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Humans may not have survived without Neanderthals
"Perhaps getting Neanderthal DNA was part of the success because it gave us better adaptive capabilities outside of Africa," said Prof Stringer. "We had evolved in Africa, whereas the Neanderthals had evolved outside of Africa."
"By interbreeding with the Neanderthals we got a quick fix to our immune systems."
We could also say that by interbreeding with Homo sapiens we were all better able to survive the environmental challenges of the time. Try saying that by the Europeans interbreeding with people of Asian or African descent we helped them survive. Surely they are ALL our grandparents and great grandparents! This reeks of racism.
Humans may not have survived without Neanderthals
A new DNA analysis has shown that the arrival of modern humans from Africa was far from smooth.Pallab Ghosh (BBC News)
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Public Domain Day is almost upon us! Some highlights:
More Mickey Mouse, including his first speaking appearance.
The Skeleton Dance is finally legal to use for whatever you want!
The Black Watch, which is John Ford's first talkie.
Dynamite, which is Cecil B. DeMille's first talkie.
Popeye the Sailor (with caveats)
Tintin
Buck Rogers (fully free and clear despite previous assertions)
Rhapsody in Blue recorded by Gershwin himself
More goodies and info at:
web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdoโฆ
Public Domain Day 2025 | Duke University School of Law
Tweet January 1, 2025 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1929 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1924! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle Directors, Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain CC BY 4.web.law.duke.edu
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Another resource to share: free and high-quality art for life sciences bioart.niaid.nih.gov/
Good quality drawings and schematics are very important to convey your science to others, although sometimes we scientists don't have time to make these, or cannot pay for tools like biorender. I really appreciate this initiative from NIH
Sols 4396-4397: Roving in a Martian Wonderland - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday, Dec. 16, 2024 Over the weekend Curiosity continued her trek around the northern end of Texoli butte, taking in the beautiful views in all directions.science.nasa.gov
2024 in Review: Highlights from NASA in Silicon Valleyย - NASA
2024 intro: As NASAโs Ames Research Center in Californiaโs Silicon Valley enters its 85th year since its founding, join us as we take a look back at some ofAbby Tabor (NASA)
NASA Participates in Microgravity Science Summit - NASA
NASA leadership participated in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policyโs Microgravity Science Summit (OSTP) on Dec.16 focused on sharingRoger Weiss (NASA)
X/Twitter getting left further behind by everyone else: Bluesky, Mastodon and Threads.
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Our mission is to liberate people's networks from their platforms, enablingย The Last Network Effectย and leveling the playing field across the open social web.A New Social
My one grandmother had stacks of this stuff! Including the flour sacks with patterns for making children's toys!
Fashion History: Feed Sack Fashion
Because we're talking about history here, all sewing history moment blog posts will be written based on research from scholarly sources, such as peer-reviewed articles, books, journals, etc. I will always list the sources I used in a bibliography at the bottom of the post, in case you want to do some further reading!
Without further ado, our first sewing history moment will be focusing on an innovative and resourceful way in which 20th-century North American women outfitted their families- sewing garments out of flour and feed sacks...
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A fascinating example that bucks the usual trend that once something becomes affordable, it is no longer deemed desirable.
For example, gelatin molds were considered high cuisine when only the moneyed class could afford it. After Jell-O made it affordable to everyone, it transitioned from high cuisine to dated kitch.
But here? Feed sack fashion culturally transitioned the other way - from an embarrassing necessity to try and hide to becoming a sign of resourcefulness.
This shows that it's possible to make a philosophy of "nothing goes to waste" culturally fashionable. And if something is fashionable, manufacturers may cater to that demand.
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Finally! The Hydroxychloroquine study by Gautret et al. has been retracted. I wrote a critical post about it in March 2020, days after it came out. scienceintegritydigest.com/2020/03/24/t...
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Thoughts on the Gautret et al. paper about Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin treatment of COVID-19 infections
There has been a lot of excitement โ and even a presidential tweet about a recent paper from the lab of Didier Raoult, an infectious disease specialist in Marseille, France. But although thisโฆScience Integrity Digest
Cutting-Edge Satellite Tracks Lake Water Levels in Ohio River Basin - NASA
Data from the U.S.-European Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission gives researchers a detailed look at lakes and reservoirs in a U.S. watershed.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
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Replies are too noisy and toxic with my follower count here with all the reply-bros being annoying.
