Updated at 12:00 p.m. on December 16, 2021 America was not prepared for COVID-19 when it arrived . It was not prepared for last winter's surge. It was not prepared for Delta's arrival in the summer or its current winter assault. More than 1,000 Americans are still dying of COVID every day, and more have died this year than last. Hospitalizations are rising in 42 states. The University of Nebraska
New evidence from the bottom of a lake in the remote North Atlantic Faroe Islands indicates that an unknown band of humans settled there around 500 AD—some 350 years before the Vikings, who up until recently have been thought to have been the first human inhabitants. The settlers may have been Celts who crossed rough, unexplored seas from what are now Scotland or Ireland. The findings appear today
Touching the Sun NASA's Parker Solar Probe made history by becoming the first spacecraft to have "touched the Sun " earlier this year, the agency has now confirmed. The tiny probe made its way through the star's upper atmosphere, taking important readings of its surroundings. It even took the time to capture tons of images during its amazing stunt, which scientists stitched together for an incred
Astronomers from the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) and elsewhere have detected a massive brown dwarf orbiting an M dwarf known as TOI-2119. The newly found object is nearly 70 times more massive than Jupiter and orbits its host star on an eccentric orbit. The finding is reported in a paper published December 7 on arXiv.org.
University of Cincinnati researchers have developed a sensor that detects toxins from algal blooms that taint surface water such as rivers, lakes and streams. Early detection of these toxins can aid water treatment plants to adjust the treatment strategy to keep the dangerous substances from contaminating drinking water.
Starting Wednesday, a statewide mask mandate was back in effect, but vaccinated San Francisco residents will be allowed to go without face coverings inside gyms and workplaces. (Image credit: Haven Daley/AP)
Formerly-known-as-Facebook megacorporation Meta's virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds has barely made it out to the public, and users are already being sexually harassed and even assaulted, The Verge reports . "Sexual harassment is no joke on the regular internet, but being in VR adds another layer that makes the event more intense," the user wrote in Facebook's official Horizon group, as quo
Musk Mocking Once again, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to mock a group of crypto fanatics — and this time, he's targeting NFT lovers. On Wednesday, the mercurial entrepreneur tweeted a meme showing a patient lying on a therapist's couch. "These 'NFTs' — are they in the room with us right now?" the therapist appears to be asking. Crypto Cryptic Even setting aside the fact tha
The virus that causes COVID-19 can cause strokes, inflammation, oxygen deprivation and infection in the brain. And each of these may lead to long-term neurological problems. (Image credit: Kateryna Kon/Science Source)
Fan Service When tweeting in response to an adoring fanboy, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk accidentally made the case for canceling student loan debt. "I came to the US with no money and graduated with over $100k in debt, despite scholarships and working 2 jobs while at school," Musk wrote . Rags to Rockets Naturally, this narrative serves Musk's up-by-his-cyber-bootstraps narrative, and as such,
Going Haywire Cryptocurrency prices went completely haywire on several crypto exchanges on Tuesday, spiking to ludicrous new heights. The price of Bitcoin briefly hit $789 billion on the exchange, for example, a hilarious error that led to several investors attempting to get away with billions, Benzinga reports . Mainstream exchanges Coinbase and CoinMarketCap were affected by the mysterious glit
A Japanese billionaire who spent tens of millions of dollars to take a leisurely trip to the International Space Station doesn't care that his vacation among the cosmos is only accessible due to his obscene wealth. In an interview with the Associated Press conducted from his $80 million vacation aboard the ISS, fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa mused that "those who criticize are perhaps those who ha
I n January 1972 , when I was a 13-year-old boy in Dublin, my father came home from work and told us to prepare for civil war. He was not a bloodthirsty zealot, nor was he given to hysterical outbursts. He was calm and rueful, but also grimly certain: Civil war was coming to Ireland, whether we wanted it or not. He and my brother, who was 16, and I, when I got older, would all be up in Northern I
Researchers find fewer than third of patients show much improvement 12 months after discharge Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Fewer than one in three patients who have ongoing Covid symptoms after being hospitalised with the disease say they feel fully recovered a year later, according to a study that offers new insights into potential treatments. As the pandemic has
Laser Strike The Associated Press reports that the US Navy has fired a laser weapon at a floating target in the Mideast and destroyed it — a show of force that demonstrates the potential of laser-based weapon systems. Such a system could ward off drone boats armed with bombs sent by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, the AP reports. The region has been embroiled in a deadly war since Houthi re
The first microscope used by Charles Darwin was up for auction at Christie's this week, and this video tells the story of its discovery and importance. This intricate and rather beautiful 'box of brass' contains the microscope used by Darwin at university in Edinburgh and Cambridge as he studied botany, fine-tuning his microscopy skills prior to and during his Beagle voyage. The auctioneer descri
People are wising up to Boris Johnson and choosing to listen to unelected experts over those paid to make bad decisions Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage You can tell who the country trusts. People no longer look at Boris Johnson on TV and ask themselves why is this liar lying to me. They already know why. Boris lies because he knows no other way of interacting. Deceit
Remember IBM's Watson, the AI Jeopardy! champion? A 2010 promotion proclaimed, "Watson understands natural language with all its ambiguity and complexity." However, as we saw when Watson subsequently failed spectacularly in its quest to "revolutionize medicine with artificial intelligence," a veneer of linguistic facility is not the same as actually comprehending human language. Source
Last week, Meta (the umbrella company formerly known as Facebook) opened up access to its virtual-reality social media platform, Horizon Worlds. Early descriptions of the platform make it seem fun and wholesome, drawing comparisons to Minecraft. In Horizon Worlds, up to 20 avatars can get together at a time to explore, hang out, and build within the virtual space. But not everything has been warm
Into the Volcano In Red Bull-sponsored stunt news, a daredevil wingsuit pilot became the first person to fly in and back out of an active volcano, CNN reports . The best part about the story? It has nothing to do with the COVID-19 pandemic or the surging Omicron variant. And for that, we're grateful. Facing the Fear The pilot, Chilean daredevil Sebastián Álvarez, plunged towards the Villarrica vo
Hurricanes in Iowa A series of record breaking, hurricane-force storms blew across the Midwest on Wednesday, destroying homes, toppling trucks, and causing sweeping power outages — and experts say climate change is a driving factor. The storms generated almost 20 tornadoes across Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska, CNN reports . One twister that hit southeastern Minnesota was even the first ever repor
The COVID-19 pandemic is not done with us yet. We are still in the middle of the delta surge, and while delta will eventually pass, the omicron variant is right on its heels. In the US we just passed the milestone of 800,000 people dead from COVID with over 50 million cases. More Americans died of COVID in 2021 than in 2020, although in 2021 most deaths were among the unvaccinated. The vaccines r
The biggest, most powerful space telescope in history is currently sitting on top of a rocket in French Guiana, on the northeastern coast of South America, awaiting its blazing departure from this planet. The James Webb Space Telescope is designed to point its 18 gold-coated mirrors into the darkness and reveal hidden wonders in the universe. But its last few months on Earth have been a little st
" How to Build a Life " is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Click here to listen to his new podcast series on all things happiness, How to Build a Happy Life . A re you putting something off by reading this article? Maybe it's finishing your Christmas shopping. Or making a confrontational phone call. Or writing your fall term papers. Social scientists
Content warning: This article contains references to suicide. You can click here for a list of resources from the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. New research suggests that gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) is directly connected to lower rates of depression and suicide attempts in transgender youths. The study, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health on Tuesday, came from research
A glimpse of my phone's photo roll: cherubic child proudly displaying the treats he snuck into the grocery basket; black sedan with no license plates; kid in restaurant sticking his tongue out; red Nissan Altima with Florida plates blocking crosswalk; child posing with friend on Coney Island boardwalk; white Chevy Suburban with New York City Transit Authority parking placard blocking fire hydrant
The next generation of superconducting magnets has the potential to revolutionize fields such as energy storage, particle accelerators and medicine. The magic behind these tools lies in the high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wires that power them.
According to right-wing media figures, the January 6 sacking of the Capitol that disrupted the counting of the 2020 electoral votes was " a false-flag operation ." It was just "politicians" having their "jobs disrupted for two hours." It was " mostly peaceful ." It was a " setup ," or perhaps it was the work of " antifa ," but those who were arrested and prosecuted are definitely " political pris
Unlike the jumble of frequencies produced by the light that surrounds us in daily life, each frequency of light in a specialized light source known as a "soliton" frequency comb oscillates in unison, generating solitary pulses with consistent timing.
