Minecraft players can now explore whole cells and their contents
Scientists have translated nanoscale experimental and computational data into precise 3D representations of bacteria, yeast and human epithelial, breast and breast cancer cells in Minecraft, a video game that allows players to explore, build and manipulate structures in three dimensions…
Heavy metal toxicity found in Chinese port poses risk to seafood safety
Heavy metals naturally occur in the Earth’s crust, but human activities can increase their concentration in the environment, including domestic sewage and waste disposal, fumes from vehicle exhausts, fertilizer runoff, mining and fuel leaks from ships. These elements, such as arsenic, lead and mercury, can be highly toxic even in small amounts and bioaccumulate persistently…
AI Is an Answer, But Not the Only Answer — Here’s Why It Can’t Replace Humans
The detriments of lacking human touch due to AI are not unique to the music industry: It’s a conversation being grappled with across business industries from retail to media. How do industries strike a balance between innovation and human replacement, and who is responsible for policing AI when it goes too far…
Trump’s executive actions curbing transgender rights focus on ‘gender ideology’
President Trump signed a series of executive actions that would limit transgender and nonbinary people’s rights by focusing on “gender ideology.” But the term is loaded, without a universal definition…Activation of the conserved Hippo kinases by inflammasome-triggered proteolytic cleavage controls programmed cell death in macrophages
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 5, February 2025. SignificanceThe Hippo pathway is highly conserved in eukaryotes from yeasts to humans. While individuals with mutations in the Hippo kinase geneMST1experience recurrent infection, little is known about the role of MST1 and its homolog MST2 in innate …‘I Am a Human Being’: Harare Husband Pleads for More Intimacy, Complains of Once-a-Year Lula Lula as Wife Alleges Abuse and Humiliation
Harare Husband Pleads for More Intimacy, Complains of Once-a-Year Lula Lula as Wife Alleges Abuse and Humiliation A Harare couple’s deeply private marital struggles have been laid bare in court after Fortunate Muchenje sought a protection order against her husband, Moses Nyakudya. The couple’s relationship has been strained by allegations of abuse and a shocking…
China says it opposes Trump’s Gaza takeover proposal, World News – AsiaOne
BEIJING — Beijing opposes US President Donald Trump’s push to transfer Palestinians out of Gaza and have the US take over the region, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday (Feb 6). China firmly supports the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people, ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a regular press briefing. Trump on Tuesday proposed
New ‘Camp Hill’ virus discovered in Alabama is relative of deadly Nipah — the 1st of its kind in the US
A new virus that is related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has been detected in shrews in the U.S. However, scientists say there is currently “no evidence” that it has infected humans and the risk of it doing so is “likely low…
Do AI Models Get Brain Fog? It’s Complicated
An Israeli study suggesting leading artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots suffer from mild cognitive decline has caused a kerfuffle in the field, as critics dismissed the conclusion as unreasonable because bots aren’t built to reason like the human brain is. Since his first term as President, Donald Trump has repeatedly bragged about how he “aced” a…