Alexander Fleming's mould samples sold at auction

Samples of penicillin mould, signed and inscribed by Sir Alexander Fleming, have been sold at auction.

Labelled as "the mould which makes penicillin", the green substance was produced by Fleming in his laboratory after he discovered penicillin in 1928.

The Ayrshire-born bacteriologist went on to the win the 1945 Nobel Prize in medicine for the discovery which ultimately revolutionised medicine.

The samples were sold at Bonhams in London for £24,375.

It was while studying influenza that Sir Alexander famously noticed mould had developed accidentally on a set of culture dishes being used to grow the staphylococci germ.

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The mould had created a bacteria-free circle around itself. Sir Alexander experimented further and named the active substance penicillin.

However, it was two other scientists - Australian Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, a refugee from Nazi Germany - who developed penicillin further so that it could be produced as a drug.-read more

How soon can we fly to the moon as space tourists

With two private citizens planning a trip around the moon in 2018 with US private rocket company SpaceX, a key question now is when will space tourism be an option for the rest of us?

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced two unnamed people had paid a "significant deposit" to secure places in a spaceship that will fly in a loop around the moon, although not involve a lunar landing. Sir Richard Branson has made similar proposals to send holidaymakers on sub-orbital flights in his Virgin Galactic venture.

Many people are fascinated about the possibility of being able to travel to space and BBC audiences have been asking when will they be able to holiday beyond the stratosphere.

Libby Jackson, who is Human Spaceflight and Microgravity Programme Manager at the UK Space Agency, said there could be developments in as little as three years' time.-read more

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Use it or lose it’ — Holsworthy bus shuttle service to begin

The service, operated by Holsworthy Rural Community Transport, will start on Monday, March 13, providing a town shuttle offering an hourly service throughout the day from 8.45am through until 4.43pm, Monday to Friday.

The route will be a figure of eight centred on the library and church bus stops. There will be around 25 stops — including the medical centre — to the circuit and the fare will be £1/single journey, children 50p with under 5s free.

In broad terms the service will cover from Staddon Road to the Cattle Market and out to Rydon.

Martin Prentice, chairman of Holsworthy Rural Community Transport (HRCT) made a successful bid to the Department of Transport’s Community Bus Fund last year and managed to get two buses costing £50,000 each, one to replace the ageing ‘Ring & Ride’ bus and the other to set up this Holsworthy Town Shuttle.The cost of the service will be about £30,000/annum and so the bus will run for a trial period to establish what sort of usage it gets but if it cannot break even it will have to be terminated. So the message is — ‘use it or lose it’.

Timetables can be collected from the HRCT office in the Square or from the library and there will be a leaflet drop, including a timetable, to every house in Holsworthy the week before the service begins.

Mr Prentice said: “This venture is reversing the trend in the transport area where usually services are being withdrawn and so it is refreshing to have something new which will benefit everyone in the area.

“The town needs to get behind this worthwhile service and by using it make sure that it remains for years to come.”

Eleanor Doe-TAI CHI SHIBASHI TEACHER INTERIEW.

Good morning Mark 

Well , my first introduction to tai chi was brought about because a friend of mine was mugged and badly beaten when I worked and lived in London. I went to Master Li who gave classes in Bermondsey on martial art. I learned as a form of self defence. 

Later I took more interest in the greater role of tai chi as a life style including health well being nutrition etc. 

Having visited China several times and studied more I was asked to join tai chi for health as an instructor and as my aims were similar to that of the  charity, namely to bring taichi to more people especially those in provincial towns and villages, I agreed.

I have studied tai chi for over 40 years and hope to pass on what I have learned and am still learning to as many people as possible. 

Hope this helps .

Rare mare map revealing Germany's WWII bombing targets is discovered after 75 years in an attic

An extremely rare map of Hitler's bombing targets during the Second World War has been unearthed after more than 75 years.

It belonged to a Luftwaffe navigator and highlights important buildings and infrastructure in central and south London, including Battersea Power Station and Chelsea Barracks.

Other notable German targets were the Duke of York's headquarters and Fulham Palace, the home of the Bishop of London. 

The map, which focuses on Kensington, Wimbledon and Fulham, reveals how bombing targets appeared to follow the route of the river, using it as guidance for navigators.

It is dated from November 30, 1941, 14 months after the Germans began their Blitz bombing campaign on British cities.

The map was found in the loft of a late Second World War air gunner and is believed to have come from the debris of a shot-down Luftwaffe.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4256244/Map-revealing-Germany-s-WWII-bombing-targets-discovered.html#ixzz4ZhiKQlrg
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DARK SIDE OF MUSIC.

Scientist,s are suggesting that easy listening and upbeat music could have a dark side. People who tend to listen to happy tunes tend to be easily accept what they are told or asked to do even if goes against morals,tests showed.Also could influence to hurt others -college of management academic studies,Israel.