New York is the latest Democratic city aiming to fight climate change by ushering out stoves and furnaces that run on gas in favor of electric alternatives. But Republican states and the gas industry are fighting back.
Multiple large heatwaves the size of Mongolia occurred at the same time nearly every day during the warm seasons of the 2010s across the Northern Hemisphere, according to a study led by Washington State University researchers.
A fleet of modified Saildrones is sending back video and data to help understand extreme weather Sending a small sailing boat to explore the interior of a hurricane may seem like a bad idea, but that is exactly what meteorologists from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration did in October . There was no danger though because the seven-metre vessel was crewless. Saildrones are robo
Greek mythology tells us that not long after a young and incautious Persephone was first taken into the underworld by Hades, she made a gaffe of epic proportions by sampling the cuisine. Down in the dirt, she munched on a pomegranate, binding herself eternally to a subterranean life. In this way, Persephone is basically a millipede. Bear with me. Millipedes' primary goal in life (other than repro
Seven years ago, I did a poetry reading at New Roads School, in Santa Monica, California. The students were incredible. They were funny, they were incredibly smart, and they asked the sorts of questions I had not been asked before. But one student stood out in particular. She was ebullient and curious and thoughtful. One of her teachers shared with me that she had recently been named the Los Ange
The wind finally blew the other way last night and kicked out the smoke from the burning Sierra. Down here in the flatland of California, we used to regard the granite mountain as a place apart, our getaway. But the distance is no more. With all those dead pine trees in thrall to wildfire, the Sierra, transmuted into ash, is right outside our door. We have learned to watch the sky with an uncanny
Analysis: After a steady stream of reports, how likely is it that Boris Johnson will take advice about imposing tougher restrictions? • Boris Johnson joined No 10 party during May 2020 lockdown, say sources Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Cast your minds back to 15 May 2020. Matt Hancock, the then health secretary before he quit for breaking restrictions by having an
The treadmills in Rachel Wilson's laboratories at Harvard Medical School aren't like any you'll find at a gym. They're spherical, for one, and encased in bowling ball–sized plastic bubbles. They're also built for flies.
For 20 months, I was haunted by two fears: that some things (the pandemic, isolation, anxiety) would last forever, and that others (dreams, loved ones, entire years) would be lost forever. Time warped around me, as it did for so many people. Some days, it moved like molasses. On others, like when I saw family and friends, it seemed to flow like a river that I couldn't stop or outrun. Then, for tw
Unlike our Sun, most stars live with a companion. Sometimes, two come so close that one engulfs the other—with far-reaching consequences. When a team of astronomers led by Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, used the telescope Alma to study 15 unusual stars, they were surprised to find that they all recently underwent this phase. The discovery promises new insight on the sky's most dramatic
Pyroclastic surges are lethal hazards from volcanoes that exhibit enormous destructiveness through large dynamic pressures of 100–102 kilopascal inside flows that are capable of obliterating reinforced buildings. These hot, fast and turbulent gas-and-ash clouds create far greater devastation to life and infrastructure than can currently be explained scientifically. But why are they so destructive?
A new Tennessee law hampers the state medical board's efforts to rein in COVID misinformation and will make disciplining physicians prescribing unproven COVID treatments impossible until the board goes through cumbersome rule-making procedures, an effort that could outlast the pandemic. The post first appeared on Science-Based Medicine .
The notion of living in a bubble is usually associated with negative connotations, but all life on Earth is dependent on the safe bubble created by our magnetic field. Understanding how the field is generated, how it protects us and how it sometimes gives way to charged particles from the solar wind is not just a matter of scientific interest, but also a matter of safety. Using information from ES
For three consecutive rainy seasons, the eastern Horn of Africa has experienced poor rainfall. Confounded by Covid-19 and desert locust invasions, millions are now facing starvation across parts of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. Already, livestock and wildlife are dying of thirst and hunger in large numbers. And at the heart of it all is the worsening climate crisis. Madeleine Finlay asks climate r
Since the 1950s, efforts to ease traffic congestion have often contributed to urban decline. Instead of pouring money into new and wider roads in the hope of speeding our commutes, we should build places where people want to slow down and get out of their cars — places worth waiting in traffic to get to.
Rising house prices may change the personality make-up of US cities within a few years, with residents becoming increasingly open-minded—not just as wealthier people move in, but also among longer-term locals.
During the night of December 10, 2021, severe weather tore through several US states, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. At least 70 tornado-like events were reported, and one storm cell was tracked on radar for approximately four hours as it traveled for more than 400 km (250 miles.)
Superhero movies often evoke the feeling of childhood play, of breaking out a couple of action figures and thrilling in imaginary team-ups and surprise villain cameos. The Marvel Cinematic Universe, a staggering piece of storytelling that shows no sign of abating after 27 films, has figured out how to bottle that feeling and sell it to grown-ups and kids alike, provoking cheers every time Iron Ma
A SAGE journal has retracted 122 papers because of "clear indicators that the submission and/or peer review process for these papers was manipulated." Those indicators, according to The International Journal of Electrical Engineering & Education: include but are not limited to submission patterns consistent with the use of paper mills, collusion between authors and reviewers … Continue reading
The Biden administration took steps Thursday aimed at reducing lead in drinking water, releasing $2.9 billion in infrastructure bill funds for lead pipe removal and announcing plans by the Environmental Protection Agency to impose stricter rules to limit exposure to the health hazard.
The observation of place cells has suggested that the hippocampus plays a special role in encoding spatial information. However, place cell responses are modulated by several nonspatial variables and reported to be rather unstable. Here, we propose a memory model of the hippocampus that provides an interpretation of place cells…
Fluids are known to trigger a broad range of slip events, from slow, creeping transients to dynamic earthquake ruptures. Yet, the detailed mechanics underlying these processes and the conditions leading to different rupture behaviors are not well understood. Here, we use a laboratory earthquake setup, capable of injecting pressurized fluids,…
When host cells are in low abundance, temperate bacteriophages opt for dormant (lysogenic) infection. Phage lambda implements this strategy by increasing the frequency of lysogeny at higher multiplicity of infection (MOI). However, it remains unclear how the phage reliably counts infecting viral genomes even as their intracellular number increases because…
Spina bifida (SB) is a debilitating birth defect caused by multiple gene and environment interactions. Though SB shows non-Mendelian inheritance, genetic factors contribute to an estimated 70% of cases. Nevertheless, identifying human mutations conferring SB risk is challenging due to its relative rarity, genetic heterogeneity, incomplete penetrance, and environmental influences…
Therapy resistance is responsible for most cancer-related death and is mediated by the unique ability of cancer cells to leverage metabolic conditions, signaling molecules, redox status, and other pathways for their survival. Interestingly, many cancer survival pathways are susceptible to disturbances in cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and may therefore…
The surge of post-truth political argumentation suggests that we are living in a special historical period when it comes to the balance between emotion and reasoning. To explore if this is indeed the case, we analyze language in millions of books covering the period from 1850 to 2019 represented in…
Cells contain membraneless compartments that assemble due to liquid–liquid phase separation, including biomolecular condensates with complex morphologies. For instance, certain condensates are surrounded by a film of distinct composition, such as Ape1 condensates coated by a layer of Atg19, required for selective autophagy in yeast. Other condensates are multiphasic, with…
The alternating cell specifications of root epidermis to form hair cells or nonhair cells in Arabidopsis are determined by the expression level of GL2, which is activated by an MYB–bHLH–WD40 (WER–GL3–TTG1) transcriptional complex. The phytohormone ethylene (ET) has a unique effect of inducing N-position epidermal cells to form root hairs….
