For the folks who dive into alchemy, got any potion or poison recipes you just can't live without?
Blue Mountain Flower + Wheat is a must-have for me, no matter the character. Although a recent Dark Brotherhood playthrough has introduced me to the power of Rot Scale + Chokeberry + Imp Stool/Deathbell

I'm roleplaying a cowardly alchemist, with a focus on farmable ingredients for poisons and potions. His gameplay will have two components:

1. Use a Bound Bow and stealth Archery to apply poisons. Here I'm looking for fun recipes, largely based on farmable ingredients. One one I'm curious about here is Blisterwort, Fly Amanita and Swamp Fungal Pod, which both Frenzies and Restores Health. My rationale here is that the Restore Health will ensure the target isn't outright killed by the bow damage, and can actually go on to attack their comrades. Will this work, ie: does the Restore Health kick in fast enough to prevent the target's death by arrow? The other thing I'm curious about are anti-dragon poisons. Are there any status effects that work well against them? Does Ravage Magicka hurt their ability to shout and do breath attacks? Is there anything that can ground them, like damaging their Stamina? Welcome discussion of general damage nukes here two - special uses for Chokeberry and the like when combatting high-level enemies.
   
2. The other component will be Vampire Lord form, with his blood infused and altered by potions to boost the form's viability at higher levels and on legendary. So far I have Glowing Mushroom, Steel Blue Entemola and Wheat/Giant's Toe to fortify Health and Destruction, and River Betty and Grass Pod to fortify Alteration (I can cast Ebonyflesh just before transforming, so this is to extend its duration). I also have Giant Lichen, Jazbay Grapes and Scaly Philiota as a poison that can weaken enemies to the Vampire Lord's magic attacks.
   

Anyone have any other suggestions/alterations, or different questions or ideas for Alchemical builds?

