Happy #NewstodonFriday! Here’s our collection of stories featuring down-ballot voting, what happens when a far-right vision of government becomes reality in America, the marriage of religion and tech, and the all-time greatest “I voted” sticker.
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Two scientists from Massachusetts won this year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun were honored for their discovery of microRNA — research that is having profound effects on our understanding of how cells and organisms work. @[email protected] wrote about the scientists’ responses to their prize. “The surprises are what keep you young in science,” Ruvkun said. “And so I am constantly surprised. And my ignorance is bliss.”
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-10-07/pay-attention-to-revolutions-mass-scientists-win-nobel-prize-in-medicine-for-discovery-of-microrna
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Judy-Lynn del Rey edited works by Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov and Philip K. Dick, snagged the novelization rights to “Star Wars” and founded the Del Rey Books publishing imprint that breathed new life into the fantasy genre. Overlooked for years, she’s now the subject of a PBS documentary and this @[email protected] article by Dennis Wilson Wise.
https://theconversation.com/the-woman-who-revolutionized-the-fantasy-genre-is-finally-getting-her-due-240198
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The Karen people came from Myanmar to India in the 1920s, brought by the British administration to work on forest-clearing in the Andamans. They maintain their connection to their homeland via ngapi, a dried-shrimp condiment that they make from tiny acetes shrimp. Here, @[email protected] tells the story of how it’s made, the cultural significance, and why their tradition is at risk.
https://hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/the-salty-sun-dried-shrimp-paste-that-tastes-of-home/
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@[email protected] @[email protected] Honestly it’s not an achievement or a “mystery” it’s an open air graveyard dump for wealthy fools.
Our @[email protected] shared this @NewsLitProject Magazine dedicated to hurricane misinformation, which has been proliferating, with the help of Donald Trump, Elon Musk and others. Follow it in the fediverse here: @hurricane-misinformation-NewsLitProject
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Technology has transformed every facet of life — so why not religion?@[email protected] created a Flipboard Storyboard of their brilliant Digital Divinity series, which includes Hindu temples made by 3D printers, priests that dance on TikTok and more.
https://flipboard.com/@restofworld/digital-divinity-ancient-traditions-meet-modern-technology-0gmpvc702t3iqbmp
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And finally, it would frankly be remiss of us not to share this slightly older story that our @[email protected] unearthed from @[email protected]. It’s about a Michigan kid’s winning design for an “I Voted” sticker that may end up being distributed to voters throughout the state, and features a werewolf clawing off his shirt. It certainly made us howl (see what we did there?).
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/09/internet-picks-werewolf-clawing-off-its-own-shirt-as-new-michigan-i-voted-sticker/
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@[email protected] @[email protected] Was the discovery of microRNA really recent enough to get an Nobel this year? I’m a bit surprised to hear that.
@[email protected] @[email protected] Per this article
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/microrna-2023-nobel-physiology-medicine
it was discovered in 1993 and named some years later; there are now more than 1,000 microRNAs identified (so we should adjust our caption to say that the research is having profound effects on our understanding!).
According to some digging, Nobel prizes in the sciences are given to recognize discoveries that have withstood the test of time (this happened because the 1926 award was given to someone who “proved” that a parasite causes cancer).
In this interview from 2001, Ralf Pettersson, former chairman of the Nobel Prize Committee for Physiology/Medicine, said: “The criterion ‘the previous year’ is interpreted by the Nobel Assembly as the year when the full impact of the discovery has become evident.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1083830/
@[email protected] @[email protected] Thank you!
@[email protected] @[email protected] YOu’re welcome — it was a good question!