Recent studies have revealed that extensive heterogeneity of biological systems arises through various routes ranging from intracellular chromosome segregation to spatiotemporally varying biochemical stimulations. However, the contribution of physical microenvironments to single-cell heterogeneity remains largely unexplored. Here, we show that a homogeneous population of non–small-cell lung carcin
Brains learn tasks via experience-driven differential adjustment of their myriad individual synaptic connections, but the mechanisms that target appropriate adjustment to particular connections remain deeply enigmatic. While Hebbian synaptic plasticity, synaptic eligibility traces, and top-down feedback signals surely contribute to solving this synaptic credit-assignment problem, alone, they appea
Microtubules are dynamic cytoskeletal polymers that spontaneously switch between phases of growth and shrinkage. The probability of transitioning from growth to shrinkage, termed catastrophe, increases with microtubule age, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Here, we set out to test whether microtubule lattice defects formed during polymerization can affect…
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest family of human proteins. They have a common structure and, signaling through a much smaller set of G proteins, arrestins, and effectors, activate downstream pathways that often modulate hallmark mechanisms of cancer. Because there are many more GPCRs than effectors, mutations in different…
Mechanical properties are fundamental to structural materials, where dislocations play a decisive role in describing their mechanical behavior. Although the high-yield stresses of multiprincipal element alloys (MPEAs) have received extensive attention in the last decade, the relation between their mechanistic origins remains elusive. Our multiscale study of density functional theory,…
In cuprate superconductors, due to strong electronic correlations, there are multiple intertwined orders which either coexist or compete with superconductivity. Among them, the antiferromagnetic (AF) order is the most prominent one. In the region where superconductivity sets in, the long-range AF order is destroyed. Yet the residual short-range AF spin…
The human extracellular calcium-sensing (CaS) receptor controls plasma Ca2+ levels and contributes to nutrient-dependent maintenance and metabolism of diverse organs. Allosteric modulation of the CaS receptor corrects disorders of calcium homeostasis. Here, we report the cryogenic-electron microscopy reconstructions of a near–full-length CaS receptor in the absence and presence of allosteric…
Halogens are important tracers of various planetary formation and evolution processes, and an accurate understanding of their abundances in the Earth's silicate reservoirs can help us reconstruct the history of interactions among mantle, atmosphere, and oceans. The previous studies of halogen abundances in the bulk silicate Earth (BSE) are based…
The thyroid maintains systemic homeostasis by regulating serum thyroid hormone concentrations. Here we report the establishment of three-dimensional (3D) organoids from adult thyroid tissue representing murine and human thyroid follicular cells (TFCs). The TFC organoids (TFCOs) harbor the complete machinery of hormone production as visualized by the presence of colloid…
Paleontologists always seek the most complete reconstruction of their beloved study objects, e.g., dinosaurs, mammals, or extinct invertebrates like the ammonites. The latter are representatives of the cephalopods that populated the oceans for more than 340 My. Among modern cephalopods only Nautilus shares an external shell with ammonites, while the…
The question of why our conceptions of space and time are intertwined with memory in the hippocampal formation is at the forefront of much current theorizing about this brain system. In this article I argue that animals bridge spatial and temporal gaps through the creation of internal models that allow…
Researchers at QuTech—a collaboration between the TU Delft and TNO—have reached a milestone in quantum error correction. They have integrated high-fidelity operations on encoded quantum data with a scalable scheme for repeated data stabilization. The researchers report their findings in the December issue of Nature Physics.
New research published in Nature Materials from Associate Professor Tanja Cuk and colleagues sheds light on a fundamental chemical reaction—the breaking apart of water to produce a molecular fuel such as hydrogen. Cuk is faculty in the University of Colorado Boulder Department of Chemistry and the Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSE) and is a Fellow in the Renewable and Sustainable Ener
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When it comes to climate-friendly behavior, there is often a gap between what we want and what we actually do. Although most people want to see climate change slowed down, many do not behave in an appropriately sustainable way. Researchers have now used brain stimulation to demonstrate that the ability to sympathize with the future victims of climate change encourages sustainable behavior.
Adding messenger RNA, or mRNA therapy improves the response to cancer immunotherapy in patients who weren't responding to the treatment, new research shows. Immunotherapy uses the body's immune system to prevent, control and eliminate cancer.
Experts in Japan have identified a fundamental part of the immune system's long-term memory, providing a useful new detail in the pursuit to design better vaccines for diseases, ranging from COVID-19 to malaria.
Researchers investigated disparities in exposure to six major air pollutants in 1990, 2000 and 2010 by comparing models of air pollution levels to census data. While overall pollutant concentrations have decreased since 1990, people of color are still more likely to be exposed to all six pollutants than white people, regardless of income level, across the continental United States.
Ahmad Fawad Yusufi, 31, was sleeping in his car in the parking lot of a San Francisco playground around 5 a.m. on November 28 when someone walked up to the car, attempted to steal his wallet, and shot him to death. Yusufi, an Afghan immigrant who had arrived in the United States on a special visa after serving as a translator for the US military, had come into the city from his home in Sacramento
Since the first sequencing of the human genome more than 20 years ago, the study of human genomes has relied almost exclusively on a single reference genome to which others are compared to identify genetic variations. Scientists have long recognized that a single reference genome cannot represent human diversity and that using it introduces a pervasive bias into these studies. Now, they finally ha
To paint a clearer picture of how global climate change will affect Earth's ecosystems, a team of 80 international research scientists set out to complete an unparalleled experiment: forcing the world's only enclosed rainforest—housed in the University of Arizona's Biosphere 2—through a four-month-long controlled drought and recovery.
Data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe bolster theories about one of the sun's greatest mysteries: why its outer atmosphere is hotter than its fiery surface. Two years ago , researchers predicted when the probe would pass a constantly moving, invisible barrier in the sun's upper atmosphere called the Alfven point. They also anticipated a strange phenomenon beyond that point, which heats elements to
You might say that the third time is not the charm for a paper on some elusive fermions. For the third time this year, a leading science journal has raised concerns about a paper on the "Majorana" particle, which, if it exists, would hold promise for building a quantum computer. In March, Nature retracted a … Continue reading
Researchers have shown that, at least in the test tube, the SARS-CoV-2 N-protein interacts with a neuronal protein called alpha-synuclein and speeds the formation of amyloid fibrils, pathological protein bundles that have been implicated in Parkinson's disease.
In late November, Olivier Morin, a photographer with Agence France-Presse, visited the village of Skjervøy in northern Norway to spend time whale-watching and swimming in frigid fjords with a group of orcas as they hunted for herring. From October through February, orcas and humpback whales hunt for the fish to build up their stock of protein. The temperature of the water was 41 degrees Fahrenhei
In 2021, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 70 new plant and animal species to the tree of life, enriching our understanding of Earth's complex web of life and strengthening our ability to make informed conservation decisions. The new species include 14 beetles, 12 sea slugs, nine ants, seven fish, six scorpions, five sea stars, five flowering plants, four sharks, three spider
In the run-up to Christmas, supermarkets and their supply chains will be top-of-mind for many consumers. A new report from the Food Research Collaboration, based on analysis by Professor Lisa Jack from the University of Portsmouth, shows that the supermarkets' business model is surprisingly fragile.
Bat box designs vary widely, but many commercial varieties remain untested and risk cooking the animals they're designed to shelter. Often small and painted dark colors, these boxes may rise to dangerous temperatures on sunny days in summer, putting mom and pup in harm's way.
Gathering near Las Vegas recently, dozens of astronomers spread throughout the region, pointed their telescopes at the sky and waited for the moment on Oct. 20 that the light from a faraway star blinked out.
When a student obtains a university qualification, they are deemed to have acquired with a set of skills, abilities and knowledge learned throughout the courses and years. But what exactly do they know? What competencies lie behind that qualification? To what degree have they acquired them? The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) is taking a leap forward in competency-based assessment by launchi
A new study makes significant headway in solving the mystery of how the brain calculates an animal's direction of travel when the head is pointing one way and the body is moving in another. Navigation doesn't always go as planned—a lesson that flies learn the hard way, when a strong headwind shunts them backward in defiance of their forward-beating wings. Fish swimming upriver, crabs scuttling si
Nature, Published online: 16 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03698-7 Researchers are rapidly sequencing the genomes of virus samples worldwide, but shortcomings in the global surveillance system make the task a challenge.
A transition to silvopastoral systems (SPS), when implemented in a participatory way where farmers can decide how the system is adopted in their farms and make commitments to conserve remnant forests, could help Colombia meet its greenhouse gas emissions targets for 2030 and protect the country's Amazonian forests.
Global lightning activity dropped almost 8% during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns, according to new research being presented at the AGU Fall Meeting 2021 in New Orleans. The cause of the drop appears to be a connection between lightning and air pollution.
A new meteorological phenomenon has been identified drifting slowly over the western Indian Ocean. Dubbed "atmospheric lakes," these compact pools of moisture originate over the Indo-Pacific and bring water to dry lowlands along East Africa's coastline.
Multiple large heatwaves the size of Mongolia occurred at the same time nearly every day during the warm seasons of the 2010s across the Northern Hemisphere, according to a new study. Using ERA5 climate data from 1979 to 2019, the researchers found that the number of heatwaves occurring simultaneously in the mid- to high-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere was seven times greater in the 2010s tha
Researchers used gallic acid, an antioxidant found in gallnuts, green tea and other plants, and applied a stretching mechanism to human cartilage cells taken from arthritic knees that mimics the stretching that occurs when walking. The combination not only decreased arthritis inflammation markers in the cells but improved the production of desired proteins normally found in healthy cartilage. Whil
Antibiotics cure many bacterial infections. However, some patients suffer a relapse. A research group has now discovered why some bacteria can survive antibiotic therapy. The team uncovered where the bacteria hide in the body and how the body's own immune system also plays an important role.
