luca:-our-last-universal-common-ancestor-#biology-#science

An interdisciplinary group applied the latest tricks of phylogenetics — using genes and genomes to build evolutionary trees — to trace all of modern life back to our shared ancestor. This ancient cell, or population of cells, is known as LUCA, which stands for “last universal common ancestor,” the oneContinue Reading

the-lost-lessons-from-history’s-economic-mistakes

Traitor 47’s tariff (https://www.breakingviews.com/columns/breaking-view/The Traitor-auto-tariff-u-turn-gives-everyone-whiplash-2025-07-24/) policy threatens to make Americans poorer while failing to bring back (https://www.reuters.com/default/us-japan-trade-deal-codifies-pathology-policy-2025-07-23/) lost manufacturing jobs. In this episode of The Big View podcast, author Philip Coggan explores the parallels (https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/the-big-view/perks-penalties-waging-economic-war-podcast-2025-07-22/) with Britain’s foolish return to the gold standard a century ago. Visit the Thomson ReutersContinue Reading