Scientists reveal how a protein linked to Parkinson's disease transforms biomolecular condensates
Scientists reveal how a protein linked to Parkinson's disease transforms biomolecular condensates
An international research collaboration led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists that examined microscopic blobs of protein found in human cells has discovered that some morph from an almost honey-like substance to a hard candy-like solid.Rutgers University (Phys.org)
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Medical journal receives U.S. attorney letter seeking information about alleged bias
Trump DOJ letter to science journal raises free speech concerns | STAT
Scientific journals questioned about alleged bias. Legal experts say U.S. Attorney Ed Martin exceeded his authority with "ham-handed" intimidation tactic.Anil Oza (STAT)
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Astronomers confirm the existence of a lone black hole
Astronomers confirm the existence of a lone black hole
A team of astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute, working with one colleague from the University of St Andrews' Center for Exoplanet Science and another from the European Southern Observatory, has confirmed the existence of a lone black…Bob Yirka (Phys.org)
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Microplastics discovered in caddisfly casings from the 1970s suggest long-term contamination
Microplastics discovered in caddisfly casings from the 1970s suggest long-term contamination
A team of biologists working at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, a research museum in the Netherlands, has found evidence of caddisfly larvae using microplastics to build their casings as far back as the 1970s.Bob Yirka (Phys.org)
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White House calls NPR and PBS a “grift,” will ask Congress to rescind funding
White House calls NPR and PBS a “grift,” will ask Congress to rescind funding
Markey: Cutting NPR and PBS “is not budget discipline, it’s cultural sabotage.”…Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)
The Supreme Court signals it might be losing patience with Trump
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Shortly after midnight early Saturday morning, the Supreme Court handed down a brief order forbidding the Trump administration from removing a group of Venezuelan immigrants from the United States without due process.
The ACLU claims “dozens or hundreds” were allegedly given an English-language document, despite the fact that many of them only speak Spanish.
The Supreme Court ruled the government must give any immigrant “notice and an opportunity to challenge their removal.”
The Court’s one-paragraph order states that “the Government is directed not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees from the United States until further order.”
Though it is just one order, Saturday’s post-midnight order suggests that the Court may no longer tolerate procedural shenanigans intended to evade meaningful judicial review.
The Supreme Court signals it might be losing patience with Trump
In an unusual overnight order, most of the justices voted to halt several illegal deportations.Ian Millhiser (Vox)
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Zelensky says Ukraine will observe Easter truce, accuses Russia of breaches
Zelensky says Ukraine will observe Putin’s Easter truce, but accuses Russia of breaches
Russian assault operations were continuing in several front-line sectors despite the Kremlin's announcement, he said. Read more at straitstimes.com.The Straits Times
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Ukraine proposes extending truce beyond Easter Sunday
Ukraine proposes extending truce beyond Easter Sunday
"Thirty hours is enough for headlines, but not for real confidence-building measures," President Volodymyr Zelensky said. "Thirty days can give peace a chance."Abbey Fenbert (The Kyiv Independent)
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Elon Musk decimated the government and saved almost nothing
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$150 billion: that’s the grand total of savings Elon Musk revealed last Thursday that he and his DOGE team are “expecting” to make after months of ruthless and often mindless cuts.
To call this a monumentally unimpressive number doesn’t do it justice. Musk’s “savings” here — which are already error-ridden and inflated in the first place, created by totaling up spending that never actually existed or that was, alternately, either already cut or never actually was — represent just 15% of the trillion dollars he originally promised he would slash.
In fact, government spending so far under Donald Trump has actually gone up compared to the last two years under Joe Biden.
“Musk will have effectively crippled the modern American state and ripped vital services away from ordinary Americans in order to pay for more waste at the Pentagon.”
Elon Musk Decimated the Government and Saved Almost Nothing
Elon Musk’s cuts may have “saved” the public less than half a percent of the national debt, but they are already making Americans poorer and sicker and forcing them to spend hours waiting on phone help lines.jacobin.com
US philanthropists warn against capitulating to Trump: ‘We need to step up’
Foundation leaders say charitable organisations could be next in the firing line – but must ‘stand together’ to resist
John Palfrey will not be obeying in advance.
