Researchers have discovered a mathematical relationship that sheds new light on the rate at which cancer cells mutate and why some survive and rapidly multiply, yet others do not.
Source: Mathematical Relationship Sheds Light on the Rate at Which Cancer Cells Mutate
As the Arctic warms, it’s predicted to get wetter. But why? A new study looks to history for answers, examining what happened in the region during a period of warming some 8,000 years ago. The research finds evidence that in this ancient time, western Greenland became more humid, a trend often linked to increased precipitation. The study further shows that two different climactic processes may have contributed to this elevated humidity.
Source: Why a warmer world may equal a wetter Arctic — ScienceDaily
After winning a double-digit victory in Brazil’s presidential election on October 28, the far-right Jair Bolsonaro received a phone call from an ardent supporter: President Donald Trump. On Twitter, Trump posted, “Had a very good conversation with the newly elected President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, who won his race by a substantial margin.
The president and his three eldest children, the suit claims, have operated “with a singular goal: to enrich themselves by systemically defrauding economically marginalized people looking to invest in their educations, start their own businesses, and pursue the American dream.”
The terms he has used to describe the impending Trump presidency are pretty much the same ones his State Department used to condone Brazil’s putsch.
Source: How Obama’s Normalization of the Brazil Coup Prefigured Trumpism | The Nation
Our ‘democratic market neo-communism’ needs fodder on the issue of ‘degrowth’: a useful ‘dialectical’ survey…
Two Manifestos….Democratic Market Neo-communism
I reject GDP as an objective in the existing economy, so it would make little sense for me to focus on GDP as the objective of a degrowth economy.
Although neither a theist or atheist we can adopt the atheist pose for once to suggest that being secular should be a big relief after all the threats of hell. What could be more terrifying than xtianity?…
There is no reason an ‘atheist’ view can’t see value and direction in the cosmos..
Readers who like essays may be in for a treat. Ken Francis, often hat-tipped here, and psychiatrist Theodore Dalrymple have written a book as a series of essays, The Terror of Existence: From Ecclesiastes to Theatre of the Absurd:The cultural death of God has created a conundrum for intellectuals.
Beyond the marxist monopoly of the communist idea…
October 22nd, 2017 • Continue reading Need for a neo-marxist upgrade
Help wanted: atheist design arguments…
February 8th, 2018 • Continue reading Design arguments and atheism
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