Security researchers unearth 74 cybercrime groups on Facebook with 385,000 members that offer to buy or sell credit cards numbers, hacking tools and email phishing kits https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6891983/Security-researchers-unearth-74-Facebook-cybercrime-groups-385-000-members.html
If you were to eat a bag of candy and guzzle a large soda, you might expect to feel a “sugar rush” followed by a warm glow of saccharine satisfaction. In reality, the opposite happens, according to a new study. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/a-big-myth-about-sugar-has-just-been-debunked-by-new-research/
High in antioxidants, chokeberries -- native to North America and also known as aronia berries -- are not damaged when mixed with porridge unlike some other fruits, the Daily Mail reported.
"The results demonstrate that porridge enriched with chokeberry fruit have a potential for becoming a good source of natural antioxidants," said lead author Anna Oniszczuk from the Medical University of Lublin in Poland.
For the study, the team made porridge with varying contents of chokeberry, with the highest one containing 20 per cent fruit.
The findings, published in De Gruyter's journal, revealed that the nutritional properties of the porridge did not degrade during the production process, despite the high temperatures used. https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/06/04/2019/Add-chokeberries-in-porridge-to-help-boost-health
The participants judged the accuracy of a variety of fake and real news headlines. Participants who had a tendency to claim to be familiar with things that didn’t actually exist or that couldn’t be known were also more likely to view fake news as accurate.
Those who scored higher on a measure of analytic thinking, on the other hand, tended to be less susceptible to believing fake news headlines.
“Reasoning errors are (often) not random. There are systematic differences between people in terms of how they approach content on social media,” Pennycook told PsyPost. https://www.psypost.org/2019/04/new-findings-about-why-some-people-fall-for-fake-news-and-pseudo-profound-bullshit-53428
Though the studies bear sad news about the effects cities have on birds, conservationists see them as opportunities to target their activism.
“Every time new scientific literature comes out, we learn more about the problem, and … we can pinpoint the best solutions using the science,” said Kaitlyn Parkins, a conservation biologist at NYC Audubon.
Turning out the lights in buildings at night for a few weeks during peak migration is a simple first step and would make a big difference, Parkins said. The National Audubon Society runs Lights Out, a coordinated effort with local chapters to advocate reducing light during migration. States such as New York and Minnesota have participated in the program, turning out lights in state-operated buildings during migration. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/ap07/how-many-birds-killed-by-skyscrapers-american-cities-report
Does Zuckerberg's call for improved privacy protection get put into action?
"He is saying all the right things about corporate social responsibility, while an army of Facebook lobbyists, lawyers and fixers continues to undermine regulation," Pasquale said.
Break up that monolith, and then regulators will have a much better chance at effectively policing the resulting companies.- Frank Pasquale , law professor, University of Maryland https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/facebook-zuckerberg-regulation-1.5084963?cmp=rss
The Creator of Linux Says Facebook, Twitter, And Instagram Are "a Disease" https://www.sciencealert.com/the-inventor-of-software-that-runs-social-web-absolutely-detests-modern-media
They also found that mice with metastatic cancer that consumed capsaicin showed smaller areas of metastatic cancer cells in the lung compared to mice not receiving the treatment.
Additional experiments revealed that capsaicin suppresses lung cancermetastasis by inhibiting activation of the protein Src. This protein plays a role in the signaling that controls cellular processessuch as proliferation, differentiation, motility and adhesion. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-spicy-compound-chili-peppers-lung.html
Common food additive may weaken defenses against influenza
Study finds tert-butylhydroquinone (tBHQ) impairs immune system, may make flu shot less effective https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/eb-cfa032819.php
scientists have linked a common food preservative to an altered immune response that possibly hinders flu vaccines.
The study conducted in mice, presented at the 2019 Experimental Biology meeting in Orlando, Fla., April 7 at 9 a.m., offers up a new potential factor in vaccine effectiveness.
Tert-butylhydroquinone, or tBHQ, can be found in several food products including cooking oils, frozen meats (especially fish) and processed foods such as chips and crackers. Products don't always have to include it on ingredient lists.
"If you get a vaccine, but part of the immune system doesn't learn to recognize and fight off virus-infected cells, then this can cause the vaccine to be less effective," https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/msu-fam040419.php
How to decipher contradictory nutritional research https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/saturated-fat-good-or-evil-how-to-decipher-contradictory-nutritional-research/2019/04/05/24363d52-5706-11e9-814f-e2f46684196e_story.html?noredirect=on
5 'Healthy' Foods That Really Aren't https://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/food-nutrition/facts/healthy-foods-that-arent-healthy.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1
Dietary supplement boosts cognitive function in vegetarians
Vegetarians showed greater visual memory gains than meat eaters after taking creatine https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/aps-dsb032919.php
The researchers observed that the older mice receiving the garlic compound showed better long- and short-term memory and healthier gut bacteria than the older mice that didn't receive the treatment. Spatial memory was also impaired in the 24-month-old mice not receiving allyl sulfide.
Additional experiments revealed that reduced gene expression of neuronal-derived natriuretic factor (NDNF) in the brain was likely responsible for the cognitive decline. This gene was recently discovered by the University of Louisville researchers and is required for long-term and short-term memory consolidation.
The researchers found that mice receiving the garlic compound exhibited higher levels of NDNF gene expression. In addition, recombinant-NDNF protein therapy in the brain restored the cognitive abilities of the older mice that did not receive the garlic compound. The researchers also found that oral allyl sulfide administration produces hydrogen sulfide gas -- a messenger molecule that prevents intestinal inflammation -- in the gut lumen.
Overall, the new findings suggest that dietary allyl sulfide promotes memory consolidation by restoring gut bacteria. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/eb-ceg032819.php
Mercury released by bushfires can persist in the atmosphere for a year, allowing for long-distance transportation depending on wind strength and direction. This means that mining activity from over a century ago may have regional implications in the near future. https://phys.org/news/2019-04-mercury-pollution-decades-re-released-tasmania.html
"The Mediterranean and Black Seas have historically harboured a high diversity and abundance of sharks and rays, but now between between 53 per cent and 71 per cent of them face an elevated risk of extinction," said Madeline Cashion, lead author of the study, who carried out the research at theSea Around Us initiative at UBC's Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries.
By not keeping track of the different species of sharks and rays that they are bringing to port, countries may be further threatening those already at risk.
"Part of the problem is that many sharks and rays in the region are caught as bycatch in fisheries targeting other species and are brought to port either because there is a small market for them or because, by law, they cannot be thrown back at sea, https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/uobc-osm040519.php
Current methods may inadequately measure health impacts from oil, natural gas extraction
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - LOS ANGELES HEALTH SCIENCES https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/uoc--cmm040519.php
Researchers have provided the strongest evidence to date that a bacterium involved in periodontitis contributes to the development of Alzheimer’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis and aspiration pneumonia. The research, which was presented yesterday at the annual meetingExperimental Biology in Orlando, Florida, showed how Porphyromonas gingivalismigrates from the oral cavity to the brain and other tissues.
