Mastodawn

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The CDC Fired All Its Cruise Ship Inspectors Before the Hantavirus Outbreak

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Homepage [Unofficial]5d ago

Frontier AI Models Giving Specific, Actionable Instructions to Perpetrate Bioterror Attack

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DoomsdaysCW 6d ago

5 Clever Ways to Reuse Old #Mulch, According to #Gardening Experts

Stop throwing away old mulch.

By Michelle Mastro
Published on April 23, 2026

"Everyone wants a healthy garden, and mulch is a vital tool for maintaining one. Mulch helps soil retain moisture, suppresses weed growth, and protects roots from temperature fluctuations. But what should you do when the mulch in your garden loses its luster? Should you leave it in your garden, repurpose it, or discard it?

"While there are instances when old mulch should be tossed, often it can be refreshed or used in other ways. The biggest consideration is whether the mulch was exposed to #pathogens. For example, if your tomatoes were heavily affected by late blight, gray mold, or similar infections, the spores can remain viable in mulch for over three years, and should be discarded.

"If your mulch is old but healthy, there are ways to repurpose it. Ahead, gardening experts share clever ways to reuse old mulch to enrich garden beds and protect plants."

#SolarPunkSunday #Gardening

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Apr 29

#AI Bots Told #Scientists How to Make #BiologicalWeapons
Scientists shared transcripts with The Times in which chatbots described how to assemble deadly #pathogens. Worse, #chatbot described in vivid detail how to release #superbug, identifying security lapse in public transit, Dr. Relman said, withholding name of pathogen and specifics for fear of inspiring an attack. Bot outlined a plan to maximize casualties and minimize chances of being caught.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/us/ai-chatbots-biological-weapons.html
https://archive.ph/bugGz

A.I. Bots Told Scientists How to Make Biological Weapons

Scientists shared transcripts with The Times in which chatbots described how to assemble deadly pathogens and unleash them in public spaces.

The New York Times

Homepage [Unofficial]Apr 23

You’ll Spill Your Juice When You Learn How Many of Florida’s Orange Trees This Incurable Bacteria Has Already Infected

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://futurism.com/future-society/orange-bacteria-citrus-industry

Homepage [Unofficial]Apr 19

Hospital Reuses Syringes, Infects Hundreds of Children With HIV

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michael Apr 17

15-Apr-2026
The bacterium responsible for #scarletFever was not introduced to the Americas by Europeans.
A research team led by Eurac Research has identified the #Streptococcus pyogenes bacterium in a pre-Columbian Bolivian mummy and, for the first time, reconstructed the genome of this centuries-old pathogen.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1124374

#science #medicine #ancientDNA #pathogens #disease

The bacterium responsible for scarlet fever was not introduced to the Americas by Europeans.

Researchers identified the pathogen’s genetic material while examining a tooth from a naturally mummified skull housed at MUNARQ – the National Museum of Archaeology in La Paz. Using a method that reassembles previously unknown genomes from numerous short DNA fragments, they reconstructed a nearly complete, ancient genome of Streptococcus pyogenes. The reconstructed genome shows clear similarities to modern strains of the globally widespread bacterium, which can cause a variety of illnesses ranging from harmless throat infections to scarlet fever and life-threatening toxic shock syndrome. Despite the pathogen’s great medical significance: scarlet fever was historically one of the leading causes of death among children, little is known about its evolutionary history. This finding now shows that the bacterium was already circulating among indigenous populations in South America before European colonization: the young man from whom the tooth originated lived between 1283 and 1383 AD. The study was made possible by a cooperation agreement between Eurac Research and the Bolivian Ministry of Cultures and has been published in Nature Communications.

EurekAlert!

Homepage [Unofficial]Apr 11

DOGE Made Drastic Cuts to a Global Vaccine Assistance Program. Now There’s a Deadly Measles Outbreak in Bangladesh

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