Scientists discover first-ever bee 'soldier'

The discovery was made by a team of scientists from the University of Sussex and the University of Sao Paulo including Professor Francis Ratnieks and Dr Christoph Grueter, from the University of Sussex Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects.

The team studied a common tropical stingless bee Tetragonisca angustula in Sao Paulo State in Brazil where it is known locally as Jataí. It nests in tree and wall cavities. Each nest has one queen and up to 10,000 workers.

Insect societies such as the Jataí’s are defined by cooperative and altruistic behaviour, with the workers caring for the nest and the queen’s offspring. This lifestyle also includes the division of labour among workers.

Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2012-01-scientists-first-ever-bee-soldier.html#jCp

15 Simple Tips to Balance Your Mind, Body & Soul

Here is a list of 15 simple things to consider incorporating into your healthy routine to help balance your mind, body, and spirit.

1. Exercise - Find an exercise you enjoy and start doing it regularly.

2. Be grateful - Stop to think about the things you have going for you and appreciate them.

3. Get plenty of sleep - Sleep is regenerative for your body. The more sleep you get the better you will perform the next day.

4. Breathe deeply - Whenever you think about it stop and take a deep breath. Over time this will become a healthy habit.-read more

We die like brothers”: The sinking of the SS Mendi

In the early hours of 21 February 1917, the British steamship SS Mendi was struck by a larger British ship in thick fog and sank in the English Channel. On board were nearly 900 men – mostly black South African men of the South African Native Labour Corps – who were on their way to support the war efforts on the Western Front. More than 600 lives were lost.

One hundred years after the sinking, Graham Scott of Wessex Archaeology, co-author of a new book We Die Like Brothers, shares the story of the tragedy and tells History Extra how the Mendi became a symbol of the fight for social justice and equality.What kind of vessel was the SS Mendi and can you tell us a little about its history?

The steamship Mendi was a cargo liner, built to carry both freight and passengers and sailing on a fixed schedule. Like many of the world’s ships in the first decade of the 20th century, it had been built on the Clyde, then the world’s greatest ship-building centre. Despite being built in Scotland, the Mendi operated out of Liverpool for Elder Dempster, which was then one of the great Liverpool shipping companies. The city dominated much of the trade between Britain and West Africa, a tradition that originated in the commercial links forged by Liverpool merchants during the iniquitous slave trade and one which had enabled British businesses to exploit the continent’s vast resources of raw materials and foodstuffs, whilst at the same time exporting manufactured goods back to British colonies.-read more

DELETE BAD MEMORIES.

Would you if you could choose to delete any bad memories well  scientists have manged to do this in mice.This was done by discovering that memories are encoded in just a few cells of our brain and they believe to have foud a way of wiping out bad recollections and still keep good ones intact.

Someone keeps giving this bus stop near Plymouth an amazing 'front room' makeover

Bus shelters have a reputation for being grim, graffiti-covered, litter-filled, grotholes.

A magnet to vandals, these unloved structures often attract feral youths with no place else to go. They can become hotbeds of antisocial behaviour and, if we're brutally honest, they nearly always smell of wee.

Read more at http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/someone-keeps-giving-this-bus-stop-near-plymouth-an-amazing-front-room-makeover/story-30146137-detail/story.html#KYiQJsGByRK6jr9L.99

CAT RESCUE DOG .

A dog called Molly ,springer spaniel is the first dog in the world to be trained as a cat -rescue dog to help track cats in peril .Molly has been trained by Medical Detection dog -charity that teach dogs to to detect cancer.Molly has helped track 100 cats so far which often hide when injured or sick.

PONIES GO BY MOTORBOAT TO MEET THE RELATIVES .

Ponies Albert and Ernie ,Shetland ponies were taken y motorboat to Shetland Islands to meet the their horsey relatives by their trainer.The trainer  Emma Massingale practiced this trip on a lake near home in Holsworthy.

SPACEFLIGHT BILL.

In this bill research on antibiotics for mrsa and salmonella to set up spaceports to battle the bugs and could be viable by 2020,the scheme is due to be launched in April 2017.

PIRACY BEWARE.

Search giants Google and Bing  have joined together to sign a voluntary code of practice to try to make it harder to search for music,films etc.This will mean that links to illegal sites will be quickly removed after notices  from rights holders ad you will only be taken too a bone fide sites.

Barn Sanctuary

Hey COMEDYFRIENDLYZOMBIE, thanks for the follow :) I've just established a new animal sanctuary called Barn Sanctuary. We just rescued two calves and two pigs! It'd be great if you go like the FB page if you have time! http://fb.com/thebarnsanctuary …-https://www.barnsanctuary.org/-Dan McKernan

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GHOST AIRSHIP WW 2

NAZI OR JUST LIME DISEASE ?