Study investigator Professor Jan Potempa (University of Louisville School of Dentistry) says the findings underscore the importance of good oral hygiene in decreasing the risk of serious disease. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20190408/Gum-disease-bacterium-releases-toxins-that-may-cause-Alzheimers.aspx
The study, which tested samples from 29 waterways in 10 countries including the UK, also found 21 veterinary drugs.
Every river and canal screened in the study – from countries as far apart as Poland and Spain – contained multiple pesticides, and most contained veterinary drugs.
The scientists, from Greenpeace Research Laboratories at the University of Exeter, said the highest levels of contamination were found in a Belgian canal that contained 70 pesticides.
In 13 of the 29 waterways, concentrations of at least one pesticide exceeded European standards for acceptable levels.
“There is huge uncertainty about what effects these mixtures of chemicals could have on wildlife and human health,” said Dr Jorge Casado, who led the analytical work.
“We know many of these individual pesticides are a cause for concern. http://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/research/title_711435_en.html
They also found that an observer can occasionally coordinate with an actor even when this outcome is not advantageous. Their model suggests that empathetic systems do not evolve solely because agents are disposed to cooperation and kin-selection. They also evolve because animals simulate others to envision their actions. According to Mafessoni, "the very origin of empathy may lie in the need to understand other individuals."
For Lachmann, their findings "completely change how we think about humans and animals. https://phys.org/news/2019-04-empathy.html
The present results indicate that processed aconite root and its active ingredient, neoline, are promising agents for the alleviation of neuropathic pain. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/ncu-aio040919.php
Based on his findings, Monaghan found that a woman with early-stage breastcancer is 72 per cent less likely to have a re-operation after a lumpectomy today compared to 2014 and earlier.
"The research shows how the guideline has been adopted by community surgeons across the BC Interior," says Monaghan. "Patients can avoid potential surgical complications, added stress, and the cosmetic effects are minimized. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-guideline-decreases-breast-cancer-re-operation.html
Perspective-taking skills are most important in communities where many different backgrounds, cultures and norms intersect; this is where different individuals will have diverging views on what actions are morally good or bad. If the effect ofempathy is as strong as our theory suggests, there could be ways to use our findings to promote large-scale cooperation in the long term – for instance, by designing nudges, interventions and policies that promote development of perspective-taking skills or at least encourage considering the views of those who are different. https://phys.org/news/2019-04-empathy-secret-ingredient-cooperation-civilization.html
The study notes that the empirical analysis uses legal rights of LGB people to represent LGBT inclusion. "Unfortunately we do not have multi-year data on the actual social position of LGBT people across the world, nor do we have a multi-year dataset on the legal rights of transgender people in many countries," the researchers clarify. "Accordingly, we remove the 'T' from LGBT to acknowledge our shift in focus to LGB rights."
More information: M.V. Lee Badgett et al. The relationship between LGBT inclusion and economic development: Macro-level evidence, World Development (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.03.011 https://phys.org/news/2019-04-countries-rights-lgb-people-higher.html
New findings on the effect of Epsom salt—Epsom salt receptor identified https://phys.org/news/2019-04-effect-epsom-saltepsom-salt-receptor.html
Autism symptoms reduced nearly 50% two years after fecal transplant https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/asu-asr040819.php
In previous work, the research team observed that blocking melatonin-specific receptors removed the antiarrhythmic benefit of melatonin. When taken together with this current study, these results suggest that melatonin's protective effects for the heart "are related to its antiarrhythmic action, and this effect is related not to antioxidative properties but to melatonin receptor stimulation," https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/aps-mhp032919.php
Study suggests 'rest is best' for carpal tunnel and similar injuries
Rest offers relief for overuse-induced disorders without the side effects of drugs https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/eb-ss032819.php
Young children who live close to a major roadway are twice as likely to score lower on tests of communications skills, compared to those who live farther away from a major roadway, according to an analysis by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the University of California, Merced. Moreover, children born to women exposed during pregnancy to higher-than-normal levels of traffic-related pollutants--ultra-fine airborne particles and ozone--had a small but significantly higher likelihood of developmental delays during infancy and early childhood. The study appears inEnvironmental Research. https://sciencesources.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/nksn-kln040419.php
The EHT image reveals the shadow of M87’s black hole on its accretion disk. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/black-hole-first-picture-event-horizon-telescope?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r_science
The study took place over a three-year period from 2015 to 2017 and included 74 infant cases of FPIES in the area. The findings reveal that rice is the most common trigger amongst children affected by FPIES in Houston (cow milk is the most common cause in other U.S. geographic locations). Rarer triggers such as banana and avocado also were identified as more common for this population. Anagnostou also reported that a significant percentage of children had multiple food triggers, an unusual observation for FPIES-related studies. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-emerging-triggers-rare-food-allergy.html
Physical Activity Prepares Neurons To Regenerate In Case Of Spinal Cord Injury https://scienceblog.com/507237/physical-activity-prepares-neurons-to-regenerate-in-case-of-spinal-cord-injury/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29
How much nature is lost due to higher yields? https://phys.org/news/2019-04-nature-lost-due-higher-yields.html
Pre-crop values from satellite images to support diversification of agriculture https://phys.org/news/2019-04-pre-crop-values-satellite-images-diversification.html
Put simply, designers cannot design sustainable future ways of living on scale without a shift in economic priorities. Human impacts on planetary processes in the Anthropocene require new types of ecologically engaged design and economics if the necessary technological, social and political transitions are to take place. https://phys.org/news/2019-04-surviving-climate-economics.html
Lack of awareness of inequality means we penalise those who have least http://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/research/title_711837_en.html
A new study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics sheds new light on long-term studies with antidepressant drugs. The higher occurrence of relapse in the groups assigned to placebo instead of drug continuation may be due to the studies not considering the potential occurrence of withdrawal syndromes. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-long-term-treatment-antidepressants.html
Irritable Bowel Syndrome May Be (At Least Partly) Psychological https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/irritable-bowel-syndrome-may-be-at-least-partly-psychological/
Green roofs - roofs that are planted with vegetation -- may improve the indoor air quality of commercial buildings by cutting the amount of ozone coming into the buildings from the outside, according to new research from Portland State University.
The findings add to the already known environmental benefits of green roofs, including reducing carbon dioxide, decreasing storm water runoff and cutting down on urban heat, according to PSU researchers. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20190410/Green-roofs-may-improve-indoor-air-quality-study-shows.aspx
The U-2, which is actually still in service with the U.S. Air Force, didn’t just fly over the Middle East, meaning there are images available for many different parts of the world for any researcher with the patience to track down the negatives. In recent years “space archaeology,” or using satellite imagery to find unknown sites, has become more sophisticated and there are plenty of researchers who would like to peel back the farm fields and urban sprawl that has covered the landscape over the last 60 years to see the sites that lie beneath. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/u-2-…