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NASA Sets Coverage for Roscosmos Spacewalk 63 Outside Space Station - NASA
NASA will provide live coverage as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station on Thursday, Dec. 19.NASA
Nexus Mods new cross-platform app v0.7.1 released finally supporting upgrades - better modding for Linux / Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/nexuโฆ
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Nexus Mods new cross-platform app v0.7.1 released finally supporting upgrades - better modding for Linux / Steam Deck
This is a big one! The new and still in development cross-platform Nexus Mods app that has Linux support just released version 0.7.1 and you no longer have to remove everything to update.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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Media Invited to Speak to NASA Ames Experts โ Celebrating 85 Years - NASA
NASAโs Ames Research Center in Californiaโs Silicon Valley, is celebrating 85 years of cutting-edge research and development in space, life sciences,Rachel Hoover (NASA)
Artemis II Core Stage Moves to High Bay 2 - NASA
In this image from Dec. 11, 2024, the 212-foot-tall SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is lowered into High Bay 2 at the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASAโsNASA
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Very Cold Detectors Reveal the Very Hot Universe and Kick Off a New Era in X-ray Astronomy - NASA Science
X-rays are radiated by matter hotter than one million Kelvin, and high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy can tell us about the composition of the matter and how fast and in what direction it is moving.science.nasa.gov
Orion Spacecraft Tested in Ohio After Artemis I Mission
The Artemis I Orion crew module, now known as the Orion Environmental Test Article, finished testing crucial to Artemis II at NASAโs Neil Armstrong Test Facility.Kelly M. Matter (NASA)
NASA Missions Spot Cosmic 'Wreath' Displaying Stellar Circle of Life - NASA
Since antiquity, wreaths have symbolized the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. It is fitting then that one of the best places for astronomers to learn more about the stellar lifecycle resembles a giant holiday wreath itself.NASA
APOD: 2024 December 17 โ Near to the Heart Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Fedora Asahi Remix 41 brings AAA gaming to Apple Silicon with Linux gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/fedoโฆ
Fedora Asahi Remix 41 brings AAA gaming to Apple Silicon with Linux
Fedora Asahi Remix 41 is out now bringing the most polished version of Linux for Apple Silicon Macs, along with support for AAA gaming.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Jovian Vortex Hunters Spun Up Over New Paper - NASA Science
Jumping Jupiter! The results are in, storm chasers! Thanks to your help over the last two years the Jovian Vortex Hunter project has published a catalog of 7222 vortices, which you can download here.science.nasa.gov
The Steam Deck Stars Bundle on Steam has some top Deck Verified games for cheap gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/the-โฆ
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The Steam Deck Stars Bundle on Steam has some top Deck Verified games for cheap
Here's your chance to get four absolutely brilliant games that are all Steam Deck Verified, have Native Linux support and at a discount too.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Crescent County is an open-world "witch-tech" delivery life-sim where you travel around on a motorised broom gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/cresโฆ
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Crescent County is an open-world "witch-tech" delivery life-sim where you travel around on a motorised broom
Witch-tech? That's a new one. Crescent County has a really fun idea and some lovely visuals too. It's a delivery life-sim where you move to a witch-tech island and explore its painterly open world on the back of your scrappy, souped-up motorbroom.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Tempest Rising looks awesome and this RTS is launching in April 2025 gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/tempโฆ
#TempestRising #RTS #Gaming #LinuxGaming #PCGaming
Tempest Rising looks awesome and this RTS is launching in April 2025
I quite enjoyed the first initial demo of Tempest Rising, a classic RTS like Westwood used to make (Red Alert, Command & Conquer) only a lot shinier and now it has a release date along with a new trailer.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#Mastodon propone un nuevo estรกndar de atribuciรณn
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Mastodon propone un nuevo estรกndar de atribuciรณn - ENTRE DRAGONES Y PINGรINOS
fediverse:creator se postula para enlazar a los autores junto a la fuente al compartir contenido en el Fediverso...ENTRE DRAGONES Y PINGรINOS
Transforming Space Exploration: NASA and Northrop Grumman's Digital Engineering Collaboration - NASA
NASAโs Digital Engineering is paving the way for exciting new possibilities. Their latest Space Act Agreement with Northrop Grumman promises to accelerateKate Halloran (NASA)
NASA Stennis Celebrates Key Testing, Operations Milestones in 2024 ย - NASA
NASAโs Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, celebrated propulsion testing and site operations milestones in 2024, all while inspiring theLaToya Dean (NASA)
Orion Spacecraft Tested in Ohio After Artemis I Mission
The Artemis I Orion crew module, now known as the Orion Environmental Test Article, finished testing crucial to Artemis II at NASAโs Neil Armstrong Test Facility.Kelly M. Matter (NASA)
A Game About Digging A Hole has you dig the stupidest biggest hole possible to find potential secrets gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/a-gaโฆ
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A Game About Digging A Hole has you dig the stupidest biggest hole possible to find potential secrets
A Game About Digging A Hole sounds like it might actually be somewhat amusing. As the name suggests, it's all about digging down deep where you might find some secrets.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Drill-ship survival game Volcanoids adds big mech spiders and tanks that drill up through the ground to say hi gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/drilโฆ
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Drill-ship survival game Volcanoids adds big mech spiders and tanks that drill up through the ground to say hi
I still think Volcanoids has one of the absolutely coolest ideas for a survival game, with your base being a big moving drill that burrows through the earth and it just keeps on getting better.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
On the face of it, this opportunity looks great - paid artist-in-residencies at the Max Planck institute!
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โฌ8k seems like a good fee, until you notice that it's for four months. That's a bit less than minimum wage (โฌ2080) in Germany. I don't know if that's taxable, but even if it isn't it still doesn't seem great when it seems they're looking for an artist with an established practice, to collaborate with people probably earning much more.
That said it looks fantastic compared with Goldsmiths in London - they have a similar four-month residence with no artist fee at all, apart from ยฃ250 per month to cover costs. arebyte.com/digital-art-resideโฆ
It seems researchers are provided with space in order to do their work, but artists should accept the offer of 'free space' as payment for doing the work that they do in it. I just don't understand this...
In most people's reality though, art is hard work and is generally a search for meaning rather than happiness.
Wilderness survival roguelike Wayward adds creature territories, deities, item stacking and lots more gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/wildโฆ
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Wilderness survival roguelike Wayward adds creature territories, deities, item stacking and lots more
Wayward is an Early Access wilderness survival roguelike that's highly rated by players, and it just had a massive update launch with "Runekeeper".Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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