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What were some good things humans achieved in 2023? (lemmy.eco.br)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Anything exciting going on in your field of work this year? Or breakthroughs in science, new technologies developed, things like that.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/features/z1304_00039.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So it prolonges lifespan in cats with kidney disease.

Good for the cats but it's not prolonging a healthy cats lifespan it seems.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Most cats do die of kidney related issues, so by addressing that very common cause of death with cats, you're effectively doubling the average lifespan still.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Fair enough. A shame it doesn't transpose to the human condition.