Matt Willemsen @Nonog@fedibird.com

You Will Believe a Potato Can Fly
The Search for the Super Potato – Scientists Create Potato Super Pangenome
Scientists have created a potato super pangenome to identify traits for more resilient and nutritious potatoes. This extensive genetic database could aid in developing disease-resistant and climate-adaptive potatoes, benefiting global food security.
https://scitechdaily.com/the-search-for-the-super-potato-scientists-create-potato-super-pangenome/ #potato #genome #database #pangenome #disease #resistance

Metabolic Time Bomb – These 4 Risk Factors Are Linked With Earlier Heart Attack and Stroke
Recent research found that middle-aged adults with metabolic syndrome—having three or more unhealthy traits like high waist circumference, blood pressure, cholesterol, and glucose—experience heart attacks and strokes approximately 2.3 years earlier than their peers. The study emphasizes the importance of early detection and lifestyle changes to mitigate these risks.
https://scitechdaily.com/metabolic-time-bomb-these-4-risk-factors-are-linked-with-earlier-heart-attack-and-stroke/ #Cardiology #Heart #MetabolicSyndrome

Is Humanity Ready to Realize the Dream of Interstellar Travel?
The 8th Interstellar Symposium was held from July 10th to 13th at McGill University. Credit: Interstellar Research Group (IRG)
https://www.universetoday.com/162533/is-humanity-ready-to-realize-the-dream-of-interstellar-travel/ #interstellar #travel

Japan’s famous virtual singer Hatsune Miku turns 16, thousands of fans celebrate
Legions of fans celebrated the ‘birthday’ of Japan’s pioneering Vocaloid – a computer-synthesised singing voice software that comes with a virtual avatar
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3233211/japans-famous-virtual-singer-hatsune-miku-turns-16-thousands-fans-celebrate?utm_source=rss_feed #HatsuneMiku #SweetSixteen #japan #virtual #avatar

Wisconsin Republicans commit more than $1.8 million in taxpayer funds to defend GOP-drawn legislative maps
Two lawsuits filed directly with the Wisconsin Supreme Court request new legislative maps ahead of the 2024 election. Both were filed last month, shortly after Justice Janet Protasiewicz was publicly sworn into office, giving liberals their first majority on the state's highest court in more than a decade.
https://madison.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/redistricting-lawsuit-wisconsin/article_49f2860e-0c06-11ee-83e0-bf9213c40774.html #wisconsin #GOP #taxpayer #money #gerrymandered #maps #WisconsinSupremeCourt

‘Astonishingly cruel’: Alabama seeks to test execution method on death row ‘guinea pig’
Nine months after Kenneth Smith’s botched lethal injection, state attorney general has asked for approval to kill him with nitrogen
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/02/alabama-execution-nitrogen-kenneth-smith #Alabama#test #execution #DeathRow ‘#guineapig #nitrogen #hypoxia

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A Biden-Voting Republican Could Pull Off A Shock Special Election Win In Utah
Winning would put Becky Edwards on a glide path to becoming the only Republican in the House who says she didn’t vote for Donald Trump in 2020.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/becky-edwards-donald-trump_n_64f1edbce4b02f61505e9014 #Politics #DonaldTrump #RepublicanParty #Utah #BeckyEdwards

Biden-voting Utah Republican could pull off election shocker: report
A Utah Republican running for a U.S. House seat in the Beehive State is poised to pull off a special election shocker, Huffington Post reports.
Becky Edwards, who voted for Joe Biden and bucks the GOP’s position on reproductive rights, is among three candidates competing in Tuesday’s GOP special election primary for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District.
https://www.rawstory.com/joe-biden-2664767119/ #utah #republican #biden #ReproductiveRights #GOP