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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

And clearly based on the intense response you win the controversial statement award

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Laser is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, and yet we all pronounce it “lay-Zer” not “lay-Ser”

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People really want to believe that her plan is terrible and would make regular people like them suffer more and pay more and it would destroy the middle class and aren’t we suffering enough! When it’s clearly only increased taxes for the very wealthy. It’s like their bias against democrats takes away reading comprehension.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

what book? The supreme court just ruled that presidents have immunity from criminal prosecution for anything that can be considered “official acts.” So nixon wouldn’t have to worry if he were president now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I want this poster.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What possible evidence would there be to “prove” this negative? Maybe if we happened to find the exact source animal to test? Since that is unlikely, all we have to go is the genome of the virus compared to similar viruses in the wild and similar viruses in published research. And that wouldn’t be proof enough for you.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am somehow still surprised at how many of my intelligent, educated healthcare coworkers believe in the purposeful bio weapon theory despite there being no evidence of human-made genetic manipulation. We can analyze whole genomes now, there’s no need to make shit up.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

“Gain of function” is an extremely broad category that is an absolutely necessary part of molecular biology research.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I really would have liked being a fly on the wall watching a firee console the firer.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Farmed honey bees can actually harm local pollinators through competing for resources.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

T cells.

“Most studies on COVID-19 vaccines have focused on neutralizing antibody (NAb) responses, with little emphasis on cellular immunity. However, accumulating data suggest that T cell responses play an important role in vaccine protection against severe COVID-19 disease, particularly against viral variants that partially escape from recognition by NAbs. These insights have implications for using current COVID-19 vaccines and for developing next-generation vaccines against COVID-19 and other infectious diseases”

science

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