An incredibly sophisticated piece of malware developed by the Israeli tech firm NSO Group works by creating an entirely separate computer inside the memory of an iPhone, allowing attackers to snoop and steal data
The Faroe Islands sit between Iceland, Norway and Great Britain, and were thought to have been first populated by the Vikings around AD 800, but new evidence suggests it may have been Britons in AD 500
The rise of affordable consumer 3D printers makes 3D printing more accessible than ever, and paired with the best 3D printing software, you can create almost anything from the comfort of home. 3D printers use a process called additive manufacturing (most often referred to as 3D printing) to create three-dimensional items, layer by layer. Essentially, they take the 3D data from a digital file and
Scientists simplify fabrication methods and model human skin structure in designing wearable sensors. This methodology reduces costs, enhances scalability and modular fabrication, and provides effective, wide-ranging sensitivity in wearable pressure sensors.
The 2020 wildfires in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil, caused the immediate death of potentially 16.9 million vertebrates, including lizards, birds and primates, reports a study published in Scientific Reports.
Researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine have discovered that a nanoparticle therapeutic enhances cancer immunotherapy and is a possible new approach in treating malignant pleural effusion (MPE). MPE is the accumulation of fluid between the chest wall and lungs and is accompanied by malignant cells and/or tumors.
The invasive mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) chews off the tails of freshwater fishes and tadpoles, leaving the native animals to perish while dining on other fishes' and amphibians' eggs. In a study published December 16 in the journal iScience, researchers engineered a robot to scare mosquitofish away, revealing how fear alters its behavior, physiology, fertility—and may help turn the tide aga
From Siri to Alexa to Google, virtual assistants already permeate our lives. What will the next generation of these digital helpers look and sound like? Customer experience professional Karen Lellouche Tordjman gives us a glimpse of where they're headed — and breaks down the two key challenges engineers need to crack in order to usher in a new age of truly smart voice assistants.
Researchers have shown a new level of stretchability for a photodetector. Photodetectors are devices made from a synthetic polymer and an elastomer that absorbs light to produce an electrical current. Semiconductors are moving away from rigid substrates, which are cut or formed into thin discs or wafers, to more flexible plastic material and even paper thanks to new material and fabrication disco
Severe coastal flooding inundated islands and atolls across the western equatorial Pacific last week, with widespread damage to buildings and food crops in the Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.
The vast majority of Pennsylvanians responding to a recent survey conducted by Penn State researchers said they strongly support bird conservation and indicated they believe future efforts will be needed to protect avian species.
The microgravity environment on the International Space Station (ISS) has a profound impact on cells and tissues, allowing researchers to conduct life sciences research in ways not possible on the ground. SpaceX's 24th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission to the orbiting laboratory will deliver a variety of life science payloads sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory. From stem cell resear
Nature Communications, Published online: 16 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27720-8 Author Correction: Highly efficient, heat dissipating, stretchable organic light-emitting diodes based on a MoO 3 /Au/MoO 3 electrode with encapsulation
Depleting copper levels may reduce the production of energy that cancer cells need to travel and establish themselves in other parts of the body by a process referred to as metastasis, according to a new study. The discovery of the underlying mechanisms of how copper depletion may help reduce metastasis in breast cancer will help inform the design of future clinical trials.
Scientists have discovered the availability of carbon in Greenland's waters is shifting poleward and appearing earlier than in previous decades. This finding will enhance understanding of carbon cycling and nutrient availability in this rapidly warming and changing environment.
A new, large-scale study into prawn and shrimp production in southwest Bangladesh has found that the industry is crucial to public health and prosperity, whilst being climate-resilient, contrary to its reputation.
Sixty years ago, NASA set an out-of-this-world goal: to touch our sun. Sending a spacecraft to the fiery star at the center of our solar system is no small feat. From engineering a spacecraft that could hurtle 430,000 mph through space to agreeing on what kinds of data it would capture, there was a lot to sort out. A half-century in the making, Parker Solar Probe finally launched in 2018. Now, thr
The impact of the climate crisis on coastal areas has been well documented, but new research has shown the impact it may have on the beaches found on the Balearic Islands in the north-western Mediterranean. Findings published to Frontiers in Marine Science showed that the archipelago—heavily reliant on tourism—could lose most of its beaches.
In our digital age, companies need more than just a digital footprint to get ahead of the game. Increasingly, many companies—both large and small, established or start-ups—are implementing digital strategies. In implementing a digital strategy, the top management's vision, and direction matter, but those, who participate in the implementation of the strategy, are crucial—that is, all employees.
Periods of record low snow levels over the past decade have increased the urgency of snow research. As snow studies expand, usage of the term "snow drought" to describe seasons of abnormally low snowpack has become common. But disagreements still exist over how to measure snow depth and how to define snow drought.
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have recently created a healthier form of starch in the cassava plant. Published in the scientific journal Plant Molecular Biology, the study shows how reducing levels of starch branching enzymes (SBEs) in cassava plants changes the composition of tapioca starch, making it more resistant to digestion and healthier for
Søren Pind plæderer i Berlingske for, at vi herhjemme bør kigge mod syd for at få et mere effektivt sundhedsvæsen. Pinds betragtninger indeholder imidlertid faktuelle fejl og uunderbyggede påstande, der ikke bør stå uimodsagte, skriver læge og sundhedsøkonom René Flamsholt Christensen.
By Ayurella Horn-Muller (Climate Central) . With reporting and news segment by Amber Strong (Newsy). Just two hours north of New York city is the Chuang Yen Monastery, a serene site of Buddhist worship sheltered by more than 200 acres of dense woodland. Image Credit: Andrew Shafer/ Newsy This is the second story in Faith for Earth. First story: 'Preach now or mourn in the future': How Key West fa
Loneliness levels rose during the lockdowns, but since restrictions have eased, people have not rushed out to find a new date. This has been given a name, "hesidating", and is defined as feeling indifferent or ambivalent about dating, being unsure whether you want to date seriously or casually, or even if you want to date at all.
A new fossil skeleton of an extinct species of bird from northeastern China that lived alongside dinosaurs 120 million years ago unexpectedly preserves a bony tongue that is nearly as long as its head.
A new study shows it's possible to transfer the brain benefits marathon-running mice enjoy to their couch-potato peers. The new research shows that blood from young adult mice that get lots of exercise benefits the brains of same-aged, sedentary mice. A single protein in the blood of exercising mice seems largely responsible for the benefit. The discovery could open the door to treatments that—by
Faculty at Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine are laying the groundwork to teach students swine-medicine skills using virtual telehealth technology, a method that could reinforce biosecurity while allowing students to see more cases than they would using traditional approaches to teaching veterinary skills.
A simplified mathematical model of carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations and temperature found a "lag time" between human intervention and an actual decrease in CO2 levels. This lag time has ramifications for intervention strategies meant to avoid climate tipping points and potentially catastrophic temperature increases.
People whose moral beliefs and values align closely with other members of their online communities—including those on social networks Gab and Reddit—are more prone to radicalization, according to new USC research.
Use of assisted reproductive techniques (ART) does not lead to poorer mental health in children across adolescence and young adulthood, according to a large observational study. The study found a slightly higher risk of obsessive-compulsive disorder for those born after ART but this was explained by parental background factors.
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 #Survival Subscribe to Discovery: http://bit.l
For more than 100 years, Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity has been our best description of how the force of gravity acts throughout the universe. General relativity is not only very accurate, but ask any astrophysicist about the theory and they'll probably also describe it as "beautiful." But it has a dark side too: a fundamental conflict with our other great physical theory, quantu
Tritium 3H, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, is commonly used in medicinal chemistry as a label to follow the course of a drug in the human body. Chemists like to use the technique to evaluate drug candidates and their metabolism. A team led of researchers at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mühlheim, Germany, has now found a new way to label complex small molecules with tritium. I
When it comes to raising children, men and women have different perspectives on the division of household labor—from cooking meals to offering emotional support—according to a new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago.
