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This "remote control" design is essential for the hand’s versatility. If the muscles were located directly inside the fingers, your digits would be too bulky and thick to perform fine motor tasks. By keeping the heavy machinery in the forearm, the fingers remain slim, agile, and highly sensitive. Within the hand itself, there are smaller "intrinsic" muscles located between the bones of the palm, such as the lumbricals and interossei, which assist with side-to-side movement and coordination, but even these do not cross into the finger segments themselves. The only exception to the "no muscle" rule is the microscopic arrector pili muscles attached to hair follicles on the skin, which cause "goosebumps" but do not contribute to movement. Ultimately, every time you type, grip, or point, you are witnessing a masterclass in mechanical leverage, where the strength of your arm is funneled through your wrist to create the precise grace of your fingertips.
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The process takes a tiny sample of skin from behind the ear, multiplies the hair-producing cells in a lab, and injects them back into the scalp. Within three months, the patient has a full, thick head of their own natural hair.
The controversy is the "Finasteride Empire." American pharmaceutical companies make billions every year from pills and creams that people have to take for their entire lives. A one-time stem cell cure would bankrupt these product lines.
Lobbying groups are currently fighting to keep this treatment in the "experimental" category in the US, forcing Americans to travel to Thailand if they want their hair back without a lifetime of side effects.
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The term, a portmanteau of stagnation and inflation, is generally attributed to Iain Macleod, a British Conservative Party politician who became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1970. Macleod used the word in a 1965 speech to Parliament during a period of simultaneously high inflation and unemployment in the United Kingdom.[1][2][3][4] Warning the House of Commons of the gravity of the situation, he said: "We now have the worst of both worlds—not just inflation on the one side or stagnation on the other, but both of them together. We have a sort of 'stagflation' situation. And history, in modern terms, is indeed being made."[3][5]
Macleod used the term again on 7 July 1970, and the media began also to use it, for example in The Economist on 15 August 1970, and Newsweek on 19 March 1973. John Maynard Keynes did not use the term, but some of his work refers to the conditions that most would recognise as stagflation. In the version of Keynesian macroeconomic theory that was dominant between the end of World War II and the late 1970s, inflation and recession were regarded as mutually exclusive, the relationship between the two being described by the Phillips curve. Stagflation is very costly and difficult to eradicate once it starts, both in social terms and in budget deficits.
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The image went viral almost instantly, with millions of people sharing it and comparing the dogs' behavior to something out of a buddy comedy. Comments flooded in pointing out how the bottom dog appeared fully committed to his role as the support structure while the top dog took on the lookout position without any visible hesitation. Pet owners around the world shared similar stories of their own dogs behaving in unexpectedly coordinated ways when other animals were involved. The photo has been reposted across every major platform and continues to generate massive engagement weeks after it first appeared.
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“This is the steam we are tapping to run the turbines that generate electricity. It is rough down there, and that is where we go,” says Mangi. “A dangerous but necessary mission.”
Mangi has observed the behaviour of the valley for 27 years and knows exactly where to drill a well that will yield geothermal power. “Kenya has developed the capacity for precision geoscientific studies that help us to identify potential areas to drill. Exploration and drilling are cost-intensive endeavours and investors don’t want to go to a greenfield without confirmed viable resources,” he says.
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Geothermal energy had its start in the small settlement of Larderello, Italy in 1904. The small plant provided a mere 10kW of energy, just enough to power five lightbulbs. Since then, a number of countries have dug deep in order to exploit similar resources. The US, Indonesia, the Philippines, Turkey and New Zealand are the top five geothermal power producers in the world.
In Kenya, the search for underground energy began nearly 70 years ago, but stalled almost immediately. In 1956, the government drilled two wells specifically to harness geothermal power, at a depth of 950 metres and 1,200 metres respectively. “Temperatures averaged 235C (445F) but the wells failed to discharge due to poor permeability as the surrounding area was a bit solid,” says Mangi.
Then the oil crisis of the early 1970s happened and, once again, Kenya peered beneath the ground for an answer. Global organisations including United Nations Development Programme, The World Bank and Japan International Cooperation Agency stepped in to provide financial and technical support for further exploration. In 1971, a well was drilled and discharged. Everybody got excited again, Mangi says. Between 1981 and 1985, Kenya had an installed capacity of 45MW through the first three power plants in Olkaria.
“We don’t know where the country would be had the oil crisis not hastened this process,” Mangi says. “Geothermal is available 24/7 for 365 days. It is not affected by climate fluctuations since we are using water that has accumulated deep in the ground over the millenniums. The alternative would have been the installation of diesel generators that pollute the environment. This is our contribution to a cleaner world.”
