#bbc future

[principleofplenitude]

That's because Alex's story is a dramatic example of a much broader phenomenon, affecting people of all abilities: how well you read and write can depend on the language you are using. Consider, for example, how long it takes children to learn to read in different languages, or more specifically, in different orthographies (spelling systems). "There is quite a lot of evidence that learning to read in English just takes longer because it's harder than other orthographies," says Karin Landerl, a professor of developmental psychology at the University of Graz, Austria. Children who speak languages as diverse as Welsh, Spanish, Czech, Finnish and many others, all tend to learn to read more quickly than English-speakers.

“How dyslexia changes in other languages“ from BBC Future

#reading list #bbc future #linguistics #dyslexia #reading #language #orthography

[timespanner]

#aliens #extraterrestial life #UFOs #BBC Future

[regulusrules]

We're TRENDINGG for no REASONN just like god DECREEDD, so here are 5 fics that would steal your breath away:

1. My breaths are run by your compass by regulusrules. [T] [20K+] [post-camlann fix-it] [golden age but merlin stabs arthur in his heart first].

Not because it's my fic and it's genuinely so insane you won't believe it, but honestly, it's the best idea I've ever come up with, even better than the widely beloved my heart is readily yours. For me, it's the perfect continuation of their story, and the most unhinged plot twist you could find in a fic.

2. Half of my soul by @clockwrkpendrxgon. [G] [2K] [MCD] [golden age growing old together]

This fic is half of my soul, or what the poets say. It's so much better as an ending than what they've given us. At least this is filled with such golden love it makes you ache. At least this makes sense.

3. from hearth and ashes, we’re reborn by @remuscariad. [G] [5K] [canon era magic reveal].

This fic is so good you'll be on your knees from it. The prose, the characterization, the tropes used... it will linger in your mind and fester there from how beautiful it all is. And the art in it by @onepeppercorn... stunning.

4. Our broken pieces by @aramblingjay. [T] [10K] [canon era established relationship]

You can pry this fic from my cold dead hands. I will never stop recommending it until it gets the fame it deserves. One of the most beautiful fics ever written about them, and genuinely encompasses their characters so perfectly.

5. gentle as an early spring breeze by @prattery. [G] [2.5K] [canon divergence golden age]

They are alive and in love and we're all living in this fic because it's what they righteously deserved. The way their life was written here and the love between them... I swear this author could write anything and I'd kudos it before even reading it.

[For more recs]

#bbc merlin #no we won't ever die #we are #the once and future fandom #merlin #merlin fic recs #merthur #king arthur #regulusrules recs

[biglisbonnews]

The marine microbes heat-proofing vines To protect grapevines from extreme weather, scientists are turning to the sea https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230727-the-microbes-that-could-protect-grapevines-from-climate-change

#BBC Future

[breezingby]

The deep Earth contains vast mountain ranges with peaks up to four times the height of Everest. But no one knows why.

"Hidden 'mountain' ranges – peaks that no explorer has ever set foot on, no sunlight has ever illuminated."

ULVZs (ultra-low velocity zones)

Antarctica

Interior Mountains

deep-Earth mountains

University of Alabama and Arizona State University

#BBC Future #Zaria Gorvett #June 5 2023 #Earth's hiddenmountains

[echoesofcamelot]

Guys bbc merlin is trending. And we’ve made it trend only because the official Merlin twitter changed the bio and tweeted for the first time in ten years. The power of this fandom is unmatched. We feed on literal crumbs and go feral whenever we get the slimmest shred of hope. Now can you imagine if the show actually came back??? Like. Imagine getting to see Arthur and Merlin reunite. The collective madness such an event would unleash. We’d break tumblr for real wouldn’t we.

#we are all so delusional lmaooo #I love our fandom so much #we never lose hope #we are all just waiting here forever for our king’s return #just like merlin #once and future fandom #merlin #bbc merlin

[aerismoon]

Quick! While Merlin is randomly trending: I went to the Renaissance Faire this weekend and made a Merthur coin necklace!

Dragon for Arthur and triskelion for Merlin!

Two sides of the same coin and all. I was proud. I had to in depth explain this to my friend that I went with.

#bbc merlin #merlin #arthur pendragon #merthur #merlin emrys #merlin bbc #the once and future fandom #two sides of the same coin

[abisalli]

If canon won't let them hug, I will make them hug

#merthur #bbc merlin #merlin #arthur pendragon #merlin fanart #my art #digital art #emrys #once and future king #this show is forcing me to learn how to draw hugs #why is Merlin crying? Arthur nearly died ofc! and he still can't tell him about his magic :( sadness :(

[strawlessandbraless]

You ever think about Arthur’s deleted depression arc from Season 4 of Merlin or are you normal

Dale McCready was the Director of Photography on Merlin from 2008-2012. In April 2020 she released some BTS photos from this time.

