I'm sharing this because any reduction in unnecessary packaging waste is good for the planet - and because I think laser-etching avocados is funny. 🙂

Nearly 50 countries are on track to reach or surpass their current plans – and China is by far the biggest contributor. It’s not yet set an official target, but China’s goal of 1,200 GW of solar and wind capacity by 2030 – which it’s expected to surpass this year

cross-posted from: https://literature.cafe/post/10510968

Alzheimer’s Breakthrough: Researchers Discover Novel Way To Potentially Halt Disease Progression

This study focuses on the manipulation of the plexin-B1 protein to enhance the brain’s ability to clear amyloid plaques in Alzheimer’s disease, opening avenues for future therapeutic strategies to potentially halt the progression of the disease

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-024-01664-w

Jimmy the goat was rejected by his mother, so Hector Aubertin stepped up and became his best friend [...] "Everywhere we go, people are doing double takes," Aubertin told As It Happens host Nil Köksal. "He's probably had his picture taken easily 100 times." [...] "After the first week or so, we formed a bond. I literally cannot go anywhere without him or he just starts blaa-ing. He wants to know where I am. He needs to be with me." [...] So when it came time to go on a long-planned road trip to Edmonton with his daughter to visit her sisters, Aubertin figured he had no choice but to bring Jimmy along for the ride. [...] "We go everywhere. We go to the stores. We go to Canadian Tire. I can get him to come to me, you know. I can get him to lay down if I need to. He listens very well," he said. "He's like a dog, but twice as fun and just a little bit harder to train." [...] "He is absolutely my best friend. We go everywhere together," Aubertin said. "He's done so much for me."

• "'We go everywhere together,' says man who took baby goat on a cross-Canada road trip". Sheena Goodyear. 2024-05-30T21:22Z. CBC Radio (https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/jimmy-travelling-goat-1.7219713)
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A plant picked for its beautiful flowers then wiped out in the UK mainland makes a dramatic return.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15666607

Non-invasive zaps to the spinal cord can treat paralysis—but no one knows why

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/12333064

International Criminal Court chief prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli PM and Hamas leaders

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15676759

Chinese doctors treated an end-stage type 2 diabetic patient by implanting islet tissue derived in vitro from his own endoderm stem cells. The patient has been insulin-independent for 33 months.