"Scientists in Shanghai say they've produced two cloned macaque monkeys by taking the DNA from the nuclei of fetal monkey cells and putting the genes into monkey eggs that had their own DNA removed." No way this could go wrong.
"In northern Alaska, the temperature at some permafrost sites has risen by more than 4 degrees Fahrenheit since the 1980s, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported in November. And in recent years, many spots have reached record temperatures." We're boned.
"'We found that you're six times more likely to have a heart attack during the week after being diagnosed with influenza, compared to the year before or after the infection,' says study author Dr. Jeff Kwong, an epidemiologist and family physician with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and Public Health Ontario in Canada." Inflammation is very bad for you.
"Ancient ice has preserved thousands of artifacts left in Norway’s highest mountain passes by hunters and travelers over the last 6,000 years. But even as rising temperatures are revealing these artifacts for the first time, the vanishing ice is putting them at risk." (Grokked from Matt Staggs)
"Experts say, when it comes to diet advice, it's misleading to say that the blueprint is our genes." I think it would be much more relevant to test your intestinal system's biome. Although there is some relevance to your ancestry and traditional foods which isn't really discussed in the article. But if the DNA test gets you to start thinking about your diet on a more conscious level, that's good.
"Alex Azar, former president of the U.S. arm of Eli Lilly & Co., was confirmed Wednesday as the secretary of health and human services." We're fucked. "The prices of Lilly's insulin drugs Humalog and Humulin, for instance, have both risen about 225 percent since 2011, according to data from the investment research firm Bernstein."
"Travel to the U.S. has been on the decline ever since President Donald Trump took office, and new data shows the slump translates to a cost of $4.6 billion in lost spending and 40,000 jobs." Ah, making America Great one bankruptcy after another. Did we mention the dollar is also down, which means we should be seeing an uptick in tourism from abroad? (Grokked from Joy Reid)
"On Wednesday, Missouri’s Solicitor General D. John Sauer declared ultrasounds are not required to obtain an abortion in Missouri, according to a press release from the Satanic Temple… The issue arose during oral arguments in the Satanic Temple’s lawsuit, which argues the State interference with the ability for its anonymous member to terminate her pregnancy violates her rights under Missouri’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act because that interference has no medical or other compelling purpose." Maybe the first crack at dispelling all this silliness of religious freedom and anti-abortion legislation. (Grokked from Cherie Priest)
"Former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele ripped evangelicals for standing by President Trump amid reports Trump had a sexual encounter with an adult film star while he was married… 'Just shut the hell up and don't ever preach to me about anything ever again,' Steele said during an MSNBC appearance on Tuesday." Munches popcorn faster. (Grokked from Xeni Jardin)
"Republican lawmakers are pushing for the House Intelligence Committee to release a memo written by the panel's chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes, that outlines purported surveillance during the transition period against President-elect Donald Trump by former President Barack Obama's administration… And Russia-linked Twitter bots have jumped on the bandwagon… The frequency with which the accounts have been promoting the hashtag has spiked by 233,000% over the past 48 hours, according to the site. The accounts' references to the 'memo,' meanwhile, have increased by 68,000%." My money is on them never being able to release the memo, because then we'd have a full discussion about it including the fact that Nunes is not a trustworthy source of information. It's politically more advantageous to have the speculation which can't be fully rebuked without releasing the memo. (Grokked from Cat Rambo)
"For decades, leading figures in the GOP went out of their way to sound a compassionate note when it came to immigration policy. In recent years that rhetoric fell out of line with where the Republican base was, giving Trump the opportunity of a lifetime in 2016." Going from dog-whistling to shouting is more like it.
Davos and the Oxfam report. "'That's a huge increase. Divided between 3.7 billion people, average net wealth for the bottom 50 percent is no longer $110 per person, as we thought last year, but rather $427 per person. That's a really big difference,' (journalist Felix Salmon) wrote in Cause and Effect… 'Let's pause for a minute, then,' he concludes, 'to celebrate the fact that the poorer half of the planet turns out to be not nearly as poor as we thought it was.'" I'm sure all those poor people agree. Or would if they weren't dying in poverty. But, granted, in some parts of the word having $400/year is substantially better than $100/year. But then, not all of that is cash.
"The 'secret society' referenced in a text message between Trump-bashing FBI lovers Peter Strzok and Lisa Page allegedly involved multiple 'high-ranking FBI officials,' a top GOP lawmaker said Wednesday." Dumbledore's Army. Remember during the election the rumors of a Pro-Trump cell in the New York FBI office?
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