Ron Conway Resigns Salesforce Foundation over Benioff’s National Guard Comments
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Surprising bacteria discovery links Hawaiʻi’s groundwater to the ocean
A new species of bacteria has been discovered off the coast of Oʻahu, shedding light on how unseen microbial life connects Hawaiʻi’s land and sea ecosystems. ⌘ Read more
How a pit-shaping module sustains xylem hydraulics and rice grain yield
Xylem vessel pits are tiny openings on the cell wall of water-conducting cells—with pit geometry influencing crop yield through its effect on plant hydraulics and nitrogen transport. ⌘ Read more
There’s no such thing as Antifa, you eejits
Sabrina Haake, Columnist - Daily Kos
_Stephan: I keep hearing about aspiring dictator Trump and his vampire vassals talking about how Antifa is a terrorist organization, bnut when I do a Google search on “antifa” or “antifa website,” nothing comes up. Nor have I ever met anyone associated with such an organization. So I began asking around, and soon realized that there is no Antifa. As far as I can see , and this article confirm this, t … ⌘ Read more
The Right’s Secret Plan to Help Billionaires Buy Elections
David Sirota and Jared Jacang Maher, Staff Writers - Rolling Stone - rsn | Rolling Stone
_Stephan: The Supreme Court decision on Citizens United legalized the bribery of politicians and is, I believe, one of the main reasons the United States is becoming a fascist authoritarian oligarchy owned country that has such appalling members of Congress. Nothing is going to change this except the election of Democ … ⌘ Read more
Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears
PATRICK WHITTLE, Reporter - Assoociated Press
_Stephan: The Republican Party is owned by the carbon energy oligarchs, and as we learned yesterday, what they say, and do makes them one of the most disgusting, loathsome collection of people in the United States. They have made it clear they don’t believe in climate change, and think it is a “con.” And they care … ⌘ Read more
Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica
Laura Paddison, Reporter - CNN
_Stephan: Climate change is going to alter Earth in ways no one could have predicted, changes that are leaving scientists who actually know what they are talking about, as opposed to Trump and the Republican Party, frightened about the effects all this is going to have on humanity and the other creatures w … ⌘ Read more
Time crystals could power future quantum computers
A glittering hunk of crystal gets its iridescence from a highly regular atomic structure. Frank Wilczek, the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physics, proposed quantum systems––like groups of particles––could construct themselves in the same way, but in time instead of space. He dubbed such systems time crystals, defining them by their lowest possible energy state, which perpetually repeats movements without external energy input. Time crystals were experimentall … ⌘ Read more
Maya salt-making compound found preserved underwater in Belize
In a recent study by Dr. Heather McKillop and Dr. E. Cory Sills, a complete Late Classic Maya residential compound discovered preserved in mangrove peat below the sea floor of the Punta Ycacos Lagoon was analyzed. The work is published in the journal Ancient Mesoamerica. ⌘ Read more
10 Surprising Ways Game Theory Rules Your Daily Life
Every day, we perform tiny rituals, make awkward choices, and engage in behaviors that seem completely normal—until you step back and realize they’re secretly battles of strategy. From holding the elevator door in silence to double-texting someone you like, from fighting over toilet paper orientation to hoarding office snacks, our mundane actions often metaphorically mirror […]
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Engineers solve the sticky-cell problem in bioreactors and other industries
To help mitigate climate change, companies are using bioreactors to grow algae and other microorganisms that are hundreds of times more efficient at absorbing CO2 than trees. Meanwhile, in the pharmaceutical industry, cell culture is used to manufacture biologic drugs and other advanced treatments, including lifesaving gene and cell therapies. ⌘ Read more
Sniffer dogs tested in real-world scenarios reveal need for wider access to explosives
Dogs aren’t just our best friends, they’re also key allies in the fight against terrorism. Thousands of teams of explosive detection dogs and their handlers work 24/7 at airports, transit systems, cargo facilities, and public events around the globe to keep us safe. But canine detection is an art as well as a science: success depends not only on the skill of both dog and human, but also on their bond, and may vary … ⌘ Read more
Generation of harmful slow electrons in water is a race between intermolecular energy decay and proton transfer
