Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 10/09/2024 - 3:00am
When Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun discovered a new molecule they called microRNA in the 1980s, it was a fascinating diversion from what for decades had been called the central dogma of molecular biology.
Recognized with the 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, Ambros and Ruvkun had identified a new kind of genetic material that transformed how researchers understood gene regulation.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 10/09/2024 - 1:00am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Dozens of South Korean adoptees, many in tears, have responded to an investigation led by The Associated Press and documented by Frontline (PBS) last week on Korean adoptions. The investigation reported dubious child-gathering practices and fraudulent paperwork involving South Korea’s foreign adoption program, which peaked in the 1970s and `80s amid huge Western demands for babies.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 10/02/2024 - 7:00am
Pricking his finger with a small needle, Anthony Warrior squeezed a drop of blood onto the test strip. As he saw the number illuminate, the then-40-year-old Absentee Shawnee citizen and Muskogee descendant knew his days of bad eating had caught up with him
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 10/02/2024 - 6:00am
I find no need to defend my wife from J.D. Vance’s gasbaggery. She’s plenty capable of that herself. Truth be told, with an MBA, careers in network television and banking and 31 years of motherhood under her belt, Vance would be overmatched.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 10/02/2024 - 5:00am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — On a hot summer evening, Miles Villalon lined up outside the New Beverly Cinema, hours before showtime.
The 36-year-old already had tickets to the Watergate-themed double feature of 1976's “All the President’s Men” and 1999's “Dick.” But Villalon braved Los Angeles' infamous rush-hour traffic to snag front-row seats at Quentin Tarantino's historic theater.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 10/02/2024 - 4:00am
By all accounts, Milagra the "miracle" California condor shouldn’t be alive today.
But now at nearly 17 months old, she is one of three of the giant endangered birds who got to stretch their wings in the wild as part of a release this weekend near the Grand Canyon.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 09/25/2024 - 7:00am
BENNINGTON, Nebraska — The Nebraska Department of Education honored a Bennington Middle School science and social studies teacher Thursday as the 2025 Nebraska Teacher of the Year.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 09/25/2024 - 6:00am
There are some things I believe to be true, but I could never prove them in a court of law.
One of those things I believe is that many of my Republican friends and even some Republican candidates that are verbally supporting Trump, will vote for Kamala Harris once they get behind the privacy of the voting booth.