milking your offspring for young blood doesn’t sound fun‚ but presumably it would be worth it – this is immortality we’re talking about‚ after all.Unfortunately‚ the smart money’s probably on a limited lifespan. “I’m a little surprised that anyone today would question whether or not there is a limit‚” S. Jay Olshansky‚ an expert on longevity and a professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago‚ told the New York Times Magazine. “It doesn’t really matter whether there is a plateau of mortality or not in extreme old age‚” he argued. “There are so few people that make it up there‚ and the risk of death at that point is so high‚ that most people aren’t going to live much beyond the limits we see today.”Sure‚ there are plenty of proposed “cures” to aging and death: research has shown‚ for instance‚ that removing senescent cells from mice can improve their health and lifespan; improvements in machine learning have made artificial intelligence (AI)-discovered anti-aging drugs a realistic possibility; clinical trials abound in an attempt to target hallmarks of aging such as stem cell supply and cell communication. But for Olshansky‚ attempting to live forever is akin to trying to run a two-minute mile: “The human body is incapable of moving that fast based on anatomical limitations‚” he said. “The same thing applies to human longevity.”And perhaps‚ in the end‚ that’s not such a bad thing. Society moves on – and so‚ to our detriment‚ do our bodies. Our lifespans may be longer than ever before‚ but those extra final years are invariably still spent lonely‚ frail‚ and increasingly tired of life.“Do we really want to live longer and longer&;#63;” asked Joris Deelen‚ a molecular epidemiologist at the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging‚ in an interview with the journal Erstrebenswert.“As a scientist‚ I don't aim for people to live to be 130 or 140 years old‚” he said. “What is much more important is that they stay healthy for longer and we can delay the onset of age-related diseases or‚ ideally‚ prevent them altogether.”CURIOUS magazine is a digital magazine from IFLScience featuring interviews‚ experts‚ deep dives‚ fun facts‚ news‚ book excerpts‚ and much more. Issue 21 is out now.

J Balvin‚ the Colombian music sensation‚ has turned from chart-topping rhythms to sky-gazing mysteries with his latest Instagram post. The artist‚ renowned for his vibrant reggaeton beats‚ has now become the center of a cosmic debate after capturing footage of a peculiar triangle-shaped UFO. The video‚ which has now gone viral‚ shows an enigmatic object hovering motionless over the city’s skyline. For a few seconds‚ the world stood still for Balvin and his 50 million followers as they pondered the nature of this aerial anomaly. View this post on Instagram A post shared by J Balvin (@jbalvin) “It was not a plane nor anything I have seen before‚” Balvin remarked‚ adding a layer of intrigue to the already baffling footage. As the camera briefly diverts its gaze‚ turning to a companion of Balvin who also witnessed the event‚ the object makes a swift exit‚ leaving more questions than answers in its wake. The internet has been ablaze with theories and speculations. Was it a visitor from another world‚ a secret aircraft‚ or perhaps a cleverly orchestrated publicity stunt&;#63; Skeptics lean towards a terrestrial explanation‚ suggesting the possibility of a drone‚ while others entertain the thought of extraterrestrial origins. The truth remains shrouded in mystery‚ much like the object itself. Balvin’s astronomical following means that his celestial encounter reached corners of the globe faster than the UFO in question. Latin American media outlets were quick to relay the story‚ each adding their own spin to the unfolding narrative. Some suggest that this may all be part of an elaborate ruse‚ a prelude to a future artistic project by Balvin. The post Famous musician captured a triangular-shaped UFO in New York appeared first on Anomalien.com.

Celina‚ Ohio – In a remarkable fusion of art and community spirit‚ the Mercer County Fairgrounds has become the proud location of a colossal Bigfoot sculpture‚ capturing the imagination of visitors and locals alike. The impressive 30-foot-tall structure stands as a testament to the skillful craftsmanship of Bear Hollow‚ the Indiana-based wood carving company commissioned for this ambitious project. The idea for the sculpture was conceived as a way to add a unique touch to the four-day-long festival at the fairgrounds‚ which featured a variety of events leading up to the much-anticipated solar eclipse on Monday. The festival‚ which drew crowds from all over the state‚ provided a perfect backdrop for the unveiling of the Bigfoot statue. The choice of Bigfoot as the subject for the sculpture is a nod to the rich folklore surrounding the creature in North American culture. Often associated with the wilderness and mystery‚ the figure of Bigfoot holds a special place in the collective imagination‚ making it an ideal icon for the fairgrounds’ celebration of natural wonders coinciding with the eclipse. As the sculpture now stands overseeing the fairgrounds‚ it has quickly become a popular attraction‚ drawing visitors for photo opportunities and sparking conversations about the legend of Bigfoot. The fairgrounds’ officials express hope that the sculpture will not only serve as a memorable landmark but also inspire a sense of wonder and exploration among those who see it. For those who have yet to see the sculpture‚ the Mercer County Fairgrounds invites guests to come and experience the majesty of Bigfoot in person. The post Mercer County Fairgrounds Unveils Monumental Bigfoot Sculpture appeared first on Anomalien.com.

A study finds that polycystic echinococcosis‚ a neglected disease with a high mortality rate‚ is sensitive to climate‚ making it possible to predict potential infection...

Are snorers immune to the sounds of their own snores&;#63;

“And they departed thence‚ and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. For he taught his disciples‚ and said unto them‚ The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men‚ and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed‚ he shall rise the third day. But they understood not that saying‚ and were afraid to ask him. And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them‚ What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way&;#63; But they held their peace: for by the way … The post The Editors’ Quote of the Day: appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: The Clowns in D.C. Claim That The Federal Budget is “Sustainable” With One Trillion Dollars in New Debt Added Every 100 Days. And $870 Billion Just in Interest Payments in 2024 News Links: The U.S. national debt is rising by $1 trillion about every 100 days. Interest Costs on The National Debt. For comparison‚ the planned combined U.S. Military budget for 2024 is $842 billion — which is less than the debt interest payments in 2024. — Notes From JWR: Do you have a meme idea&;#63; Just e-mail me the concept‚ and … The post JWR’s Meme Of The Week: appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.