Michael Plishka

President of ZenStorming, Innovation Guy, Artist, Musician, Engineer/Design, Poet, Bonsai, Hockey/Soccer Goalie, Luge-er, Fencer, Fisherman, Cooks w/abandon

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@uscfan981 Survived a tornado passing by while sleeping in a tent while camping as a kid.

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@AgnesChillaz @realCarola2Hope Yes. The priest even introduces the prayer and says, "we" pray, the Body of Christ prays.

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The Library of Ashurbanipal in Nineveh burned down in 612 BC, but because its 30,000 tablets were made of clay, the fire actually baked and preserved them, and we can read Mesopotamian poetry today because someone tried to destroy it https://t.co/IYQAInI0OB

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A focus cookie, a sleep cookie, a protein cookie — and a famous last name https://t.co/ADoAooLEuS

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@thetendie1 @ChiSoxFanMike Two in a row!!!

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Is Your Identity a Limitation? https://t.co/jAak4WA62n

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Cut off bits of this sea cucumber keep living...#ZombieSeaCucumber
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Laser treatment for slowing macular degeneration https://t.co/qjmwkJAKP6

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@JustBB_Media While i love his contributions I'm leary. It's not just the yankees. He's got 10 years of history. I'm thinking he'll regress to his ,250-.260 ish history. Still better than alot of the Sox order though

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@ChiSoxFanMike Agreed! Though I'm always leery about the first game. Nobody's seen the guy before. Give a few more stars and we'll see how things go.

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The Creative Way https://t.co/DyqFuRTwIy

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Rest IS Part of Creative Work https://t.co/QEvbFzMm39

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Scientists create matter from pure light, proving Einstein's 120-years old theory E = mc², right in the lab.

For the very first time, researchers used ultra-powerful lasers to smash photons particles of light together, triggering a reaction that produced actual particles of matter and antimatter: electrons and positrons.

This is known as the Breit-Wheeler process, a phenomenon first predicted back in 1934 but never observed in the lab until now.

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@ChiSoxFanMike Awesome! Enjoy!

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Walk Your Way to Better Ideas https://t.co/3YngpRasuZ

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@Imakatt There's a place called Gulliver's that was in the city that is now closed and there's another one open in oakbrook terrace that was awesome! So if you're staying in the city then yeah probably Lou malnati's unless somebody has a very local suggestion that nobody knows. Enjoy!

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The amazing octopus https://t.co/TtYwyDb7ej

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@JesseRogersESPN I remember Hal McRae was being colorfully heckled at a game including statements about how he was making too much. McRae responded to the effect, "How much you make if you act like s**t at work? I play like sh**t and I still get paid."

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A tiny bee just did what chemotherapy couldn't.

Scientists in Australia discovered that honeybee venom can wipe out 100% of aggressive breast cancer cells in under 60 minutes.
And the healthy cells around them? Barely touched.

The breakthrough came from Dr. Ciara Duffy and her team at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, working alongside the University of Western Australia.
They tested venom drawn from 312 honeybees and bumblebees across Australia, Ireland, and England.

The target: triple-negative breast cancer and HER2-enriched breast cancer. Two of the deadliest, most stubborn forms of the disease.
The weapon: melittin. The same tiny peptide that makes a bee sting burn.

At one specific dose, melittin tore through cancer cell membranes completely within an hour. Within just 20 minutes, it shut down the chemical signals cancer cells need to grow and multiply.
Bumblebee venom, which lacks melittin, did nothing. Zero effect, even at high concentrations.

Scientists then recreated melittin synthetically in the lab and got almost identical results, meaning no bees need to be harmed to develop the therapy.

Published in the peer-reviewed journal npj Precision Oncology, the findings are still early-stage. Human trials haven't happened yet.

But one thing is clear. Nature has been hiding answers in plain sight all along, sometimes inside the smallest creatures on Earth.

Source: Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research / npj Precision Oncology (Dr. Ciara Duffy et al.)

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@TFroehlig Very cool, thanks for sharing