When high-energy radiation interacts with water in living organisms, it generates particles and slow-moving electrons that can subsequently damage critical molecules like DNA. Now, Professor Petr Slavíček and his bachelor’s student Jakub Dubský from UCT Prague (University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague) have described in detail one of the key mechanisms for the creation … ⌘ Read more
Analysis of 4.4-million-year-old ankle exposes how earliest ancestors moved and evolved
For more than a century, scientists have been piecing together the puzzle of human evolution, examining fossil evidence to understand the transition from our earliest ancestors to modern humans. ⌘ Read more
Five Ways the Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools
Megan O’Matz and Jennifer Smith Richards, - ProPublica
_Stephan: A successful democracy requires a literate, numerate, educated citizenry. Everyone, going back to the Athenians of the fifth century BCE, has recognized this. That is why I have been closely following what the Trump Republican fascist coup has been doing to public education. It is getting worse and worse, as this article describ … ⌘ Read more
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Jason Beeferman and Emily Ngo, Staff Writers - Politico
Stephan: There is a very serious crisis in the United States involving male culture and psychology. It involves both men and boys; they are overwhelmingly White and Republican. Read this article, and you will see what these men and boys actually say amongst themselves. It is horrifying.
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‘Bombshell!’ Ex-clerk to Clarence Thomas sends shockwaves with Supreme Court warning
Travis Gettys, Senior Editor - Raw Story
_Stephan: Even the most respected “originalist” scholar is now on record against Trump and his Republican coup are trying to do with their dismantling of American democracy. Since this is the scholar the Supreme Court majority cites over and over, as this article describes, it will be very revealing to see how they n … ⌘ Read more
GOP spreads increasingly desperate and dangerous lies to shirk blame for their shutdown
Emily Singer, Staff Writer - Daily Kos
_Stephan: Today I listened to one Republican congress member after another claiming that the coming Saturday “No King” rallies are really “Hate America” rallies, and I thought how cowardly do you have to be to say something that dishonest and stupid about rallies that will involve millions of American who actu … ⌘ Read more
A rare variety of wheat with three ovaries—gene discovery could triple production
University of Maryland researchers discovered the gene that makes a rare form of wheat grow three ovaries per flower instead of one. Since each ovary can potentially develop into a grain of wheat, the gene could help farmers grow much more wheat per acre. Their work is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ⌘ Read more
10 Popular (and Weird) Ancient Foods
Many foods cherished by our ancestors continue to find a place on tables worldwide. From the staple presence of bread to the remarkable status of beer, countless ancient delights have withstood the test of time. But other foods have faded into oblivion and been mostly uneaten for centuries. Whether due to animal extinction or shifting […]
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Indonesia’s Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano unleashes new burst of hot ash
Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki, one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes, erupted for a second straight day Wednesday, spewing towering columns of hot ash that later blanketed villages. No casualties were immediately reported. ⌘ Read more
World’s largest rays may be diving to extreme depths to build mental maps of vast oceans
Many marine species are no strangers to the depths of the oceans. Some animals, like certain sharks, tuna, or turtles, routinely perform extreme dives, whereas for other species, such behavior has been observed less frequently. ⌘ Read more
Can we hear gravitational-wave ‘beats’ in the rhythm of pulsars?
Pulsars suggest that ultra–low-frequency gravitational waves are rippling through the cosmos. The signal seen by international pulsar timing array collaborations in 2023 could come from a stochastic gravitational-wave background—the sum of many distant sources—or from a single nearby binary of supermassive black holes. ⌘ Read more
Poorer health linked to more votes for Reform UK, 2024 voting patterns suggest
Poorer health is linked to a higher proportion of votes for the populist right wing political party, Reform UK, indicates an analysis of the 2024 general election voting patterns in England, published online in the open access journal BMJ Open Respiratory Research. ⌘ Read more