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[https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/06/initially-i-thought-it-was-a-scam-can-collagen-really-turn-back-the-clock by David Cox 6/11/22 The Guardian] | [https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/06/initially-i-thought-it-was-a-scam-can-collagen-really-turn-back-the-clock by David Cox 6/11/22 The Guardian] | ||
Most collagen proteins consist of long, spindly, flimsy-looking structures called fibrils, which provide it with the strength needed to anchor cells to one another and glue our bones, cartilage and tendons together and yet the flexibility to still allow for movement and agility. | Most collagen proteins consist of long, spindly, flimsy-looking structures called fibrils, which provide it with the strength needed to anchor cells to one another and glue our bones, cartilage and tendons together and yet the flexibility to still allow for movement and agility. | ||
[[Health Care-Aging]] | |||
===== Embrace what may be the most important green technology ever. It could save us all ===== | ===== Embrace what may be the most important green technology ever. It could save us all ===== | ||
[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/24/green-technology-precision-fermentation-farming by George Monbiot 24/11/22 The Guardian] | [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/24/green-technology-precision-fermentation-farming by George Monbiot 24/11/22 The Guardian] | ||
Precision fermentation is a refined form of brewing, a means of multiplying microbes to create specific products. It has been used for many years to produce drugs and food additives. But now, in several labs and a few factories, scientists are developing what could be a new generation of staple foods. | Precision fermentation is a refined form of brewing, a means of multiplying microbes to create specific products. It has been used for many years to produce drugs and food additives. But now, in several labs and a few factories, scientists are developing what could be a new generation of staple foods. | ||
[[Environment-Climate Change]] | |||
===== State of Black America ===== | ===== State of Black America ===== | ||
[https://nul.org/state-of-black-america by National Urban League] | [https://nul.org/state-of-black-america by National Urban League] | ||
In the 48th edition of the report, we’ve decided to reflect on a landmark piece of legislation that transformed everyday life in America and gave us a reason to create this report: the Civil Rights Act of 1964. | In the 48th edition of the report, we’ve decided to reflect on a landmark piece of legislation that transformed everyday life in America and gave us a reason to create this report: the Civil Rights Act of 1964. | ||
[[Government-Congressional Branch]] | |||
===== Spear tips found in Idaho may be the oldest stone tools in America ===== | ===== Spear tips found in Idaho may be the oldest stone tools in America ===== | ||
[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/12/27/2143592/-Spear-tips-found-at-Nez-Perce-village-site-are-the-oldest-known-stone-tools-in-the-Americas by skralyx 27/12/22 DAILY KOS] | [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/12/27/2143592/-Spear-tips-found-at-Nez-Perce-village-site-are-the-oldest-known-stone-tools-in-the-Americas by skralyx 27/12/22 DAILY KOS] | ||
The earliest coherent story of this kind that we know of has been taking shape over the last couple of decades or so at a site in western Idaho called Nipéhe (Cooper's Ferry), and it’s finally been solidified by more-convincing dating. We learn from this dating that a group of migrants arrived about 16,000 years ago, prior to the opening of any ice-free corridor. They must have come down the coast, on the water for at least some of the trip, around the glaciers, then taken a left turn at the Columbia River, and come inland. | The earliest coherent story of this kind that we know of has been taking shape over the last couple of decades or so at a site in western Idaho called Nipéhe (Cooper's Ferry), and it’s finally been solidified by more-convincing dating. We learn from this dating that a group of migrants arrived about 16,000 years ago, prior to the opening of any ice-free corridor. They must have come down the coast, on the water for at least some of the trip, around the glaciers, then taken a left turn at the Columbia River, and come inland. | ||
[[Education-Science]] | |||
===== Beavers are moving into the warming Arctic. It could be a threat like 'wildfire.'= ===== | ===== Beavers are moving into the warming Arctic. It could be a threat like 'wildfire.'= ===== | ||
[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/12/10/arctic-beavers-impact-climate-change/10819428002/ by Sharon Levy 10/12/22 USA TODAY] | [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/12/10/arctic-beavers-impact-climate-change/10819428002/ by Sharon Levy 10/12/22 USA TODAY] | ||
Researchers have observed that the dams beavers build accelerate changes already in play due to a warming climate. Indigenous people are worried the dams could pose a threat to the migrations of fish species they depend on. | Researchers have observed that the dams beavers build accelerate changes already in play due to a warming climate. Indigenous people are worried the dams could pose a threat to the migrations of fish species they depend on. | ||
[[Environment-Climate Change]] | |||
===== US scientists reach long-awaited nuclear fusion breakthrough, source says ===== | ===== US scientists reach long-awaited nuclear fusion breakthrough, source says ===== | ||
