Congress Shouldn't Limit The Public's Right To Fight Bad Patents
The U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property will debate a bill this week that would dramatically limit the public’s right to challenge bad granted patents. The PREVAIL Act, S. 2220 would bar most people from petitioning the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to revoke patents that never should have been granted in the first place.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/11/publics-right-fight-bad-patents-must-be-protected #EFF #patents #rights #PatentTrolls #BadPatents
Spinal implant helps man with advanced Parkinson’s to walk without falling
Electrical stimulation improved his mobility, although researchers say that a larger study is needed to assess the device.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03452-1 #spinal #implant #parkinsons #walk #device #neuroprosthetic
In world 1st, virus spotted attached to 2nd virus
The interaction was captured in astonishing detail using a microscope that fires beams of electrons at its subject. The finding revealed how these two different viruses, both categorized as "bacteriophages," interact and may have co-evolved.
The interaction was captured using a specialized piece of kit called a transmission electron microscope.
https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/in-world-1st-virus-spotted-attached-to-2nd-virus #virus #bacteriophage
What causes fainting? Scientists finally have an answer
Mouse experiments reveal the brain–heart connections that cause us to lose consciousness rapidly — and wake up moments later.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03450-3 #fainting #MouseStudy #consciousness #syncope #neuron
When NASA's Lucy mission made its first flyby of asteroid Dinkinesh last week, it made the surprising discovery of a tiny moonlet. Well, hold onto your hats; a new picture from Lucy is mindblowing. That moonlet is two tiny moons gently resting side by side. This configuration is known as a contact binary, and it's very common in the Solar System, but we've never seen one up close like this and never orbiting another asteroid. If only Lucy could stick around.
From NBC news:
Ohio has followed many other states; voters are not enamored of Republican politicians policing their uteruses.
Dems need to run hard on freedom to choose in 2024 at every level in every race, despite the fact that a good couple of media pundits keep claiming the power and importance of this issue is winding down or limited. It isn’t. #AbortionRights
Japan urged to ensure equal healthcare access after hospital turns away lesbian mum-to-be
A woman in a same-sex relationship who became pregnant through in-vitro fertilisation was denied treatment at a hospital, advocacy group Kodomap said
Japan requires women to be in a heterosexual marriage to access IVF, leading some in same-sex relationships to travel overseas to receive the treatment
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3240693/japan-urged-ensure-equal-healthcare-access-after-hospital-turns-away-lesbian-mum-be?utm_source=rss_feed #japan #HealthCare #bias #gender #IVF
The Supreme Court’s Big Gun Case Was Humiliating for the Justices
To the extent that the justices felt annoyed or embarrassed by the proceedings on Tuesday, they have no one to blame but themselves.
Zackey Rahimi has not demonstrated an ability to safely possess firearms.
The Supreme Court has not demonstrated an ability to safely practice law.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/11/rahimi-supreme-court-justices-gun-case-spectacle.html?via=rss #guns #laws #SupremeCourt #safety #goinmedieval
'Absolutely wrong': Republican Ken Buck slams censure of Rashida Tlaib
Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) on Tuesday defended Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) against a resolution to have her censured for participating in a peaceful protest.
https://www.rawstory.com/ken-buck-rashida-tlaib/ #whoa #YouGoKen #KenBuck #slams #RashidaTlaib #censure
Mike Johnson embodies evangelicals’ embattlement strategy. It may be backfiring.
The persecution complex that has emboldened evangelical culture for decades is putting it under strain.
https://religionnews.com/2023/11/06/mike-johnsons-embodies-evangelicals-embattlement-strategy-it-may-be-backfiring/ #christians #persecuted #forever #MaybeItsAGuiltyConsience
Mike Johnson's evangelical 'persecution complex' is eating his movement alive: analyst
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and his evangelical compatriots have for years tried to galvanize voters with a narrative of conservative Christians facing constant attack, but that strategy may no be working the way they hoped,
https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-evangelical/ #MikeJohnson #evangelical #persecution #complex #increasingly #fractured
“What Keeps You Up at Night” – Dr. Fauci’s Newest Concern
It’s a question Anthony Fauci, MD, heard repeatedly throughout his almost forty-year tenure as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases under the National Institutes of Health
Today, as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, Fauci describes a new nemesis – a lack of “corporate memory.”
