Cows

A genetically modified cow has produced milk containing human insulin, according to a new study. The proof-of-concept achievement could be scaled up to, eventually, produce enough insulin to ensure availability and reduced cost for all diabetics requiring the life-maintaining drug.Unable to rely on their own supply due to damaged pancreatic cells, type 1 diabetics need injectable insulin to live. As do some type 2 diabetics. The World Health Organization estimates that of those who require insulin, between 150 and 200…

In late February, farmers from across the US will gather in Houston, Texas, to witness the crowning of their champions: the winners of the National Corn Yield Contest. Every year, thousands of participants brush up on the contest’s 17-page rule book and then attempt to plough, plant, and fertilize their way into the record books. Their aim? To squeeze as much corn as possible from each square meter of farmland.The overall winner in 2023—and in 2021, 2019, and nine times before that—was David Hula, a farmer from Charles…

Nikon has taken its imaging and AI prowess in a unexpected direction with a new system that can warn farmers when a cow is about to give birth, Kyodo News has reported. It's designed to reduce the need to constantly check large numbers of pregnant cows during busy birthing seasons, helping farmers improve efficiency.The system, which costs 900,000 yen per year ($6,200) for a farm with around 100 cows, consists of a security-style camera married to an AI system. It uses a dedicated smartphone application that sounds an…

You’ve written extensively about dogs, pigs, camels, etc. What drew you to research bovines? Author Yamini Narayanan (Courtesy Navayana) My foray into animals in my research was unexpected – a video taken by undercover activists documenting the screams and almost unseeable suffering involved in the live plucking of rabbits for angora fur came my way. The screams of the rabbits were not of this world – it comes from a timespace of pain from torture that no sentient being should have to endure. I was shocked and…

Posted in: Comics, Conventions, Image, san diego comic con | Tagged: san diego comic con, sdcc, top cowImage Comics/Top Cow's Haunt You To The End #1 and Antarctica #1 launched last month, but they will have both exclusive variants at SDCPublished Tue, 04 Jul 2023 06:19:11 -0500 by Rich Johnston | Last updated Tue, 04 Jul 2023 06:27:42 -0500 | Image Comics/Top Cow's Haunt You To The End #1 and Antarctica #1 both launched on the 14th of June. One month later they will have exclusive variant covers from Top Cow's Booth…

Make all the jokes you want, but the methane emitted in the form of cow burps and farts is actually a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. That could soon change, however, thanks to bacteria found in baby kangaroo feces.In the recent past, cattle feed additives such as seaweed, tropical leaves and fish oil have been proposed for keeping the bacteria in cows' stomachs from producing methane as they digest food. All of these additives have been used with varying degrees of success.Chemical bacteria inhibitors and…

A boy stands on the bank of the Salado River in Buenos Aires Province looking at the dead fish on January 22, 2023.Photo: Natacha Pisarenko (AP)Thousands of dead fish washed up along the shore of a river in Argentina this weekend, in the latest symptom of the extreme drought and heat that has gripped the country in recent months, the AP reported. In addition to high temperatures, the country is in the middle of a punishing drought thatbegan in May. The drought is one of the worst to hit the country in decades, officials…

New research published in the journal Nature Food has reported on the consequences of feeding dairy cows commercial hemp. Despite the hemp product containing negligible levels of psychoactive THC the researchers detected significant behavioral changes in the animals and measurable levels of THC in their milk.The primary goal of the research was to investigate whether feeding hemp to livestock was safe for both the animal and the resulting animal products harvested for human consumption. Over the last few years hemp…

They were displaying the typical symptoms of being stoned: red eyes, wobbly gaits, and drowsy demeanors. But these weren’t people who had just frequented their local dispensary—they were cows. In a new study, scientists report cattle that have eaten feed containing varying amounts of hemp seemed to get stoned like people do. The work may give regulators pause when considering whether the affordable, fast-growing crop is safe for livestock to eat. It also raises…

Given a sorted array arr consisting of N integers which denote the position of a stall. You are also given an integer K which denotes the number of aggressive cows. You are given the task of assigning stalls to K cows such that the minimum distance between any two of them is the maximum possible.Examples: Input: N = 5, K = 3, arr = {1, 2, 4, 8, 9}Output: 3Explanation: We can place cow 1 at position 1, cow 2 at position 4 and cow 3 at position 9. So, the maximum possible minimum distance between two cows is 3.Input: N = 6,…