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The power plants and 15 wellheads have a combined capacity of 799MW. With additional geothermal power generated by independent power producers, Kenya’s total geothermal power capacity is 988.7MW, putting the country in sixth position globally (and first in Africa) in terms of geothermal power development.
As a result, Kenya sources up to 91% of its energy from renewables: 47% geothermal, 30% hydro, 12% wind and 2% solar. The country hopes to transition fully to renewables by 2030, with KenGen saying the country has the potential to increase its capacity to as much as 10,000MW of geothermal energy. That would more than match peak demand in Kenya, currently about 2,000MW. Peak time consumption in the UK is about 61,000MW.
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“Despite Africa having an estimated 40% of the world’s renewable energy resources, only $60bn or 2% of $3tn renewable energy investments in the last decade have come to Africa,” read the declaration.
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While the data was designed to increase transparency, experts say there is not enough information provided to hold departments accountable for these changes.
What's next?
Victoria's Department of Government Services says in many cases, increases in costs or timeframes reflect projects scaling up from pilot phases to full projects.
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- The human hand is a marvel of biological engineering, yet it operates on a principle that surprises many: your fingers themselves are entirely devoid of muscle. While they are capable of incredibly delicate movements—from threading a needle to playing a complex piano concerto—they do not possess the internal "engines" typically required for motion. Instead, the fingers function much like a high-tech marionette or a system of remote-controlled pulleys. The actual muscles responsible for bending and straightening your digits are located primarily in your forearm and the fleshy part of your palm. These muscles connect to the finger bones via long, cable-like structures called tendons. When you decide to make a fist, the muscles in your forearm contract, pulling on these "cables," which then slide through lubricated sheaths to curl your fingers inward.
This "remote control" design is essential for the hand’s versatility. If the muscles were located directly inside the fingers, your digits would be too bulky and thick to perform fine motor tasks. By keeping the heavy machinery in the forearm, the fingers remain slim, agile, and highly sensitive. Within the hand itself, there are smaller "intrinsic" muscles located between the bones of the palm, such as the lumbricals and interossei, which assist with side-to-side movement and coordination, but even these do not cross into the finger segments themselves. The only exception to the "no muscle" rule is the microscopic arrector pili muscles attached to hair follicles on the skin, which cause "goosebumps" but do not contribute to movement. Ultimately, every time you type, grip, or point, you are witnessing a masterclass in mechanical leverage, where the strength of your arm is funneled through your wrist to create the precise grace of your fingertips.
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- A clinic in Bangkok has perfected a technique that grows 5,000 new hair follicles from a single "master cell." It is a permanent cure for baldness that doesn't require surgery, plugs, or daily chemical foams.
The process takes a tiny sample of skin from behind the ear, multiplies the hair-producing cells in a lab, and injects them back into the scalp. Within three months, the patient has a full, thick head of their own natural hair.
The controversy is the "Finasteride Empire." American pharmaceutical companies make billions every year from pills and creams that people have to take for their entire lives. A one-time stem cell cure would bankrupt these product lines.
Lobbying groups are currently fighting to keep this treatment in the "experimental" category in the US, forcing Americans to travel to Thailand if they want their hair back without a lifetime of side effects.
Is Big Pharma keeping us "treatment-dependent" rather than providing permanent cures?
📊 Source: [Journal of Investigative Dermatology, July 2025]
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- In economics, stagflation or recession-inflation is a situation in which the inflation rate is high, the economic growth rate slows, and unemployment remains steadily high. It presents a dilemma for economic policy, since actions intended to lower inflation may exacerbate unemployment.
The term, a portmanteau of stagnation and inflation, is generally attributed to Iain Macleod, a British Conservative Party politician who became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1970. Macleod used the word in a 1965 speech to Parliament during a period of simultaneously high inflation and unemployment in the United Kingdom.[1][2][3][4] Warning the House of Commons of the gravity of the situation, he said: "We now have the worst of both worlds—not just inflation on the one side or stagnation on the other, but both of them together. We have a sort of 'stagflation' situation. And history, in modern terms, is indeed being made."[3][5]
Macleod used the term again on 7 July 1970, and the media began also to use it, for example in The Economist on 15 August 1970, and Newsweek on 19 March 1973. John Maynard Keynes did not use the term, but some of his work refers to the conditions that most would recognise as stagflation. In the version of Keynesian macroeconomic theory that was dominant between the end of World War II and the late 1970s, inflation and recession were regarded as mutually exclusive, the relationship between the two being described by the Phillips curve. Stagflation is very costly and difficult to eradicate once it starts, both in social terms and in budget deficits.
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A man walked outside to find both of his dogs in a position that immediately made him grab his camera. The two dogs had stacked themselves against the railing of a balcony, with one standing on top of the other, both staring silently over the fence in the direction of their neighbor's female dog. Their expressions were completely focused, their bodies perfectly still, and their teamwork was clearly not accidental. The photo captures the exact moment the owner realized his dogs had developed a system for getting a better view of the girl next door.
