https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tax-cuts-rich-50-years-no-trickle-down/
50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says
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Or As Homer Simpson would say
If you have an air fryer with a connected phone app it may be sending your data to China
Air fryers are the latest surveillance threat you didn’t consider
Consumer group Which? has warned shoppers to be selective when it comes to buying smart air fryers from Xiaomi, Cosori, and Aigostar.
Tomorrow is #RemembranceDay #cosomusic
Here's Tom Jones doing his song - I Won't Crumble With You If You Fall
Researchers unveil the inner mechanisms of the most intricate and complex molecular machine in human biology.
Scientists at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have developed the first comprehensive blueprint of the human spliceosome, the most complex and intricate molecular machine found in every cell. This groundbreaking achievement, over a decade in the making, was published in the journal Science.
#medical #research #COVID19 #europe
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762%2824%2900298-9/fulltext
First real-life data on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation and severe disease from the eastern part of the WHO European Region
#science #research #memory
Wow that's interesting 🤔
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-11-memories-brain-human-cell.html
It's common knowledge that our brains—and, specifically, our brain cells—store memories. But a team of scientists has discovered that cells from other parts of the body also perform a memory function, opening new pathways for understanding how memory works and creating the potential to enhance learning and to treat memory-related afflictions.
#science #research #DNA #crisprcas9
It wouldn't surprise me if over time we discover most of what has been called "junk" RNA is not.
https://phys.org/news/2024-11-rna-crispr-reveals-hundreds-noncoding.html
RNA-targeting CRISPR reveals that hundreds of noncoding RNAs are essential—not 'junk'
#science #botany #communication
Plants talk
https://www.sciencealert.com/plants-really-do-scream-weve-simply-never-heard-them-until-now
It seems like Roald Dahl may have been onto something after all: if you hurt a plant, it screams.
Well, sort of. Not in the same way you or I might scream. Rather, they emit popping or clicking noises in ultrasonic frequencies outside the range of human hearing that increase when the plant becomes stressed.
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