The U-2, which is actually still in service with the U.S. Air Force, didn’t just fly over the Middle East, meaning there are images available for many different parts of the world for any researcher with the patience to track down the negatives. In recent years “space archaeology,” or using satellite imagery to find unknown sites, has become more sophisticated and there are plenty of researchers who would like to peel back the farm fields and urban sprawl that has covered the landscape over the last 60 years to see the sites that lie beneath. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/u-2-spy-plane-images-reveal-ancient-archaeological-sites-middle-east-180971934/
Thousands of scientists back students protesting for action on climate change https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2019/04/12/3401555088909/?sl=1
stress that it’s the synergistic effect with the fungicide that is important for bee health. “There has been growing evidence . . . that fungicides may actually be having a much more pronounced effect than we first thought,” says Dennis vanEngelsdorp of the University of Maryland who was not involved with the study but has collaborated with Tosi on other projects. “We’re seeing that it’s the presence of fungicides . . . that may cause some of these long-term sublethal effects.” https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/pesticide-marketed-as-safe-for-bees-harms-them-in-study-65734
Now we can design new proteins or synthetic materials that nucleate ice at a specific temperature," Molinero says.
Why it matters
The implications of such a finding extend all the way to the future of water on Earth.
Precipitation begins as ice, which nucleates and grows until it's heavy enough to precipitate. At high altitudes where it's colder, soot and dust can do the job of triggering nucleation. But at lower altitudes, it's not dust that triggers nucleation—it's bacteria.
Yes, the same proteins in Ps. syringae that aid snowmaking at ski resorts also aid ice formation at warmer temperatures, allowing low-altitude clouds to precipitate. https://phys.org/news/2019-04-insects-bacteria-ice.html
Therefore, we concluded that the combination of fish oil and curcumin prevents skeletal muscle atrophy due to a boost of heat shock proteins and anabolic signaling in an unloaded state. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30954343
Study questions the sustainability of plant ingredients as fishmeal substitutes https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/uos-sqt041219.php
Amazon, as the avatar of modern consumption-driven capitalism, has become perhaps the biggest target of pressure outside of the fossil-fuels industry for those concerned about climate change. Indeed, it received more activist shareholder proposals on climate and other environmental, social and governance issues this year than any other company, according to the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility. ExxonMobil and Chevron were previously the top targets. https://phys.org/news/2019-04-amazon-employees-company-climate-change-policies.html
The available data show that harmful compounds, some with carcinogenic potential, might occur when Sucralose and especially Sucralose-containing foods such as canned vegetables or baked goods are heated. When Sucralose (E 955) is heated to temperatures higher than 120 °C a gradual - and with further increasing temperature continuous - decomposition and dechlorination of the sweetener occurs. Temperatures of between 120 °C and 150 °C are possible during industrial manufacturing and processing of foods and are also reached in private households during cooking and baking of foods containing Sucralose. This may lead to the formation of chlorinated organic compounds with a health-damaging potential, such as polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDD), dibenzofurans (PCDF) and chloropropanols. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/bfif-hcm041219.php
Being exposed to a chemical early in life can be a bit like a choose-your-own-adventure book: Some things that happen early on may hurt you later, but only if you make certain choices, an unpublished study in mice suggests. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/chemical-exposure-early-life-health
The most common active ingredient in hand sanitizer is still under FDA investigation https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/11/health/hand-sanitizers-ingredients-safety-fda-rule-bn/index.html
They had a higher reduction when they added only calcium chloride, getting acceptable rates with a combination of 78 percent sodium chloride and 22 percentcalcium chloride. https://phys.org/news/2019-04-salt.html
travelling to LMICs found that travellers who mainly stayed in a hotel or private accommodation had a four times higher risk in each case of returning home with multi-drug resistant bacteria in their gut than those who mainly stayed in other types of tourist accommodations like guest houses, hostels, or camping. According to the authors, the study is the first to report staying in a hotel as a risk factor for colonisation with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE), which are resistant to multiple antibiotics.
"Previous studies had already reported this for staying in a private accommodation, but it was unexpected that hotel might also be a risk factor," https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/esoc-sia041119.php
Growth hormone acts to prevent weight loss
A Brazilian study shows that, like leptin, growth hormone contributes directly to energy conservation when the body loses weight. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/fda-gha041219.php
Social Anxiety Disorder: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment https://www.livescience.com/45267-social-anxiety-disorder.html
Thunderstorms on the other side of the globe trigger heat waves in CaliforniaThe stronger the storms moving across Southeast Asia, the more intense the heatwaves in the Golden State. https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2019/04/12/2111555098975/?sl=1
"This trial has shown that we can safely and repeatedly infuse drugs directly into patients’ brains over months or years. This is a significant breakthrough in our ability to treat neurological conditions, such as Parkinson’s, because most drugs that might work cannot cross from the blood stream into the brain due to a natural protective barrier,” said researchers in a statement. https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/new-treatment-may-have-the-potential-to-slow-stop-or-reverse-parkinson-disease
Comparing the standard of living today with that of the past is crucial for understanding the UK's economic and social health, researchers say.
Jo Blanden, co-author of the study, said: ‘Research and political debate have focused on relative social mobility – that is, whether those with higher incomes are likely to have children who are also relatively well-off.
‘Our research highlights that this is no longer the case and clearly demonstrates that the economic gap between old and young is likely to become an increasingly charged political issue.’ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6916315/Young-people-doing-WORSE-parents.html
WHAT COLOURS MATCHED WITH VOWELS?
A - Red, pink or orange
E - Green and orange
I - Green and yellow
O - Blue and purple
U - Mostly blue or red https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6916025/What-COLOUR-Scientists-link-vowels-certain-colours.html
Improving the vitamin D status of vitamin D deficient adults is associated with improved mitochondrial oxidative function in skeletal muscle. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23393184
Vitamin D deficiency linked to increased susceptibility to MS study by University of Edinburgh scientists found vitamin D influences the body’s immune system and risk of disease https://www
New study proves for the first time that intestinal bacteria grow in pregnant women
Bar-Ilan University researchers have found that these bacteria "sense" pregnancy and "understand" the need to move to the next generation in order to assist babies in breaking down the sugar in mother's milk. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/bu-pha040819.php
Water aerobics reduces a pregnant woman's risk of suffering a vaginal tear during labour by nearly 13 TIMES https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6927993/Water-aerobics-lowers-pregnant-womans-risk-vaginal-tear-labour-13-TIMES.html
Common sleep myths compromise good sleep and health https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-common-myths-compromise-good-health.html
Cognitive behavioral therapy is an effective nonpharmacologic treatment for insomnia during pregnancy, according to a study published online April 5 in Obstetrics & Gynecology. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-cognitive-behavioral-therapy-effective-prenatal.html
There is an enduring myth that certain type of foods have "negative calories", meaning you use up more calories eating and digesting them than the number of calories they actually contain. Many have argued against this notion, and now a new study – albeit in lizards, and currently under review – has provided some important empirical evidence that negative calories are not a thing. That said, the research does have some good news. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/there-is-no-such-thing-as-negative-calorie-foods-says-new-study/
