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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>New forms of life discovered inside human bodies<br>They resemble what scientists call <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/viroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viroids</span></a>, which are infectious loops of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNA</span></a> known for their effects on plants. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Obelisks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obelisks</span></a> share certain traits with these plant pathogens, yet they appear in human-associated bacteria. Their discovery came about when researchers began analyzing massive <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/genetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genetic</span></a> libraries, searching for patterns that did not match any known organisms.<br><a href="https://www.earth.com/news/scientists-find-new-forms-of-life-inside-humans-rna-carriers-obelisks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">earth.com/news/scientists-find</span><span class="invisible">-new-forms-of-life-inside-humans-rna-carriers-obelisks/</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>Wake up babe, new form of life just dropped</p><p><a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.20.576352v1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20</span><span class="invisible">24.01.20.576352v1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Obelisks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obelisks</span></a></p>
sohkamyung<p>The last stop of our tour of Italy: Rome, 21 Oct 2024. We started at the Piazza del Popolo, the historic centre of Rome. It features the 'twin' churches, the Basilica di Santa Maria in Montesanto (Church of the Artists) [left] and the Church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli [right], the Museo Leonardo da Vinci with the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo behind it, and an Egyptian obelisk in the centre of the square.</p><p><a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rome</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Churches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Churches</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museums</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Obelisks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obelisks</span></a></p>
CellBioNews<p>A new <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virus</span></a>-like entity has just been discovered—'<a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/obelisks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obelisks</span></a>' explained.</p><p><a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/viroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viroids</span></a> <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/tags/genomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genomics</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/a-new-virus-like-entity-has-just-been-discovered-obelisks-explained-222296" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/a-new-viru</span><span class="invisible">s-like-entity-has-just-been-discovered-obelisks-explained-222296</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Scientists discover new lifeform inside human bodies<br> <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/techandscience/scientists-discover-new-lifeform-inside-human-bodies/ar-BB1hqsOy?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&amp;cvid=b991e9cb07cc4e308f6fa390b8ae08a7&amp;ei=9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-gb/news/techandscie</span><span class="invisible">nce/scientists-discover-new-lifeform-inside-human-bodies/ar-BB1hqsOy?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&amp;cvid=b991e9cb07cc4e308f6fa390b8ae08a7&amp;ei=9</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewLifeform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewLifeform</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Obelisks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obelisks</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Human</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>'<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Obelisks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obelisks</span></a>': Entirely New Class of Life Has Been Found in The Human Digestive System<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Stanford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stanford</span></a> biologist <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/IvanZheludev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IvanZheludev</span></a> and colleagues argue their strange discovery may not be viruses, but instead an entirely new group of entities that may help bridge the ancient gap between the simplest <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/genetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genetic</span></a> molecules and more complex <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/viruses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viruses</span></a>. "Obelisks comprise a class of diverse <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNA</span></a> that have colonized, and gone unnoticed in, human, and global <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/microbiomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiomes</span></a>."<br><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/obelisks-entirely-new-class-of-life-has-been-found-in-the-human-digestive-system" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencealert.com/obelisks-enti</span><span class="invisible">rely-new-class-of-life-has-been-found-in-the-human-digestive-system</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>'Obelisks': Entirely New Class of Life Has Been Found in The Human Digestive System<br><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/obelisks-entirely-new-class-of-life-has-been-found-in-the-human-digestive-system" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencealert.com/obelisks-enti</span><span class="invisible">rely-new-class-of-life-has-been-found-in-the-human-digestive-system</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lifeform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lifeform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/New" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>New</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/obelisks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obelisks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microbiome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbiome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oblins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oblins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RNAPlasmids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNAPlasmids</span></a></p>
JQ Jacobs<p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Stelae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stelae</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Obelisks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obelisks</span></a><br><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Panoramio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Panoramio</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/PhotoShare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhotoShare</span></a> Richard Lozin <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161018011259/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/49503411" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2016101801</span><span class="invisible">1259/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/49503411</span></a><br><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Geolocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geolocation</span></a> 14.132, 38.7194 <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Axum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Axum</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Ethiopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethiopia</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <br>Copied the <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Panoramio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Panoramio</span></a> number when saving the photo, searched the <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/WayBackMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WayBackMachine</span></a> for <a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/49503411" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="">panoramio.com/photo/49503411</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. Same URL for every Panoramio photo, just change the numbers to match other photos. The 2016 cache was just before Google closed down Panoramio.com. Massive <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/geolocated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geolocated</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> photo base.</p>
JQ Jacobs<p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/StandingStoneSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStoneSunday</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Stelae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stelae</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Obelisks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obelisks</span></a><br><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Panoramio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Panoramio</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/PhotoShare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhotoShare</span></a> Richard Lozin <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161018011301/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/49503414" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2016101801</span><span class="invisible">1301/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/49503414</span></a><br><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Geolocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geolocation</span></a> 14.132, 38.7194 <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Axum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Axum</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Ethiopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethiopia</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <br><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/GoogleEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleEarth</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photo</span></a> layer, my frequent window to the whole world, leads to great archaeology site photographers by navigating the <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/WebArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebArchive</span></a> 2016 cached pages. <a href="https://archive.org/web/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.org/web/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>