Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Octopuses Are Big Weirdos
We
all know octopuses and squid are weird. What you might not know is just
how weird they are. In fact, these creatures actually use their RNA in a
quite different way than practically any other animal on earth:Stanford University geneticist Jin Billy Li heard about Joshua Rosenthal’s work on RNA editing in squid, his jaw dropped. That’s because the work, published today in the journal Cell, revealed that many cephalopods present a monumental exception to how living things use the information in DNA to make proteins. In nearly every other animal, RNA—the middleman in that process—faithfully transmits the message in the genes. But octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish (but not their dumber relatives, the nautiluses) edit their RNA, changing the message that gets read out to make proteins.But there is a dropback to the adaptation -it means that octopuses and squid slow down their genome evolution.
You can read more about what these findings mean over on Wired.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
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Today in History
| 1512 | The forces of the Holy League are heavily defeated by the French at the Battle of Ravenna. | |
| 1713 | The Treaty of Utrecht is signed, ending the War of Spanish Succession. France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain. | |
| 1783 | After receiving a copy of the provisional treaty on 13 March, Congress proclaims a formal end to hostilities with Great Britain. | |
| 1814 | Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba. | |
| 1898 | American President William McKinley asks Congress for declaration of war with Spain. | |
| 1941 | German bombers blitz Coventry, England. | |
| 1942 | Detachment 101 of the OSS–a guerrilla force–is activated in Burma. | |
| 1945 | After two frustrating days of being repulsed and absorbing tremendous casualties, the Red Army finally takes the Seelow Heights north of Berlin. | |
| 1951 | President Truman fires General Douglas MacArthur as head of United Nations forces in Korea. | |
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| 1961 | Folk singer Bob Dylan performs in New York City for the first time, opening for John Lee Hooker. | |
| 1968 | President Johnson signs the 1968 Civil Rights Act. | |
| 1974 | The Judiciary committee subpoenas President Richard Nixon to produce tapes for impeachment inquiry. | |
| 1981 | Reagan returns to the White House from hospital after recovery from an assassination attempt. | |
| 1986 | Dodge Morgan sails solo nonstop around the world in 150 days. | |
| 1991 | The United Nations Security Council issues formal ceasefire with Iraq. | |
| 1996 | Forty-three African nations sign the African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty. |
LGBT students ‘traumatized’ during Oklahoma Capitol visit
Karen Kipgen, Page Program Supervisor for
the Oklahoma House of Representatives, sent out a Capitol-wide email
warning members and their staff of “crossdressers in the building.”
Many of Warren Jeffs’ fundamentalist polygamous sect members are about to be homeless
‘Alt-Right’ Leader Spencer Was Just Punched In The Head AGAIN Then Glitter Bombed
People just love smacking this Nazi
upside the head.
Monday, April 10, 2017
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Today in History
| 1790 | The U.S. patent system is established. | |
| 1809 | Austria declares war on France and her forces enter Bavaria. | |
| 1862 | Union forces begin the bombardment of Fort Pulaski in Georgia along the Tybee River. | |
| 1865 | At Appomattox Court, Va, General Robert E. Lee issues his last orders to the Army of Northern Virginia. | |
| 1866 | The American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is formed. | |
| 1902 | South African Boers accept British terms of surrender. | |
| 1912 | The Titanic begins her maiden voyage which will end in disaster. | |
| 1925 | F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby. | |
| 1930 | The first synthetic rubber is produced. | |
| 1932 | Paul von Hindenburg is elected president in Germany. | |
| 1938 | Germany annexes Austria. | |
| 1941 | U.S. troops occupy Greenland to prevent Nazi infiltration. | |
| 1945 | In their second attempt to take the Seelow Heights, near Berlin, the Red Army launches numerous attacks against the defending Germans. The Soviets gain one mile at the cost of 3,000 men killed and 368 tanks destroyed. | |
| 1945 | Allied troops liberate the Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald north of Weener, Germany. | |
| 1947 | Jackie Robinson becomes the first black to play major league baseball as he takes the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers. | |
| 1971 | The American table tennis team arrives in China. | |
| 1974 | Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli Prime Minister, Golda Meir. | |
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| 1981 | Imprisoned Irish Republican Army hunger striker Bobby Sands is elected to the British Parliament. |
Federal Appeals Court Rules it Is Illegal To Fire People Because They’re Gay
Miss Montana admits calling her autistic students ‘monsters’ and ‘psychopaths’ on Twitter
‘Son of guns’ reality TV star found guilty of raping two girls
Addressing Sexual Harassment And Assault
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