At a moment when leaders of tech companies, law firms, media corporations and academic institutions have bent the knee to Donald Trump, the president of the John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation insists that charitable organisations choose resistance over capitulation.
“We have an opportunity to unite and advance,” Palfrey said last week. “There’s a chance here for us to stand together on a series of very important bedrock principles, and do so with linked arms, and do so in such a way that allows us to serve every community in America in a way that will ensure a strong republic for years to come.”
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Zelenskyy says Russia still firing on Ukraine despite ‘Easter truce’
Kremlin proclaimed a temporary ceasefire, but Russian artillery fire is continuing, according to Ukrainian president
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Russian artillery fire is continuing in Ukraine despite the Kremlin’s proclamation of an Easter ceasefire.
“As of now, according to the commander-in-chief reports, Russian assault operations continue on several frontline sectors, and Russian artillery fire has not subsided,” the Ukrainian president posted on X. “Therefore, there is no trust in words coming from Moscow.”
He recalled that Russia had last month rejected a US-proposed full 30-day ceasefire and said that if Moscow agreed to “truly engage in a format of full and unconditional silence, Ukraine will act accordingly – mirroring Russia’s actions”.
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Every single time Russia has announced a ceasefire since it became a nation in the 90s, that’s been so they can move their troops into better positions unhindered. Often it has been followed by a brutal attack that cares nothing about civilian or Russian casualties.
I’m sure Ukraine knows this already.
More than 400 anti-Trump rallies planned in another wave of US protests
Organizers have called for 11 million people across country to participate this weekend in effort to ‘protect democracy’
The US will witness its second wave of protests in a fortnight on Saturday as organizers seek to turn discontent with Donald Trump’s presidency into a mass movement that will eventually translate into action at the ballot box.
More than 400 rallies are anticipated across the nation loosely organized by the group 50501, which stands for 50 protests in 50 states, one movement.
It is the fourth protest event to be staged by the group since Trump was inaugurated on 20 January. Previous events included a “No Kings Day” on President’s Day, 17 February, a theme adopted before Trump referred to himself as a king in a social media post days later.
Protesters fill the streets in cities across the US to denounce Trump agenda
Organizers call for 11 million people to march and rally in this weekend’s effort to ‘protect democracy’Robert Tait (The Guardian)
Scores killed in US strikes on Yemen fuel port of Ras Isa, Houthi officials say
Scores killed in US strikes on Yemen fuel port of Ras Isa, Houthi officials say
Death toll reportedly hits 80 with 150 wounded in deadliest attack since Washington launched its campaignPeter Beaumont (The Guardian)
China Calls Bluff on 245% US Tariff: 'Meaningless'
China Calls Bluff on 245% US Tariff: 'Meaningless'
Beijing has threatened countermeasures if Washington continues to violate its "rights and interests."Micah McCartney (Newsweek)
Earthquake of magnitude 5.8 strikes Afghanistan-Tajikistan border, GFZ says
Brand-new colour created by tricking human eyes with laser
Brand-new colour created by tricking human eyes with laser
The ‘off-the-charts saturated’ greenish hue — called olo — has been seen by only five study participants.Gibney, Elizabeth
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The article is paywalled, but from the part I could read, it sounds like they're just making hyperbolic colors, which is a pretty well known phenomenon which you can experience at home: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossib…
They've done it using a new technique which is cool, but seeing super saturated hyperbolic colors is not a new thing.
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'Open Enemy of the Constitution': JD Vance Ripped for Defending End of Due Process
'Open Enemy of the Constitution': JD Vance Ripped for Defending End of Due Process
"In Vance's America, the police can knock on any immigrant's door, deport him to a dictatorship without due process, and then wash their hands of his fate," said Rep. Ro Khanna.jake-johnson (Common Dreams)
To shreds you say?
And how's the Kamala administration? Did she won the elections?
Hmm. To shreds you say?
Could it be that she didn’t “won” any elections because of the 91 million people who decided that staying home and doing nothing was a brilliant way to influence change?
Naaaaah.
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