@futuroprossimo.bsky.socialThe world has no shared culture left, or just one: video games, according to a survey of 234 students, though even the top title, Madden, was named by fewer than 1 in 4.
https://en.futuroprossimo.it/2026/10/il-mondo-non-ha-piu-culture-condivise-anzi-solo-una/
@futuroprossimo.bsky.socialA heart drug could intercept lung cancer before it starts: in 2017 it cut tumors in 10,061 patients, but on only 129 diagnoses, so the real trials start now.
https://en.futuroprossimo.it/2026/10/un-farmaco-per-il-cuore-potrebbe-intercettare-il-cancro-al-polmone/
#futuroprossimo #cancer
@futuroprossimo.bsky.socialA London war-game on solar geoengineering put officers and diplomats in charge of the planet's thermostat, and the rainfall-model laptop stayed off.
@futuroprossimo.bsky.socialSpanish researchers built a self-disinfecting fabric that eliminates bacteria, fungi and viruses in hospitals, but it needs light: 75% fewer microbes on bed rails.
@futuroprossimo.bsky.socialChina has built a 905-meter escalator over the Yangtze: 21 Schindler escalators in a row, climbing 80 floors of mountainside. A titanic piece of engineering that makes you wonder how much a landscape can change.
@futuroprossimo.bsky.socialA newborn's immune system may be decided in the first 7 days: with a strong early reaction, 39% of babies had eczema or a food allergy by age 1, against 12%.
@futuroprossimo.bsky.socialA Swedish study on folic acid and suicide urges caution: the protective effect reported in 2022 shifts with sex and age in the records of 21 regions.
https://en.futuroprossimo.it/2026/10/acido-folico-e-suicidio-lo-studio-svedese-invita-alla-prudenza/
@futuroprossimo.bsky.socialObesogens mimic hormones and hide in grocery plastic, even in a tomato can lining. In humans, though, the evidence is still mostly association.
https://en.futuroprossimo.it/2026/10/obesogeni-il-peso-invisibile-che-ci-riscrive-il-metabolismo/
@futuroprossimo.bsky.socialiRobot has built a Roomba that carries another Roomba on its back, so the dirty work gets outsourced: a mechanical arm sets the smaller one down under the sofa.
https://en.futuroprossimo.it/2026/10/irobot-crea-un-roomba-che-porta-un-altro-roomba-sulla-schiena/
#Roomba #futuroprossimo
@futuroprossimo.bsky.socialLiver fibrosis is retreating in the Netherlands with 2 pills already on the market, a leukemia drug and quercetin: it improved in 47% of treated patients against 7% on placebo.
https://en.futuroprossimo.it/2026/10/olanda-la-fibrosi-del-fegato-arretra-con-2-pillole-gia-in-commercio/
#futuroprossimo
@futuroprossimo.bsky.socialThere is garlic peel inside this anti-theft sensor, and it works: up to 400 volts per door opening, though the electronics still need a power bank.
https://en.futuroprossimo.it/2026/10/in-questo-sensore-antifurto-ce-della-buccia-d-aglio-e-funziona/
@futuroprossimo.bsky.socialA Canadian start-up lays wood and coconut mats over Arctic permafrost: the covered edge held, the bare one lost 5 metres. One site, one summer.
https://en.futuroprossimo.it/2026/10/perche-stanno-stendendo-tappeti-di-legno-e-cocco-sul-permafrost-in-artico/
#futuroprossimo #permafrost
@futuroprossimo.bsky.socialIn the US, a microphone on soybean stems spies on parasites so they can be put down: it listens for days to whatever burrows inside, and the plant stays whole.
@futuroprossimo.bsky.socialAt Rome's Gemelli, a woman is the first in the world to get a radioactive glue in an inoperable pancreatic tumor: for now it's 1 patient, but the test has begun.
https://en.futuroprossimo.it/2026/10/tumore-al-pancreas-al-gemelli-il-test-per-la-colla-radioattiva/
@futuroprossimo.bsky.socialIn Kenya, a solar ambulance built by students from Eindhoven has passed its field test: it drove more than 800 km and produced more energy than it used.
https://en.futuroprossimo.it/2026/10/kenya-lambulanza-solare-si-ricarica-mentre-cura/
@futuroprossimo.bsky.socialWhy do people want the guy who opposes death dead? When Bryan Johnson announced an illness, the web cheered, and psychology says he shakes the stories we tell about death.
https://en.futuroprossimo.it/2026/10/perche-la-gente-vuole-morto-il-tizio-che-si-oppone-alla-morte/
#futuroprossimo #longevity
@futuroprossimo.bsky.socialTrump just launched the Super Intelligence Force, a name that promises a lot. It has nothing to do with the superintelligence researchers talk about, though.
@futuroprossimo.bsky.socialA lab technician at a Siberian anti-plague institute has died. Moscow says pneumonia of unknown origin, others a broken test tube. What is confirmed, and what is only reported?
https://en.futuroprossimo.it/2026/10/peste-polmonare-a-irkutsk-cosa-ne-sappiamo-davvero/
@futuroprossimo.bsky.socialA meta-analysis of 45 studies links air pollution to suicide risk. Correlation, not proven cause, researchers say.
https://en.futuroprossimo.it/2026/09/un-nuovo-studio-collega-linquinamento-atmosferico-al-rischio-suicidario/
#futuroprossimo
