Scientists discover a human brain gene that can jump through DNA
Scientists have discovered a human gene with a remarkable double life: it appears to play an important role in brain cells while still retaining the ability to jump around the genome. Called BC200, the gene evolved millions of years ago from a mobile piece of DNA known as a transposon,Continue Reading
Fox Beefs Up Leadership At Creator Studios Business
Bryan Thoensen and Kirsten McAuliffe join the media company as it seeks to push further into the creator economy…Continue Reading
Inevitable: You Show Up
Apologies for invoking the awful noise that never stops. But a month before mid-terms, a fascist feckless clown show run by the dumbest people imaginable churns on with their lies, bribes, cruelty, crude racism, their flailing leader grows ever more perilous, and fiery patriots remind us we cannot grow weary.Continue Reading
Early voting ‘way ahead’ of last midterm numbers in states with ballots out
Early voting activity is up in early Illinois and Minnesota, among the roughly dozen states where midterm contests are already being decided.Continue Reading
White House cuts a check to Rust Belt nuclear plants as electricity costs rise
The White House expanded its strategy of offering loans to the nuclear industry with $4.2 billion for power plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania.Continue Reading
FACT CHECK: Marcos Jr. did not say protecting VP Duterte from her case is ‘corruption’
Claim: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he could not be blamed for Sara Duterte’s legal troubles, that he could not protect her from her case, and that if a president did so, “corruption” would be the result. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: A viral Facebook graphic posted by SeniorContinue Reading
Protestors clash with police in Barcelona as thousands attend Spain housing protests
Protestors clashed with police as thousands took to the streets of the Spanish city of Barcelona Monday to protest against the housing shortage in the country. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/homeContinue Reading
Tear gas and water cannon in Pristina as protesters clash with police
Police fired tear gas as protesters clashed outside Kosovo’s parliament over moves to limit powers of a Hague war crimes court.Continue Reading
Housing protest turns violent in Barcelona with fires and arrests
Barcelona’s housing protest turned violent with fires and arrests, highlighting Spain’s affordability crisis ahead of a general strike and snap election in November.Continue Reading
Harmanpreet Kaur steps down as captain of India’s women’s cricket team
Kaur, 37, is the only man or woman to captain her side in international cricket in more than 150 T20I games., India’s long-standing women’s cricket captain, Harmanpreet Kaur, has stepped down from the role across all formats, bringing down the curtain on a successful stint as she led the SouthContinue Reading
Are pets replacing human babies?
Why are birth rates declining while pet ownership is on the rise?, Are pets replacing human babies? Money Works People are adopting pets over having babies, making the pet care industry grow. But why are people having fewer babies? Al Jazeera’s Yasmeen ElTahan explains. By Yasmeen Eltahan Published On 6Continue Reading
Firefox GNOME theme updated to work with Nova
The unofficial GNOME theme for Firefox has been updated to work with the Firefox 157 release and its newer, rounder Nova theme. It is not a traditional Firefox theme (like the ones you can install from the Mozilla Add-ons site) but, to quote its GitHub page, a “bunch of CSSContinue Reading