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I wrote a whole piece on why this is misleading while drinking a Coke Zero
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Sensational article! Technical and intellectual tour de force. Grabner, C.P., Futagi, D., Shi, J. et al. Mechanisms of simultaneous linear and nonlinear computations at the mammalian cone photoreceptor synapse. Nat Commun 14, 3486 (2023).
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Nature Communications - Cone photoreceptors signal to several bipolar cell types at one of the most structurally complex synapses in the central nervous system. Here, the authors show how the 3D...
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#FossilFriday Slightly updated version of the chart from our 2019 paper reviewing the last 1 million years of human evolution @JGalwayWitham @JamesColeArch
https://t.co/yxqaDIxlQl
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Out now in @NatureSMB! @SchubelerLab @FMIscience reveals how transcription factors like p53 can interpret specific histone marks – not by directly ‘sensing’ them, but by employing friends (cofactor proteins) that do! https://t.co/k4XG3SmpLX
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Why do so many people still have faith in ivermectin? @NBCNews
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The rise of the ivermectin cult is one of the most nonsensical storylines — in a sea of nonsensical storylines — to emerge during the pandemic. Even now,
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This week on the Nature Podcast: A streamlined genome makes bacteria immune to viral infection
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Nature - A streamlined genome makes bacteria immune to viral infection, and designing mini-MRI scanners for low- and middle-income countries.
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Randomized Controlled Trials: Efficacy versus Effectiveness, Safety vs Safetiness | Season 4 Episode 6
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How did antivaxxers manage to spin a study showing myocarditis following Covid vaccination is milder than myocarditis following Covid into a story that vaccination was worse than infection? Cindy and I show how they did it and explain why they are wrong. https://t.co/4KNoQ9d3uk
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Costa Rica has doubled its cover of rainforest in a generation, but here in Ireland we've so far shown ourselves incapable of protecting even the tiny bits we have left. Have we no pride at all?
Costa Rica, once home to rampant logging, has now almost doubled the size of its rainforest. They turned it all around within a generation. It can be done. Protect people and the planet. #COP15
#ActOnClimate #biodiversity #deforestation #rewilding #solutions
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"Katherine Johnson earned her place in the pantheon of America's space heroes; she and the other women who contributed to the country's path to the heavens are hidden no more." In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, a look back at the life of Katherine Johnson: https://t.co/2BLcMBjqQh
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It’s the PUNITIVE DAMAGES! Dominion Voting is seeking punitive damages so Fox News could pay $1.6 billion PLUS punitives.
.@KatiePhang on Dominion lawsuit against Fox News: "We always talk about the $1.6 billion... They're seeking punitive damages. In the state of New York there is no cap to punitive damages for this. So it's not just the 1.6 billion. It's $1.6 billion plus." #TheReidOut
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This would seem to be the point of interest.
These actions by Rupert Murdoch seem illegal. At the very least, it would appear to be a campaign contribution of significant value, well over federal campaign limits.
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1/ So the Dominion lawsuit depositions from Rupert Murdoch and Fox News are lighting up the Internet tonight, and there's a true frenzy over the revelations that the entire network, even the performative nightside trio of terror. They knew Trump lost. They knew there...
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The cortisol link is interesting, I find the use of saliva cortisol too acute to be very informative? Perhaps cerumen (an excellent biofluid for cortisol studies) would show less temporal variance?
Pubmed: Neurobiology of Disorganized Attachment: A Review of Primary Studies on Human Beings
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This is why you need to read beyond the headlines…cardiac testing at a health event found that 53% of the participants had myocarditis?!!? There are so many red flags here, let’s examine them ⬇️
🤯🚩 Holy sh*t. Random heart testing at a recent event found 53% of people tested had Myocarditis. We're in trouble... "Surprised to find that over half of those tested had positive markers for myocarditis. Two were active duty US Military pilots." https://t.co/VtXRvFqLBe
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Could be a cold snap 2-3 week of March in US North? Too early to tell, but there hasn’t been much snow this year.
"Look out...One of these big red things!" https://t.co/Y1d8RoJHVq
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“Communicate” is a strong term.
Trees communicate and cooperate through a fungal web, according to a widespread idea. But not everyone is convinced. https://t.co/mpoe0g7oSS
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