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In China, a deadly strain of bird flu now easily infects ducks

Some ducks in China now carry a deadly strain of bird flu.

Highly pathogenic versions of H7N9 — a bird flu strain that’s proven particularly deadly to people — and H7N2 viruses have turned up in ducks in the Fujian province. These viruses replicate easily in the ducks and can kill them, researchers report September 27 in Cell Host & Microbe. The discovery is worrisome because the virus made the jump to ducks just ahead of efforts to eliminate H7N9 by vaccinating chickens.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/chi ... ects-ducks

Is this where I can talk about smoked meat?

BBG wrote: ↑Thu Sep 27, 2018 4:28 pm Is this where I can talk about smoked meat?

welcome science, religion and the unknown chat. i think smoked meat fits in at least that third category-if not the other two. you smoking that meat on an alter? asking for a friend of this forum.

weimy froob wrote: ↑Thu Sep 27, 2018 4:33 pm

BBG wrote: ↑Thu Sep 27, 2018 4:28 pm Is this where I can talk about smoked meat?

welcome science, religion and the unknown chat. i think smoked meat fits in at least that third category-if not the other two. you smoking that meat on an alter? asking for a friend of this forum.

Tell Beefcake, no. I have a smoker

Since science is based on facts and religion is based on hope what is the bible based on? I know! The most contributions put forth by Fox News.

I look forward to watching science chat grow into the Goliath of MDSciTMB.

where'd the daily science news thread go? until it shows up again i guess i'll post my stories RIGHT HERE!

Orangutans spontaneously bend straight wires into hooks to fish for food
Date:
November 8, 2018
Source:
University of Vienna
Summary:
Cognitive biologists and comparative psychologists have just studied hook tool making in a non-human primate species -- the orangutan. To the researchers' surprise the apes spontaneously manufactured hook tools out of straight wire within the very first trial and in a second task unbent curved wire to make a straight tool.



Male orangutan using a stick tool.

The bending of a hook into wire to fish for the handle of a basket is surprisingly challenging for young children under eight years of age. Now cognitive biologists and comparative psychologists from the University of Vienna, the University of St Andrews and the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna working with Isabelle Laumer and Alice Auersperg studied hook tool making for the first time in a non-human primate species -- the orangutan. To the researchers' surprise the apes spontaneously manufactured hook tools out of straight wire within the very first trial and in a second task unbent curved wire to make a straight tool.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 111756.htm

the unknown part about this forum? threads keep on mysteriously disappearing. is it magic? or science?

weimy froob wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:40 pm the unknown part about this forum? threads keep on mysteriously disappearing. is it magic? or science?

I had a couple of really good ones that are gone

Douglas Bubbletrousers wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 9:36 pm

weimy froob wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:40 pm the unknown part about this forum? threads keep on mysteriously disappearing. is it magic? or science?

I had a couple of really good ones that are gone

my sciencedaily.com thread vanished. was it magic? or science? is there a rational explanation for the disappearance of that thread?

weimy froob wrote: ↑Fri Nov 16, 2018 9:56 am

Douglas Bubbletrousers wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 9:36 pm

weimy froob wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:40 pm the unknown part about this forum? threads keep on mysteriously disappearing. is it magic? or science?

I had a couple of really good ones that are gone

my sciencedaily.com thread vanished. was it magic? or science? is there a rational explanation for the disappearance of that thread?

I checked the pit of misery but didn't see them there

Douglas Bubbletrousers wrote: ↑Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:21 pm

weimy froob wrote: ↑Fri Nov 16, 2018 9:56 am

Douglas Bubbletrousers wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 9:36 pm


I had a couple of really good ones that are gone

my sciencedaily.com thread vanished. was it magic? or science? is there a rational explanation for the disappearance of that thread?

I checked the pit of misery but didn't see them there

not a bad idea to check though. where could those threads have gone? inquiring minds would like to know.

weimy froob wrote: ↑Fri Nov 16, 2018 4:22 pm

Douglas Bubbletrousers wrote: ↑Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:21 pm

weimy froob wrote: ↑Fri Nov 16, 2018 9:56 am


my sciencedaily.com thread vanished. was it magic? or science? is there a rational explanation for the disappearance of that thread?

I checked the pit of misery but didn't see them there

not a bad idea to check though. where could those threads have gone? inquiring minds would like to know.

Especially since this is probably the most innocent part of the forum!

i think another thread vanished. what's happening to this great forum?

What's going on?

The Free Will thread is also gone.

Is Abe censoring free will?

Is Abe censoring the idea that free will is an illusion?

Inquiring minds want to know!

My religion > your religion.

Deal with it.

DC4MVP wrote: ↑Tue Nov 20, 2018 7:39 pm My religion > your religion.

Deal with it.

Scientific discoveries>Religion trying to explain scientific phenomena.

I am delighted to see this remote corner of Fromania.

Vulcan Vidiot wrote: ↑Tue Nov 20, 2018 7:16 pm What's going on?

The Free Will thread is also gone.

Is Abe censoring free will?

Is Abe censoring the idea that free will is an illusion?

Inquiring minds want to know!

some real weird stuff happening in this forum. maybe that thread was an illusion?

Gigantic mammal 'cousin' discovered
Date:
November 23, 2018
Source:
Uppsala University
Summary:
During the Triassic period (252-201 million years ago) mammal-like reptiles called therapsids co-existed with ancestors to dinosaurs, crocodiles, mammals, pterosaurs, turtles, frogs, and lizards. One group of therapsids are the dicynodonts. Researchers have discovered fossils from a new genus of gigantic dicynodont. The new species is called Lisowicia bojani.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 134400.htm

i'd really like to see this forum take off and thrive. could be the jewel of mnrubecentral.com in due time if people would work to get the ball rolling and threads wouldn't disappear when they start heating up.

I would love to see science tell religion to go fuck itself!

this place needs more content and more contributors. time for people to step up.

Highly recommend.

The New Testament in Its World: An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians
-NT Wright



"The New Testament in Its World brings together decades of ground-breaking research, writing, and teaching into one volume that will open readers' eyes to the larger world of the New Testament. It presents the New Testament books as historical, literary, and social phenomena located in the world of Second Temple Judaism, amidst Greco-Roman politics and culture, and within early Christianity. "

I just finished this one: