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YouTube Bans Anti-Vaccine Misinformation
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The new set of policies will cover not just the Covid-19 vaccines or long-approved vaccines against diseases like measles and hepatitis B, but also general claims about vaccines, YouTube said.
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Science | The Guardian
South Australian eagle fossil identified as one of the oldest raptor species in the world
 
The 25m-year-old fossil reveals ancient eagle had features unlike any seen among modern hawks and eagles A 25m-year-old eagle fossil discovered on a remote outback cattle station in South Australia has been identified as one of the oldest raptor species in the world. Palaeontologists discovered the eagle fossil on the shore of a dry lake known as Lake Pinpa in 2016, and have since identified it a
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Science | The Guardian
Covid antiviral pill halves hospitalisations and deaths, maker says
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If approved, Merck's drug would be first simple oral medication shown to be effective against coronavirus Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The first pill to treat coronavirus could be available within months after it was found to cut hospitalisations and deaths by half. If approved, the antiviral drug would be the first simple pill shown to be effective against Covid-
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Futurism
NASA Refuses to Rename Giant Homophobic Telescope
 
Stuck With Webb NASA has announced that it will not be changing the name of the James Webb Space Telescope despite criticism from the public, astronomers, and even NASA employees. The orbital observatory, which is expected to revolutionize astronomy by letting scientists see farther into space in greater detail than ever before, has come under fire this year due to the bigoted history of its name
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Futurism
NASA Puzzled by Five Fireballs Over America in One Night
 
Fireball Alert NASA's Meteor Watch confirmed sightings of at least five fireballs soaring through the evening sky over the US last Friday night. In a Facebook post , the Meteor Watch noted that there were at least 80 eyewitness accounts of a massive fireball soaring over the North Carolina coast, becoming visible at around 7:40 pm. The giant space rock eventually disintegrated after covering 26 m
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The Atlantic
The Moon Is Leaving Us
 
The moon is drifting away from us. Each year, our moon moves distinctly, inexorably farther from Earth—just a tiny bit, about an inch and a half, a nearly imperceptible change. There is no stopping this slow ebbing, no way to turn back the clock. The forces of gravity are invisible and unshakable, and no matter what we do or how we feel about them, they will keep nudging the moon along. Over many
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Phys.org
Research inspects a peculiar eruptive young star
 
An international team of astronomers has performed photometric and spectroscopic observations of a peculiar eruptive young star known as V899 Mon. Results of the observational campaign shed more light on the nature of this star. The research was detailed in a paper published September 23 on arXiv.org.
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The Atlantic
The Conservatives Dreading—And Preparing for—Civil War
 
"Let me start big. The mission of the Claremont Institute is to save Western civilization," says Ryan Williams, the organization's president, looking at the camera, in a crisp navy suit. "We've always aimed high." A trumpet blares. America's founding documents flash across the screen. Welcome to the intellectual home of America's Trumpist right. As Donald Trump rose to power, the Claremont univer
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The Atlantic
Why Hillary Clinton Fears the GOP's Next Moves
 
Editor's Note: This article is part of our coverage of The Atlantic Festival. Learn more and watch festival sessions here . Hillary Clinton can draw a straight line from her duels with conservative media and Republican politicians in the 1990s to the January 6 insurrection—and she fears worse is coming. "There's always been a kind of paranoid streak in American politics," the former secretary of
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The Atlantic
The New Anti-comedy of Jon Stewart
 
It seems obvious now, in hindsight, that people expected too much from comedy in the first two decades of the new millennium—that it could make us better , make us healthier , undermine despots , change minds , enable progress , even save the republic . Those were enticing ideas, but Jon Stewart never seemed to fall for them. His job was making a comedy show, as he essentially told Tucker Carlson
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Phys.org
Study finds that the fine structure constant of quantum spin ice is large
 
Quantum electrodynamics (QED) is the fundamental quantum theory governing the behavior of charged particles and light in vacuum. The strength of the interactions in QED is quantified by the fine structure constant α, which in our universe is both immutable and eternal (α ~ 1/137). The smallness of the fine structure constant has far-reaching consequences in the physical world—it determines the num
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Futurity.org
Does happiness slow down cognitive decline?
 
Feeling happy about life slowed the cognitive decline among older adults in China, a new 12-year study suggests. The researchers found that the odds of developing cognitive impairment, such as dementia, were lower in those with better psychological well-being. While previous studies have reported the benefits of positive psychology on cognitive functions, the research only tracked individuals for
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The Atlantic
The Democrats' Last Best Shot to Kill the Filibuster
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F rom multiple directions , the crisis over the filibuster is peaking for Democrats. In just the past week, the casualty count of Democratic priorities doomed by the filibuster has mounted; both police and immigration reform now appear to be blocked in the Senate, and legislation codifying abortion rights faces equally dim prospects. Simultaneously, the party has tied itself in knots attempting t
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The Atlantic
We're Already Barreling Toward the Next Pandemic
 
Updated at 7:55 p.m. on September 29, 2021. A year after the United States bombed its pandemic performance in front of the world, the Delta variant opened the stage for a face-saving encore. If the U.S. had learned from its mishandling of the original SARS-CoV-2 virus, it would have been better prepared for the variant that was already ravaging India . Instead, after a quiet spring, President Joe
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Futurism
El Salvador Officially Starts Mining Bitcoin Using Power From an Actual Volcano
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Volcano Mining El Salvador has officially begun to mine Bitcoin using the power harnessed from an honest-to-god volcano — and the so-called "volcanode" has already made 0.00599179 bitcoin, or about $269, according to a tweet by president Nayib Bukele . "We're still testing and installing, but this is officially the first Bitcoin mining from the volcanode," Bukele wrote. Relying on green geotherma
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Science | The Guardian
BepiColombo spacecraft sends its first images of Mercury during flyby
 
European-Japanese probe swoops in to almost 200km above Sun's nearest planet, photographing its pock-marked features The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back its first images of Mercury, as it swung by the solar system's innermost planet while on a mission to deliver two probes into orbit in 2025. The mission made the first of six flybys of Mercury at 11.34pm GMT on Friday, usin
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Futurism
Neuralink Co-Founder Predicts That Humanity Will Get "Wrecked"
 
Departed Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak has a grim take on the fate of humanity: the robot uprising is inevitable, and they will leave humans in the dust. Key to his argument, which is admittedly a little hard to follow, is that AI will likely not adhere to humanity's preconceptions about political and economic models for society. "Humans are objectively bad with socialism (and on the contrary, c
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The Atlantic
Rubio: I'm Not Sure We're Better Off Than We Were Under Trump
 
Editor's Note: This article is part of our coverage of The Atlantic Festival. Learn more and watch festival sessions here . Despite the whirlwind in Washington this week, Marco Rubio isn't worried—at least not for his own party. As of now, Democrats have reached a deal to stave off a government shutdown until December, but they still need to prevent another crisis: a first-ever default on the nat
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Futurism
DARPA Successfully Launched an "Air-Breathing" Hypersonic Missile
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Nyoom! The US Air Force and the DARPA, the military's advanced research division, successfully test flew a hypersonic missile last week. The test, in which a Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) was released from an aircraft before its engine switched on, sending it screaming at over five times the speed of sound, according to a DARPA announcement . DARPA says that the missile — which e
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Futurism
Humans Could Definitely Live to 130, Scientists Say
 
According to a new study published in the Royal Society Open Science journal, humans could technically live until at least 130. The researchers also found that past a certain point, the risk of dying as a supercentenarian plateaus, and remains constant at a 50/50 chance of dying within a given year. The implication, seemingly, is that sufficiently advanced medicine could provide many people with
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The Atlantic
A Profession Is Not a Personality
 
" How to Build a Life " is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Click here to listen to the trailer for his new podcast series on all things happiness, How to Build a Happy Life . A s an economist , I've heard plenty of complex explanations for Karl Marx's famous opposition to capitalism. Fundamentally, though, Marx's reasoning comes down to something sim
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The Atlantic
Why Are People Nostalgic for Early-Pandemic Life?
 
I t's easy to forget about the toilet-paper shortages, the empty streets, and the disinfected groceries. The first days, weeks even, of the pandemic felt like a twisted novelty. You could try out a TikTok trend: whipping together sugar, instant coffee, and a little bit of warm water, then laying that fluffy meringue over milk—dalgona coffee. In the fridge, your sourdough starter looked mushy and
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Science | The Guardian
Doctors, receptionists and practice teams quit after wave of hostility over GP appointments
 
Fears of mass exodus as abuse by patients skyrockets over blood tests, jabs and face-to-face consultations Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Senior doctors have warned that practice staff and GPs are quitting after an unprecedented and escalating wave of abuse from patients that has followed weeks of public pressure over face-to-face appointments. Practice managers, re
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The Atlantic
Why LeBron James Shouldn't Cover for Vaccine Refusers
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In most years, NBA Media Day is pretty uneventful—just an opportunity for players and teams to gather before the press and discuss their goals for the upcoming season. But unfortunately for pro basketball, the headlines after this week's interviews weren't about how likely the Milwaukee Bucks are to repeat as NBA champions, or whether LeBron James and his veteran Los Angeles Lakers team can add a
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Futurism
The Icy "Glue" Holding Antarctica Together Is Starting To Fail
 
Glue Job A team of scientists took a closer look at what — other than the obvious factor of climate change — is causing Antarctica's ice shelves to break apart into gigantic chunks, and found that the "glue" holding it all together is in alarmingly rough shape. Apparently, Antarctica's ice shelves have a way to repair themselves when they start to split and crack apart, according to research publ
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Futurism
Every Mars Rover Is About To Go Into Safe Mode
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Laying Low NASA and the China National Space Administration (CNSA), the only two space agencies with robotic rovers currently exploring and studying Mars, are both being forced to put their research on hold for a little while. The problem? The Sun is literally getting in the way. A period called "Mars solar conjunction," in which the Sun passes in between the two planets, is expected to begin nex
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MIT Technology Review
DeepMind's AI predicts almost exactly when and where it's going to rain
 
First protein folding , now weather forecasting: London-based AI firm DeepMind is continuing its run applying deep learning to hard science problems. Working with the Met Office, the UK's national weather service, DeepMind has developed a deep-learning tool called DGMR that can accurately predict the likelihood of rain in the next 90 minutes—one of weather forecasting's toughest challenges. In a
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The Atlantic
Pelosi: 'Make No Mistake: This Is the Biden Agenda'
 
Editor's Note: This article is part of our coverage of The Atlantic Festival. Learn more and watch festival sessions here . Nancy Pelosi is juggling a series of looming deadlines. House Democrats must avoid a government shutdown and federal default, and they need to reach a consensus on advancing President Biden's agenda through two different bills. This week, Pelosi announced that she would move
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Science | The Guardian
Genetically modified food a step closer in England as laws relaxed
 
Government removes costs and red tape in go-ahead for more trials of gene edited crops The prospect of genetically modified foods being grown and sold in the UK has come a step closer after changes to farming regulations that will allow field trials of gene edited crops in England. Companies or research organisations wishing to conduct field trials will still have to notify the Department for Env
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Science | The Guardian
UK might not be over the worst, scientists warn, as Covid case numbers stay high
 
Inoculation programme must be stepped up before the onset of winter Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Britain is heading into winter with the number of Covid cases remaining at a worryingly high level. At the same time, the nation's vaccination programme appears to have stalled. That is the bleak view of leading epidemiologists who have warned that the worst effects of
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The Atlantic
In Netflix's Squid Game, Debt Is a Double-Edged Sword
 