https://scitechdaily.com/what-keeps-you-up-at-night-dr-faucis-newest-concern/ #anthonyfauci #PublicHealth
Larry Katz interviews Collection
The Larry Katz collection, 1980-2005 consists of interviews recorded on audiocassettes conducted by Larry Katz, a reporter, critic, columnist and editor at Real Paper (1980-1981), The Boston Herald (1981-2011) and the resulting publications. For decades he interviewed some of the most established names in music as well as overlooked pioneers, talented newcomers and Boston-area legends.
https://repository.library.northeastern.edu/collections #Larry #Katz #BostonHerald #interviews #tapes #digitized #online #musicians/neu:gm80mq353
Unearthing Gems in a Massive Archive of Rock Star Interviews
“They are unpolished and unvarnished.”
. . . the collection, now digitized and available online with notes from Katz on the circumstances surrounding the conversations. “The most important part of these tapes is that they’re just really raw,” Mecagni says. “They are unpolished and unvarnished.”
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/katz-collection-rock-star-interviews #Larry #Katz #BostonHerald #interviews #tapes #digitized #online #musicians
US, South Korea and Japan launch group to tackle North Korea hacking
The United States, South Korea and Japan have decided to establish a high-level consultative body on cyber issues, primarily to tackle North Korea’s cyber activities, the office of South Korea’s president announced on Monday.
https://therecord.media/south-korea-japan-us-cyberthreat-body-north-korea-hacking #southkorea #US #japan #hacking #northkorea #Nation-state #Cybercrime
Bitter Brain Breakthrough: How a Single Chemical Could Curb Female Binge Drinking
New research has identified a brain chemical that influences how men and women perceive the bitterness of alcohol. This discovery, focusing on the neuropeptide CART, found that its inhibition causes an increase in alcohol consumption in males but a decrease in females, unless the alcohol is sweetened.
https://scitechdaily.com/bitter-brain-breakthrough-how-a-single-chemical-could-curb-female-binge-drinking/ #alcohol #consumption #bitterness #CART #male #female #taste #neuropeptide
Rocks From Mars Are Hitting Earth, And Something Is Odd About Their Age
Chunks of Martian rock ejected from their homeworld by processes such as violent impacts have wended their way through the Solar System to end up – smack! – crashing into Earth.
As we collect these samples of our neighboring planet, a curious pattern has emerged. Most of the samples seem to be rocks that formed on the red planet fairly recently; a peculiarity, given most of the Martian surface is so old.
https://www.sciencealert.com/rocks-from-mars-are-hitting-earth-and-something-is-odd-about-their-age #mars #meteorites #age #shergottite #volcanism
Obesity Unraveled: Scientists Propose Unifying Theory
New research proposes fructose as the key driver of obesity, unifying various dietary theories. The “fructose survival hypothesis” suggests that fructose consumption depletes active energy and hinders appetite control, thereby contributing to an energy imbalance that promotes weight gain. This new perspective could guide more effective obesity prevention and management approaches.
https://scitechdaily.com/obesity-unraveled-scientists-propose-unifying-theory/ #obesity #fructose #diet #appetite #control #energy #WeightGain
Millions of Women Feel Severe Pain From This Condition. Why Don't We Talk About It?
Endometriosis causes physical, sexual and emotional pain.
About 190 million people around the globe have endometriosis, including one in 10 American women, but there has historically been a deafening silence about the disease and the pervasive impact it can have on a person's life.
https://www.sciencealert.com/millions-of-women-feel-severe-pain-from-this-condition-why-dont-we-talk-about-it #endometriosis #pain #dyspareunia #support #empathy #relationships
Mathematicians Crack a Century-Old Problem That's Perfect For Your Next Party
Mathematicians have found a new way to impose order on chaos in the form of an answer to a challenge which has puzzled them for nearly a century – a so-called Ramsey problem known as r(4,t).
https://www.sciencealert.com/mathematicians-crack-a-century-old-problem-thats-perfect-for-your-next-party #mathematics #RamseyTheory #order #disorder #party #r(s,t)
Geologist from Wisconsin at home in Japan.
Always exploring this world.