University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered how cells that let us hear can repair themselves after being damaged, an insight that could benefit efforts to treat and prevent hearing loss.
In a response to a post from the AntiDRM Twitter account, Ubisoft Support has clarified that users who don’t sign in to their account can potentially lose access to Ubisoft games they’ve purchased. The initial post from AntiDRM featured a snippet of an e-mail sent to a user from Ubisoft notifying them that their account had...
A new drug developed by QIMR Berghofer could transform the treatment of COVID-19 by potentially protecting against infection by any SARS-CoV-2 variant and reversing the persistent inflammation that is a major driver of debilitating long COVID.
Filing your taxes could be free starting this year. The IRS is running a direct-file pilot program. The goal is to make companies like TurboTax obsolete through a system where your taxes are filled out for you. But tax prep companies are spending millions to block them....
Today was #Ottawa's 111th smoky hour this year which puts 2023 in 1st place for the most in any year since records began. #OttWeather #YowWx #ONWx #YOW
Shopify CEO promises to fight the request, calling the action ‘low-key overreach.’ Expert says data includes ‘everything the CRA needs to audit these businesses.’
Scent dogs may represent a cheaper, faster and more effective way to detect COVID-19, and could be a key tool in future pandemics, a new review of recent research suggests. The review, published in the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, found that scent dogs are as effective, or even more effective, than conventional COVID-19...
What the heck are you even talking about right now?
You don't think you could hit your macros with lentils? High protein, high fiber, calories for days. Throw in something like coconut oil and you're gold. I only discovered lentils in the last few years since, yeah they don't sound appetizing and are considered "poor people" food. Turns out they are great for you, delicious, cheap, and full of protein. I'm just mad it took me so long to find out about them.
Look - you love meat. It's easy. We get it. But lets not pretend you couldn't get the equivalent nutrition from other sources.
Cursive is making a comeback. Relegated in 2006 to an optional piece of learning in Ontario elementary schools, cursive writing is set to return as a mandatory part of the curriculum starting in September.
While advocates of the active use program are in support of the driveway's closure, some residents are leaning more towards Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's stance.
Major depression has previously been associated with abnormalities in REM sleep. Excess REM sleep would diminish noradrenaline, resulting in decreased binding to the ɑ-2 receptor in the medial frontal lobes comprised of the ACC and the medial prefrontal cortex. The absence of REM sleep with TSD may give some participants a...
In an attempt to deal with an affordable housing crisis, the Dutch housing minister recently proposed a law that would have allowed municipalities to force some property owners to sell their homes only to low and middle-income earners. The problem the policy is trying to fix is one that's particularly acute in Canada.
Sorry, should have been more clear. I meant at the federal level. I get that they are somewhat limited in their abilities, but again, everything they have done thus far has _only _made it worse.
Scientists discover repair process that fixes damaged hearing cells (medicalxpress.com)
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered how cells that let us hear can repair themselves after being damaged, an insight that could benefit efforts to treat and prevent hearing loss.
Ubisoft Can Delete Inactive Accounts, Making Users Lose Access to Their Games (gamerant.com)
In a response to a post from the AntiDRM Twitter account, Ubisoft Support has clarified that users who don’t sign in to their account can potentially lose access to Ubisoft games they’ve purchased. The initial post from AntiDRM featured a snippet of an e-mail sent to a user from Ubisoft notifying them that their account had...
Novel drug could treat long COVID and prevent re-infection (medicalxpress.com)
A new drug developed by QIMR Berghofer could transform the treatment of COVID-19 by potentially protecting against infection by any SARS-CoV-2 variant and reversing the persistent inflammation that is a major driver of debilitating long COVID.
[Analysis] This Is How We Finally Kill Turbotax (www.youtube.com)
Filing your taxes could be free starting this year. The IRS is running a direct-file pilot program. The goal is to make companies like TurboTax obsolete through a system where your taxes are filled out for you. But tax prep companies are spending millions to block them....
Millennials in retirement (i.postimg.cc)
Fertilizing the oceans with iron could help remove a gigaton of carbon dioxide per year (interestingengineering.com)
Phytoplankton absorbs carbon dioxide for photosynthesis, and there's a relatively easy way to boost the world's populations.
News: McConnell says he's 'fine' after freezing during news conference | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters that he’s “fine,” after freezing during a news conference on Wednesday.
Ottawa Weather Records (@YOW_Weather@ottawa.place) (ottawa.place)
Today was #Ottawa's 111th smoky hour this year which puts 2023 in 1st place for the most in any year since records began. #OttWeather #YowWx #ONWx #YOW
CRA asks Shopify to hand over records for more than 120,000 Canadian businesses to check for tax evasion (www.thestar.com)
Shopify CEO promises to fight the request, calling the action ‘low-key overreach.’ Expert says data includes ‘everything the CRA needs to audit these businesses.’
How Apple became the king of sci-fi (news.yahoo.com)
Apple TV+ has eclipsed other streamers' science fiction offerings
Scent dogs can detect COVID-19 more rapidly and accurately than current tests, finds review study (medicalxpress.com)
Scent dogs may represent a cheaper, faster and more effective way to detect COVID-19, and could be a key tool in future pandemics, a new review of recent research suggests. The review, published in the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, found that scent dogs are as effective, or even more effective, than conventional COVID-19...
Meat allergy from tick bites is on the rise—and US doctors are in the dark (arstechnica.com)
The allergy, called alpha-gal syndrome, came to light a little over a decade ago.
Cursive writing to be reintroduced in Ontario schools this fall (toronto.ctvnews.ca)
Cursive is making a comeback. Relegated in 2006 to an optional piece of learning in Ontario elementary schools, cursive writing is set to return as a mandatory part of the curriculum starting in September.
Glebe residents weigh in on the Queen Elizabeth Driveway closure | All in a Day with Alan Neal | Live Radio | CBC Listen (www.cbc.ca)
While advocates of the active use program are in support of the driveway's closure, some residents are leaning more towards Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's stance.
Planting trees in cities will be an essential, life-saving adaptation to climate change in the coming decades (phys.org)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/875222...
One night of total sleep deprivation shown to have antidepressant effect for some people (medicalxpress.com)
Major depression has previously been associated with abnormalities in REM sleep. Excess REM sleep would diminish noradrenaline, resulting in decreased binding to the ɑ-2 receptor in the medial frontal lobes comprised of the ACC and the medial prefrontal cortex. The absence of REM sleep with TSD may give some participants a...
To solve Dutch housing crisis, proposal aimed to ban the rich from buying some homes. Could it work here? (www.cbc.ca)
In an attempt to deal with an affordable housing crisis, the Dutch housing minister recently proposed a law that would have allowed municipalities to force some property owners to sell their homes only to low and middle-income earners. The problem the policy is trying to fix is one that's particularly acute in Canada.
Looks like someone dug under the fence by the porta potties to sneak into Escapade (imgur.com)
Guy deserved to see the show after pulling off the reverse Andy Dufresne IMO.
The Apollo moon landing was real, but NASA's quarantine procedure was not (www.space.com)
NASA officials overestimated their ability to contain alien microbes after the first moon landing, a new analysis suggests.
Ontario hospital nurses awarded average raises of 11% over 2 years, union says (toronto.ctvnews.ca)
Ontario hospital nurses will be getting raises of what their union says amounts to an average of 11 per cent over two years.
Don’t masturbate guyz, or else (i.imgur.com)