In an astonishing feat of endurance, explorers Justin Packshaw and Jamie Facer Childs are a quarter of the way through a 3600-km kitesurf trek that takes them across the desolate heart of Antarctica. They are not pushing their physical and mental limits to the brink, facing howling gales and temperatures of –55°C just for the sake of adventure. They are gathering information to help scientists bet
Driving and walking rovers competed to survey a shadowy analog of the south polar lunar surface for useable resources during the inaugural ESA-ESRIC Space Resources Challenge. Some 13 teams from across Europe and Canada took part in last month's field test, with the winners due to be announced shortly.
Researchers have uncovered a surprising new explanation for why pedestrian bridges can suddenly start to wobble and sway: too many people crossing at once and simply trying not to fall over. In a new study published in the journal Nature Communications , researchers show how a bridge—even one as highly engineered as the Golden Gate or the Brooklyn Bridge—can become suddenly unstable. If enough pe
A team of researchers from the University of Malta and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France has developed a new segmentation method for viewing the inside of mummified remains. In their paper posted on the open access site PLOS ONE, the group describes their new technique and how well it worked when tested on mummified animals.
From high-profile wildfires in the American West over the last several years, to visibly cleaner air during pandemic slowdowns, air quality is returning to the forefront of environmental concern. The air we breathe has direct impacts on human health and quality of life—especially for people with respiratory concerns.
A team led by Prof. Dr. Tobias Schätz, Professor of Atomic and Quantum Physics at the Institute of Physics at the University of Freiburg, Dr. Pascal Weckesser, Fabian Thielemann and colleagues, demonstrate magnetic Feshbach resonances between a single barium ion and lithium atoms at near absolute zero temperature. The researchers found that depending on the strength of the external magnetic field,
Sea level changes caused the decline of one of the longest pre-Columbian coastal societies of the Americas 2,000 years ago, known as Sambaqui. This is demonstrated in a study carried out in Brazil by researchers from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB) and the Department of Prehistory of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, recently published in the journal Scientifi
Researchers at the University of Bonn have developed a method to generate embryo-like cell complexes from the stem cells of mice. The method provides new insights into embryonic development. In the medium term, it might also be suitable for developing tests for substances that could be harmful to fertility. The study is published in Nature Communications.
A study by the universities of Valencia (UV) and the Catholic University of Valencia finds that the harassment and the response it provokes is different among high school students depending on gender. It concludes that school bullying is not cross-cutting and that the reaction as a witness to the aggression is different: girlstend to seek outside help and boys either get involved at the time or do
Scientists from the Department of Food Science and Technology at The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio, U.S.) have developed a novel method of supplementing cow milk with vegetable protein using readily available current dairy processing equipment. A new report in the January 2022 issue of the Journal of Dairy Science presents the study, which may open opportunities to create new functional, m
Our oceans are under pressure like never before, with over 60% struggling from the increasing impact of fishing, coastal activities and climate change. The harsh truth is that as we move towards 2022 only 3% of oceans are totally free from the pressure of human activity. The greatest impact appears to be on large-bodied animals such as marine mammals and birds, which cannot reproduce as quickly as
On March 6, 2020, universities across the U.S. announced systematic laboratory closures, social distancing policies and travel bans to cope with the growing coronavirus epidemic. These actions, while prudent and necessary, had immediate negative impacts on the academic enterprise of science in the U.S. and around the world.
A team of researchers from Skoltech and their Russian and U.S. colleagues have gathered two dozen mushrooms of the species Schizophyllum commune and analyzed their DNA, gaining insights into mutations that cancel the negative effects of other mutations. This phenomenon applies to all organisms but is way more prominent in the extremely genetically variable mushroom than in humans. The mutation int
Ammonium is one of the specific components of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), that has been linked to a higher risk of death compared to other chemicals found in it, according to a new study in the journal Epidemiology.
In a recent study published in the American Journal of Botany, researchers from the University of Tsukuba revealed that the mountainous landscape of Central Honshu, Japan, has played a role in shaping the genetic diversity of the maple species Acer miyabei.
Our society is driven by social influence. The salesman who wants to sell you a car, the politician who wants your vote and the Tiktok influencer who wants you to "like" their videos have one thing in common: they are vying for your attention.
The COVID-19 pandemic has put sharp downward pressure on California's population, with far fewer people coming from other states to live here and slightly more people than usual leaving to live elsewhere, according to a new UC Berkeley study.
Five years after the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) became law in California, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy researchers examined the progress made and the obstacles stakeholders face as the state aims for sustainable groundwater use by 2042.
Shark bite incidents are rare but traumatic. They're usually followed by calls for mitigation strategies, some of which are dangerous or lethal to sharks—despite the fact most sharks are timid and actively avoid people.
Failed monsoon rains that reignited the southwestern U.S. drought. A spring heat wave in western Europe. Intense Siberian wildfires. Scientists say human-caused climate change made these extreme weather events more likely, according to new research published today in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS).
What relationships might we extract from an examination of the changes in values of cryptocurrencies and commodities before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. New work published in the International Journal of Business Performance Management, looks at the relationship and causality between cryptocurrencies, commodities, currencies, indexes and web search results over this period. The team demonstra
Extremely powerful winds swept across a large part of the U.S. on Dec. 15, 2021, hitting several states with hurricane-force gusts. Record temperatures helped generate tornadoes in Iowa, winds spread grass fires and dust clouds in Kansas, and wind damage was reported from northern New Mexico and Colorado into the Midwest. The National Weather Service described it as a "historical weather day" with
Äta mycket bröd – kan det vara en riskfaktor för typ 2-diabetes? Ja kanske om om du har vissa varianter av en gen som kallas AMY1, som har betydelse för hur våra kroppar tar hand om stärkelserik mat. Inlägget dök först upp på forskning.se .
More than 100 unpublished drawings by the German writer Franz Kafka are now available in a new book. Most people know Franz Kafka for his written works such as The Metamorphosis , The Trial , and The Castle , yet he also drew vigorously. Until recently, only 40 of Kafka's drawings had come to light. When in 2019 a safe deposit box from a vault on Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse was opened after years of
Social media was used to both spread misinformation and for fact-checking during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study which explores how individuals perceive and make sense of information they encounter during times of global crisis.
We can't understand polarization unless we analyze it as a complex system, argue SFI External Professor Scott Page (University of Michigan) and co-author Delia Baldassarri in a commentary for a special feature on the dynamics of political polarization in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Within complex tissues such as cancer tumors, individual cells can vary widely from each other. Internally, cancer cells can develop unique DNA mutations and genomic changes, potentially leading to drug resistance, metastasis, or relapse. Externally, the cells' specific locations within the tissue also matter, since the local structure of a tumor and its surrounding tissues can affect cell state a
Polarization is dangerous for democracy. Though the U.S. Constitution was designed to harness rivalry with a diverse, redundant, and modular set of institutions, if that rivalry curdles into the belief that your competitors are your enemies, those institutions may not be strong enough to hold a nation together.
Med en ny aftale for Kriminalforsorgens arbejde de kommende år har et politisk flertal på Christiansborg besluttet at gøre op med den stærkt kritiserede mangel på elektroniske journaler i de danske fængsler.
Nature Communications, Published online: 16 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27389-z Since its inception 10 years ago Nature Communications has strived to publish papers of high quality and relevance to communities of researchers across the whole of the natural sciences. In more recent years, we have happily seen an increase in the submission and publication of clinical research studies. To
Overlæge Martin Hutchings var specielt imponeret over et studie med CAR-T-celleterapi til patienter med diffust storcellet betacelle lymfom. Behandlingen er mere end dobbelt så effektivt som den nuværende standardbehandling.
Nature, Published online: 15 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03776-w Huge cracks in an Antarctic glacier could shatter part of it within five years. Plus, a NASA probe has travelled into the Sun's corona for the first time and a guide to the US trial of a Harvard chemist.
