The RECC’E - DAY 76 | 03.17.22 | NIGHT LIGHT

Day 76 / 365

177YEARS ago today the ‘rubber band’ was patented by Stephen Perry of London.

RECC’E OF THE DAY

1NIGHT spent sleeping in a room with even low level light can disrupt blood sugar control enough to affect the way our bodies normally keep blood sugar within a healthy range. 

100LUX - the lighting equivalent of leaving the TV on, a bedside lamp or even a street light coming through the window - is all it takes to worsen blood sugar. Scientists confirmed that while you might think your sleeping well, your brain knows the lights are on.

TRACKING: UKRAINE

726CIVILIAN deaths and 1900 casualties are the latest official figures from the UN however the true death toll remains unclear as Ukrainian officials have reported more than 1000 deaths in several individual cities alone.

2DAYS AGO satellite images showed a theatre in Mariupol where hundreds of people - including children - were sheltering, it clearly had the word ‘Children’ written on the ground outside in front and behind the building which was visible from the skies. Today its confirmed that Russian forces have bombed and completely destroyed the building with all those inside likely to have been killed.

4thRUSSIAN general has now been killed as Putin calls for the “self-purification” of Russia and states the country will “spit out” traitors. The international court of justice has now ordered that Russia cease military operations in Ukraine immediately. 

300kVOLUNTEER hackers have now come together on Telegram under Ukraine’s appeal for a global army of IT experts to help battle Russia on the digital frontline.  

21kAPP installs of Elon Musk’s ‘Starlink’ made it the most downloaded application on the Apple App Store in Ukraine on Sunday. It has seen 98k installs in Ukraine overall across both IOS and Android.   

$800mPACKAGE of military supplies is being sent from the U.S to Ukraine which will include drones. This comes as Biden brands Putin a “war criminal” with Putin responding by describing these comments as “unacceptable and unforgivable”.

9CAPTURED Russian soldiers have been exchanged for the Melitopol Mayor as a deepfake video - one almost indistinguishable from reality using smart technology - of Zelenskyy appearing to concede the war is called out after being seen more than 100k times.

15POINT provisional peace plan is being discussed which would involve a ceasefire and Russian withdrawal in exchange for Kyiv agreeing to neutral status and limits on its armed forces. The details are being contested by both sides with no formal agreements in place.

NEED-TO-KNOW

600kPEOPLE a year die from malaria, 80% of whom are Children under 5 years old. Now Australia has become the first country to approve the anti-malarial drug ‘tafenoquine’ for use in children. Tafenoquine can cure a type of malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax which causes up to 5 million malaria infections every year and children aged 2 to 6 are four times more likely than adults to contract it.

27HALLUCINOGENIC drugs and their effects have been analysed across 6,850 testimonials in order to figure out how and why hallucinogenics trigger certain experiences. Researchers found keywords from hallucinogenic experiences can be linked to certain parts of the brain meaning word association could now be a target for treating mental health issues. 

20%OF MONKEYS who had received treatment and recovered from Ebola - which has a 50% fatality rate - have been found to have the virus ’ hiding out’ in their brain asymptomatically which can and has led to recurrent fatal infections. Ebola is known for a high level of viral persistence meaning the virus remains lurking in the body even after a patient has recovered but it was not known prior to this where this predominant hiding place was. The breakthrough could hugely impact future treatment for humans.

SHOULD-KNOW

1%INCREASES in the number of residents who have internet access has been shown to prevent an additional 2.4 to 6 Covid deaths per 100,000 people. The surprising study showed one of the factors most consistently associated with a high risk of death due to Covid-19 in the US was the lack of internet access. More than 25% of Americans still don’t have home broadband internet and this figure doubles for those with with no college education earning below $30k. 

7.4MAGNITUDE earthquake off the coast of Fukushima, Japan has reportedly killed 4 people and sparked tsunami warnings as 2 million homes across Tokyo are plunged into darkness. The Fukushima prefecture was devastated by a powerful quake and tsunami 11 years ago that resulted in a nuclear power plant meltdown.

3mRNA VACCINE candidates developed by Moderna to fight HIV will start clinical trials for safety this week with 108 volunteers; the same technology platform used for its FDA-approved covid-19 vaccine. Normally mRNA is carried over from the cell’s DNA but mRNA vaccines deliver their own packet of instructions to cells.

GOOD-TO-KNOW

700YEAR OLD lead coffin has been discovered beneath the Norte Dame Cathedral. A team of archaeologists recently found sculptures and several tombs just below the church’s floor ahead of the reconstruction of Notre Dame’s spire, which collapsed during an April 2019 blaze.

$22.5bADDITIONAL funding has been requested by Biden in a bid to keep on top of Covid cases which are again on the rise worldwide in the wake of declining health measures. Sub-omicron variant BA.2 - 30 to 40% more transmissible - now represents 75% of all Omicron cases, with Omicron itself representing 99.9% of cases worldwide; Delta has all by dissipated.

110DATA capturing cameras have rendered real-time 3D models of basketball players during a live game using volumetric video; blurring the line between reality and game play. This allows virtual camera operators to show sports or anything else from any conceivable angle they want to, regardless of whether a camera caught that angle or not.

 

SIGN-OFF STAT

12.8%OF PEOPLE are born on Thursdays, making it the most popular day of birth; the least popular is Saturday at 10%. September 9th is the most common birth date on the planet -  all the people born on September 9th are usually conceived on December 17 of the previous year.

  

   

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