Discovery Bit | Antwan Hockaday | Activity https://www.discoverybit.com/members/antwanhockaday/activity/ Activity feed for Antwan Hockaday. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:27:46 -0600 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 784d94ed328ac180bac67608c0b4a35b Antwan Hockaday posted an update in the group Health: US Scientists Found That The Protein Ferritin Light Chain 1 […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44466/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:04:27 -0600 US Scientists Found That The Protein Ferritin Light Chain 1 (FTL1) May Drive Brain Aging By Reducing Cognition & Hippocampus Brain Cell (HBC) Connections. Increasing FTL1 In Young Mice Prematurely Aged Their Brains, While Lowering It In Old Mice Reversed Decline. Boosting HBC Metabolism Also Helped. Study Offers Hope To Reverse Brain Aging.

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]]> 0 37ed68adc02c09e0a4e5d700b70a0d6b Antwan Hockaday posted an update in the group Animal: Researchers Captured A Very Rare 2023 Sighting Of A Maori […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/44126/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 18:14:53 -0600 Researchers Captured A Very Rare 2023 Sighting Of A Maori Octopus Riding The World’s Fastest Shark, A Shortfin Mako, Which Can Reach Speeds Of Up To 50 Km/H (31 Mph). This Unexpected Encounter In New Zealand‘s Hauraki Gulf—Between A Bottom-Dwelling Octopus And A Pelagic Shark—Showcases The Wonders Of The Ocean And Inspires Conservation Efforts.

]]> 0 e3a49e0d51f67d95fc2702cbc9b3cb7e Antwan Hockaday posted an update in the group Animal: Recall Magawa, The Tanzanian-Born African Giant Pouched Rat […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/41880/ Mon, 07 Jun 2021 04:01:40 -0600 Recall Magawa, The Tanzanian-Born African Giant Pouched Rat Trained To Detect Landmine In Cambodia? Well, Magawa Is Retiring Having Reached The Retirement Age. Magawa Has Been Working For 5 Years In Cambodia And Has Since Cleared 2.4 Million Square Feet Of Land, And In The Process Found 71 Land Mines And 38 Items Of Unexploded Ordnance.

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]]> 0 2f2a4bafc7a3213aced1129813988769 Antwan Hockaday posted an update in the group Animal: Researchers Have Discovered, In Callao Cave, Philippines, The […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/40618/ Fri, 30 Apr 2021 22:19:36 -0600 Researchers Have Discovered, In Callao Cave, Philippines, The Remains of 3 New Gigantic But Extinct Species Of Cloud Rats (GCR) Said To Be “Twice The Size Of Grey Squirrels.” Cloud Rats Are Nocturnal Animals That Exist Today In The Philippines Forests. And The Rats Live On TreeTops. Humans Are Speculated To Have Led To GCR Extinction.

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]]> 0 963a5569bb0a27dfa0b90dae38fc618d Antwan Hockaday posted an update in the group Animal: Magawa, A 7-Year-Old African Rodent, And One Of The HeroRATs […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/36535/ Sat, 26 Sep 2020 01:08:23 -0600 Magawa, A 7-Year-Old African Rodent, And One Of The HeroRATs Trained To Detect Landmines Since The 1990s, Has Been Award A Gold Medal, By The UK Veterinary Charity, PDSA, For Its Gallantry In Sniffing Out Landmines And Unexploded Munitions In Cambodia. Magawa Has Sniffed Out 39 Landmines And 28 Unexploded Munitions In His Career.

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]]> 0 4dacbfa384e9e698a92ed1b968dd745d Antwan Hockaday posted an update in the group Animal: Scientists Spotted The Highest Dwelling Mammal In The World, […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/36438/ Sat, 18 Jul 2020 20:50:10 -0600 Scientists Spotted The Highest Dwelling Mammal In The World, A Mouse, At Height Of ~22,000 Ft. The Mouse Was Captured At The Top Of The Andes Llullaillaco Volcano On The Border Of Chile And Argentina. This Discovery Can Help Understand How Mammals Can Adapt To Harsh Environments. The World’s Deepest Dwelling Animal Has Also Been Spotted.