Nature Communications, Published online: 16 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27547-3 COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of supply chains, particularly for goods that are essential or may suddenly become essential, such as repurposed pharmaceuticals. Here the authors develop a methodology to provide routes to pharmaceutical targets that allow low-supply starting materials or intermediates to
Nature Communications, Published online: 16 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27632-7 Direct dark matter searches need to take into account whether the total observation time is lower than the characteristic coherence time of the DM field. Analysing this generally overlooked scenario, here the authors quantify the impact on DM limits of the stochastic nature of the virialised ultralight field
Nature Communications, Published online: 16 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27570-4 Rpn13 is a substrate receptor of the 26S proteasome and an anti-cancer drug target. Here, the authors identify and characterize XL5, a lead compound that binds to the N-terminal Pru domain of human Rpn13 (hRpn13), solve the NMR structure of XL5-ligated hRpn13 Pru and develop XL5-PROTACs that preferentially t
Nature Communications, Published online: 16 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27530-y Transcription can pose a threat to genomic instability through the formation of R-loops, which are RNA–DNA hybrids with a displaced non-template DNA strand. Here the authors mapped the R-loop proximal proteome in human cells and identified a role of the tumor suppressor DDX41 in opposing R-loop and double st
Nature Communications, Published online: 16 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27554-4 Here the authors show that hyporheic flow, bed morphology, and bed stability are intimately related, and that this relationship is expressed as distinct locked and segregated states of bedform dynamics, which carries implications for river system behavior in general and the storage of carbon, nutrients, and
Nature Communications, Published online: 16 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27578-w Here the authors generate a live-attenuated Zika vaccine based on a clinically proven dengue virus serotype-2 vaccine backbone and show that one dose protects mice and non-human primates from Zika virus infection.
Nature Communications, Published online: 16 December 2021; doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27606-9 Face-selective neurons are observed in the primate visual pathway and are considered as the basis of face detection in the brain. Here, using a hierarchical deep neural network model of the ventral visual stream, the authors suggest that face selectivity arises in the complete absence of training.
Det finns mycket forskning om vilken kost som minskar risken för typ 2-diabetes, men det behövs mer kunskap om hur våra gener påverkar vår förmåga att bryta ner mat. Nu ger en ny studie som har letts av forskare vid Lunds universitet ökat stöd för att variationer i en gen som kallas AMY1 har betydelse för hur våra kroppar tar hand om stärkelserik mat.
Listen and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts Rebecca Shrader had always thought that abortion was morally wrong. As a devout Baptist Christian, she volunteered at a clinic designed to discourage women from getting abortions. And when she got pregnant for the first time, she knew she would carry the baby to term, no matter what. But when Rebecca's pregnancy didn't go
A powerful typhoon slammed into the southeastern Philippines on Thursday and was blowing across island provinces where nearly 100,000 people have been evacuated from high-risk areas that could be devastated by flash floods, landslides and tidal surges, officials said.
French Bulldogs have significantly higher odds of being diagnosed with 20 common disorders compared to other dog breeds, reports a study published in the journal Canine Medicine and Genetics. To reduce the risks of breathing disorders associated with the typical shorter muzzle and flat head of French Bulldogs, the authors propose a shift to focus breeding towards more moderate characteristics.
Do you know what drones, AI-type robots, general advanced AI, self-driving vehicles, genetic engineering on humans, etc all have in common? They're all futuristic technologies, and are destined to go wrong. I'm worried that, not only jobs could be lost (which would be bad since we all need jobs to get paid), but the world will most likely end due to futuristic technologies, as they may be weaponi
89 articles in 45 journals by 574 contributing authors Observations of climate change, effects Ubiquity of human-induced changes in climate variability Rodgers et al. Earth System Dynamics Open Access pdf 10.31223/x5gp79 Surface Water Dynamics and Rapid Lake Drainage in the Western Canadian Subarctic (1985-2020) Travers?Smith et al. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 10.1029/2021jg00
Nature, Published online: 16 December 2021; doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03686-x The extraordinary vaccination of more than four billion people, and the lack of access for many others, were major forces this year — while Omicron's arrival complicated things further.
Well into the 1980s, doctors would perform open-heart surgery on infants without giving them pain-relieving drugs. This is hard to believe: By the standards of contemporary medicine, not to mention common sense, the practice is akin to torture. Yet then-conventional wisdom held that babies did not feel pain, at least not in any meaningful way. Their brains and nervous systems were considered unde
Ten thousand years ago, a mother clutched her growing belly. A month earlier, the pregnancy had become difficult—something was wrong. The mother's stress was the baby's stress too, and the baby was due to be born in a few weeks. The mother rested by the Neva River as it flowed down the mountains on its way to the sea. She lived in the Ligurian region of northwest Italy. People in her community we
A god who knows everything, is everywhere, and wields impossible power, is a potent fantasy. Allegiance to it animates the lives of billions worldwide. But this "Big God," as psychologists and anthropologists refer to it, wasn't dreamt from scratch but pieced together, over thousands of years, paralleling humanity's move from small- to large-scale societies. One burning question researchers want
Hospitals rely on donated blood for a range of treatments, and the pandemic has seriously threatened that supply. Here's what you need to know about the science behind blood donation — and why it's critically needed.
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The SSA issued a Request for Quote for 174,000 rounds of hollow point bullets. The DHS issued requests for quotes for hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition.
The SSA and DHS are not stocking up on ammunition in preparation for civil unrest, and the DHS did not purchase 2,700 tanks for use in the U.S.
An August 2012 Infowars.com post pointed to a Request for Quote (RFQ) issued by the Social Security Administration (SSA) for the purchase of 174,000 rounds of
First it was the Department of Homeland Security, then it was the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and now the Social Security Administration is set to purchase 174,000 rounds of hollow point bullets that will be delivered to
41 locationsacross the country.
A solicitation posted by the SSA on the FedBizOpps website asks for contractors to supply 174,000 rounds of
".357 Sig 125grain bonded jacketed hollow point pistol ammunition."
The synopsis to the solicitation adds that the ammunition is to be shipped to
41 locationswithin 60 daysof purchase. A separate spreadsheet lists those locations, which include the Social Security headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland as well as major cities across the country including Los Angeles,Detroit, Oklahoma City, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Denver, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Seattle.
Hollow point bullets are designed to expand as they enter the body, causing maximum damage by tearing apart internal organs.
It's not outlandish to suggest that the Social Security Administration is purchasing the bullets as part of preparations for civil unrest. Social security welfare is estimated to keep around
40 percent of senior citizens out of poverty. Should the tap run dry in the aftermath of an economic collapse which the Federal Reserve has already told top banks to prepare for, domestic disorder could ensue if people are refused their benefits.
In fact, the spreadsheet showing the destination locations of the ammunition to be purchased by the SSA indicated that it was for "duty carry" purposes and was being procured for Field Division locations of the Office of Investigations (OI), part of the SSA's Office of the Inspector General (OIG). The OI
"conducts and coordinates investigative activity related to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in Social Security Administration programs and operations" and "conducts joint investigations with other Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies."
The OIG's Office of External Relations posted a notice explaining that the reason behind the ammunition procurement was to supply the nearly
Our office has criminal investigators, or special agents, who are responsible for investigating violations of the laws that govern SSA's programs. Currently, about
295 specialagents and supervisory special agents work in 66 officesacross the United States. These investigators have full law enforcement authority, including executing search warrants and making arrests.
Our investigators are similar to your State or local police officers. They use traditional investigative techniques, and they are armed when on official duty.
Media reports expressed concerns over the type of ammunition ordered. In fact, this type of ammunition is standard issue for many law enforcement agencies. OIG's special agents use this ammunition during their mandatory quarterly firearms qualifications and other training sessions, to ensure agent and public safety. Additionally, the ammunition our agents use is the same type used at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.
Our special agents need to be armed and trained appropriately. They not only investigate allegations of Social Security fraud, but they also are called to respond to threats against Social Security offices, employees, and customers.
(As for the question of why the SSA would need hollow point bullets for target practice and training purposes, many law enforcement agencies require their personnel train and practice with the same type of ammunition they use in the field.)
A similar invitation for bids to supply 46,000 rounds of hollow point bullets along with
In 2013 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a number of different requests for quotes for various types of ammunition totaling hundreds of millions of rounds. However, those quotes represented the upper limits of options to buy ammunition over the course of several years, not a one-time mass purchase of that number of rounds. The purpose of the proposed buys was to supply ammunition for training and use by agents of the DHS and other federal law enforcement agencies:
Federal solicitations to buy the bullets are known as "strategic sourcing contracts," which help the government get a low price for a big purchase, says Peggy Dixon, spokeswoman for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Ga. The training center and others like it run by the Homeland Security Department use as many as 15 million rounds every year, mostly on shooting ranges and in training exercises.
Dixon said one of the contracts would allow Homeland Security to buy up to 750 million rounds of ammunition over the next five years for its training facilities. The rounds are used for basic and advanced law enforcement training for federal law enforcement agencies under the department's umbrella. The facilities also offer firearms training to tens of thousands of federal law enforcement officers. More than 90 federal agencies and 70,000 agents and officers used the department's training center last year.
The rest of the 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition would be purchased by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal government's second largest criminal investigative agency.
