Human DNA Tweaks & the Prime Directive — Mickey Z.

Still photo of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy from “A Piece of the Action,” a Star Trek episode — first broadcast on January 12, 1968 Mickey Z. — World News Trust August 22, 2021 As you can probab ...

Partition function zeros are a 'shortcut' to thermodynamic calculations on quantum computers | Tracey Peake

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Aug. 19, 2021 (Phys.org) -- A study led by researchers at North Carolina State University developed a new method that enables quantum computers to measure the therm ...

'Emotional COVID-19': How the global pandemic affected the mental well-being of Israelis | Weizmann Institute of Science

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aug. 12, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- The pandemic in Israel hit women, young adults and the unemployed hardest in terms of increased mental distress, a study shows. During the s ...

COVID Cut Average Lifespan Nearly A Decade In Parts Of US | Jessica Wolf

Credit: Oliver Chien/UCLA International Institute Aug. 7, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- At its peak, COVID-19 drastically reduced the average human lifespan -- by as much as nine years in one U.S. state -- ...

The Future Is A Landscape | John Michael Greer

Aug. 4, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- I’ve been reflecting of late about the way that our habitual expectations about change blind us to the way that change actually happens. One of the most important of t ...

Vaccines, Variants, and Vilification— Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust August 3, 2021 I tried listening to some podcasts the other day, but every one of them — regardless of their general theme — chose to focus on “vaccine hesitancy.” None o ...

The CDC revokes PCR testing. What does that say about the Covid count? — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 29, 2021 Please allow me to introduce a brief recap before I get to the latest news. I've already told you how and why the Covid rules make no sense and should not b ...

Why “Activists” Love Their Masks — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 26, 2021 Yet another topic I've been asked to write about is why I quit activism all those years ago. To be radically honest, I've already tackled this subject in se ...

Antibiotics may help to treat melanoma | KU Leuven

Credit: CC0 Public Domain July 22, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- Some antibiotics appear to be effective against a form of skin cancer known as melanoma. Researchers at KU Leuven, Belgium, examined the eff ...

RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50% more potatoes, rice | University of Chicago

Credit: CC0 Public Domain July 22, 2021 (Phys.org) -- Manipulating RNA can allow plants to yield dramatically more crops, as well as increasing drought tolerance, a group of scientists from the Unive ...

Species of gut bacteria linked to enhanced cognition and language skills in infant boys | University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

Credit: CC0 Public DomainJuly 13, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- A University of Alberta-led research study followed more than 400 infants from the CHILD Cohort Study (CHILD) at its Edmonton site. Boys at o ...