Kettinki – Sivu 22

2025-05-08 @ 6.58.38 ∈ In English

Mites Are a Made-Up Taxon: New Analysis Further Debunks Long-Held Classification

What scientists know as “mites” is almost certainly an artificial taxonomic group, according to recent phylogenetic analyses and studies using advanced microscopic techniques.

2025-05-07 @ 11.03.52 ∈ In English

A recently-discovered termite terminator is better, more targeted and won’t harm humans

UC Riverside researchers have found [a chemical preventing drywood termites from growing new exoskeletons. The chemical, bistrifluron is able to kill about 95% of a termite colony without off-target effects on mammals.]

2025-05-06 @ 19.27.25 ∈ Suomeksi

Myös: Asemanseudun uudistus pääsemässä vauhtiin

Oulu suunnittelee tunnelia, josta kulkisi 50 000 matkustajaa päivässä

Suunnitellun tunnelin pituus on noin 500 metriä. [Suunnitelmassa aseman alla olisi paikallisjoukkoliiikenteen pysäkki, josta pääsee maan alla vaihtamaan kulkumuodosta toiseen, kaukoliikenteen bussiterminaaliin sekä Asemakeskukseen.]

2025-05-06 @ 12.20.34 ∈ In English

(Very niche, but very good for what it is)

Flattening Rust’s Learning Curve | corrode Rust Consulting

I see people make the same mistakes over and over again when learning Rust. Here are my thoughts (ordered by importance) on how you can ease the learning process.

2025-05-02 @ 14.50.09 ∈ Suomeksi

NRK: Hirven aivoja tuhoava loinen löytyi ensi kertaa Pohjois-Norjasta – voi pesiä myös ihmiseen

Norjalaiset tutkijat ovat varoittaneet loisen leviämisestä jo vuosien ajan. Näin pohjoisesta toukkalöytöjä ei ole silti aiemmin tehty.

2025-05-02 @ 14.33.13 ∈ In English

What makes people flourish? Results from a new survey

Indonesia is thriving. […] Mexico and the Philippines also show strong results. Even though these countries have less money than some others, people report strong family ties, spiritual lives and community support.

2025-05-02 @ 14.28.55 ∈ In English

(Video via ABC News; shark footage from 0:40 onwards)

Australian locals rescue great white shark stranded in shallow water

"It was either sick or … just tired," said Core, who was visiting with his family from Gold Coast in Queensland state. "We definitely got it into some deeper water, so hopefully it's swimming still."

2025-04-30 @ 19.58.01 ∈ Suomeksi

Poliisi kaipaa vihjeitä ja havaintoja Vaasassa tapahtuneesta väkivallanteosta liikenteessä

[Mercedes-Benz -merkkinen katumaasturi ajoi aivan henkilöauton] takapuskurissa kiinni. Tilanne säikäytti kuljettajan, joka lisäsi vauhtia ja yritti paeta. Maasturi törmäsi tämän jälkeen tahallisesti useita kertoja henkilöauton perään.

2025-04-30 @ 18.44.28 ∈ In English

Which arm? Where you get your vaccine booster matters

Experiments in mice revealed the key to this lies in the lymph node closest to the vaccination site, where the vaccine response is generated. A clinical study in 30 volunteers who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine confirmed that the animal results also apply to humans.

2025-04-30 @ 18.38.56 ∈ In English

(Confusingly, the article doesn’t elaborate on how a resistance against what’s effectively a physical attack can possibly work, but apparently it’s mainly a resistance against the many bioactive substances that ticks need to inject into the host in order to feed successfully, according to another paper from 2020.)

Once bitten, animals develop resistance that shrinks tick population

[Researchers] at Washington State University found that once host animals were exposed to ticks, they developed resistance to bites that dramatically shrank the tick population going forward.