Despite transition period, maximal running shoes may still increase risk of injury https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-transition-period-maximal-injury.html
Effect of Electromagnetic Waves from Mobile Phones on Spermatogenesis in the Era of 4G-LTE https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5896334/#__ffn_sectitle
Abundance of information narrows our collective attention span
New study in Nature Communications finds increasingly narrow peaks of collective attention over time, supporting a 'social acceleration' occurring across different domains https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/tuod-aoi041119.php
Cause of cancer is written into DNA of tumours, scientists find, creating a 'black box' for origin of disease https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2019/04/15/cause-cancer-written-dna-tumours-scientists-find-creating-black/
overweight people have other options to aid leptin functioning, experts say. Lustig advises them to reduce resistance to insulin (a hormone that controls blood sugar) and to bring down high levels of triglycerides (a blood lipid).
“Insulin resistance generates leptin resistance. The practical advice is: Get your insulindown,” Lustig says. “How do you get insulin down? The best way is don’t let it go up. Sugar makes insulin go up. We are overdosed on sugar in this country. I think that if we got the sugar down, our insulin resistance would improve and that would help with the weight loss.”
Reducing high triglyceride levels helps, too, Lustig says. Too much triglyceride interferes with leptin’s journey from the blood to the brain via a leptin transporter that allows the hormone into the brain.
“When you’re insulin-resistant, you have high triglyceride [levels]. That’s one of the hallmarks,” Lustig says. “Triglyceride seems to block leptin transport into the brain. In order to make your leptin work, you have to let the signaling occur. The only way to let the signaling occur is to get your triglyceride down.” https://www.webmd.com/diet/obesity/features/the-facts-on-leptin-faq
Early intervention programs for mood and anxiety disorders improve patient outcomes and provide access to care https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-early-intervention-mood-anxiety-disorders.html
Benefits of Parboiled Rice https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/benefits-parboiled-rice-7618.html
Parboiling method reduces inorganic arsenic in rice NK https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2019/april/parboiling-method-reduces-inorganic-arsenic-in-rice.html
The old saying “lightning never strikes twice in the same place” couldn't be more wrong, at least taken literally. https://www.iflscience.com/physics/lightning-does-strike-twice-on-the-same-path-and-now-we-know-why/
Vitamin D study sheds light on immune system effects https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/uoe-vds041719.php
How to hack your deadline: Admit it's uncertain https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/uom-hth041719.php
Researchers use 3D printer to print glass https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/tos-ru3041819.php
Artificial Intelligence Is Getting Dangerously Good at Emulating Human Behaviors https://www.sciencealert.com/artificial-intelligence-can-now-emulate-human-behaviors
Astrophysicists find elusive molecule that 'kick-started' the universe https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/big-bang-molecule-1.5101734?cmp=rss
Climate change protests will become much more commonplace, according to the head of one of Europe's biggest ethical investment funds. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/47967764
One reason to keep the levels low in water is that water is just one source of arsenic exposure in daily life. As a naturally occurring element in soil, it can be found in plants, air, and food. Advocates have also expressed concern over levels of arsenic in fruit juices and rice-based baby foods. (Rice plants are particularly good at sucking arsenic and other elements, such as mercury, out of soils.)
Given its natural sources, avoiding arsenic can be difficult in some instances—but the multibillion-dollar bottled water industry in the United States is not one of them, according to critics. https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/04/natural-bottled-water-has-natural-arsenic-contamination-testing-finds/
Here's The Weird Reason You Get Car Sick: Your Brain Thinks It's Being Poisoned https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-the-creepy-reason-you-get-car-sick-your-brain-thinks-it-s-being-poisoned
"Declarative memory, particularly encoding of novel information, was the aspect of memory most impacted by cannabis abstinence," it concluded.
"This study provides convincing evidence that adolescents and young adults may experience improvement in their ability to learn new information when they stop using cannabis," https://www.morningstar.com/news/glbnewscan/TDJNMW_2019042056/update-what-a-30day-break-from-smoking-weed-does-to-your-brain.html
USDA Is Forcing Its Researchers to Label Their Peer-Reviewed Studies as Only 'Preliminary' http://rubyredamerica.com/usda-is-forcing-its-researchers-to-label-their-peer-reviewed-studies-as-only-preliminary/
Dementia looks different in brains of Hispanics https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-03-dementia-brains-hispanics.html
Most Tech Today Would be Frivolous to Ancient Scientists http://nautil.us/blog/most-tech-today-would-be-frivolous-to-ancient-scientists?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
Airbnb's explosive growth jolts hotel industry's bottom line
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/fsu-aeg041919.php
Validation of a 16th Century Traditional Chinese Medicine Use of Ginkgo biloba as a Topical Antimicrobial https://www.genengnews.com/news/16th-century-ginko-prescription-shows-promise-as-antibacterial-for-skin/
New study shows how your moral behavior may change depending on the context https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-moral-behavior-context.html
Behavioural disorders in autistic kids linked to reduced brain connectivity: Study https://new.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/yu-bdi041819.php
Although the experiment didn’t explicitly test for why people’s opinions didn’t change, Swire-Thompson says it could just be that people don’t have all that much faith in politicians to begin with, so there’s not much room for change.
“Politicians are well-known not to have high credibility scores,” she says. https://scienceblog.com/507434/what-does-it-take-for-supporters-to-lose-faith-in-a-politician/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+%28ScienceBlog.com%29
According to the new study out of the University of Guelph, neonicotinoid pesticides have been linked to honey bees and an their impaired ability to groom. This behavior is necessary in order to remove varroa mites, which can infect honey bees and potentially transmit deadly viruses to the pollinators. https://www.slashgear.com/popular-pesticide-leaves-honey-bees-vulnerable-to-deadly-mites-22574324/
A recent Gallop poll found that almost a third of American workers are disengaged and unhappy at their jobs. Could a dose of nature give them a boost? https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_your_office_needs_more_nature?utm_source=GG+Newsletter+July+20%25252C+2016&utm_campaign=GG+Newsletter+July+20+2016+&utm_medium=email
Empathy often avoided because of mental effort https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/apa-eoa041919.php
High-intensity interval training may boost your fitness at a cost -- perhaps increasing your risk for injuries.
This popular type of training combines aerobics, weight lifting and calisthenics at maximum effort, followed by recovery periods.
"These workouts are marketed as 'one size fits all.' However, many athletes, especially amateurs, do not have the flexibility, mobility, core strength and muscles to perform these exercises," https://consumer.healthday.com/fitness-information-14/misc-health-news-265/there-s-a-downside-to-vigorous-interval-training-744953.html
Almost Half of Young Asthma Patients Misuse Inhalers https://consumer.healthday.com/respiratory-and-allergy-information-2/asthma-news-47/almost-half-of-young-asthma-patients-misuse-inhalers-745270.html
Four Fantastic Foods to Keep Your Eyes Healthy https://www.aao.org/eye-health/news/four-fantastic-foods
asparagus is great for digestive health, too.
It's a prebiotic food, meaning it feeds the helpful bacteria that live in your gut. These good bacteria are responsible for everything from signaling your immune system and keeping digestion in check to producing vital B vitamins. https://consumer.healthday.com/vitamins-and-nutrition-information-27/cooking-recipes-156/asparagus-a-tasty-spring-veggie-that-boosts-gut-health-744229.html

