24,000-year-old organisms found frozen in Siberia can still reproduce – Zoology
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the Guardian
24,000-year-old organisms found frozen in Siberia can still reproduce
Russian scientists find bdelloid rotifers deep in remote permafrost
'Miraculous' mosquito hack cuts dengue by 77%
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BBC News
'Miraculous' mosquito hack cuts dengue by 77%
Infecting the mosquitoes with a different bug slams the brakes on dengue fever, trial finds.
Evaluating necessity of Covid-19 vaccination in previously infected individuals
Conclusions Individuals who have had SARS-CoV-2 infection are unlikely to benefit from COVID-19 vaccination, and vaccines can be safely prioritized to those who have not been infected before.
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Conclusions Individuals who have had SARS-CoV-2 infection are unlikely to benefit from COVID-19 vaccination, and vaccines can be safely prioritized to those who have not been infected before.
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medRxiv
Necessity of COVID-19 vaccination in previously infected individuals
Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the necessity of COVID-19 vaccination in persons previously infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Methods Employees of the Cleveland Clinic Health System working in Ohio on Dec 16, 2020, the day COVID-19 vaccination…
Methods Employees of the Cleveland Clinic Health System working in Ohio on Dec 16, 2020, the day COVID-19 vaccination…
A technique that enables people to hear ultrasonic sources above 20kHz
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www.aalto.fi
Anyone can get super-hearing | Aalto University
New audio technique can track bats in flight and help localise sources of ultrasonic sound.
Neuroscientists have discovered a phenomenon that they can’t explain
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The Atlantic
Neuroscientists Have Discovered a Phenomenon That They Can’t Explain
“Scientists are meant to know what’s going on, but in this particular case, we are deeply confused.”
novelWriter – open-source plain text editor designed for writing novels
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GitHub - vkbo/novelWriter: novelWriter is an open source plain text editor designed for writing novels.
novelWriter is an open source plain text editor designed for writing novels. - vkbo/novelWriter
El Salvador makes Bitcoin legal tender
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Bbc
Bitcoin: El Salvador makes cryptocurrency legal tender
It is the first country in the world to make the move, following a proposal by its president.
How the 1 percent’s savings buried the middle class in debt
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The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
How the 1 Percent’s Savings Buried the Middle Class in Debt
Research suggests that when the rich bank, the rest borrow.
French set to replace English as EU’s ‘working language’
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The Independent
French set to replace English as EU’s ‘working language’
Notes, minutes, letters and meetings will be ‘French-first’ when France takes over European Council’s presidency
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ProPublica Report Reveals How Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Other Billionaires Legally Avoid Taxes
For example, Tesla founder Musk, who is the second richest person in the world, paid no federal income taxes in 2018, according to ProPublica. The same went for Amazon founder Bezos in 2007. Bezos is the world’s richest person.
ProPublica reports that the wealthiest people avoid paying taxes using legal means that the average American doesn’t have access to. Because the government taxes income, those living on an income pay the most tax. But if you are a billionaire stashing your wealth in assets not defined as taxable income (like stocks), the majority of your wealth stream isn’t subject to income tax.
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For example, Tesla founder Musk, who is the second richest person in the world, paid no federal income taxes in 2018, according to ProPublica. The same went for Amazon founder Bezos in 2007. Bezos is the world’s richest person.
ProPublica reports that the wealthiest people avoid paying taxes using legal means that the average American doesn’t have access to. Because the government taxes income, those living on an income pay the most tax. But if you are a billionaire stashing your wealth in assets not defined as taxable income (like stocks), the majority of your wealth stream isn’t subject to income tax.
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ProPublica Report Reveals How Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Other Billionaires Legally Avoid Taxes | Snopes.com
It's called "income tax" for a reason.
Scientists have created a 3D map of a part of the human brain
Researchers from Harvard and Google Research have released the resulting dataset for free access. It is currently the most detailed map of connections in the human brain. It covers 50 thousand neurons and 130 million connections called synapses, as well as subcellular structures, and occupies 1.4 thousand terabytes of memory. All this fits into about one cubic millimeter of brain tissue.
The map has already revealed new information about how our brain works. However, the resulting map is so large that scientists themselves have not yet been able to fully study it.
Researchers from Harvard and Google Research have released the resulting dataset for free access. It is currently the most detailed map of connections in the human brain. It covers 50 thousand neurons and 130 million connections called synapses, as well as subcellular structures, and occupies 1.4 thousand terabytes of memory. All this fits into about one cubic millimeter of brain tissue.
The map has already revealed new information about how our brain works. However, the resulting map is so large that scientists themselves have not yet been able to fully study it.
Google and Harvard Unveil the Largest High-Resolution Map of the Brain Yet
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Google and Harvard Unveil the Largest High-Resolution Map of the Brain Yet
Last Tuesday, teams from Google and Harvard published an intricate map of every cell and connection in a cubic millimeter of the human brain.