Interesting Links for 22-10-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Cancer patients who got a mRNA vaccine lived nearly twice as long - even though the vaccine wasn't aimed at cancer.

(tags:cancer immune_system viaKenny vaccine GoodNews )

2. Penguin and Club biscuit bars can no longer be described as chocolate

The price of cocoa has soared by 4x, and the amount of chocolate in a biscuit has dropped significantly.
(tags:chocolate food biscuits )

3. If you're still using Windows 10 (like me!) make sure you've signed up for Extended Support Updates to protect you from security issues

(tags:Windows security )

4. Pop quiz: who is the only scientist to have won both an Ig Nobel and a Nobel prize?

(tags:science nobel graphene frog magnets levitation )

5. If Labour want more houses then they need to stop mucking about with consents and put up the cash

(tags:money housing uk )

6. Brexit has been awesome - for making Europe less divided

(tags:uk europe )

7. Kew woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down a street drain

(tags:waste water location regulation UK London )

8. Humans can absorbe oxygen anally

(tags:humans oxygen bodies )

9. Lawsuit alleges Prime Day is a fraud

(tags:USA Amazon fraud shopping )

Comments

[cmcmck]

7. They let her off after the bad publicity started!

[juan_gandhi]

Thank you so much for these news! Especially when I told my wife about #8, she said it's time to turn off the computer.

[andrewducker]

Always good to have a reminder that it's time to step away!

Will nobody think of the gerbils?

[hairyears]

Am I the only person to worry about No8?

There are flammable gases in there, and some of them can form an explosive mixture with sufficient oxygen.

Re: Will nobody think of the gerbils?

[andrewducker]

The oxygen is dissolved, so I don't think that would be a problem.

Blowing pure oxygen up your bum would probably be bad, I agree.