The image went viral almost instantly, with millions of people sharing it and comparing the dogs' behavior to something out of a buddy comedy. Comments flooded in pointing out how the bottom dog appeared fully committed to his role as the support structure while the top dog took on the lookout position without any visible hesitation. Pet owners around the world shared similar stories of their own dogs behaving in unexpectedly coordinated ways when other animals were involved. The photo has been reposted across every major platform and continues to generate massive engagement weeks after it first appeared.
Two dogs, one railing, and a teamwork strategy that no one taught them but both executed flawlessly.
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- According to the Geological Society, the Somalian and Nubian tectonic plates pulled away in opposite directions about 25m years ago, with the surface between the two fault lines sinking and bringing magmatic fluids closer to Earth’s surface and creating the famous rift, a vast valley that stretches 6,400km from Jordan to Mozambique. Under the valley, water percolates easily and comes into contact with hot rocks found 1-3km beneath the surface, creating a mix of superheated water and steam at 75% and 25% respectively, with temperatures averaging 300C (572F) and pressures of 1,000 PSI. These are, it turns out, the perfect conditions for generating geothermal energy.
“This is the steam we are tapping to run the turbines that generate electricity. It is rough down there, and that is where we go,” says Mangi. “A dangerous but necessary mission.”
Mangi has observed the behaviour of the valley for 27 years and knows exactly where to drill a well that will yield geothermal power. “Kenya has developed the capacity for precision geoscientific studies that help us to identify potential areas to drill. Exploration and drilling are cost-intensive endeavours and investors don’t want to go to a greenfield without confirmed viable resources,” he says.
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Geothermal energy had its start in the small settlement of Larderello, Italy in 1904. The small plant provided a mere 10kW of energy, just enough to power five lightbulbs. Since then, a number of countries have dug deep in order to exploit similar resources. The US, Indonesia, the Philippines, Turkey and New Zealand are the top five geothermal power producers in the world.
In Kenya, the search for underground energy began nearly 70 years ago, but stalled almost immediately. In 1956, the government drilled two wells specifically to harness geothermal power, at a depth of 950 metres and 1,200 metres respectively. “Temperatures averaged 235C (445F) but the wells failed to discharge due to poor permeability as the surrounding area was a bit solid,” says Mangi.
Then the oil crisis of the early 1970s happened and, once again, Kenya peered beneath the ground for an answer. Global organisations including United Nations Development Programme, The World Bank and Japan International Cooperation Agency stepped in to provide financial and technical support for further exploration. In 1971, a well was drilled and discharged. Everybody got excited again, Mangi says. Between 1981 and 1985, Kenya had an installed capacity of 45MW through the first three power plants in Olkaria.
“We don’t know where the country would be had the oil crisis not hastened this process,” Mangi says. “Geothermal is available 24/7 for 365 days. It is not affected by climate fluctuations since we are using water that has accumulated deep in the ground over the millenniums. The alternative would have been the installation of diesel generators that pollute the environment. This is our contribution to a cleaner world.”
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The power plants and 15 wellheads have a combined capacity of 799MW. With additional geothermal power generated by independent power producers, Kenya’s total geothermal power capacity is 988.7MW, putting the country in sixth position globally (and first in Africa) in terms of geothermal power development.
As a result, Kenya sources up to 91% of its energy from renewables: 47% geothermal, 30% hydro, 12% wind and 2% solar. The country hopes to transition fully to renewables by 2030, with KenGen saying the country has the potential to increase its capacity to as much as 10,000MW of geothermal energy. That would more than match peak demand in Kenya, currently about 2,000MW. Peak time consumption in the UK is about 61,000MW.
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“Despite Africa having an estimated 40% of the world’s renewable energy resources, only $60bn or 2% of $3tn renewable energy investments in the last decade have come to Africa,” read the declaration.
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- In short:
An analysis of Victorian government IT project data since 2016 has shown 40 per cent of projects went over the initial budget, while 60 per cent were delivered late.
While the data was designed to increase transparency, experts say there is not enough information provided to hold departments accountable for these changes.
What's next?
Victoria's Department of Government Services says in many cases, increases in costs or timeframes reflect projects scaling up from pilot phases to full projects.
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- In 1988, Bill Gates imported a Porsche 959—a rare, revolutionary supercar banned from U.S. roads under strict safety laws. It was impounded at a Seattle port, undrivable and unregistered. Instead of giving up, Gates paid years of storage fees while supporting broader efforts to create a legal pathway for historically significant vehicles. In 1999, the “Show or Display” rule finally passed—allowing cars like the 959 to be driven under strict limits. Thirteen years later, he finally got behind the wheel.
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