📷 Source: Dale McCready Merlin Archive

#merlin #merlin bbc #bbc merlin #merthur #the once and future fandom #arthur pendragon #merlin x arthur #arthur x merlin #two sides of the same coin #merlin behind the scenes #merlin bts #season 4 #for camelot #young warlock #merlin cast #the once and future king #bradley james

[marcskywalker]

no you don't understand I'm obsessed with the idea of camelot's land and magic loving arthur.

like, he's literally the son of ygraine and magic, and the prophesied king. they'd be protective of him (I imagine it's how he survived the years before merlin, that and his own skills as a warrior).

when Uther sends a young Arthur out in the storm (as a punishment or some suicidal mission to prove his worth idk uther is a shitty parent), the rain falls softer, the wind is warmer, the branch part and make way for him. that sort of thing

whenever he's truly desperate and heart yearning with his noble intentions, Camelot bends over itself to make it happen for it's son and king

If arthur is fighting out there then the ground is sturdier under his feet, if he is ever injured and down then the air seeps a bit of it's magic into him, if he is ever lost and can't find his way back then the horses find him easily, if he is ever hungry and alone then the animal make themselves easy sacrifice

Arthur is Camelot's son. She would protect him with everything until Emrys comes

#arthur pendragin #bbc merlin #headcanons #merlin #once and future king #merthur

[amariram]

Sir Percival and Sir Gwaine watching the mighty King Arthur rant all over the Castle because he can’t find Merlin anywhere and keeps repeating that the last time he saw him was the night before in their bed.

#merlin #merthur #bbc merlin #merlin fandom #arthur pendragon #bradley james #merlin season 6 #the once and future fandom #sir percival #sir gwaine #knights of the round table #eoin macken #tom hopper

[principleofplenitude]

In a 2017 study Ravid Straussman, a cancer biologist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel and his team showed that some bacteria living inside human pancreatic cancers can protect the tumours by inactivating a common chemotherapy drug. They found that one particular class of bacteria, known as Gammaproteobacteria, could break down gemcitabine: a drug used to treat a number of cancers including those found in the bladder, breast and pancreas. This helped the tumours become resistant to the drug. When the team injected mice with colon cancer with the bacteria, the mice's cancers also became resistant to the drug. But when the researchers gave the mice an antibiotic alongside the chemotherapy drug, the resistance disappeared.

Further to these findings, research published in 2019 by a team at Tohoku University in Japan looked retrospectively at patients suffering from advanced cancers who were treated with either a chemotherapeutic drug alone and those who also received an antibiotic in addition to the chemotherapy in an attempt to prevent or treat an existing infection. They found that patients who were given an antibiotic had a better response to treatment. Although the study did not examine the amount of bacteria present in the cancer tissue of these patients, the researchers speculated that the antibiotics might have eliminated tumour-associated bacteria, which may have been interfering with the cancer treatment.

The studies offer a tantalising hint of what might be going on within tumours.

—"The mystery of microbes that live inside tumours" from BBC Future

#reading list #bbc future #microbes #cancer #tumors #health

[eliounora]

You're a Good King, Arthur Pendragon

#merlin #bbc merlin #my art #HERE COMES GOOD OL' ONCE AND FUTURE KING!

[regulusrules]

OH MY GOD IT'S HAPPENING!!!!!! MERLIN NEEDS TO TREND RIGHT BACK AGAIN NOWWWWW

So, Eoin has been hinting for a while about a Merlin "project"

Sep 29, 2020

And he even outright replied before that:

Which takes us to THE ALMIGHTY PRESENT MOMENT!!!!

HE'S BACK IN IRELAND?? WORKING ON A PROJECT??????

And not just that!!!!!!! LOOK WHAT HE'S WEARINGGGGGGG

EOIN YOU SWEET SWEET MF PLEASE SAVE US FROM OUR MISERY

Update: you guys i swear i know we were clowned. no need to remind me all the time 😂

#merlin #TREND BACK NOWW #EOIN IS GOING TO SAVE US #bbc merlin #merthur #arthur pendragon #merlin bbc #king arthur #gwaine #eoin macken #colin morgan #merlin x arthur #the once and future fandom

[hopelessheathen]

#merthur #merlin/arthur #arthur returns #once and future king #bbc merlin

[lostwarllock]

What do you mean merlin will never see arthur smile like that again. What do you mean

#bbc merlin #merlin #merthur #bbc merthur #arthur pendragon #bradley james #colin morgan #merlin and arthur #adventures of merlin #once and future king #art #sketch #drawing #merlin fanart #camelot