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Georgia Ray

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  • Help work against “ocean blindness” where the cold, dark waters full of plankton are devalued because it is more difficult to see the life living there. (Warm, clear waters are often perceived to be “better” because you can see far more easily see below the surface. But, if you can see through the water, there is far, far less plankton – the fuel of the marine food web.)
    Survivors | The Marine Detective
  • Beads are arranged in three ways: a large bead surrounded by smaller beads, a line of beads, and one isolated bead. Each configuration lends itself to the transmission of certain kinds of information. Board surfaces also have holes and lines cut into them.
    Lukasa - Wikipedia
  • Advance preparation is an absolute requirement. Just before death, the patient must be injected with heparin. They must then die a quick and controlled respiratory death, after which the expert team has 12 minutes to preserve the body.
    Brain Freeze—Asterisk
  • The Egg War was an 1863 conflict between rival egging companies on the Farallon Islands, 25 miles off San Francisco.
    Egg War - Wikipedia
  • Letterboxing is an intriguing “treasure hunt” style outdoor activity. Letterboxers hide small, weatherproof boxes in publicly-accessible places (like parks) and post clues to finding the box online on one of several Web sites. However, clues to finding some of the most highly-sought boxes are passed around by word of mouth.
    Letterboxing North America | LbNA
  • Sauna + cold plunges are an effective way to force the clench-release cycle and release latches; likewise, simply taking time to feel your body and put your attention into latched tissues can release them. Psychedelics can force open latches.
    Meditation as Wakeful Relaxation: Unclenching Smooth Muscle (26/30)
  • The virus leads to a mild upper respiratory tract infection for most people. It is usually almost indistinguishable from flu.
    HMPV: What to know about China's human metapneumovirus cases - BBC News
  • First identified in the Netherlands in 2001, HMPV spreads through direct contact between people, or when someone touches a contaminated surface.
    HMPV: What to know about China's human metapneumovirus cases - BBC News
  • suggest that the complement system of S. occidentalis typically destroys B. burgdorferi sensu lato spirochetes present in tissues of attached and feeding I. pacificus nymphs, thereby potentially reducing the probability of transmission of these bacteria to humans or other animals by the resultant adult ticks.
    REFRACTORINESS OF THE WESTERN FENCE LIZARD (SCELOPORUS OCCIDENTALIS) TO THE LYME DISEASE GROUP SPIROCHETE BORRELIA BISSETTII