Nested comments all showing on one single nested level below each top-level comment (kbin.social)
These past couple of days comments on kbin.social have only had a single level of nesting, making it really had to follow the flow of comments and replies. This happens consistently and universally.
Scientists Identify New Biomarker to Monitor Depression Healing (www.theinnovativehorizon.com)
Depression is not a gentle opponent, yet, forward-thinking studies and fresh advancements in technology have shed light on the way to triumph over this disease. In a new research study, there’s some positive news for the millions grappling with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). DBS (Deep Brain Stimulation) is beginning to...
New Power Generator Produces Continuous Electricity From Natural Atmospheric Humidity (scitechdaily.com)
Scientists have created a power generator that uses atmospheric humidity and polyoxometalates to produce continuous electricity, offering a sustainable way to utilize low-value energy.
What's up with notifications? (kbin.social)
https://kbin.social/settings/notifications...
Rupert Murdoch, media mogul and force behind Fox, steps down (globalnews.ca)
Besides Fox News, Murdoch started the Fox broadcast network, the first to successfully challenge the Big Three of ABC, CBS and NBC, with shows like ``The Simpsons.''
12 pedestrians robbed overnight across Chicago's North Side; crime out of control for weeks (www.fox32chicago.com)
A dozen pedestrians were robbed, most of them at gunpoint, in less than an hour early Thursday across Chicago's North Side. Part of a nightly crime spree for the past several weeks by armed caravans.
Scientists Successfully Maneuver Robot Through Living Lung Tissue (news.unchealthcare.org)
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Some tumors are extremely small and hide deep within lung tissue, making it difficult for surgeons to reach them. To address this challenge, UNC –Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt University researchers have been working on an extremely bendy but sturdy...
WGA and Studio CEOs End Second Day Of Talks; “Progress” Made But Deal Not Done – Update (deadline.com)
How to Connect Your WordPress Blog to the Fediverse (wedistribute.org)
It's now possible for WordPress blogs to use ActivityPub to talk to the rest of the Fediverse. Here's some tips and tricks to get started.
Mastodon's latest release makes the open source Twitter alternative easier to use | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
The open source, decentralized social network Mastodon is releasing an update designed to make it easier for users to use the platform.
Consciousness theory slammed as ‘pseudoscience’ — sparking uproar (www.nature.com)
Researchers publicly call out theory that they say is not well supported by science, but that gets undue attention....
kbin.social seems to keep asking if I want to download a file when opening the page? Is this an xss? bug? what is this (kbin.social)
the filename usually has 6-9 characters of random letters
New study looks again at how alcohol influences attraction (arstechnica.com)
For a phenomenon that is so deeply engrained in the public consciousness, the scientific evidence regarding what has been called "beer goggles" is surprisingly inconsistent. The term refers to finding people more attractive after drinking alcohol, and there is a wealth of scientific evidence both for and against its existence.
Dinosaur feathers reveal traces of ancient proteins (phys.org)
Paleontologists at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland have discovered X-ray evidence of proteins in fossil feathers that sheds new light on feather evolution.
RNA for the first time recovered from an extinct species - Stockholm University (www.su.se)
RNA for the first time recovered from an extinct species A new study shows the isolation and sequencing of more than a century-old RNA molecules from a Tasmanian tiger specimen preserved at room temperature in a museum collection. This resulted in the reconstruction of skin and skeletal muscle transcriptomes from an extinct...
Fungal-Plant Symbiosis: Boosting Crop Resilience and Paving the Way for Sustainable Agriculture (scitechdaily.com)
Researchers inoculated rapeseed plants with a species of fungus that is known for its ability to combat pest insects. Utilizing the relationship between beneficial fungi and crop plants may introduce a new era of agriculture where the plant resilience is improved and the ecological footprint of trad
Urban light pollution linked to smaller eyes in birds: Study (phys.org)
The bright lights of big cities could be causing an evolutionary adaptation for smaller eyes in some birds, a new study indicates.
U.S., Texas teacher fired for showing Anne Frank graphic novel to eighth-graders (www.theguardian.com)
The school teacher was released after officials with Hamshire-Fannett independent school district said the teacher presented the “inappropriate” book to students. The graphic novel, written by Ari Folman and illustrated by David Polonsky, adapts the diary of 13-year-old Anne Frank, who wrote while hiding in an annexe in...
Netflix’s ‘Daredevil’ Showrunner Steven DeKnight Calls MCU’s ‘Born Again’ Reboot “An Old Disney Scam” (deadline.com)
Conservative advocacy group targets race-based admissions at West Point - UPI.com (www.upi.com)
Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Students for Fair Admissions, the group responsible for the U.S. Supreme Court decisions limiting affirmative action practices at universities nationwide, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.
500 server error when trying to visit external magazine (fedia.io)
I wanted to post to m/Belgium on kbin.social, so I went to:...
What determines the landing page timeline <https://fedia.io/>? (fedia.io)
It’s not subscriptions apparently because nothing I see there is from a subscribed channel....
US, China barred from UN’s 'Climate Ambition Summit' (20 September) after promises only to include the most ambitious (www.euractiv.com)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, announcing the summit in December, said he would make the summit “no nonsense” and include only leaders of countries with concrete plans to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.