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Researchers have come up with two new urinal designs to prevent the spillage of "ill-aimed pee."

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Scientists have taught cell to communicate with each other, allowing them to leave instruction to become a tooth cell. This is seen as a major step in the effort to regrow teeth.

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Woman thought she was having menstrual cramps but ends up giving birth. No pregnancy symptoms.

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TIL B.F. Skinner invented an air crib. (media.pluto.psy.uconn.edu)
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Psychologist B. F. Skinner create a "baby in a box" crib that was designed to make the mother's role easier. It would probably have prevented a lot of SIDS death, but because of its association with Skinner, it never caught on.

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French and Belgium towns are giving away free chickens in order to reduce the amount of food that is thrown away. People tend to give their food scraps to their chickens. The program has met with moderate success.

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Construction began in 2022. It plans to launch satellites.

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The commander of the base wrote, "I do not presume to understand current politics, but what I do know is the concerns of the US administration discussed by Vice-President Vance on Friday are not reflective of Pituffik Space Base." in an email and was thus dismissed. In dismissing her, the Pentagon stated this reason. "Actions [that] undermine the chain of command or to subvert President [Donald] Trump's agenda will not be tolerated at the Department of Defense."

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Actual head counts differ greatly from the claims of the parties. Conservatives claimed 15 000 at Edmonton but it was actually 1558. Liberals claimed 2 000 in Richmond but it was actually 800.

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Chinese billionaire living in B.C. has announced on social media her plans to buy the chain. She says she wants to restore it to its former glory.

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A list of the seven most expensive substances on Earth.

[-] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

The hologram explanation is looking more attractive.

[-] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

U.S. is the only country (until now) that was allowed to export eggs to Canada. It doesn't really say if they actually ever sent us any amount. I'm guessing that before the egg crisis down south, they sent them to Vancouver or places with no egg farmers near.

[-] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Sorry. I have trouble remembering all the Spanish names for citizens of countries.

[-] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago
[-] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I was surprised about Portugal. I think Argentina is still getting a lot of Venezualanos.

[-] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago

I wonder if they could refuse to put tariffs on. Not that it would make much difference. They're a small market. It would be more than just words on a paper.

[-] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

Too bad. We could use a competitor to Tesla.

[-] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

That's all the reason Trump would need to invade Canada.

[-] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 weeks ago

It's so weird. They trash talk Quebec all the time and yet they want to be like them.

[-] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

Or she wasn't allowed in the room but had to watch the meeting from a tv in her hotel.

[-] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago

Why are libraries selling books? Is it possible somebody mistranslated the word librairie (meaning bookstore in French) as library?

[-] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

Too bad. Trevor Noah's gig was unforgettable.

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