Hello, long story short I have quite a lot of chokeberry (aronia, which is apparently not the same thing as chokecherry), some of it frozen, some of it fresh. I was thinking of making wine, and I am looking for recipes. The only book on fruit wines I have lacks even a mention of chokeberries (not surprised).
I did some ,,research" on google, but it didn't prove very helpful. Most recipes were just fruit wine recipes with ,,chokeberry" in place of other fruit names. I've also read that doing it this way won't result in anything good, and I can already see why, and this is my main question: how do I even get must out of a fruit that is so very dry? (The frozen part is also a bit wet and soft after defeosting). And how much sugar would I need for it to even ferment properly? Not even mentioning the sweetening after to make it drinkable. I've read a properly made chokeberry wine has a nice, distinct, unusual (I can imagine!) taste, and I'm very willing to try it (as I said, I have a lot of chokeberry). But how do I even approach it? How do I make wine from a fruit that is extremely sour and dry? Is it even worth trying? I am not scared of non-conventional wine, but maybe it makes more sense to just make a chokeberry spirit?

Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone knew of any tested recipes for aronia/chokeberry jam. I checked my ball and usda books and didn’t see anything but wondered if any county extensions had recipes. I have an aronia bush full of berries at the moment I need to find some use for.

I am thrilled that my bush set so much fruit this year! It's not yet ripe but I want to be ready for it.
All I can find are jelly and jam recipes online.
While a basic jelly is great, I was hoping that there were a bit more...interesting? things to do with them.
Thank you in advance for the help! 😊