[DHS Secretary Janet] Napolitano said the numbers have been exaggerated. She said the contracts that have been reported represent an option to buy up to a certain limit over five years, and are not a one-time mass purchase.
She said buying that way allows the department to save as much as 80 percent on the cost of each round.
She also said it’s not surprising the number of rounds per law enforcement agent in her department may be high because some of them have to re-qualify with their weapons several times a year
A March 2013 claim that the Department of Homeland Security had "purchased 2,700 tanks" for use in the U.S. was based on a year-old (i.e., March 2012) notice posted on the DHS web site announcing that a contractor had been engaged to install new chassis on a number of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles (not "tanks") that were being returned from deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan. Although similar vehicles have been used by DHS (and local police forces) for functions such as carrying Rapid Response Teams to disaster sites, the DHS did not "purchase" the MRAP vehicles referenced in that announcement, and the chassis work was contracted for by the Marine Corps Systems Command.


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Bridgeport: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac dodging taxes
The city of Bridgeport is suing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for not paying the state's real estate property conveyance tax on the foreclosed homes the mortgage giants have sold during the housing crisis.
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isin't fannie and freddie another goverment run program? it's a mess
these are the people we are going to trust with our healthcare?
good luck getting sick soon in america......
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#2 Aug 23, 2012
These crooks must go to jail, now. Shame on the crooks.
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ARTICLES BY SAM TANENHAUS
In his Upper West Side apartment, the Italian writer and filmmaker reigns as host of the city’s liveliest cultural salon.September 22, 2013, Sunday
Linda Ronstadt is now unable to sing because of Parkinson’s disease, but she is telling her own story in the new memoir “Simple Dreams.”September 1, 2013, Sunday
Amanda Knox tells her story of being charged with murder in Italy.May 26, 2013, Sunday
John Updike’s 1971 novel “Rabbit Redux” remains the most illuminating and prophetic of modern political novels, though on the surface it seems not about politics at all.November 18, 2012, Sunday
Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr.’s differences were rooted in similarities.August 2, 2012, Thursday
A new book on Sarah Palin offers a window into the world of 21st-century book promotion.September 18, 2011, Sunday
A place for titles of the printed kind.September 04, 2011, Sunday
At the age of 80, with almost 40 books behind him and nearly as many accumulated honors, Harold Bloom has written a kind of summing-up of his monumental career as a critic and scholar.May 22, 2011, Sunday
A sampler of literary catastrophe for these dark times. Don't run away. It's not as depressing as it sounds. One of the enduring paradoxes of great apocalyptic writing is that it consoles even as it alarms.March 18, 2011, Friday
The Times recently reported the death of D. L. Cox, a former member of the Black Panthers who earned a moment of celebrity in 1970 when he spoke at the Leonard Bernstein fund-raising party in Manhattan, an event best remembered today as the subject of Tom Wolfe's witheringly funny satire Radical Chic: That Part at Lenny's.March 16, 2011, Wednesday
On Wednesday, the Times's obituaries included one of Judith Coplon, who in 1949 was tried and convicted of giving secrets to the Soviet Union. Her trial is a window onto the national mood in the first years of the cold war, before the rise of Senator Joseph McCarthy.March 04, 2011, Friday
With the death last month of Daniel Bell, we lost a prescient big thinker on many subjects, including ideology and American politics.February 13, 2011, Sunday
The thinker Daniel Bell, who died last week, could be impatient with those he judged to be on the wrong side of history or ideas, as is clear from his correspondence with William F. Buckley Jr. in 1955.February 07, 2011, Monday
For most of the past century, consensus in American politics has been more phantom than fact.October 24, 2010, Sunday
“The Crofton Pump Station in Wiltshire contains the oldest steam engine in the world still doing the job for which it was designed.”August 29, 2010, Sunday
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Albert Brooks has written his first novel, “2030.” The Book Review’s editor, Sam Tanenhaus, interviews the acclaimed actor, screenwriter and director about the art of writing fiction.
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INTRODUCTION: For the first time the 11th United States Armour Regiment invited newsmen to witness their operations along the border with East Germany.
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MV: United States surveillance radar ZOOM INTO MV East German observation post.
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According to the International Institute of Strategic Studies, the Soviet Union has a 20 per cent advantage over the United States in the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles. But the United States has 8,500 warheads for its missiles compared to the Soviet Union's 3,250.
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Background: INTRODUCTION: For the first time the 11th United States Armour Regiment invited newsmen to witness their operations along the border with East Germany.
SYNOPSIS: Western observers have become increasingly alarmed by what they regard as a build-up of the Warsaw Pact countries' military strength in terms of men, tanks and missiles. If there ever were any armed confrontation between Warsaw Pact countries and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) countries it will probably take place here -- along the East-West German border. This stretch of the 750 miles (1,400 kilometres) border near the West German town of Fulda is patrolled by the 11th United States Armour Regiment. The helicopters which fly at altitudes of under 50 feet (about 17 metres) are especially watching for possible routes of attack by Warsaw Pact countries because the 11th United States Armour Regiment would be the first line of defence for NATO countries if there were fighting.
The West Germans have estimated that each kilometre (0.62 miles) of border fortification costs the East Germans one million deutschmarks (about 250,000 pounds sterling).
The 11th United States Armour Regiment also use radar surveillance. The East Germans prefer observation posts.
The East German jeep patrols are watched by the American radar operators. The radar can pick up foot patrols at 5,000 yards (metres). The Soviet Union has built 1,000 new T72 tanks over the last two years. The 11th Armour Division uses tanks on its patrols and both sides have large numbers of tanks in reserve if fighting should break out.
The East German border town of Phillipstal, where the American patrol arouses no interest -- for the inhabitants have had a long time to get used to living next to "the wall".

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Tender chicken and vegetables with egg noodles and a tasty broth thickened up with a heavy whipping cream roux. This pressure cooker chicken and noodles is easy comfort food!
It’s finally here, comfort food season! There is nothing like a big bowl of soup or chili or a cozy casserole when the weather turns cold. Easy comfort food like this pressure cooker creamy chicken and noodles is one of my favorites.
I recently purchased a Crock-Pot Express and other than my air fryer, I’ve never used a small appliance as much as I’ve used this. Every night I’m finding something new to make.
Pressure cooking leaves meat so tender it falls apart and most everything cooks in less than an hour compared to hours in a traditional crockpot. It’s the perfect appliance for making those cozy comfort food recipes for busy weeknights.
This one-pan creamy chicken with egg noodles and vegetables has-
- Diced chicken breasts
- Onions, carrots, and celery
- Seasonings like thyme, rosemary, salt, pepper, and garlic powder
- Chicken broth
- Egg noodles
- A quick sauce made with heavy whipping cream and cornstarch that thickens the broth
How to make thick and creamy chicken and noodles
Start by adding oil to the bottom of the pressure cooker pot.
Click ‘sauté’. Dice the chicken into small pieces, then add to the pot.
Brown the chicken on all sides. The chicken does not need to be cooked through.
Add the herbs to the chicken.
Chop the onion, celery, and carrots. Add to the pot.
Add the chicken broth to the pot.
Close the lid and make sure the steam release valve is set to ‘seal’ on the top.
Now set the pressure cooker to ‘poultry’ and set for 15 minutes. Hit ‘start’.
Once the pressure cooker runs through the 15 minutes cycle let it either naturally release for another 10 minutes or so OR you can manually release by using a spoon and moving the valve to release. Let the steam release completely then open the lid.
Now set the pressure cooker to ‘simmer’ for 7 minutes. Add the egg noodles to the pot. Stir and let the noodles cook.
The final step is thickening up the broth. In a bowl, add the heavy whipping cream. Spoon the cornstarch into it and stir to combine everything.
Add the heavy whipping cream mixture to the pressure cooker pot. Stir to combine and let cook for another 2 minutes, it will thicken up rather quickly.
Do I need to add more time to the recipe if I use an Instant Pot or electric pressure cooker?
Yes, make sure to add a minimum of 20 minutes to the time for the cooker to come up to pressure and to release the pressure. Check your model’s instructions for more information.
Can you use leftover rotisserie chicken in this recipe?
Yes. Just skip the part where you brown the chicken on all sides.
What should you serve with chicken and noodles?
A side salad and biscuits or these soft homemade dinner rolls from Baking A Moment are great side dishes with this meal.