For the chance to escape severe debt, the characters in Netflix's hugely popular survival drama Squid Game would risk anything, even death. Take the protagonist Seong Gi-hun. Unemployed, he spends his days in Seoul gambling on horse races and has signed away his organs as collateral to his creditors. His deficits, both financial and personal, hurt the people closest to him: He hasn't paid child s
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Futurism
Former Jeff Bezos Space Employee: "I Really Wished He Was the Person We All Thought He Was"
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Just Disappointed Alexandra Abrams, the former Head of Employee Communications at Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company, Blue Origin, says she's disappointed in Bezos for allowing a toxic culture to take hold at the company. We previously covered a Lioness open letter written by Abrams and a cohort of other current and former Blue Origin employees in which they say the company's senior leadership foste
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Futurism
Blockchain Company Accidentally Gives Out $90 Million, Begs People to Give It Back
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It's just another day in the Wild West of cryptocurrency markets. Users of the blockchain startup Compound got an unusual surprise. Millions of dollars worth of COMP tokens, rewards for crypto mining, were mistakenly given out Wednesday night — and the exchange is now groveling and threatening for its money back. A decentralized finance or "DeFi" protocol like Compound allows investors to trade d
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Futurism
Hackers Attacked a Hospital and Allegedly Killed a Newborn Baby
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A woman who gave birth at a hospital that had been brought to its knees by a ransomware hack is now suing over the death of her newborn daughter. The death appears to mark the first official casualty of a ransomware hack, in which hackers seize control of a computer network and demand payment , usually in cryptocurrency, to restore it — a crime that, clearly, can be lifethreatening when directed
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The Atlantic
Is the Texas Abortion Law Backfiring on the People Who Pushed It Through?
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O ne month ago today , abortion opponents in Texas won a major victory: The Supreme Court allowed a novel and near-total ban on abortion to go into effect, making the state the first since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973 to effectively outlaw the procedure. The law now faces multiple challenges in the lower courts after two out-of-state men sued a Texas abortion provider; they say they plan to co
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Futurism
More Than 20 Blue Origin Employees Say It's a Horrible Place to Work
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While Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is directly impeding NASA's efforts to get the first astronauts back to the Moon since 1972, the space company is facing some serious inner turmoil. An essay signed by 21 current and former employees paints a bleak picture of what it's like to work at Blue Origin, a company that the signers say is "rife with sexism" and often pushes employees to their limits. "Many o
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Quanta Magazine
Anil Seth Finds Consciousness in Life's Push Against Entropy
 
Anil Seth wants to understand how minds work. As a neuroscientist at the University of Sussex in England, Seth has seen firsthand how neurons do what they do — but he knows that the puzzle of consciousness spills over from neuroscience into other branches of science, and even into philosophy. As he puts it near the start of his new book, Being You: A New Science of Consciousness (available Octobe
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Futurism
Corporations Are Sending Huge Mining Machines to the Bottom of the Ocean
 
Sea Scraping A number of companies are moving forward with plans to mine the seafloor, a process that would involve huge machines scraping nodules of metals like nickel, copper, manganese, and cobalt off of the bottom of the ocean. The problem is that mining the bottom of the ocean would inevitably destroy any local ecosystems or habitats in the area, The Guardian reports , many of which have nev
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Science | The Guardian
How safe is the cinema? Experts analyse Covid risks as No Time to Die opens
 
With the pandemic not yet over, experts analyse risks of catching the virus Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Audiences are expected to flock to sold-out screenings when No Time to Die opens on Thursday, especially after rave reviews , and for many it will be the first cinema visit since the pandemic took hold. For others, even the prospect of Daniel Craig's final turn
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Science | The Guardian
Fossilised 'hell heron' dinosaur unearthed on Isle of Wight
 
Discovery along with another species enhances island's reputation as Europe's best place to find dinosaurs The fossilised remains of a dinosaur, nicknamed "the horned crocodile-faced hell heron", have been unearthed on the Isle of Wight. The 125m-year-old predator had a 9 metre-long body, powerful claws, a gigantic skull covered in horns and bumps, and long crocodile-like teeth. The fearsome crea
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Futurism
Elon Musk Taunts Jeff Bezos For Becoming World's Second-Richest Person
 
Silver Medal Tesla CEO Elon Musk just surpassed Blue Origin founder and fellow space billionaire Jeff Bezos in Forbes ' billionaire rankings to become the world's richest person — again — with an estimated net worth of $201.7 billion. And Musk is appreciating his rare moment in the limelight by poking fun at his favorite adversary, or possibly frenemy. "I'm sending a giant statue of the digit '2'
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Science | The Guardian
Top 10 books about human consciousness | Charles Foster
 
Authors from Carl Jung to Aldous Huxley and Susan Blackmore explore the deep mysteries of what it means to be a person Do you know what sort of animal you are? It's rather important to know. If you call yourself a humanist, for instance, don't you need some idea of what a human is so that you can make sure your behaviour accords with your ethics? If you think that humans are just a little lower t
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Science | The Guardian
'Prickles down the neck': project reveals unsung female heroes of Sutton Hoo dig
 
Barbara Wagstaff and Mercie Lack's photographs of 1939 excavation left in plastic bag at National Trust It was 12 years ago that conservator Anita Bools first laid eyes on photographs which had been left in a plastic bag at the reception of the National Trust site Sutton Hoo by a mystery donor. She remembered they were laid out on tables for her to see and decide how important they might be. "It
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Vetenskap | SVT Nyheter
Hyggesfritt skogsbruk vinner mark
 
Hyggesfritt skogsbruk är en av megatrenderna inom det globala skogsbruket. Det är hållbart, ekonomiskt fördelaktigt och ger rikare biodiversitet enligt förespråkare. Men forskare vid det svenska skogsbrukets forskningsinstitut är tveksamma till metoden. De vill inte överge kalhyggesbruket. – Svenskt skogsbruk är fantastiskt, och kalhyggen det bästa sättet att få fram virke till industrin, säger Ro
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The Atlantic
Did Pfizer Peak Too Soon?
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The Delta variant's arrival this summer delivered a blow to the nation's entire coronavirus arsenal, but its impact on the champion of last year's vaccine race—Pfizer—has been particularly humbling. Compared with Moderna's competing shot, Pfizer's vaccine seems to induce half the amount of virus-fighting antibodies , and is associated with nearly twice as many breakthrough infections , according
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The Atlantic
Transforming America With a One-Vote Majority
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The Democrats, you may have heard , are in disarray. President Joe Biden's approval ratings have sunk to new lows, and his expansive economic agenda is stalled on Capitol Hill. Opposition from progressives forced House leaders to scrap a planned vote Thursday on the president's lone bipartisan success in the Senate, a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. That failure, and the ensuing finger-pointin
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Science | The Guardian
Flu and Covid jabs safe to be given at same time, study finds
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Clinical trial on joint flu, Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccinations reported only mild to moderate side-effects Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Flu jabs are safe to give at the same time as the Pfizer or AstraZeneca Covid vaccines, according to the first clinical trial to investigate co-administering the shots in a single appointment. While some people experienced more
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Science | The Guardian
Hydroxychloroquine sales spiked almost 100% in Australia at start of Covid pandemic, study finds
 
There was also a rise in prescriptions for ivermectin being filled, despite no evidence either drug is effective against the virus The amount of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin dispensed from Australian pharmacies increased significantly in 2020 as the Covid pandemic took hold, according to new research. Analysis of six publicly subsidised drugs – including hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, corti
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Futurism
New AR Glasses Are for Streaming Video and Ignoring the Real World
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Picture-in-Picture The augmented reality developer Nreal just announced a new, cheaper model of its AR glasses, which it's calling the Nreal Air. But unlike previous Nreal models, and just about every other mixed reality headset out there, the new system will focus solely on streaming video or displaying other media. As The Verge notes , the Nreal Air will be missing the components, like outward-
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The Atlantic
Biden Has More Power Over the Filibuster Than He's Been Willing to Use
 
A majority of Democrats oppose the Senate filibuster—and it's still not entirely clear whether President Joe Biden is among them. In March, when asked whether he would call for changes to the Senate's 60-vote threshold for legislation, Biden replied , "The only thing I've been relatively good at in my long career in the Senate is figuring out when to move and when not to move. You've got to have
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Futurism
In Newly-Released Documents, NASA Scoffed at Jeff Bezos' Moon Lawsuit
 
Instead of making progress on its massively ambitious plans to return astronauts to the surface of the Moon, NASA is embroiled in legal battles over its decision to hand SpaceX its lunar lander contract. Now, The Verge has obtained legal filings that show NASA's frustration with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin's request to negotiate its $5.9 billion lunar lander contract. The backstory is that back in 20
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Futurism
Hamster-Themed Cryptocurrency Skyrockets for Incredibly Dumb Reason
 
Going Ham The alternative cryptocurrency known as Hamster Coin skyrocketed on Tuesday, trading more than 460 percent higher over the last 24 hours, Benzinga reports . And as is frequently the case in the volatile world of crypto, Tesla CEO Elon Musk probably has something to do with it. A hamster in Germany named Mr. Goxx has been turning the crypto world upside down by buying and selling cryptoc
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The Atlantic
America Is Having a Violence Wave, Not a Crime Wave
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A historic rise in homicides in 2020—and continued bloodshed in 2021—has incited fears that after years of plummeting crime rates, the U.S. could be headed back to the bad old days, when a crime wave gripped the country from the 1970s to the 1990s. But the FBI's "Uniform Crime Report" for 2020, released Monday , suggests something stranger: Perhaps America is in the midst of what is specifically
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Science | The Guardian
Jeff Bezos's space flight firm 'rife with sexism', employees' letter claims
 
Open letter by current and ex-staffers alleges 'consistently inappropriate' behaviour by Blue Origin leaders A group of current and former employees at Blue Origin, the space flight company owned by the Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos , has accused the business of operating a work environment that is "rife with sexism" and prefers "breakneck speed" to safety. An open letter written by Alexandra Abrams
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
Linker histones tune the length and shape of chromosomes
 
Human life hinges on the ability of our cells to cram six feet of DNA into a 10-micron nucleus—equivalent to fitting a mile of string inside one green pea. But stuffing genes into cramped quarters is only half the battle. The DNA must also remain organized, carefully coiled into loops that ensure the information remains readily accessible and not a tangled mess.
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Science | The Guardian
'You can't sue your way to the moon': Elon Musk intensifies Bezos space feud
 
SpaceX founder, who in April won a contract from Nasa, took a jab at Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin for suing when it lost out on deal Elon Musk intensified the feud over lawsuits and rocket sizes with space rival Jeff Bezos this week, kicking off the latest round in the billionaire battle over humanity's return to the moon . The SpaceX founder, who in April won a contract from Nasa to build the next-g
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Phys.org
Optically generated quantum fluids of light reveal exotic matter-wave states in condensed matter physics
 
Researchers from Skoltech and the University of Southampton, U.K., have used all-optical methods to create an artificial lattice whose nodes house polaritons—quasiparticles that are half-light and half-matter excitations in semiconductors. This so-called Lieb lattice, which usually does not occur in nature, enabled the team to demonstrate breakthrough results important for condensed matter physics
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Futurism
NASA's Mars Helicopter Is In Trouble
 
Flight Anomaly NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter had to delay its 14th flight due to an "anomaly" with its flight-control motors. The flight was initially scheduled for September 18, according to a Tuesday update by Jaakko Karras, deputy operations lead for the mission at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab. Ingenuity was meant to hover at 16 feet while spinning its blades at 2,700 revolutions per minute. A
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Phys.org
Correlated electrons 'tango' in a perovskite oxide at the extreme quantum limit
 
A team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has found a rare quantum material in which electrons move in coordinated ways, essentially "dancing." Straining the material creates an electronic band structure that sets the stage for exotic, more tightly correlated behavior—akin to tangoing—among Dirac electrons, which are especially mobile electric charge carriers that may
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Phys.org
Molecular burdocks: Peptides guide self-assembly on the micrometer scale
 
Molecular self-assembly is a well-known concept in supramolecular chemistry. Disordered molecules spontaneously organize themselves into larger structures through supramolecular interactions between the individual entities. It also works with nanoparticles, and researchers take advantage of certain functional groups attached to the particles to guide the particles' organization in a certain direct
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The Atlantic
My Dad Is Dead. His Landlord Just Evicted Him.
 
Trent Parke / Magnum W hen my father's heart stopped, I had no choice but to keep moving. He had lived alone, and I understood that managing the logistics of his death—planning his funeral, settling his debts, divvying up his belongings—would be an enormous task. Those looming practical matters infuriated me; I hated that my world-shattering news had not, in fact, shattered the world. It kept spi
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Science | The Guardian
Dutch scientists may have solved mystery of why some twins are identical
 
Discovery of DNA modifications raises hope of treatment for disorders that particularly afflict twins The medical mystery of what causes some twins to be born identical may have been solved by scientists in the Netherlands, raising hopes for treatment of congenital disorders that disproportionately afflict them. Identical twins form after a fertilised egg, called a zygote, splits into two embryos
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The Atlantic
Where Is My Mother's Safety Net?
 
M y dad didn't believe my mom when she announced that she was leaving him. Desperate, after years spent begging him to accept treatment for a worsening mental illness, she threatened to move out if he didn't comply with his doctor's recommendations. "Where will you go?" he asked. A former stay-at-home parent of five grown children, all just beginning their careers around the country, my mom had n
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Futurism
Blue Origin Employees Say They Don't Think Its Rocket Is Safe, Wouldn't Ride In It
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Hard Pass A small cohort of current and former employees of Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos's spaceflight company, recently penned an article questioning the company's commitment to safety. We wrote yesterday about the employees' claims that Blue Origin harbors a shockingly sexist work culture. Another alarming takeaway from the letter , though, comes from a completely different direction, claiming that
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The Atlantic
Big Business Is Bankrolling an Effort to Kill the Democratic Climate Bill
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Four years ago, when President Donald Trump announced that he would take the United States out of the Paris Agreement , the world's largest companies leapt into action. Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, personally beseeched Trump to remain in the pact. Bob Iger, Disney's chief executive, resigned from a White House advisory council in protest. Goldman Sachs's CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, sent his first-ever tweet
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Phys.org
A novel method for installing sulfur into complex molecules
 
A group of highly reactive compounds called persulfides have provoked great curiosity among biochemists, because of their role in nature, and how they interact with proteins to change their structure and function, affecting health, aging and disease processes.
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Futurism
Check Out This Awesome Drone Footage From Inside a Hurricane
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Eye of the Hurricane The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released dramatic footage from inside a hurricane recorded by a "Saildrone," a wind-powered and uncrewed boat developed by a company of the same name. The daredevil watercraft is equipped with a "hurricane wing," allowing it to take a huge battering and survive Hurricane Sam's 50-foot waves and winds of over 120 m
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Phys.org
Inspired by photosynthesis, scientists double reaction quantum efficiency
 
Drawing on inspiration from photosynthesis and the way it can achieve high efficiency in plants, Regents Professors Tom Moore and Ana Moore in Arizona State University's School of Molecular Sciences and their groups, together with colleagues from the Department of Chemistry at Princeton University (including Professors Gregory Scholes and Robert Knowles), have introduced a bioinspired catalyst tha
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Phys.org
How flawed diamonds 'lead' to flawless quantum networks
 
The color in a diamond comes from a defect, or "vacancy," where there is a missing carbon atom in the crystal lattice. Vacancies have long been of interest to electronics researchers because they can be used as 'quantum nodes' or points that make up a quantum network for the transfer of data. One of the ways of introducing a defect into a diamond is by implanting it with other elements, like nitro
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Futurism
Creators of Amazon's New Robot Secretly Admitted It's "Terrible"
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According to developer documents and video meeting recordings obtained by Vice , the engineers behind Amazon's new $999 robot aren't thrilled with the finished product. The e-retailer recently announced the Astro , a stalkerish two-wheeled robot designed to keep track of everything you do, and even spy on anybody unlucky enough to enter your home. Even if you sign on to that troubling premise, th
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Futurism
Gene Therapy Restored Vision To Patient Who Hadn't Seen Colors in Years
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An experimental gene therapy that involves injecting CRISPR therapy directly into visually impaired patients' eyeballs has vastly improved most volunteers' vision — even allowing some to see color more vividly than ever before. Multiple study participants, all of whom had a severe type of genetic vision impairment called Leber congenital amaurosis, told NPR that they were thrilled with their impr
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Quanta Magazine
Major Quantum Computing Strategy Suffers Serious Setbacks
 
In 2018, researchers at the forefront of an entirely new approach to building quantum computers published, in the journal Nature, what looked to be a landmark achievement. Existing quantum computers are notoriously fragile, their quantum bits — qubits — prone to incurring random errors. But if the qubits could be made from strange configurations of electrons with the exotic name of Majorana… So
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The Atlantic
Why Biden Is Patient as Democrats Panic
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A faint but discernible note of alarm has been slipping into Democrats' chatter about the 2022 and 2024 elections. President Joe Biden's approval ratings have slumped to their lowest levels since his inauguration. His governing coalition is splintering over the Haitian migrant crisis. Many Democrats view the legislation moving through Congress this week as a defining test of whether they can mars
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Phys.org
Two new species of large predatory dinosaur discovered on Isle of Wight
 
A new study led by palaeontologists at the University of Southampton suggests that bones found on the Isle of Wight belong to two new species of spinosaurid, a group of predatory theropod dinosaurs closely related to the giant Spinosaurus. Their unusual, crocodile-like skulls helped the group expand their diets, allowing them hunt prey on both land and in the water.
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Futurism
Grimes Spotted Reading Karl Marx After Breaking Up With Elon Musk
 
Rebound Guy Just a week after breaking up with SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, acclaimed musician Claire "Grimes" Boucher has been spotted with a new guy. The lucky fellow? German economist Karl Marx, best known as one of the key thinkers behind communism during the mid-1800s. In shots published by Page Six , in fact, Grimes can be seen leafing through Marx's influential volume " The Communist Ma
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Science | The Guardian
Cake was my first love – it sees me through life's highs and lows
 
There should be no guilt with cake, only romance – in the making, the display, the history… and, of course, the eating The Great British Bake Off is back! Sales of baking utensils skyrocket when the amateur baking show is on. It appears we're all cake mad. But I've always been mad as a box of doughnuts for cake, long before the GBBO started. In fact, it's one of my loves – not one of my vices. Cak
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Science | The Guardian
The truth about artificial intelligence? It isn't that honest | John Naughton
 
Tests of natural language processing models show that the bigger they are, the bigger liars they are. Should we be worried? We are, as the critic George Steiner observed, "language animals". Perhaps that's why we are fascinated by other creatures that appear to have language – dolphins, whales, apes, birds and so on. In her fascinating book, Atlas of AI , Kate Crawford relates how, at the end of
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The Atlantic
Jeff Bezos Is Being Knocked Back Down to Earth
 
On the night he went to space, Jeff Bezos threw a party for his employees. The hotel restaurant in Van Horn, a town in West Texas not far from the launch site, was thrumming. Inside, someone had cut into the frosted Blue of Blue Origin on a big vanilla sheet cake. Outside, a live band jammed beneath a tent skimmed with café lights. Everyone was a little buzzed and a lot relieved. They had just la
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Futurism
Company Claims Pill Cuts Risk of Dying of COVID-19 in Half
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Pharmaceutical company Merck claims its new COVID-19 pill, called molnupiravir, can reduce the risk of hospitalization and even death from the coronavirus by half, according to newly announced Phase III clinical trial results. The company is now applying for Emergency Use Authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration. It's a promising development for new treatments against severe cases o
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Science | The Guardian
Coronavirus treatments: the potential 'game-changers' in development
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After positive clinical trials for antiviral drug Molnupiravir, it joins other medicines that have shown promise Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The first clinical trial results showing a positive effect for a pill that can be taken at home has been hailed as a potential gamechanger that could provide a new way to protect the most vulnerable people from the worst eff
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Undark Magazine
Book Review: The Mirage of a Town Without Cellphones
 
In "The Quiet Zone," Stephen Kurczy investigates a West Virginia town largely cut off from modern technology, and the eccentric groups who live there. Green Bank, Kurczy writes, might seem like a modern-day Walden, but what he finds is much louder and more similar to the outside world than he expected.
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Futurism
New Exoskeleton Transforms Into Motorized Scooter
 
Autobots Roll Out Japanese Panasonic subsidiary Atoun has come up with a futuristic exoskeleton that can transform itself into a powered buggy. The suit, dubbed the Koma 1.5, is designed to allow its wearer to lift heavy items while also rolling across relatively smooth terrain, like a factory or warehouse floor — and to do it in style, seemingly. Doin' Buggy In Buggy Mode, the suit's wearer can
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The Atlantic
Ben Sasse Wants to Talk About Tocqueville, Not Marjorie Taylor Greene
 
Editor's Note: This article is part of our coverage of The Atlantic Festival. Learn more and watch festival sessions here . Ben Sasse is worried about midlife crises. Not just for himself, but for every working American who feels that their future in the face of technological disruption is not as secure as that of previous generations. "We're the first people in human history that are really goin
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Phys.org
Researchers observe moiré trions in H-stacked transition metal dichalcogenide bilayers
 
In physics, the moiré pattern is a specific geometrical design in which sets of straight or curved lines are superposed on top of each other. Recent studies have found that bilayers of transition metal dichalcogenide materials arranged in moiré patterns could be particularly promising for studying electronic phenomena and excitons (i.e., concentrations of energy in crystals formed by an excited el
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The Atlantic
Employers Have Been Offering the Wrong Office Amenities
 
Before you read any further, take a long, slow, deep breath. Congratulations! If you're sitting in a typical American home, office building, or school, about 3 percent of the air you breathed in recently came out of the lungs of the people in the room with you right now. Breathing in one another's air is kind of nasty when you think about it. We would never drink from the same cup of water that e
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The Atlantic
Universities Are Shunning Their Responsibility to Democracy
 
I was born in Canada , and my sense of national identity, like that of many Canadians, was formed in direct relation—perhaps in opposition—to the great colossus to the south. We were a country that aspired not to the lofty abstractions of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" but to the more prosaic benefits of "peace, order, and good government." I have always been proud of Canada's basi
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Science | The Guardian
Gene editing will just perpetuate disastrous factory farming | Letters
 
Instead of trying to cosh nature into submission, our farmers should be improving the health of the soil and the diversity of their crops and animals A quotation leapt to mind when reading " Gene editing 'would allow us to create hardier farm breeds ' (News): "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" (HL Mencken). Application of magic bullet "solutions" has go
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The Atlantic
Now Explain What the Problem Is
 
Academics like me love to describe things as "problematic." But what do we mean? We're not saying that the thing in question is unsolvable or even difficult. We're saying—or implying—that it is objectionable in some way, that it rests uneasily with our prior moral or political commitments. For instance, when I described applying Ancient Greek free-speech ideals to social media as "problematic" in
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The Atlantic
The Power of Artistic Exile
 
The filmmaker and polymath Melvin Van Peebles died last week at the age of 89 at his home in New York. He is best known as the auteur behind the first hit blaxploitation film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971), but he was an artist of great breadth and versatility: sculptor; poet; painter; composer and, with Gil Scott-Heron, progenitor of rap and hip-hop; playwright; gifted novelist. I wou
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Phys.org
Researchers suggest a way to achieve net-zero emission plastics
 
A team of researchers with members affiliated with institutions in Germany, Switzerland and the U.S. has created a model that they claim could be used to achieve net-zero-emission plastics by 2050. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group outlines their model and requirements for implementation.
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The Atlantic
Schools Need to Undo the Damage of Pods
 
For millions of Americans, the pandemic meant one simple thing: not interacting with nearly as many people as they had before the pandemic. Amid restrictions on large gatherings, a dramatic shift to small, sheltered groups—"pods"—took place, especially among school-age kids and their families. Researchers estimate that 3 million students spent time learning in these pods over the past year. I wit
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The Atlantic
Photos: Lava Reaches the Sea on the Island of La Palma
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Lava flowing from Cumbre Vieja, an erupting volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma, reached the sea last night, spreading outward and expanding the area of the island by several hundred acres. Residents who had not already evacuated were told to shelter indoors to avoid any potential poisonous gases that might be formed as the lava interacts with seawater. Cumbre Vieja has been erupting since
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The Atlantic
The Atlantic Daily: Biden Is Playing the Long Game
 
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg / Getty Democrats, including President Joe Biden himself , are scrambling to get the party united behind a pair of massive spending bills that effectively encompass th
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Phys.org
Ancient Americans made art deep within the dark zones of caves throughout the Southeast
 
On a cold winter's day in 1980, a group of recreational cavers entered a narrow, wet stream passage south of Knoxville, Tennessee. They navigated a slippery mud slope and a tight keyhole through the cave wall, trudged through the stream itself, ducked through another keyhole and climbed more mud. Eventually they entered a high and relatively dry passage deep in the cave's "dark zone"—beyond the re
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The Atlantic
A So-Bad-It's-Good Movie Ruined by a Boring Superhero Plot
 
The first Venom film , released in 2018, was a superhero tale with a strange twist. On its face, it told yet another origin story, explaining how the down-on-his-luck journalist Eddie Brock (played by Tom Hardy) melded bodies with an alien to become the goopy Venom. But the film's most interesting aspect was not the comic-book action; it was the oddball rom-com energy between Eddie and his symbio
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The Atlantic
The Framers Would Have Wanted Us to Change the Constitution
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On Monday, the Supreme Court will begin a new term. The justices are slated to consider a few extremely consequential issues, including in cases concerning abortion and guns. But if the opinions issued at the end of the most recent sitting taught us anything—particularly the decision in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee , which sapped Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of its potency—it i
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Phys.org
Extending our reach into the cosmos with new mirror coatings
 
Since the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO)'s groundbreaking detection, in 2015, of gravitational waves produced by a pair of colliding black holes, the observatory, together with its European partner facility Virgo, has detected dozens of similar cosmic rumblings that send ripples through space and time.
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Phys.org
What does groundwater have to do with lake algal blooms?
 
The source of troublesome lake algae is not always clear, but an interdisciplinary research project with two Michigan State University researchers found an answer may include colder groundwater that feeds some inland lakes. This finding could help predict the formation of harmful algal blooms to mitigate their impact on drinking water, tourism, fishing and fish toxicity.
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MIT Technology Review
Space policy is finally moving into the 21st century
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There's never been more happening in space than there is today. Commercial activity has exploded over the past five years as private space companies have launched rockets, put satellites into orbit, and bid on missions to the moon. But some experts worry this surge of activity is getting too far ahead of international agreements governing who can do what in space. Most such policies were written
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The Atlantic
The People With the Most to Lose in a U.S.-China Cold War
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W hen Ranasinghe Premadasa took over as Sri Lanka's president in 1989, his government was facing down two armed rebellions. In the north, the Tamil Tigers were fighting to establish an independent state. In the south, a leftist group called the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) was claiming that leaders in Colombo had no legitimacy and calling for a national revolution. Even before Premadasa's inau
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Phys.org
Quantifying the effects of three-particle collisions in quantum gases
 
Quantum gases consisting of atoms are extremely suitable for observing quantum mechanical phenomena and making new types of quantum matter. In his Ph.D. research Mestrom was able to quantify the effects of three-particle collisions in those ultracold gases. With a new numerical method he was able to characterize and predict certain effects of these collisions. He defended his Ph.D. on September 27
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
Team rewires a behavioral circuit in a worm using hydra parts
 
For two people to communicate in a loud, crowded room, they need to be standing side by side. The same is often true for neurons in the brain. But the same way a cell phone allows two people to communicate clearly across the room, new research at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) has opened up a new channel of communication in the brain of the worm C. elegans.
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Phys.org
Spin polarization induced by shear flow
 
Chinese researchers recently discovered a new effect that can generate spin-polarization in fluid. The new effect, which is called "shear-induced polarization (SIP)," predicts that shear flow can induce polarization in the momentum space.
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The Atlantic
Fox's Alter Ego Is Weird—But Not Weird Enough
 
The aspiring pop star Seven has blue skin, finned forearms, and a mohawk of writhing tentacles. Amber eyes and feline bone structure make her strikingly beautiful. What otherworldly wisdom does this being have to share? Standing before a panel of human celebrities in the first episode of the Fox reality series Alter Ego , Seven sheds a big, glistening tear and says, "I am who I think I am. And I
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Phys.org
How much carbon dioxide snow falls every winter on Mars?
 
Like Earth, Mars experiences climatic variations during the course of a year because of the tilted nature of its orbit (aka. seasonal change). Similarly, these variations in temperature result in interaction between the atmosphere and the polar ice caps. On Earth, seasonal variations in temperature and precipitation cause the polar ice cap in one hemisphere to grow while the ice cap in the other h
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Phys.org
Extending the power of attosecond spectroscopy
 
The last few decades have seen impressive progress in laser-based technologies, which have led to significant advancements in atomic and molecular physics. The development of ultrashort laser pulses now allows scientists to study extremely fast phenomena, like charge transport in molecules and elementary steps of chemical reactions. But beyond that, our ability to observe such processes on the att
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Science | The Guardian
Nasa launches latest Landsat 9 to monitor Earth's surface
 
Satellite will capture agricultural productivity, forest health, water quality, coral reefs and glaciers Nasa has launched the latest mission in a 50-year unbroken line of satellites that monitor the Earth's surface. Landsat 9 lifted off atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg's space launch complex 3E at 19.12 BST (14.12 EDT) on 27 September. Continue reading…
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Phys.org
Vera Rubin Observatory should find five interstellar objects a year, many of which we could chase down with spacecraft
 
In a year (perhaps two), the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile will become operational and commence its 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). Using its 8.4-meter (27 foot) mirror and 3.2 gigapixel camera, this observatory is expected to collect 500 petabytes of images and data. It will also address some of the most pressing questions about the structure and evolution of the universe and
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Science | The Guardian
The relationship sabotage scale: quantifying why we undermine ourselves in love
 
Developed over the course of five studies, the relationship sabotage scale is designed to give analytical rigour to a term more common in pop culture Do you feel constantly criticised by your partner? Do you sometimes check their social media profiles? Will you admit to them if you know you're wrong about something? If you strongly agree or disagree with some of these statements, you might find y
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Phys.org
Particle accelerators may get a boost from oxygen
 
Whipping up world-class particle accelerator structures has long been a process akin to following a favorite recipe. Many of the best-performing samples are prepared using processes developed through trial and error over decades of experience. But recently, accelerator scientists have been boosting this empirical approach to science with more theoretical input. Now, their efforts are beginning to
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Science | The Guardian
Rules and advice don't slow the spread of the virus – human behaviour does | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters
 
Surveys can help us understand how the pandemic is influenced by our choices Recent queues for fuel have shown the consequences of abrupt changes in behaviour. Almost as sudden were the changes around the first lockdown in March 2020, when close meetings between people plummeted by about three-quarters. We know this through the CoMix contact survey from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medi
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The Atlantic
The Atlantic Daily: Five Podcasts for the Weekend
 
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. Fall is here, and the air is getting crisp, which means it's the perfect time to snuggle up and press play on a new work of audio storytelling. I asked writers and editors from around our newsroom
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Phys.org
A non-invasive way to image Wigner crystals directly
 
A team of researchers at the University of California at Berkeley, working with a group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has developed a non-invasive way to image Wigner crystals directly. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes their approach and explain how it could be used to advance research regarding Wigner crystal states. Carmen Rubio-Verdú with Columbia
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Phys.org
Seismic forensics and its importance for early warning
 
The scientific description of the catastrophic rockslide of February 7, 2021, in India's Dhauli Ganga Valley reads like a forensic report. A rockslide and the subsequent flood had killed at least 100 people and destroyed two hydroelectric power plants. In the scientific journal Science, researchers from the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) together with colleagues from the National
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Phys.org
A bigger nursery for the solar system's first formed solids
 
By studying isotopic variations of the elements vanadium (V) and strontium (Sr), an international team of researchers including scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory found that those variations are not caused by irradiation from the sun but are produced by condensation and evaporation reactions in the early solar system. The research appears in the Sept. 29 edition of Science Adva
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Phys.org
Toxic algae blooms are getting worse, but oversight is lacking
 
Poisonous algae blooms are becoming more common in the US, threatening water supplies and public health. But so far, there are few state or federal guidelines, and local water managers could use some help, a UConn-led team of researchers reports in the September 30 issue of Nature Sustainability.
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Science | The Guardian
Oxford Covid biotech firm makes stellar debut on London stock market
 
Shares of Oxford Nanopore close up 44%, giving co-founder paper fortune of £63m See all our coronavirus coverage Oxford Nanopore, whose DNA sequencing technology has been essential in tracking Covid-19 variants globally, has made a stellar stock market debut in London. A rise in its share price of as much as 47% has left the firm valued at almost £5bn. The flotation of the Oxford University spin-
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Phys.org
New microscopy technique makes deep in vivo brain imaging possible
 
A pioneering technique developed by the Prevedel Group at EMBL allows neuroscientists to observe live neurons deep inside the brain – or any other cell hidden within an opaque tissue. The technique is based on two state-of-the-art microscopy methods, three-photon microscopy and adaptive optics. The paper reporting on this advancement was published on 30th September 2021 in Nature Methods.
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Phys.org
Wannier-Stark localization achieved in polycrystals
 
Scientists from Paderborn University, the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research and the University of Konstanz have succeeded in achieving a rare quantum state. They are the first to have demonstrated Wannier-Stark localization in a polycrystalline substance. Predicted around 80 years ago, the effect has only recently been proven—in a monocrystal.
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forskning.se
Infektioner i tonåren kan öka risken för MS
 
Svåra infektioner under tonåren kan innebära en ökad risk att drabbas av MS senare i livet, enligt en ny studie. – Det handlar framför allt om infektioner i hjärnan och ryggmärgen, men även i luftvägarna, säger Scott Montgomery, professor vid Örebro universitet. MS är en neurologisk sjukdom som angriper det centrala nervsystemet, det vill säga hjärnan och ryggmärgen. Orsaken till MS är inte helt
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The Atlantic
The 'Magical Episode 4' Theory
 
What feels like eons ago, a friend asked for my advice on an important subject: He was trying to decide whether to start Friday Night Lights or Breaking Bad , both of which had recently become available on Netflix. Specifically, he wanted to know how many episodes he should watch of each to see which would hook him faster. My mind short-circuited. Although both are modern classics, the two series
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Retraction Watch
Paper that ripped off a PhD thesis is retracted
 
The authors of a 2021 article on "cognitive radio" have lost the paper after the journal learned that they'd pilfered the work from a doctoral dissertation. "A Cluster-Based Distributed Cooperative Spectrum Sensing Techniques in Cognitive Radio" was published in the proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Innovative Data Communication Technologies and Application, which was … Continue
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
Primordial 'hyper-eye' discovered
 
An international research team has found an eye system in trilobites of the suborder Phacopina from the Devonian (390 million years ago) that is unique in the animal kingdom: each of the about 200 lenses of a hyper-facet eye spans a group of six normal compound-eye-facets, forming a compound eye itself. In addition to the hyper-facetted eyes, the researchers, led by zoologist Dr. Brigitte Schoenem
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The Atlantic
The Books Briefing: The Essential Qualities of a Book
 
What is a book? Is it simply the text we read, whether on bound pages or on a screen? Or is it a tangible object, something held with human hands and made richer by the way we physically interact with it? These are questions that Atlantic writers have been considering for at least a decade, and they don't have easy, definitive answers. Recently, the Atlantic contributing writer Ian Bogost made th
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Phys.org
Implementing a 46-node quantum metropolitan area network
 
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a method used for secure or secret key exchanges between two remote users. Using secure communication, cyberscientists ultimately aim to establish a global quantum network. Existing field tests suggest that such quantum networks are feasible. To achieve a practical quantum network, several challenges must be overcome including the realization of varied topologies
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Science | The Guardian
Covid: scientists warn UK may have worst to come; Israel tightens vaccine passport rules – as it happened
 
Fears the indoor socialising will spread virus in UK ; Israel says people only eligible for green pass if they have received a booster jab . This live blog has closed – for the latest on the global Covid situation, please see our dedicated page UK might not be over the worst, scientists warn New Zealand widens Covid lockdown as Delta spreads UK to slash international travel 'red list' to just nin
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MIT Technology Review
What you need to know about US vaccine proof on your phone
 
We're keeping track of the covid vaccine apps rolling out in the US and some of the ways people can now prove they're vaccinated. But there's a lot of conflicting and confusing information, and a lot of developers are vying to provide the go-to solution. Here, we've gathered answers to some common questions. The basics What's a digital vaccine credential? Is it the same as a vaccine passport? Dig
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Phys.org
Melting glasses from unmeltable compounds
 
Glasses are an indispensable part of everyday life. One of the most important reasons for this is that glass objects can be manufactured almost universally and inexpensively in a wide variety of shapes and sizes using their corresponding melts. Processing in the (viscous) liquid phase offers a versatility that can hardly be achieved with other materials. However, this presupposes that the material
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Phys.org
New ultra-resistant and self-repairing concrete materials
 
A team from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Politecnico di Milano has designed new ultra-resistant and self-repairing concrete materials. They have 30% more durability compared to conventional high-performance concrete in cracking situations. In the event of a crack, it is able to repair itself automatically thanks to the application of self-repairing techniques.
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ScienceDaily
Learning is more effective when active
 
Engaging students through interactive activities, discussions, feedback and AI-enhanced technologies resulted in improved academic performance compared to traditional lectures, lessons or readings, faculty concluded after collecting research into active learning. The research also found that effective active learning methods use not only hands-on and minds-on approaches, but also hearts-on, provid
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ScienceDaily
Marine heatwaves could wipe out an extra six per cent of a country's fish catches, costing millions their jobs
 
Extremely hot years will wipe out hundreds of thousands of tons of fish available for catch in a country's waters in this century, on top of projected decreases to fish stocks from long-term climate change, a new study predicts. Modelling a worst-case scenario where no action is taken to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions they projected a six per cent drop in the amount of potential catches per yea
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The Scientist RSS
Our Aching Brains
 
COVID-19 has killed more than 4 million people around the globe and has sickened many millions more. The neurological toll on those of us continuing to live through the pandemic may stretch years or decades into the uncertain future.
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Science | The Guardian
From Babylon to Google: a history of weather forecasting
 
AI has taken the place of astrology as humans have worked through the millennia for knowledge of when it will rain Google uses AI to try to improve two-hour rain forecasts Recent scientific breakthroughs allowing forecasters to better predict the weather are just the latest in a long line of meteorology developments. Google's artificial intelligence (AI) arm DeepMind has developed a system allowi
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ScienceDaily
How high-fat diets allow cancer cells to go unnoticed
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The immune system relies on cell surface tags to recognize cancer cells. Researchers discovered mice who ate high-fat diets produced less of these tags on their intestinal cells, suppressing the ability of immune cells to identify and eliminate intestinal tumors. The high-fat diet also reduced the presence of certain bacteria in the mice's gut, which normally helps maintain the production of these
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The Atlantic
How to Rekindle a Long-Distance Friendship
 
Each installment of " The Friendship Files " features a conversation between The Atlantic 's Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history and significance of their relationship. This week she talks with a group of men who found connection during the pandemic's early, isolated days. Spread out around the country, they had fallen out of touch, but the distance didn't matter so much whe
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Phys.org
New Zealand parrot is smart enough to use touchscreen but cannot distinguish between real and virtual worlds
 
A trio of researchers at the University of Auckland has found that the New Zealand parrot is smart enough to use a touchscreen but not smart enough to understand the difference between virtual and real imagery. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, Amalia Bastos, Patrick Wood and Alex Taylor, describe different experiments they conducted with the endangered birds.
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Undark Magazine
At the FDA, a Key Opportunity to Advance Abortion Justice
 
Now more than any other time in recent memory, Americans' right to abortion care seems to be hanging by a thread. Yet federal officials are quietly on the verge of a decision that could make one form of abortion care — medication abortion — more equitable, accessible, and just. They shouldn't blow it.
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The Atlantic
The Bobblehead Dilemma
 
Over the course of the pandemic, Anthony Fauci has become a cultural obsession . You can, if you so desire, purchase Fauci-themed chocolates , T-shirts , luxury sweaters , yard signs , bobblehead dolls , and votive candles . Fauci, for his part, seems baffled by the attention: "Our society is really totally nuts," he wrote in an April 2020 email, responding to an online article about "Fauci Fever
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Phys.org
New insights into social norms can drive positive social changes
 
New Curtin research has shed light on why people adopt social norms or conventions, such as hand shaking versus fist bumping, walking on the left or right side of a footpath, or using metric or imperial measurements, by employing mathematical modeling of human behaviors and decision-making.
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MIT Technology Review
Podcast: How games teach AI to learn for itself
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From chess to Jeopardy to e-sports, AI is increasingly beating humans at their own games. But that was never the ultimate goal. In this first episode of season three of In Machines We Trust, we dig into the symbiotic relationship between games and AI. We meet the big players in the space, and we take a trip to an arcade. In this episode we meet: Julian Togelius, Associate Professor, Department of
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ScienceDaily
Directly into the brain: A 3D multifunctional and flexible neural interface
 
Although measuring the electrical activity of neurons is useful in many disciplines, making durable neural interfacing brain chip implants with negligible adverse effects has proven challenging. Now, scientists have developed a flexible multifunctional neural interface that can not only register local brain activity in real time, but also deliver a steady flow of drugs through innovative microflui
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Phys.org
New laser meets demanding requirements for driving cutting-edge attosecond light sources
 
Researchers have combined a fiber-laser system with recent advancements in multi-pass cells to create a laser with a unique combination of few-cycle pulses at high average power, pulse energy and repetition rate and with stable carrier envelope phase (CEP) operation. These characteristics make the new laser ideal for driving next generation attosecond sources, such as those at the Extreme Light In
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Phys.org
New research shows learning is more effective when active
 
Engaging students through interactive activities, discussions, feedback and AI-enhanced technologies resulted in improved academic performance compared to traditional lectures, lessons or readings, faculty from Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction Institute concluded after collecting research into active learning.
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ScienceDaily
Breastfeeding status and duration significantly impact postpartum depression risk
 
A study of 29,685 American women finds postpartum depression (PPD) is a significant health issue, with nearly 13 percent of the sample being at risk. Results showed that women who were currently breastfeeding at the time of data collection had statistically significant lower risk of PPD than women who were not breastfeeding. There also was a statistically significant inverse relationship between b
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ScienceDaily
Gene therapy can restore vision after stroke
 
Vision loss can be a side effect from stroke. Neurons don't regenerate, and stem cell therapy is costly, difficult, and chancy. Researchers have figured out a way to use gene therapy to recover lost vision after a stroke in a mouse model.
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ScienceDaily
Earth is dimming due to climate change
 
Researchers used decades of measurements of earthshine — the light reflected from Earth that illuminates the surface of the Moon to find that there has been a significant drop in Earth's reflectance over the past two decades. The Earth is now reflecting about half a watt less light per square meter than it was 20 years ago, with most of the drop occurring in the last three years.
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
Coral microbiome is key to surviving climate change, new study finds
 
The microbiomes of corals—which comprise bacteria, fungi and viruses—play an important role in the ability of corals to tolerate rising ocean temperatures, according to new research led by Penn State. The team also identified several genes within certain corals and the symbiotic photosynthetic algae that live inside their tissues that may play a role in their response to heat stress. The findings
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Science | The Guardian
CoolSculpting, Botox and fillers are on the rise – but are they safe? – podcast
 
Last week, supermodel Linda Evangelista posted on her Instagram page describing undergoing a procedure called CoolSculpting, claiming it has left her 'permanently deformed'. With this, which is also known as cryolipolysis, and other non-surgical cosmetic treatments on the rise, particularly among younger people, Madeleine Finlay investigates how these procedures work and how risky they really are
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Science | The Guardian
Covid by Numbers review – how to make sense of the statistics
 
David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters delve into the detail behind the data and explore the true human cost of the pandemic Along with successive waves of infection, the coronavirus pandemic has provided us with a tsunami of data and graphs. Thanks to the Public Health England dashboard and websites such as Our World in Data , every internet user can access accurate and timely information on Co
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Phys.org
New nanomaterial for treatment of skin infections
 
Researchers at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS (IOCB Prague) and the Technical University of Liberec in collaboration with researchers from the Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, the Department of Burns Medicine of the Third Faculty of Medicine at Charles University (Czech Republic), and P. J. Šafárik University in Košice (Slovakia) have developed a novel antibact
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Phys.org
Lunar landers could spray instant landing pads as they arrive at the moon
 
Space exploration requires all kinds of interesting solutions to complex problems. There is a branch of NASA designed to support the innovators trying to solve those problems—the Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC). They occasionally hand out grant funding to worthy projects trying to tackle some of these challenges. The results from one of those grants are now in, and they are intriguing. A te
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Phys.org
Is your machine learning training set biased? How to develop new drugs based on merged datasets
 
Polymorphs are molecules that have different molecular packing arrangements despite identical chemical compositions. In a recent paper, researchers at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) combined their proprietary (GSK) and published (CCDC) datasets to better train machine learning (ML) models to predict stable polymorphs to use in new drug candidates.
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Phys.org
Making waves: A contactless way to detect damage in transparent materials
 
Transparent materials have become an essential component in a wide variety of technological applications, ranging from everyday electronics like tablets and smartphones to more sophisticated uses in solar panels, medicine, and optics. Just as for any other product to be mass-produced, quality control is important for these materials, and several techniques have been developed to detect microscopic
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Futurity.org
'Time machine' reverses pancreatic cancer progression
Cancer Time Machine
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What makes pancreatic cancer so deadly is its covert and quick spread. Now, a "time machine" has shown a way to reverse the course of cancer before it spreads throughout the pancreas. "These findings open up the possibility of designing a new gene therapy or drug because now we can convert cancerous cells back into their normal state," says Bumsoo Han, a professor of mechanical engineering at Pur
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Phys.org
Compelling evidence of the connection between AMR surgical-site infections and arthropods
 
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the resistance of micro-organisms to antibiotics, antivirals or antifungals, is a huge global problem. Left unchecked, AMR threatens to become one of the world's biggest health problems, surpassing diabetes and cancer. As more bugs become drug resistant we will lose the ability to rely on antibiotics for routinely treatments—including for basic surgery, cancer treat
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ScienceDaily
Human behavior sabotages CO2-reducing strategies
 
To slow down climate change, societies tend to focus on two solutions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions: improving energy efficiency and developing and using renewable energy sources. A new study compared every U.S. state's CO2 emissions with their investment in the two solutions from 2009 to 2016. The authors found no statistically significant difference between energy efficiency improvement
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Phys.org
A 3D multifunctional and flexible neural interface
 
Being able to measure the electrical activity of the brain has helped us gain a much better understanding of the brain's processes, functions, and diseases over the past decades. So far, much of this activity has been measured via electrodes placed on the scalp (through electroencephalography (EEG)); however, being able to acquire signals directly from inside the brain itself (through neural inter
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ScienceDaily
Critical groundwater supplies may never recover from drought
 
New research shows groundwater takes an average of three years to recover from drought — if it ever recovers at all. In the largest study of its kind, scientists found that this recovery time only applies to aquifers that aren't touched by human activity, and the recovery time might be even longer in regions with excessive pumping.
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ScienceDaily
Cruise ships must be effectively regulated to minimize serious environment and health impact
Cruise Ships Health
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The cruise ship industry should be subject to global monitoring and effective legislation because of its continuous increasing impact on both the environment and human health and wellbeing, according to new research. The review finds that cruising is a major source of environmental pollution and degradation, with air, water, soil, fragile habitats and areas and wildlife affected.
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Science | The Guardian
The End of Bias by Jessica Nordell review – how to remove your blinkers
 
This thoughtful case for mounting a lifelong challenge to our own assumptions focuses on unconscious bias – but leaves overt prejudice largely unexamined We often think of bias as a problem that other people have. It's harder to find someone willing to admit to it in themselves. That was what struck me reading American journalist Jessica Nordell's thoughtful book, The End of Bias, which I picked
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
Eliminating microplastics on farmland
 
In many countries, farmers and gardeners use mulch films to increase their crop yields. The films are often made of polyethylene and can be used to control weed growth, soil temperature and water consumption. Unfortunately the petroleum-based material is not biodegradable. Consequently, the film residues must be collected at the end of the season with considerable effort or they will pollute the f
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Retraction Watch
Kyoto University fires researcher for fraud in Kumamoto earthquake studies
 
Kyoto University has fired a researcher after determining that he committed fraud in at least five papers about the deadly Kumamoto earthquake of 2006. In a report released earlier this week (Sept 28), the institution said it found Aiming Lin guilty of 37 counts of "fraudulent activity" in four of the articles, not including a … Continue reading
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The Atlantic
Reading Between the Lines of the New Biden Impression on SNL
 
Saturday Night Live began its 47th season with a brand-new cast member staring down the camera lens, a pointed announcement that the show is looking to stay ahead of the curve. That actor was James Austin Johnson, a comedian who gained a Twitter following for his short, surreal impressions, most famously of Donald Trump, during which he rambled through the streets while delivering strange soliloq
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Science | The Guardian
Sir Antony Hewish obituary
 
Radio astronomer who won the Nobel prize for physics for his role in the discovery of pulsars In 1967, a team led by the radio astronomer Antony Hewish, who has died aged 97, discovered pulsars, rapidly pulsating radio sources that turned out to be due to rotating, magnetised neutron stars, the ultra-dense collapsed remnants of massive stars. This was one of the most exciting astronomical events o
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Futurism
With Bitcoin IRA, It's Easy to Use Crypto to Invest for the Future
 
It's the most basic financial advice there is, but it bears repeating: it's always a good idea to save up for retirement . If you were lucky enough to be an early adopter in Bitcoin, you already know that it presented a great opportunity to build up a decent nest egg. But using bitcoins or other cryptocurrencies to save up for retirement isn't exactly traditional financial planning. Not, that is,
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Singularity Hub
The Music of Proteins Is Made Audible Through a Computer Program That Learns From Chopin
 
With the right computer program, proteins become pleasant music. There are many surprising analogies between proteins , the basic building blocks of life, and musical notation. These analogies can be used not only to help advance research, but also to make the complexity of proteins accessible to the public. We're computational biologists who believe that hearing the sound of life at the molecula
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Futurism
This Infrared Sauna Blanket Helps Fight Seasonal Affective Disorder
 
Thanks to Seasonal Affective Disorder, better known as SAD, winter can be a pretty trying time for most people. Psychology Today reports SAD affects 10-million Americans with another 10-to-20 percent of people suffering from a milder form of the disorder. Compound that with the limitations set by the pandemic, and winter can truly feel like a never-ending hell. However, one of the best ways to co
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Science | The Guardian
Jim Townsley obituary
 
My father, Jim Townsley, who has died aged 85, was a gentle, generous and thoughtful man who spent his working life as an industrial chemist. In retirement, his aptitude for listening, understanding and supporting the emotional needs of others found expression through voluntary work as a trained counsellor. Born in Ilford, east London, to Jim Sr, a post office worker, and Gertrude (nee Knight), a
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Futurism
Put Microsoft Excel At Your Fingertips With 40% Off These Training Bundles
 
Data is everywhere , and increasingly central to our lives. You can put it at your fingertips with these courses from our VIP Sale, 40% off with code VIP40 for a limited time. The Premium 2021 Microsoft Excel & Data Certification Bundle Looking to use Excel for more than simple functions? This 24-course bundle touches every possible aspect, from data visualization to day-to-day automation tips to
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The Atlantic
The Last Stop
 
Illustrations by Miki Lowe The poet Adam Zagajewski spent his life trying to make meaning of what he had lived through. When he was a child, his family was relocated within Poland after World War II; as a young man, he was exiled from the country altogether for writing protest poems against the country's authoritarian government. "I lost two homelands," he once said , "but I sought a third: a spa
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Futurism
Master The Blockchain With 40% Off These FinTech Training Classes
 
Cryptocurrency, blockchain, and fintech have gone from buzzwords to supposedly so effective, a hamster can make a fortune . Whether or not that's true, you'll need to know what you're doing before you invest, and you can save 40% on each of these courses to learn how with the code VIP40. The Complete Cryptocurrency Investment Bundle This 5-course bundle is a perfect starting point for new investo
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Discovery (uploads) on YouTube
Rick Hits 6 Figures in Just 3 Days! | Gold Rush
 
Stream Gold Rush on discovery+: https://www.discoveryplus.com/show/gold-rush #Discovery #GoldRush #Gold Subscribe to Discovery: http://bit.ly/SubscribeDiscovery Follow Us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@Discovery We're on Instagram! https://instagram.com/Discovery Join Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Discovery Follow Us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Discovery From: Discovery
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Discovery (uploads) on YouTube
Tony Beets Wants a $2,500,000 Bulldozer | Gold Rush: Winter's Fortune
 
Stream Full Episodes of Gold Rush: Winter's Fortune: discovery+ ► https://www.discoveryplus.com/show/gold-rush-winters-fortune-us #Discovery #GoldRush #GoldRushWintersFortune Subscribe to Discovery: http://bit.ly/SubscribeDiscovery Follow Us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@Discovery We're on Instagram! https://instagram.com/Discovery Join Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Discovery Foll
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Singularity Hub
This Week's Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 2)
 
ROBOTICS How DeepMind Is Reinventing the Robot Tom Chivers | IEEE Spectrum "Having conquered Go and protein folding, the company turns to a really hard problem. …To get to the next level, researchers are trying to fuse AI and robotics to create an intelligence that can make decisions and control a physical body in the messy, unpredictable, and unforgiving real world." NANOTECH Microscopic Metaveh
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Retraction Watch
Weekend reads: Paper mill sanctions; UT Austin suspends prof, repays grant funds; researchers in Mexico threatened with arrest
 
Before we present this week's Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? Thanks in advance. The week at Retraction Watch featured: Researcher leaves Wistar Institute as he retracts a Nature paper … Continue reading
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cognitive science
Participants needed for an online psycholinguistic experiment
 
Hello, Keith is my name, and I am a PhD researcher at Maynooth University`s Department of Psychology in Ireland. I am looking for people to participate in a language-related experiment that is running online, which takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. The only criteria are that participants are aged between 18-55, speak English as a first language, and have no severe visual or neurological
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Futurism
Get the Brain Boost You Need With an Advanced Acetylcholine Supplement
 
Even if you've never heard of acetylcholine before, you've still got it on your mind … literally. That's because it's a neurotransmitter that your brain needs to perform vital functions and mental processing. And if you've been feeling at all hazy or in need of a brain boost lately, an acetylcholine supplement like Natural Stacks's Acetylcholine Brain Food might be just the thing. Research on the
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ScienceDaily
Unprecedented view of a single catalyst nanoparticle at work
 
A research team has been using high-intensity X-rays to observe a single catalyst nanoparticle at work. The experiment has revealed for the first time how the chemical composition of the surface of an individual nanoparticle changes under reaction conditions, making it more active. This study marks an important step towards a better understanding of real, industrial catalytic materials.
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Futurism
Melting Arctic Could Release Nuclear Waste and Deadly Pathogens, Scientists Say
 
Sealed Away As Arctic ice melts away, it will likely raise the sea level and contribute to the devastation of ecosystems around the world. But it can also release chemical and biological hazards that had been safely sealed away. Those hazards can include ancient or undiscovered viruses and bacteria, toxic chemicals, and even nuclear waste, according to research published in the journal Nature Cli
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Futurism
This Amazing Blanket Lets You Say Goodbye to Bug Repellent Once and for All
 
Depending on where you live, one of the worst things about hanging out on the patio at dusk is getting eaten alive by mosquitos or other insects. Of course, you could use insect repellent to ward off pesky insects, but it probably wouldn't help your cause. That's because a new study in the Journal of Insect Science has found, "many of the products … tested that were marketed as repellents do not
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue
Field-theoretic density estimation for biological sequence space with applications to 5' splice site diversity and aneuploidy in cancer [Biophysics and Computational Biology]
 
Density estimation in sequence space is a fundamental problem in machine learning that is also of great importance in computational biology. Due to the discrete nature and large dimensionality of sequence space, how best to estimate such probability distributions from a sample of observed sequences remains unclear. One common strategy…
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue
Earth history events shaped the evolution of uneven biodiversity across tropical moist forests [Evolution]
 
Far from a uniform band, the biodiversity found across Earth's tropical moist forests varies widely between the high diversity of the Neotropics and Indomalaya and the relatively lower diversity of the Afrotropics. Explanations for this variation across different regions, the "pantropical diversity disparity" (PDD), remain contentious, due to difficulty teasing…
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue
The impact of social isolation and changes in work patterns on ongoing thought during the first COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom [Psychological and Cognitive Sciences]
 
The COVID-19 pandemic led to lockdowns in countries across the world, changing the lives of billions of people. The United Kingdom's first national lockdown, for example, restricted people's ability to socialize and work. The current study examined how changes to socializing and working during this lockdown impacted ongoing thought patterns…
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue
Surface densities prewet a near-critical membrane [Biophysics and Computational Biology]
 
Recent work has highlighted roles for thermodynamic phase behavior in diverse cellular processes. Proteins and nucleic acids can phase separate into three-dimensional liquid droplets in the cytoplasm and nucleus and the plasma membrane of animal cells appears tuned close to a two-dimensional liquid–liquid critical point. In some examples, cytoplasmic proteins…
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue
Ultrasensitive multispecies spectroscopic breath analysis for real-time health monitoring and diagnostics [Physics]
 
Breath analysis enables rapid, noninvasive diagnostics, as well as long-term monitoring of human health, through the identification and quantification of exhaled biomarkers. Here, we demonstrate the remarkable capabilities of mid-infrared (mid-IR) cavity-enhanced direct-frequency comb spectroscopy (CE-DFCS) applied to breath analysis. We simultaneously detect and monitor as a function of time…
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue
Constitutive signal bias mediated by the human GHRHR splice variant 1 [Cell Biology]
 
Alternative splicing of G protein–coupled receptors has been observed, but their functions are largely unknown. Here, we report that a splice variant (SV1) of the human growth hormone–releasing hormone receptor (GHRHR) is capable of transducing biased signal. Differing only at the receptor N terminus, GHRHR predominantly activates Gs while SV1…
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue
Continuous measurements of volatile gases as detection of algae crop health [Agricultural Sciences]
 
