Tosny Digest 54: Eggs From Skin

Oct 05, 2025

🐶 What did I do?

“People not only don’t know what’s happening to them, they don’t even know that they don’t know.“

🗨️ Noam Chomsky

Verb meaning to leave abruptly, decamp, run off (often with something).
“Before the thief could absquatulate with the diamonds, he was surrounded by police officers.”

Scientists turn human skin cells into egg cells — a bold step in fertility research
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have developed a proof-of-concept method to transform adult human skin cells into egg-like cells that, when fertilised, can begin embryo development.
OPEC+ to further raise oil production
OPEC+ has announced that it will increase output by 137,000 barrels per day starting November 2025.
China supplies intelligence to Russia over Ukraine targets
Ukraine’s intelligence says China is providing satellite intelligence to Russia, helping identify targets in Ukraine, including infrastructure and investment sites.

A volcanic island that literally rose from the sea in 1963 off the southern coast of Iceland.
Born in real time: The island emerged above the waves on 14 November 1963 after a submarine eruption — one of the few places in modern times where people could observe the birth of an island.

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