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It is true. From its effect on biomarkers such as heat shock proteins and Fox 03, through to real world impacts on cardiovascular health, to improving mood, helping you live longer healthier and reducing your chance of dying before your time. I think we all know saunas are really great for you, but this will give you all the scientific reasons why… Taking it easy and relaxing for half an hour… Is not just wasting your time… Changes today will make tomorrow better. #saunas

I am going to give you the best reasons in the world to sit back and take it easy in a nice warm environment, and to just forget the troubles of the world.
Maybe play some music, or a podcast, or listen to a book, or just meditate, just relax and take it easy.
It is for your own health after all!!

How about clicking here and watching the video I did on good and bad stress.

The science in the video.

Modulation of body temperature and LH secretion by hypothalamic KNDy (kisspeptin, neurokinin B and dynorphin) neurons.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S009130221300037X

Cardiovascular and Other Health Benefits of Sauna Bathing: A Review of the Evidence.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025619618302751

Sauna use linked to longer life, fewer fatal heart problems.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/sauna-use-linked-longer-life-fewer-fatal-heart-problems-201502257755

Association between sauna bathing and fatal cardiovascular and all-cause mortality events.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25705824/

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The process of systems integration (SI) functionally links together infrastructure, computing systems, and applications. SI can allow for economies of scale, streamlined manufacturing, and better efficiency and innovation through combined research and development.

New to the systems integration toolbox are the emergence of transformative technologies and, especially, the growing capability to integrate functions due to exponential advances in computing, data analytics, and material science. These new capabilities are already having a significant impact on creating our future destinies.

The systems integration process has served us well and will continue to do so. But it needs augmenting. We are on the cusp of scientific discovery that often combines the physical with the digital—the Techno-Fusion or merging of technologies. Like Techno-Fusion in music, Techno-Fusion in technologies is really a trend that experiments and transcends traditional ways of integration. Among many, there are five grouping areas that I consider good examples to highlight the changing paradigm. They are: Smart Cities and the Internet of Things (IoT); Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Quantum and Super Computing, and Robotics; Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality Technologies (VR); Health, Medicine, and Life Sciences Technologies; and Advanced Imaging Science.

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You might not think of volcanoes as particularly musical, but they do actually generate infrasound! And scientists may be able to use that sound to help predict when a volcano is about to erupt.

Hosted by: Michael Aranda.

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Monitoring Volcanic Craters with Infrasound “Music”


https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2018JB015561
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2015GL064466
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00024-014-0884-x.
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2014JB011002
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2017GL076506
https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/8/8/341/pdf.
https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo104
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-31708312

Image Sources:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Puc%C3%B3n,_2019_(01),_Volc%C3%A1n_Villarrica.jpg.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Villarrica_lava_fountain.jpg.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villarica_Volcano_(aerial_view)1.jpg.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calbuco_Ash_on_the_Move,_April_27,_2015.jpg.

Monitoring Volcanic Craters with Infrasound “Music”


https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/85465/eruption-of-villarrica-volcano

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An update on the Green Run hot fire test for Artemis I, a commercial cargo spacecraft leaves the space station, and innovative ideas for exploring unexplored areas of the Moon … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

Download Link: https://images.nasa.gov/details-An%20Update%20on%20the%20Green%20Run%20Hot%20Fire%20Test%20for%20Artemis%20I%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20January%208,%202021

Producer: Andre Valentine.
Editor: Sonnet Apple.
Music: Universal Production Music

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Scientists from Russia and Switzerland have probed into nanostructures covering the corneas of the eyes of small fruit flies. Investigating them the team learned how to produce the safe biodegradable nanocoating with antimicrobial, anti-reflective, and self-cleaning properties in a cost-effective and eco-friendly way. The protection coating might find applications in diverse areas of economics including medicine, nanoelectronics, automotive industry, and textile industry. The article describing these discoveries appears in Nature.

Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU, Russia) teamed up with colleagues from University of Geneva, The University of Lausanne, and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich for an interdisciplinary research project during which they were able to artificially reproduce the nanocoating of the corneas of fruit flies (Drosophila flies) naturally designed to protect the eyes of the insects from the smallest dust particles and shut off the reflection of light.

The craft of nanocoating meets demands in various fields of economics. It can wrap up any flat or three-dimensional structure, and, depending on the task, give it anti-reflective, antibacterial, and hydrophobic properties, including self-cleaning. The latter, for example, is a very important feature for expensive reusable overnight ortho-k lenses that correct the eyesight. Similar anti-reflective coatings are already known though created by more complex and costly methods. They are being used on the panels of computers, glasses, paintings in museums can be covered with them in order to exclude reflection and refraction of light.

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https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=bAdqazixuRY&list=RDAMVMbAdqazixuRY

► Album & 4k Video: http://NigelStanford.com/y/a-/Automatica.

► Spotify: http://NigelStanford.com/y/Spotify.

Subscribe and like to see more Robot videos, as I release them for my album Automatica.

Robots rock, they were fun to work with. My favorite is the robotic drummer. More work to be done, and maybe I could play with them live. Stay tuned smile Thank you to Kuka, Sennheiser and Roland.

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Creative technology studio playtronica has found a way of making music with pretty much anything including vegetables. their electronic devices transform touch into midi notes making anything into a midi controller including one that turns the human body into a keyboard. how it works is by effectively creating a circuit between the device and human body or the fruit. it’s then connected to a computer so when you touch the instrument the circuit is closed, and a specified sound is played. the tools are designed to work with organic materials and mostly anything that has water inside.

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