Algae cultivation in open raceway ponds is considered the most economical method for photosynthetically producing biomass for biofuels, chemical feedstocks, and other high-value products. One of the primary challenges for open ponds is diminished biomass yields due to attack by grazers, competitors, and infectious organisms. Higher-frequency observations are needed for…
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue
Nanoconfinement of microvilli alters gene expression and boosts T cell activation [Biophysics and Computational Biology]
 
T cells sense and respond to their local environment at the nanoscale by forming small actin-rich protrusions, called microvilli, which play critical roles in signaling and antigen recognition, particularly at the interface with the antigen presenting cells. However, the mechanism by which microvilli contribute to cell signaling and activation is…
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue
Listeriolysin S: A bacteriocin from Listeria monocytogenes that induces membrane permeabilization in a contact-dependent manner [Microbiology]
 
Listeriolysin S (LLS) is a thiazole/oxazole–modified microcin (TOMM) produced by hypervirulent clones of Listeria monocytogenes. LLS targets specific gram-positive bacteria and modulates the host intestinal microbiota composition. To characterize the mechanism of LLS transfer to target bacteria and its bactericidal function, we first investigated its subcellular distribution in LLS-producer bacter
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue
Recurrent rewiring of the adult hippocampal mossy fiber system by a single transcriptional regulator, Id2 [Neuroscience]
 
Circuit formation in the central nervous system has been historically studied during development, after which cell-autonomous and nonautonomous wiring factors inactivate. In principle, balanced reactivation of such factors could enable further wiring in adults, but their relative contributions may be circuit dependent and are largely unknown. Here, we investigated hippocampal…
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue
Neural mechanisms underlying the temporal control of sequential saccade planning in the frontal eye field [Neuroscience]
 
Sequences of saccadic eye movements are instrumental in navigating our visual environment. While neural activity has been shown to ramp up to a threshold before single saccades, the neural underpinnings of multiple saccades is unknown. To understand the neural control of saccade sequences, we recorded from the frontal eye field…
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue
Structural origins of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase open promoter complex stability [Biophysics and Computational Biology]
 
The first step in gene expression in all organisms requires opening the DNA duplex to expose one strand for templated RNA synthesis. In Escherichia coli, promoter DNA sequence fundamentally determines how fast the RNA polymerase (RNAP) forms "open" complexes (RPo), whether RPo persists for seconds or hours, and how quickly…
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue
Chirality-matched catalyst-controlled macrocyclization reactions [Chemistry]
 
Macrocycles, formally defined as compounds that contain a ring with 12 or more atoms, continue to attract great interest due to their important applications in physical, pharmacological, and environmental sciences. In syntheses of macrocyclic compounds, promoting intramolecular over intermolecular reactions in the ring-closing step is often a key challenge. Furthermore,…
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Futurity.org
The hippocampus weaves memories into stories
 
A new brain imaging study shows that the hippocampus is the brain's storyteller, connecting separate, distant events into a single narrative. "Things that happen in real life don't always connect directly, but we can remember the details of each event better if they form a coherent narrative," says Brendan Cohn-Sheehy, an MD/PhD student at the University of California, Davis and first author of t
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ExtremeTechExtreme – ExtremeTech
Intel's Loihi: Cool Even If You're Not In the C-Suite
Intel Loihi Neuromorphic
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Several years ago, Intel unveiled Loihi, its first public neuromorphic research processor. The term "neuromorphic" is essentially a catch-all for any type of processor that attempts to mimic the function of the brain. Because the brain is a complex organism, different chips can be neuromorphic in different ways, depending on which aspect of the brain's design they attempt to copy. Now, Intel has
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue
Highly active engineered IgG3 antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 [Applied Biological Sciences]
Sars Cov 2 Response
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Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that efficiently neutralize SARS-CoV-2 have been developed at an unprecedented speed. Notwithstanding, there is a vague understanding of the various Ab functions induced beyond antigen binding by the heavy-chain constant domain. To explore the diverse roles of Abs in SARS-CoV-2 immunity, we expressed a SARS-CoV-2 spike protein…
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Futurity.org
Tweak amps up cancer immunotherapy by 77 fold
STING Cancer Immunotherapy
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Researchers have developed a new nanoparticle to deliver intravenous cancer immunotherapy. Cancer immunotherapy seeks to turn "cold" tumors into "hot" tumors—those that respond to immunotherapy—by awakening and enlisting the body's own immune system. Unfortunately, few people benefit from the most common form of immunotherapy, called immune checkpoint inhibitors, and scientists are actively seeki
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ScienceDaily
What you need to know about urinary tract infections
 
More than half of U.S. women will experience at least one urinary tract infection (UTI) in their lifetimes, while a quarter will have a subsequent infection. Recurrent urinary tract infections are defined as two or more infections in six months or three or more in a year.
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Futurity.org
Can food ease symptoms for people with bipolar disorders?
 
Can specific dietary guidelines help people living with bipolar disorders better manage their health? Maybe someday, according to a new study. Clinical trial results show that a diet designed to alter levels of specific fatty acids consumed by participants may help patients have less variability in their mood. Bipolar disorders, which affect up to 2.4% of the population, are mental health conditi
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ScienceDaily
Powerful technique details brain tumors' formidable resiliency
Tumor Single-Cell 1
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A team led by researchers has profiled in unprecedented detail thousands of individual cells sampled from patients' brain tumors. The findings, along with the methods developed to obtain those findings, represent a significant advance in cancer research, and ultimately may lead to better ways of detecting, monitoring and treating cancers.
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Nature
The $100-billion toll of a pig epidemic in China
 
Nature, Published online: 01 October 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02642-z Researchers estimate that a 2018 outbreak of African swine fever virus led to the loss of at least 38 million more animals than officially acknowledged.
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Phys.org
Predicting trail choices based on off-highway vehicle drivers' motivations
 
It's certainly easy to do, but not very useful, to stereotype outdoorsy people based on the types of recreation they choose. What kind of person takes a side-by-side vehicle up a dusty mountain road, for instance? And why? In reality, off-highway vehicle (OHV) recreation attracts a variety of people with diverse motivations for hitting the trail. And those motivations define, in part, the way they
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Phys.org
An open-source smartphone application to monitor drying events in river networks
 
Citizens can play a major role in helping scientists to understand drying river networks, by reporting drying events in rivers and streams. To do so, DRYvER has created the DRYRivERS app, which citizens can use to map drying events. The collected data will improve scientific predictions of the future impacts of climate change in these ecosystems. Moreover, DRYRivERS will raise awareness of the imp
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Futurism
China's Population Projected to Fall by Half Within 30 Years
 
Half-Life 30 If a new study is to be believed, China could face a disastrous drop in its population within just 30 years. China's aging population and decreasing birth rate have had its government on high alarm lately, with new census data revealing an even more significant drop in new births than expected, the South China Morning Post reports . Based on that data and an overall reluctance to hav
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Futurism
Save 15% Off The Drones Of Your Dreams In This Exclusive Sale
 
Drones are driving new science , racing in new sports leagues, and generally reminding us why we love robots. And if you want in on the drone action, we've got plenty, all for 15% off with code VIP15, Micro Drone 3.0 – Combo Pack Pictured above, this tiny drone can go up to 45 mph and offers instant video with a 720p camera. Get the Micro Drone 3.0 – Combo Pack for $110.47 (reg. $215) with code V
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ExtremeTechExtreme – ExtremeTech
Apple Watch Better At Finding Arrhythmias Than We Thought
Apple Watch ECG Study
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A new analysis of data from Apple's joint heart study with Stanford has found that the Apple Watch is capable of detecting more rhythm abnormalities than we thought it could. The Apple Heart Study was designed to test the Apple Watch's ability to detect abnormal heart rhythms. Participants whose Watches notified them of potential arrhythmias received an ECG patch that would monitor their heart rh
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Science | The Guardian
Just how important is the appliance of science to decisions on public policy? | Letters
 
Governments need to develop more citizen forums for discussing options and making choices in open dialogue with experts, writes Prof Peter Calow The answer to Philip Ball ( Should scientists run the country?, 27 September ) is that it is the process, not the people, that should run the country. Science gets things right, despite the biases of its practitioners, by requiring that it be evidence-ba
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Futurity.org
Translucent, fingernail-sized fish is a brand new species
 
A fish that has been swimming in the tanks of neuroscientists for years has just been classified as a brand new species. Scientists identify and name new fish species around the globe practically every week. Some turn up in unlikely places, and others display unusual characteristics and behaviors. But it's rare for an unidentified and unnamed fish to have played an important role in scientific re
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Nature
Regulation of prefrontal patterning and connectivity by retinoic acid
 
Nature, Published online: 01 October 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03953-x Studies in mice, humans and macaques show that retinoic acid signalling has an important role in the development of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) in primates and may also underlie the evolutionary diversification of the PFC.
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Futurity.org
New models may upend the origins of ocean animals
 
A study offers new context for a pivotal step in the evolution of life on Earth: the dramatic proliferation of animal life, hundreds of millions of years ago, in the ancient sea. The prevailing scientific theory has been that ancient waters were filled with nutrient-rich particulate matter, giving the oceans a soup-like consistency. In that scenario, early animal life—living on the seafloor and s
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Undark Magazine
New Documents Heighten Debate Over Coronavirus Origin
 
The dispute over the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic grew more heated this week, as a pair of papers — one a scientific study that has yet to undergo peer review, the other a leaked grant proposal — fueled speculation about the origin of a coronavirus that has killed millions of people around the world.
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
Researchers shed new light on mechanical regulation of epithelial tissue homeostasis
 
An international team of scientists, led by Professor Ana-Sunčane Smith from the Croatian Ruđer Bošković Institute (RBI) and the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany, provided fresh insights on the impact of mechanical properties on the organization and growth of cell tissues. These results could contribute to a better understanding of tissue regeneration as well as in di
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ExtremeTechExtreme – ExtremeTech
Scientists Testify in Holmes Trial: Theranos Tech Was Downright Bad
 
Just a few short years ago, biomed startup Theranos was a media darling, and founder Elizabeth Holmes was being lauded as a self-made billionaire. All it took to topple Theranos was an article from John Carreyrou asking some tough questions about the company's Edison blood testing machine. With the company now shuttered, former CEO Holmes is facing charges for defrauding investors. According to l
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forskning.se
AI kan bedöma risk för återfall i bröstcancer
 
Med hjälp av artificiell intelligens kan cancertumörer graderas utifrån låg eller hög risk för återfall. Det gör det lättare att anpassa behandlingen till patienten. I Sverige drabbas ungefär 9 000 kvinnor varje år av bröstcancer och globalt handlar det om cirka två miljoner kvinnor. När diagnosen ställs tas vävnadsprover av tumören, som graderas av en patolog och delas in i lågrisktumör (grad 1)
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ScienceDaily
Pruning the dendritic tree
 
Researchers have shed light on the function of the enzyme SLK for the development of nerve cells in the brain. If it is missing, the neurons' branches are less abundant. In addition, it is then more difficult to inhibit the activity of the cells. This is consistent with the fact that there is less SLK in diseased brain tissue from epilepsy patients. Epileptic seizures are characterized by overexci
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ScienceDaily
Using dunes to interpret wind on Mars
 
Dunes develop when wind-blown sand organizes into patterns, most often in deserts and arid or semi-arid parts of the world. Every continent on Earth has dune fields, but dunes and dune-like sand patterns are also found across the solar system: on Mars, Venus, Titan, Comet 67P, and Pluto. On Earth, weather stations measure the wind speed and direction, allowing us to predict and understand airflow
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Discovery (uploads) on YouTube
Fans Get Naked in the Arizona Wilderness | Naked and Afraid
 
Stream Naked and Afraid on discovery+ ► https://www.discoveryplus.com/show/naked-and-afraid About Naked and Afraid: What happens when you put two complete strangers – sans clothes – in some of the most extreme environments on Earth? Each male-female duo is left with no food, no water, no clothes, and only one survival item. #NakedAndAfraid #Discovery #NakedAndAfraidFanEdition Subscribe to Discove
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NPR
Sandeep Jauhar: How do emotions affect the heart?
 
