#cepheid

You've probably never heard of the corporation Danaher.

That's how they like it. It allows them to Reverse Robin Hood their way to profits gleaned from the world's poorest people.

The North Star - Polaris

You may have heard of the North Star, but have you ever seen it ? It's not the brightest star in our sky, but it does appear across from one of the most famous asterisms in the northern night sky.

Just that one image will help you find it for the rest of your life !

But what's really special about Polaris and why is it the North Star.

Truth is, it hasn't always been so, our planet is a little like a spinning top, and over thousands of years it wobbles making the star most close to the North, change over time, 26,000 years or so.

In 14,000 years from now, Vega will be the North Star ! That will be a much brighter star than Polaris.

Like many stars, Polaris is a binary system, with some smaller stars that orbit it.

The main star has a spectral classification of F7Ib, meaning it's a white/yellow supergiant, although not as luminous as the Ia types. It's also a Cepheid variable, a star that pulsates and changes it's brightness as it expands and shrinks.

image ID: the destiel breaking news meme, but after cas says "i love you", dean replies:

cas, danaher corporation and it’s subsidiary company cepheid are still charging tuberculosis (TB) patients in low- and middle-income countries $10–$20 to access quick and accurate testing despite the fact that cepheid’s genexpert machine tests were developed with at least $252 million in taxpayer money and doctors without borders found out that the tests only cost $3–$4.50 to produce. TB is a major cause of death and disability, not to mention that the inaccessibility of these tests leads to the spread of drug resistant TB around the globe.

it’s #timefor5. find out how you can help at tbfighters.org

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