A friend took me foraging and I got the following fruit. Unfortunately the only recipes she has for the chokeberries or rowan berries are alcohol based, and I don´t drink. I know I could probably make some sort of jam, but I don´t know if this would work well. I also don´t really have empty jars at the moment. What are some other things you could do with them?

Hi everyone, I've been lurking here for a while now to learn a little but never actually ventured into canning. I bought a house this spring with a large garden and (surprise!) multiple fruit trees that have all ripened at once and early (thanks heatwave) and I could use some advice to make sure it doesn't go to waste!
Ripe Now (or very soon)

• Aleutian Figs
• Chokeberries (not choke cherries, I checked multiple times) also called Aronia
• Plums (still trying to figure our the varietal they are yellow and sweet but some are also turning red)
• European Pears

Ripe Later / not too long

• Apples (these are small and green / red, still figuring out what variety)
• Various tomatoes, mostly cherry varietals
• Possibly cucumbers, squash and peppers

My real priority is the fruit, especially the choke berries that I'm sure I need to harvest this weekend that are not really recommended to eat as is. I can give some of it away but I would like to try out storing it for later or gifts - hence canning ideas.
I bought and read the Better Homes & Hardens Preserving 'use it, can it, freeze it' from this year and it was super inspiring. I don't have enough experience to evaluate if their recipes are safe/sufficiently validated? I was thinking of trying water bath canning of maybe some jams and syrups? My family don't really eat either of those often but maybe this would change that. Any advice, tips, recipes etc would be so welcome! Thank you!!!

Hey everyone, I have been wondering if anyone has any experience or advice on fermenting rosehips, oregon grapes, and chokeberries. I just moved to an area with bountiful amounts of all, and most of the recipes I can find are jams, jellies, and syrups. I know I can make rosehip tea but I don't know if that's for me.
I had the idea of using some of these berries in ferments like hot sauces or something, and wonder if anyone else has done the same.
Please share any recipes you might know! (even if it's not ferments!) Thanks!

Hi!
My street has countless of aronia, or chokeberries, bushes planted. No one has ever used the berries and I think that's a shame.
I was thinking of making some cordial/juice, jam or ice cream. I've found a jam recipe that's using half-half of apples and aronia (we also have an abundance of apple trees).
If you have any ideas for recipes or uses, hit me up with em!

I've previously played with mods that alter the alchemy recipes, but recently have done several playthroughs with the vanilla alchemy recipes and Ordinator for the perks.
I like Rare Curios. It seems well integrated into Skyrim by requiring the player to get the new ingredients from Khajit caravans. I had previously ignored the caravans, so I consider this an improvement. For me, corkbulb root has been showing up frequently and it seems to be a versatile ingredient.
Many of the new ingredients have stronger effects than the ingredients of the base game. Below, I've included a few substitutions of RC ingredients into high-value potions. These are the sorts of potions that typically get made for sale rather than use, though the Paralysis potion is perfectly usable to poison a weapon.
UESP only lists a few of the ingredients as having 1.25x or 2.0x magnitudes compared to normal, but it is clear that most others are also buffed in some way.
For zero cost, I would say why not try it. Yes, there are mods that cover a similar range of ingredients from previous games, and I'm not trying to exhaustively compare those mods with RC. I'm just saying I've had fun.
Some useful substitutions
imp stool, canis root, mora tapinella
imp stool, corkbulb root, chokeberry
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deathbell, jazbay grapes, salt pile
kresh fiber, jazbay grapes, salt pile
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frost mirriam, PMF, wheat
frost mirriam, PMF, saltrice
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Creep cluster, Mora tapinella, scaly pholiota
Marshmerrow, mora tapinella, scaly pholiota
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Bear claws or hanging moss, canis root, spider egg
hanging moss, canis root, corkbulb root
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Chaurus eggs, nordic barnacle, vampire dust
bittergreen petals, nordic barnacle, vampire dust

