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Recycling

Lipid-gated monovalent ion fluxes regulate endocytic traffic and support immune surveillance

Abstract Despite ongoing (macro)pinocytosis of extracellular fluid, the volume of the endocytic pathway remains unchanged. To investigate the underlying mechanism, we used high-resolution video imaging to analyze the fate of macropinosomes formed by macropha…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Big Data

Patterns, statistics, and the stars

Patterns, statistics, and the stars By Steven Vanden Broecke Science17 Jan 2020 : 255 Highlights from the history of astrology reveal the origins of our quest to find meaning in data Read More

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Slavery Abolition

Important Abraham Lincoln presentation sword to be auctioned by Central Mass Auctions

President Abraham Lincoln presented the sword to First Lieutenant John Wesley Jones (1826-1905) in 1862 for his service commanding the White House Guard. Abraham Lincoln is one of our nation's most revered presidents. Among his accomplishments were leading t…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Blockchain

Criminals laundered $2.8 billion in 2019 using crypto exchanges, finds a new analysis

Criminals appear to be laundering an increasing amount of cryptocurrency by moving it to reputable exchanges, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. The news: Chainalysis, which uses data analysis to trace cryptocurrency transactions and charac…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Global Warming

The 2010s Were the Hottest Decade–The 2020s Will Top Them

Global temperatures will continue to rise over the next decade and will reach a critical milestone in the 2030s, two of the U.S. government’s leading climate scientists said yesterday. Climate change that made the 2010s the hottest decade in recorded history…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Gundam

2020 Marks The 40th Anniversary of Gundam Gunplas

Last year saw the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Mobile Suit: Gundam series take place as the initial anime made its debut decades prior. This year however isn't just seeing some amazing Gundam related events take place, such as the launch of the Gu…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

NSA

NSA and Github ‘rickrolled’ using Windows CryptoAPI bug

On Monday this week, the big cybersecurity news was speculative. Was there a big, bad security bug in Microsoft Windows waiting to be announced the next day? On Tuesday, the big news was the announcement that everyone had been guessing about. Yes, there was a big bad bug, and it…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Christianity

NCM seeks police report on ‘love jihad’

TheNational Commission for Minorities (NCM) has asked the State police to file a detailed report about the allegation that a purported Islamist programme termed love jihad reportedly targets young Christian men and women for conversion. In a letter to the St…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

NATO

Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was True

This month marks the fiftieth anniversary of Stanley Kubricks black comedy about nuclear weapons, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Released on January 29, 1964, the film caused a good deal of controversy. Its plot suggeste…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Food Industry

Teen brains are no match for fast food TV ads

How teens’ brains respond to TV advertisements for fast food can predict what they are going to eat for dinner, according to new research. Teens who had greater responses in reward centers of the brain when viewing commercials for unhealthy foodslike cheeseb…

bubmagJanuary 16, 2020

Lipid-gated monovalent ion fluxes regulate endocytic traffic and support immune surveillance

Patterns, statistics, and the stars

Important Abraham Lincoln presentation sword to be auctioned by Central Mass Auctions

Criminals laundered $2.8 billion in 2019 using crypto exchanges, finds a new analysis

The 2010s Were the Hottest Decade–The 2020s Will Top Them

2020 Marks The 40th Anniversary of Gundam Gunplas

NSA and Github ‘rickrolled’ using Windows CryptoAPI bug

NCM seeks police report on ‘love jihad’

Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was True

Teen brains are no match for fast food TV ads

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