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Pressure Cooker Chicken & Noodles
- pressure cooker
- 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts diced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small white onion diced
- 3 stalks celery diced
- 3 stalks carrots ends and skin removed and diced
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1/4 teaspoon salt & pepper
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 32 ounces chicken broth
- 8 ounces egg noodles
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- Start by adding oil to the bottom of the pressure cooker pot.1 tablespoon olive oil
- Click 'sauté'. Dice the chicken into small pieces then add to the pot.3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- Brown the chicken on all sides. The chicken does not need to be cooked through.
- Add the herbs to the chicken.1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary, 1/4 teaspoon salt & pepper, 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- Chop the onion, celery, and carrots. Add to the pot.1 small white onion, 3 stalks celery, 3 stalks carrots
- Add the chicken broth to the pot.32 ounces chicken broth
- Close the lid and make sure the steam release valve is set to 'seal' on the top.
- Set the pressure cooker to 'poultry' and set for 15 minutes. Hit 'start'.
- Once the pressure cooker runs through the 15 minutes cycle let it either naturally release for another 10 minutes or so OR you can manually release by using a spoon and moving the valve to release. Let the steam release completely then open the lid.
- Set the pressure cooker to 'simmer' for 7 minutes. Add the egg noodles to the pot. Stir and let the noodles cook.8 ounces egg noodles
- In a bowl, add the heavy whipping cream. Spoon the cornstarch into it and stir to combine everything. Let cook an additional 2 minutes.1 cup heavy whipping cream, 2 tablespoons cornstarch
Tips for making this recipe:
- When using an Instant Pot or electric pressure cooker, make sure to add the time for the pressure to build up and pressure to release which can take up to an extra 20 minutes. Check your products instructions for more information.
- If you don’t have heavy whipping cream, you can use your milk of choice. The heavy whipping cream just adds another layer of thickness to the sauce.
- Have leftover cooked chicken to use? Skip the part of this recipe where you cook the chicken and use that instead!
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The Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival (Donegal & Derry 16 – 20 May)
Ireland’s most Northerly annual film festival is back for its 7th year, from May 16th to 20th the picturesque town of Malin, Donegal will be transformed into an intense melting pot of documentary film, lively debate and exceptional entertainment.
On top of a line-up that includes more than 15 Irish premieres of films by Oscar, Emmy and IFTA nominees, Guth Gafa will have live performances of International and Irish music combined with open air screenings of some top music documentaries .
One of the festivals highlights is the Irish premiere of Soundbreaker, a music documentary about Finland’s most dynamic and daring composer and accordionist, Kimmo Pohjonen, a musician who has been pushing the boundaries of the typically traditional musical instrument for over 30 years, by freewheeling effortlessly between genres and creating his own. Soundbreaker will be screened in Malin and Derry in partnership with Derry‐ Londonderry City of Culture . with a special live performance following the May 17th Derry screening.
Malin audiences will be treated to Inishowen’s finest with Kate O’Callaghan and the Henry Girls performing on Friday and Saturday night respectively. Multi instrumentalist, Jeremy Hickey and the lively The Balkan Alien Sound will play the later slot each night.
And the music doesn’t stop there. A giant LED screen on the Green in Malin Village is a new focal point of this year’s festival.
On Friday night, Madison Square Garden comes to Malin with the screening of Shut Up and Play The Hits. Viewers can dance in the open air to the music of LCD Soundsystem in this documentary about the final concert of this influential band at Madison Square Gardens. As a mellow alternative Saturday night’s out door screening will be the acclaimed I’m Your Man documentary on the life of legendary singer songwriter, Leonard Cohen.
With a unique fusion of Documentary film and festival entertainment Guth Gafa offers film and music lovers a summer festival like no other

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BATON ROUGE – City leaders are preparing pumping stations around the parish in preparation for however Hurricane Harvey may effect the area.
The Department of Public Works have inspected the pumps all week and said they should be ready to handle rain from Hurricane Harvey.
The city has two pumps. One is located on Terrace Street, and the other station is near the capitol. Both stations pump water into the Mississippi River.
“They’re capable of pumping about 76 thousand gallons a minute and what it does it picks up water from on Nicholson on the canal, brings it to this location and pumps it in the pipe and goes up the pipe and into the Missississippi river,” Director of Department of Public Works and Traffic Fred Raiford said.
For people nervous about pump problems after the severe flooding in New Orleans earlier this month, Raiford says her things a different.
“New Orleans is below sea level and we are above sea level and most of our water that we have runs off the rain water comes through gravity and goes through our channels and drains off gravity wise,” Raiford said.
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We started out the day early packing up and departing from Suwannee River State Park before 8am. We stopped at a rest area just north of Dothan, AL for lunch when I discovered I had lost one of are buddy hubs off my trailer axel requiring a repair. Fortunately for us I carry extra hubs just in case this might happen. However it was a struggle to install a new one as the fit is so tight you need a special tool.
We called ahead and as luck would have it got in touch with a trailer parts dealer who had the special tool we needed to install the hub. Hopefully we will not have any future mechanical problems as we venture down the road. Special thanks to Arron Palmer at Trailer World just outside Ozark, AL who kindly helped us solve our problem. I am sending a link to my blog to Arron so he can follow our trip. Arron loves cats just like us and has a beautiful big gray cat who keeps him company in his office.
We arrived at Rickwood Caverns campground in Warrior, AL after traveling well over 400 miles. After such a long road trip we were ready to bed down for the evening. Rickwood Caverns is a lovely state park just north of Birmingham, AL located on a high ridge surrounded by a lush grove of pine trees. It has an Olympic size swimming pool which closed just after we arrived sadly. There are many large boulders scattered around the grounds with a few arrears that are fenced off with black holes leading to the many caverns that dot this area. In the morning we plan to take an early tour of the cave system which we are told is quite impressive. I will describe out tour when I post a new blog from our next destination, Village Creek State Park in Wynne, Arkansas.


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7 Days of Fat-Melting Meals
Meet your new nutrition secret weapons: nuts, eggs, salmon, low-fat dairy, peanut butter, avocado, spinach, berries, whole grains, and dark chocolate. Each of these foods works in a different way to zap fat and make you sleeker, says Neva Cochran, RD, a nutrition consultant based in Dallas. The high protein content of nuts and eggs helps curb hunger and boost your calorie burn, meaning you'll eat less (and lose weight). "The calcium in dairy products trims your waist by increasing the activity of enzymes that break down fat cells. It also reduces levels of cortisol, a stress hormone that causes your body to hang on to belly flab, " Cochran explains. Whole grains, leafy greens, and berries are loaded with filling fiber, which has been proven to reduce your calorie intake. The mono- and polyunsaturated fats in peanut butter, avocados, olive oil, and salmon prevent abdominal fat from accumulating in the first place, research shows. And dark chocolate? "Indulging in a little bit every day keeps cravings under control, which helps you stick to a healthy diet, " Cochran says. Get the ab-flattening benefits of these foods starting today.
Try the recipes on the following pages, aiming for a total of 1, 500 calories a day. Mix, match, and slim down!
Chocolate and Peanut Butter Smoothie
In a blender, combine 3/4 cup frozen berries, 1/4 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt, 1/2 cup low-fat chocolate soy milk, and 2 tablespoons reduced-fat all-natural peanut butter. 355 calories
Egg-White Muffin Melt
Scramble 3 egg whites. Cover half of a whole-grain English muffin with 1/2 cup spinach and the other half with 1 slice reduced-fat cheddar cheese; toast until cheese is melted. Add egg and 1 slice tomato. 270 calories
Top 1/2 cup low-fat Greek yogurt with 1/4 cup low-fat granola, 1 teaspoon slivered almonds, 1 tablespoon honey, and 1/2 cup berries. 303 calories
Prepare 1 packet plain, instant oatmeal with 1/2 cup skim milk. Microwave 3/4 of a small apple, chopped, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1 teaspoon brown sugar. Top oatmeal with apples and 1 tablespoon chopped walnuts. 255 calories
Mexican Egg Scramble
Scramble 3 egg whites with 1/4 cup canned black beans (rinsed and drained) and 1 ounce reduced-fat cheddar cheese. Top with 2 tablespoons salsa, or to taste. 191 calories
Peanut Buttery Bagel
Toast a whole-grain bagel and spread with 1 tablespoon reduced-fat all-natural peanut butter. Cover with slices from 1 apple. 335 calories
Top 2 whole-grain waffles with 1/4 cup low-fat plain yogurt, 1/2 cup mixed berries, and 2 teaspoons maple syrup. 246 calories
Place 2 to 3 slices roasted turkey, 2 slices avocado, and 1 slice low-fat pepper jack cheese between 2 slices whole-grain bread. Grill in skillet. 303 calories