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V dnešnom kratšom podcaste budeme hovoriť o tom, že vo vzdialenej galaxii z ničoho nič zmizla relatívne veľká a jasná hviezda a o zaujímavej novej metóde liečby Parkinsonovej choroby u myší.

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Mystery over monster star's vanishing actThe possible disappearance of a massive star in the low-metallicity galaxy PHL 293BA Massive Star Has Disappeared From a Distant Galaxy, And No One's Sure Where It WentZáhada zmizelé hmotné hvězdyReversing a model of Parkinson’s disease with in situ converted nigral neurons

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V tomto podcaste budeme hovoriť o medzihviezdnom paralaxe, o úkaze, ktorý zachytili detektory gravitačných vĺn LIGO a Virgo, o tom, či je možné opraviť zrak len cvičeniami a o veľkosti vajec rôznych tvorov.

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NASA’s New Horizons Conducts the First Interstellar Parallax ExperimentLIGO and Virgo detected a collision between a black hole and a mystery objectA Comparative Study on the Effects of Vintage Nonpharmacological Techniques in Reducing Myopia (Bates eye exercise therapy vs. Trataka Yoga Kriya)Deconstructing the 20-20-20 Rule for digital eye strainCrocodileA giant soft-shelled egg from the Late Cretaceous of AntarcticaFIRST ANTARCTIC EGG BELONGED TO AN ANCIENT SEA MONSTER — STUDYElephant bird

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V tomto diely budeme hovoriť o potenciálnom prínose steroidu dexametazon proti Covid-19, o psích očných svaloch a o tom, či fungujú delá proti krúpam.

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Coronavirus breakthrough: dexamethasone is first drug shown to save livesLow-cost dexamethasone reduces death by up to one third in hospitalised patients with severe respiratory complications of COVID-19Dogs’ Eyes Have Changed Since Humans Befriended ThemVolkswagen blasted unproven ‘hail cannons’ at the sky to prevent storms, and farmers are accusing them of causing droughtHail cannonIf cannons cannot fight hail, what else ?

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V tomto podcaste budeme hovoriť o masovom vymieraní, ktoré sa odohralo pred 360 miliónmi rokov, o potkaníkoch, ktoré dostali ľudské pečene a o stiahnutí štúdie, ktorá naznačovala škodlivosť hydroxychlorochínu pri liečbe Covid-19 (hovorili sme o nej v Pseudocaste #454).

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Assembly and Function of a Bioengineered Human Liver for Transplantation Generated Solely from Induced Pluripotent Stem CellsStudy shows erosion of ozone layer responsible for mass extinction eventO krok zpět. Autoři velké studie o hydroxychlorochinu svou práci stáhliAn open letter to Mehra et al and The Lancet

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V tomto podcaste, nedopatrením bez Kubqa, si povieme o úspešne Dragon Crew Demo-2 misie a o tom, či fajčenie pomáha pri Covid-19.

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Crew Dragon Demo-2Doug HurleyBob BehnkenSmoking and COVID

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V tomto podcaste budeme hovoriť o tom, že hydroxychlorochín nevyzerá ako ideálny liek na Covid-19, o 2D materiáloch a budeme trochu diskutovať o interupciách (nie, nebudeme vykladať, ako to má byť "správne").

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WHO pauses trial of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients due to safety concernsNo evidence of benefit for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients, study findsHusband and wife poison themselves trying to self-medicate with chloroquineResearchers build sensor consisting of only 11 atomsNew 5G switch provides 50 times more energy efficiency than currently existsAnalogue switches made from boron nitride monolayers for application in 5G and terahertz communication systemsA new library of atomically thin 2D materialsA Defense of Abortion. Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy.

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V tomto podcaste budeme hovoriť o tom, ako mohla vyzerať lukostreľba v stredoveku, ako čmeliaky "nútia" rastliny zakvitnúť a o progrese vakcíny proti Covid-19.

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THE FACE OF BATTLE? DEBATING ARROW TRAUMA ON MEDIEVAL HUMAN REMAINS FROM PRINCESSHAY, EXETERNature: Bumblebees' 'clever trick' fools plants into floweringBumblebees Bite Plants to Force Them to Flower (Seriously)Coronavirus vaccine trials have delivered their first results — but their promise is still unclearPhases of clinical research

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V tomto podcaste budeme hovoriť o tom, nakoľko sú efektívne masky, ktoré musíme nosiť, o sile racionality a o Louisovi Pasteurovi a začiatkoch vakcinácie.

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Do Masks Work?Inner Workings: 1885, the first rabies vaccination in humansThe Rabies Vaccine BackstoryLOUIS PASTEUR AND QUESTIONS OF FRAUDVariolationRoba Kazíka vážne dohrýzol vlastný bernardín

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V tomto podcaste budeme hovoriť o novej metóde výroby rôznych palív (a napríklad aj alkoholu), o živom betóne vyrobenom za pomoci baktérií a druhýkrát v histórii Pseudocastu si (vďaka osirisovej nepozornosti) predstavíme Ignáca Semmelweisa

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Making commodity chemicals requires fossil fuels. New devices could do it with renewablesElectrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to ethylene and ethanol through hydrogen-assisted C–C coupling over fluorine-modified copperNon-aqueous gas diffusion electrodes for rapid ammonia synthesis from nitrogen and water-splitting-derived hydrogenBiomineralization and Successive Regeneration of Engineered Living Building MaterialsThis ‘living’ concrete slurps up a greenhouse gasIgnaz SemmelweisIgnác Semmelweis, záchranca matiek

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V tomto podcaste budeme hovoriť o prvej možnej obeti meteoritu, ako sa darí hmyzej populácii a o tom, nakoľko vplýva nesprávne sedenie za počítačom na bolesti krku a chrbta.

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We Have The First-Ever Credible Evidence of Someone Killed by a Falling MeteoriteEarliest evidence of a death and injury by a meteoriteNASA Says Man In India Likely Wasn't Killed By A MeteoriteFireball and Bolide DataMeta-analysis reveals declines in terrestrial but increases in freshwater insect abundancesInsects: Largest study to date finds declines on land, but recoveries in freshwaterWorkplace-Based Interventions for Neck Pain in Office Workers: Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisNeck Posture Clusters and Their Association With Biopsychosocial Factors and Neck Pain in Australian AdolescentsAre job strain and sleep disturbances prognostic factors for neck/shoulder/arm pain? A cohort study of a general population of working age in SwedenNon-specific neck pain in schoolchildren: prognosis and risk factors for occurrence and persistence. A 4-year follow-up study.Identifying risk factors for first-episode neck pain: A systematic review.

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