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]]> 0 7f3b0594f2b8ae3b6c7aa54763020f80 Antwan Hockaday posted an update in the group Animal: An Octopus Has Been Spotted At The Depth Of ~7,000m In The […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/36376/ Sat, 30 May 2020 22:07:17 -0600 An Octopus Has Been Spotted At The Depth Of ~7,000m In The Java Trench Of The Indian Ocean, Making It The World’s Deepest Octopus. The Octopus, A “Dumbo” Species, Is Said To Have Surpassed Previous Sighting At 5,145m. This Discovery Indicates That Octopus Can Find Potentially Suitable Habitat Across At Least 99% Of The Global Seafloor.

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]]> 0 9249cf225d4fccc4b38f18ce7cb0816b Antwan Hockaday posted an update in the group Discovery: Scientists, Using A New Technique, Have Now Confirmed And […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/35550/ Sat, 06 Apr 2019 19:09:41 -0600 Scientists, Using A New Technique, Have Now Confirmed And Identified The Part Of The Brain That’s Responsible For The Five Taste Groups: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter And Umami. An Older Cortex, A Specific Portion Of The Insular Cortex, In The Brain, Hidden Behind The Neocortex, Is Said To Be Responsible For This.

https://www.sci…

]]> 0 38e7a9bc323078093c0600d51967b35c Antwan Hockaday posted an update in the group Discovery: The Brain Of A Man Not Only Shrinks Faster Than A Woman Of […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/35410/ Wed, 06 Feb 2019 02:46:57 -0600 The Brain Of A Man Not Only Shrinks Faster Than A Woman Of The Same Age, But It Has Now Been Discovered That The Man’s Brain Also Ages Faster By 4 Years. And This Is Because Men Start Adulthood About 3 Years Older Than Women–A Reason Why Women Are Sharper Then Men Of The Same Age.

Women stay sharper than men in old age because their…

]]> 0 f319cd6d87687ab81be7382fe264d49a Antwan Hockaday posted an update in the group App: Many of Us Get So Easily Distracted That We Hardly Get […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/35368/ Wed, 23 Jan 2019 02:06:06 -0600 Many of Us Get So Easily Distracted That We Hardly Get Anything Done. Now, There Is An App For That. A Brain Training Game App, called Decoder, Has Been Developed By Researchers At Cambridge University, And It Is Said To Have The Same Effect As Ritalin, A Medication, With Regards To Helping People Stay Focused.

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]]> 0 562ddfa53a8fb7f5875c1e358239ca95 Antwan Hockaday posted an update in the group Discovery: Most Octopuses Are Known To Be Asocial. But A Recent Study […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/34889/ Sat, 22 Sep 2018 01:56:35 -0600 Most Octopuses Are Known To Be Asocial. But A Recent Study Has Indicated That Ecstacy (MMDA) Seem To Have The Same Effect In Octopuses And Human, Making Them Act Socially. Scientists Hope That A Study Of MMDA On Octopus Would Help In The Treatment Of PTSD And How The Brain Conjures Social Behaviour In Humans.

On Ecstasy, Octopuses…

]]> 0 c14d5c725e45839a99bd4ccc75f9b822 Antwan Hockaday posted an update in the group Discovery: Nature Sometimes Seriously Blows My Mind. How Can At Least […] https://www.discoverybit.com/activity/p/10331/ Sun, 31 Dec 2017 22:15:11 -0600 Nature Sometimes Seriously Blows My Mind. How Can At Least Two Octopuses Be Housed Under A Newly Discovered Giant Octopus Named The Frilled Giant Pacific Octopus (World Largest Octopus). I wonder How It Is Determined Which Of The Octopuses Should Be In The Driver’s Seat?

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