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‘Jedi’ Mice Can Apparently Use Never-Before-Seen Ultrasonic Powers

  • For decades, scientists believed that mice used ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) for courtship, similar to certain bird calls.
  • Now, a new study suggests that these vocalizations could be a bit more complicated, stating that rodents may use vibroacoustics to manipulate surrounding particles to enhance their sense of smell.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a62599982/jedi-mice-ultrasonic-vocalizations/

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Possibly this gives a different impression from what she meant.
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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Why Millie Mackintosh is having salmon cells injected into her head​


Millie Mackintosh may have suspected there was something fishy about her friendship with Meghan Markle when an invitation to the royal wedding failed to arrive.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ie-mackintosh-salmon-cells-injected-head.html


The headline and the first paragraph are just weird and seemingly unrelated. The actual story itself isn't worth reading and is to my mind a load of hot air about people I've never heard of.
 
Lost Bram Stoker story unearthed!
From BBC News

An amateur historian has discovered a long-lost short story by Bram Stoker, published just seven years before his legendary gothic novel Dracula.
Brian Cleary stumbled upon the 134-year-old ghostly tale while browsing the archives of the National Library of Ireland.
Gibbet Hill was originally published in a Dublin newspaper in 1890 - when the Irishman started working on Dracula - but has been undocumented ever since.
Stoker biographer Paul Murray says the story sheds light on his development as an author and was a significant “station on his route to publishing Dracula”.

The ghostly story tells the tale of a sailor murdered by three criminals whose bodies were strung up on a hanging gallows as a warning to passing travellers.
It is set in Gibbet Hill in Surrey, a location also referenced in Charles Dickens’ 1839 novel Nicholas Nickleby.
Mr Cleary made the discovery after taking time off work following a sudden onset of hearing loss in 2021 - during which period he would pass the time at the national library in Stoker's native Dublin.
In October 2023, the Stoker fan came across an unfamiliar title in an 1890 Christmas supplement of the Daily Express Dublin Edition.
Mr Clearly told the AFP news agency: "I read the words Gibbet Hill and I knew that wasn't a Bram Stoker story that I had ever heard of in any of the biographies or bibliographies."
“And I was just astounded, flabbergasted.
"I sat looking at the screen wondering, am I the only living person who had read it?”
He said of the moment he made the discovery: “What on earth do I do with it?”
The library's director Audrey Whitty said Mr Cleary called her and said: "I’ve found something extraordinary in your newspaper archives - you won’t believe it."
She added that his "astonishing amateur detective work" was a testament to the library's archives.
"There are truly world-important discoveries waiting to be found", she said.
 
Ascalon said:
Lost Bram Stoker story unearthed!
From BBC News

An amateur historian has discovered a long-lost short story by Bram Stoker, published just seven years before his legendary gothic novel Dracula.
Brian Cleary stumbled upon the 134-year-old ghostly tale while browsing the archives of the National Library of Ireland.
Gibbet Hill was originally published in a Dublin newspaper in 1890 - when the Irishman started working on Dracula - but has been undocumented ever since.
Stoker biographer Paul Murray says the story sheds light on his development as an author and was a significant “station on his route to publishing Dracula”.

The ghostly story tells the tale of a sailor murdered by three criminals whose bodies were strung up on a hanging gallows as a warning to passing travellers.
It is set in Gibbet Hill in Surrey, a location also referenced in Charles Dickens’ 1839 novel Nicholas Nickleby.
Mr Cleary made the discovery after taking time off work following a sudden onset of hearing loss in 2021 - during which period he would pass the time at the national library in Stoker's native Dublin.
In October 2023, the Stoker fan came across an unfamiliar title in an 1890 Christmas supplement of the Daily Express Dublin Edition.
Mr Clearly told the AFP news agency: "I read the words Gibbet Hill and I knew that wasn't a Bram Stoker story that I had ever heard of in any of the biographies or bibliographies."
“And I was just astounded, flabbergasted.
"I sat looking at the screen wondering, am I the only living person who had read it?”
He said of the moment he made the discovery: “What on earth do I do with it?”
The library's director Audrey Whitty said Mr Cleary called her and said: "I’ve found something extraordinary in your newspaper archives - you won’t believe it."
She added that his "astonishing amateur detective work" was a testament to the library's archives.
"There are truly world-important discoveries waiting to be found", she said.
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Wow. That's an impressive find. I wonder who'll get the publishing rights to it?.
 
Swifty said:
Wow. That's an impressive find. I wonder who'll get the publishing rights to it?.
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From RTE News, "The text of Gibbet Hill is published in a new book and proceeds from it will benefit a charity that is close to Mr Cleary’s heart."

"The first public reading of this haunting story will take place next Saturday as part of Dublin City Council Bram Stoker Festival 2024."
 

Conker champion is CLEARED of using steel horse chestnut in World final - as rival now says he invented cheat allegation which rocked ancient sport to its very foundations​

King Conker, also known as David Jakins, 82, smashed his opponent's nut in one muscle-bound stroke - clinching the men's title on his 46th attempt.

But his glory was cut short after youngster opponent, Alistair Johnson-Ferguson, 23, said the stunning disintegration of his conker 'just doesn't happen', adding that he was 'suspicious of foul play'.

And in a sensational accusation he suggested the winning athlete could have been using a metal dupe, painted to look like a real horse chestnut, to secure victory.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13978005/Conker-CLEARED-steel-World-Championship-cheat.html
 
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