Pemmican. A form of hard, preserved meat, used by the N. American Indians...The meat, from buffalo, deer, or other animals, was air dried in strips until quite hard, then pounded to a powder and mixed with melted fat. It was usual to mix berries, especially cranberries, but also chokeberries. The resulting stiff paste was packed in skins, inside which it dried to a hard, chewy consistency. Pemmican made in this way keeps mainly because it is dry...Salt played no part in the original drying process, though it might be added later for flavour. The berries were probably also added for flavour, but had a useful effect because of their content of benzoic acid, a natural preservative, which represses the growth of micro-organisms. The fat also helps preservation by sealing the meat from the air. The skin wrapping is not a sterile container because the food is not cooked in it--in fact, the only heating is the melting of the fat--but at least keeps the contents clean. Pemmican was adapted by white explorers to suit their own needs and tastes. In the 1820s the Arctic explorer Sir John Richardson used the malting equipment of a brewery to make pemmican. The meat was dried in the malting kiln and ground in the malt mill. It was mixed with rendered suet, currants, and sugar, and packed in tin canisters. Soon pemmican was being canned in a conventional manner, which safeguarded its preservation and allowed it to be made in a slightly less dry and tough form. It could be chewed as it came, from the can, or made into a primitive stew. Canned pemmican remained a staple food of explorers and mountaineers." Oxford Companion to Food, Alan Davidson, 2nd edition edited by Tom Jaine Oxford University Press: Oxford 2007 (p. 594-595)
Sioux recipe described by Meriwether Lewis, Lewis and Clark Expedition: "After the meat is dried, it is pounded until pulverized and then placed in a mixing vessel. Various kinds of berries might be added to improve flavor, and as a counterpoint of sharpness against the next ingredient. Marrow from bones is melted until it reaches a liquid state, the high heat acting as a purifier for the grease. The sanitized fat is then poured over the meat particles, allowed to cool into a stiff paste, and then packed inside a rawhide sack. Another layer of pure fat is applied, much like sealing wax or paraffin is used to cap preserves, and this layer forms another anaerobic barrier that stretches the storage time." Feasting and Fasting with Lewis & Clark: A Food and Social History of the Early 1800s, Leandra Zim Holland Old Yellowstone Publishing: Emigrant MT 2003 (p. 12)
Pemmican
A hardy, concentrated food, nutritious and balanced. one-third of a pound is a meal in itself.
10 lbs. jerky (lean beef or venison, dried)
2 lbs. seedless raisins
1 lb sugar
5 lbs. rendered suet (fat) Grind meat finely. If damp, heat slightly to evaporate moisture. Mix thoroughly meat, raisins, and sugar. Melt fat at lowest temperature and mix with meat. Pack into silk bags (bologna style). Tie well and dip in hot parafine several times for protective coating. Pemmican will keep for months if properly handled. Amount of fat is increased or decreased according to climate. The colder the weather, the more fat required. On an entire lean meat diet in the cold north a man would starve to death. Pemmican may be eaten raw, fried or boiled. is best cooked in soup thickened with flour." ---Sunset's Grubstake Cook Book, Charles M. Mugler Sunset Magazine, Lane Publishing Co.: San Francisco CA 1934(p. 63)

CACO V2.0 Beta has been released and the change log is huge. Here are a few examples:

• Added scripts to all the alchemy recipes that will teach the player the relevant effects when the recipe is read.
  
• Added a lot of new alchemy notes and recipes.
  
• Added keywords to all food items for Last Seed compatibility.
  
• Added an MCM slider for customizing the alchemy skill experience rate.
  
• Hearthfire Churns will now act like a crafting station, allowing you to turn cream into butter.
  
• Cows can now be activated to harvest milk.
  
• Catching salmon will now give you a whole salmon, which can be eaten from your inventory or portioned into fillets at a cook pot.
  
• Added Mutton and Pork as new meat types along with some basic recipes.
  
• Added the options to the MCM to control the amount of food that drops in barrels and sacks, as well as the frequency of finding food in these types of containers.
  
• Added Cured Meat (included Cured Pork and Boar) to LItemBarrelFoodRawMeatSame. Reworked this list so that it's weighted in favor of producing one of the cured meats.
  
• Modified the leveled lists used by the food sacks and barrels, so that the smaller sacks contain dry goods like flour, salt, and sugar, while the larger burlap sacks contain crop foods (potatoes, onions, etc.).
  
• Created a list of Solstheim-specific foods and changed DLC2DarkElfUrn01Food containers to use this list instead of the generic Skyrim food list.
  
• Modified the food leveled list used by TreaKnapsack to have more snack/traveler foods (apples, carrots, bread, or jerky) rather than just the standard list of raw crop ingredients.
  
• Added harvestable hanging onions, loose onions, and ironwood nuts to various interior cells.
  
• Added onions, peas, elves ear, frost mirriam, barley, turnips, blueberries, pumpkins and chokeberries to the list of Hearthfire plantable garden plants.
  
• Added a fertilizer mechanic to the gardening system (you can use your Last Seed spoiled food to grow plants).
  
• Added new harvestable fire ferns, black lichens, and red lichens to Solstheim.
  
• Replaced tiny mushrooms in Blackreach and Darkfall Passage with harvestable Violet Coprinus versions.
  

A new game is required when upgrading to V2.0 Beta