Cardiologist Sandeep Jauhar explains a case where deep grief caused takotsubo cardiomyopathy—also called "broken heart syndrome." He examines the connection emotions have with our most vital organ. (Image credit: Bret Hartman/Courtesy of TED)
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Singularity Hub
Scientists Created Holograms You Can Touch—You Could Soon Shake a Virtual Colleague's Hand
 
The TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation introduced millions of people to the idea of a holodeck: an immersive, realistic 3D holographic projection of a complete environment that you could interact with and even touch. In the 21st century, holograms are already being used in a variety of ways, such as medical systems, education, art, security and defense. Scientists are still developing ways to
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Phys.org
Speak more Spanish in public, urge scholars, to combat stigma in US
 
In 2018, a Montana border patrol agent asked two U.S. citizens in a grocery store parking lot for their government IDs. "I saw that you guys were speaking Spanish, which is very unheard of up here," he reportedly told them. A week later in New York, a white lawyer threatened to call U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on restaurant staff who were speaking Spanish with one another.
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Phys.org
Thermal storage for energy transition
 
In Germany, 55 percent of final energy consumption goes towards heating and cooling. However, a lot of heat dissipates unused because it is not generated as and when required. Thermal storage using zeolite material allows heat to be stored for long periods of time without losing any. Fraunhofer researchers are now working on significantly improving the thermal conductivity of zeolites.
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Phys.org
Making companies crisis-proof
 
Companies today face a variety of increasingly complex risks. Not least the pandemic has shown how crises can pose an existential threat to companies. The FReE tool of the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI, allows companies to measure their resilience and subsequently be prepared for upcoming crisis scenarios.
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Phys.org
Decadal climate variability in the tropical Pacific
 
From devastating floods to raging wildfires, climate variability on a global scale is apparent. These extreme weather events, and the world's climate system as a whole, are heavily influenced by the Tropical Pacific, an expanse that stretches from Australia to the Americas.
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The Atlantic
The Atlantic Daily: Start Planning Your Holidays Now
 
In 2020, the fall and winter holidays fell amid a prolonged and terrifying surge in coronavirus cases. Americans were instructed to stay home and hope for a better outlook next year. This year could indeed be brighter, at least for those who got inoculated. Vaccines offer Americans more options for celebrating, two public-health experts told me. But both cautioned that the picture will somewhat d
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
Method by which cells exchange vesicles to synchronize their activities.
 
Much like an ant colony or even people in an office, cells in the body must work together to accomplish their tasks. In all cases, this cooperation depends on communication. Ants do it by smell, people by sound, and, as shown in a new study by CiRA researchers, cells do it by passing vesicles through a system called phenotypic synchrony of cells, or PSyC.
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ScienceDaily
Early accumulation of tau in the brain predicts memory decline in Alzheimer's disease
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Researchers have compared how well different Alzheimer's biomarkers predict the progression of the disease and its effect on the memory. They found that early accumulation of tau proteins in the brain as measured by PET scanner was more effective at predicting memory impairment than biomarkers in the cerebrospinal fluid or amyloid plaque in the brain.
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ScienceDaily
Virtual care with remote monitoring catches drug errors and reduces patient pain
RAM Virtual Care Remote
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The study looked at patient outcomes from virtual care and remote automated monitoring (RAM) — video calls with nurses and doctors, and self-monitoring of vital signs using wearable devices. Half of 905 post-surgery patients at nine sites in Hamilton, Kingston, London, Ottawa and Edmonton in Canada were randomized to use technology at home — a cellular tablet and RAM equipment to measure their h
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Nature
Without a password
 
Nature, Published online: 01 October 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02687-0 Making connections.
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Futurity.org
App to link trans patients with safe healthcare providers
 
A new app called TranZap aims to connect trans people with gender-affirming healthcare providers. The TranZap, the first of its kind in the area of healthcare technology, will collate shared experiences, either good or bad, of healthcare providers that trans people have visited. Other trans patients will rate and review these experiences, building a platform to provide the necessary information t
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Biology News – Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology
On birds—feathered messengers from deep time
 
When I experienced a great loss in in my early forties—almost a year to the day after another—I went to see my mother in the family home. She wasn't a hugger or giver of advice, so instead we fed the birds. As she had when I was a child, she stood behind me in the kitchen with her shoulder propped against the back door, passing slices of apple and small balls of minced meat into my hand.
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Phys.org
Floating sensors predict plastic on Galapagos beaches
 
As part of their Galapagos Plastic Free project, physicists Stefanie Ypma and Erik van Sebille are developing an app that tells park rangers on the Galapagos Islands where they can clean up plastic every day. The researchers use drifters, or "floating sensors," to create a model of the complicated ocean currents in and around the archipelago. The first batch of drifters was put to sea from a boat
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Phys.org
Responsible investment is not enough to combat climate change
 
In their new book on responsible investment, Professor Vesa Puttonen and Bachelor of Science Tatu Puttonen state that politicians cannot outsource their responsibility for combating climate change to asset managers and investors. The book has been published as part of the Aalto University publication series.
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Phys.org
The principle of aquaponics clearly defined
 
It is one of the big topics in sustainable food production: aquaponics—the combination of fish farming in aquaculture and plant cultivation in hydroponics. That is the short definition. What convinces consumers is the resource-saving approach that saves water, energy and artificial fertilizer. That is the theory. Missing or vague definitions and standards make it difficult to plan and evaluate pla
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Phys.org
Indigenous knowledge and the persistence of the 'wilderness' myth
 
Aboriginal people in Australia view wilderness, or what is called "wild country," as sick land that's been neglected and not cared for. This is the opposite of the romantic understanding of wilderness as pristine and healthy—a view which underpins much non-Indigenous conservation effort.
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Dagens Medicin
Finerenone imponerer ved EASD
 
Finerenone kan være på vej til at blive godkendt i blandt andet Danmark inden for kort tid. Nye resultater fra forsøg med lægemidlet indikerer, at det er både hjerte- og nyrebeskyttende.
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Ingeniøren
Debat: Skal vi have atomkraft i Danmark?
 
PLUS. Er atomkraft bedre til at afværge klimakrisen end vind, sol, biomasse og andre VE-teknologier? En ny forening anbefaler, at vi dropper alle planer og i stedet bygger 12 atomkraftværker – IDA mener i sit Klimasvar 2045, at en udbygning med VE kan nå klimaneutralitet i 2045. Vi bedt parterne om e…
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forskning.se
T-cellstest osäkra indikatorer på tidigare covid-19
 
Det finns risk för falskt positivt svar vid T-cellstester som ska visa tidigare infektion i covid-19. T-cellerna kan i vissa fall ha aktiverats av vanligt förkylningsvirus. Det är svårt att få testerna tillräcklig specifika och känsliga. – Även om ett T-cellsvar normalt utvecklas även vid en mild infektion så kunde vi se att de med mild initial sjukdom inte alltid hade ett mätbart SARS-CoV-2-spec
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Phys.org
Long-term sea-level rise requires a worldwide commitment to adaptation
 
Without adaptation, sea-level rise will put millions more people at risk of flooding, scientists have warned. This requires a timely and adequate commitment to adaptation. Using a novel "scenario-neutral" approach researchers from Deltares, together with Utrecht University, IVM, Newcastle University, Tyndall Centre and Bournemouth University, assess when, where, and how fast coastal areas need to
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RealClimate
Unforced Variations: Oct 2021
 
Fall is here (in the northern hemisphere at least), along with articles about the impact of climate change on autumnal colors. LandSat9 successfully launched to continue an almost 50 year long series of remote sensing (since 1972!), and the World Economic Forum has proposed and Earth Operations Center to monitor greenhouse gases and climate change. Please stick to climate science topics, and reme
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Phys.org
How to power electronics using mechanical motion
 
The push toward low powered, energy-saving devices has been a direction the electronics industry has always pursued. The switch to low powered LED lighting is a good example of this trend. Another avenue is the development of energy harvesting, self-sufficient devices. The idea here is to use materials that display piezoelectric and triboelectric effects to convert mechanical energy into electrica
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NeuroLogica Blog
Active Learning Is Best
 
There is pretty broad agreement that the pandemic was a net negative for learning among children. Schools are an obvious breeding ground for viruses, with hundreds or thousands of students crammed into the same building, moving to different groups in different classes, and with teachers being systematically exposed to many different students while they spray them with their possibly virus-laden d
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Nature
Daily briefing: Jupiter's Great Red Spot is swirling faster
 
Nature, Published online: 30 September 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02683-4 The Great Red Spot storm on Jupiter is mysteriously rotating faster and shrinking. Plus, see the first images of a solid made of electrons and learn how Microsoft plans to offset all the carbon it ever emitted.
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Nature Communications – current – nature.com science feeds
A primer for academic entrepreneurs on academic-industrial partnerships
 
Nature Communications, Published online: 01 October 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26103-3 Partnerships between academic investigators and industry can accelerate the translation of research findings into life-saving products. The healthcare industry has witnessed heightened interest from universities in capitalizing on the discoveries made by faculty to create intellectual property, form new compa
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In-situ anodic precipitation process for highly efficient separation of aluminum alloys
 
Nature Communications, Published online: 01 October 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26119-9 Traditional electrorefining process is limited by deposition potential of the metal itself. Here, the authors explore an in-situ anodic precipitation process based on different solubility of target metal chlorides that can efficiently separate components of aluminum alloys.
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The growing need for controlled data access models in clinical proteomics and metabolomics
 
Nature Communications, Published online: 01 October 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26110-4 More and more clinical studies include potentially sensitive human proteomics or metabolomics datasets, but bioinformatics resources for managing the access to these data are not yet available. This commentary discusses current best practices and future perspectives for the responsible handling of clinical pr
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Efficient propyne/propadiene separation by microporous crystalline physiadsorbents
 
Nature Communications, Published online: 01 October 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25980-y The separation of propadiene from propyne/propadiene mixtures remains challenging. Here, the authors report a sorbent screening protocol and show that metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with open metal sites and cage-based molecule traps exhibit high performance for propyne/propadiene separation.
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Boson-peak-like anomaly caused by transverse phonon softening in strain glass
 
Nature Communications, Published online: 01 October 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26029-w Strain glass is a new glassy state characterized by frozen ferroelastic nanodomains. Here, the authors discover a low-temperature feature in the specific heat of a strain glass, which is similar to the well-known boson peak anomaly of structural glasses, but cannot be explained by existing mechanisms.
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Neurofibromin 1 in mushroom body neurons mediates circadian wake drive through activating cAMP–PKA signaling
 
Nature Communications, Published online: 01 October 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26031-2 The molecular mechanism by which clock neurons transmit timing information to non-clock neurons is poorly understood. Here, the authors show that circadian clocks drive rhythmic expression of hundreds of genes in mushroom body neurons and drive calcium rhythms via NF1-cAMP/PKAC1 signalling in Drosophila.
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Complex small-world regulatory networks emerge from the 3D organisation of the human genome
 
Nature Communications, Published online: 01 October 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25875-y Gene-regulatory networks are thought to be complex, and yet perturbation of just a few transcription factors (TFs) can have major consequences. Here the authors apply DNA polymer modelling and simulations to predict how 3D genome structure and TF-DNA interactions can give rise to transcriptional regulation op
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