A new study reveals that distal gene regulation via DNA looping evolved 150 million years earlier than previously believed. Using 3D genome mapping, researchers found this complex mechanism first emerged in comb jellies and other early animals.
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Berkeley philosopher challenges traditional views of love
“What if consciousness, like love, is the work of making relationships?” Alva Noë, chair of the philosophy department at the University of California, Berkeley, proposed at Stanford’s annual Presidential Lecture in the Humanities and Arts on Wednesday.
“Love names the work of opening up the world, the very labor of consciousness,” Noë said.
His talk at the Stanford Humanities Center went on to challenge philosophy’s traditional distinction between value and fact where it delimits questions about love and human perception, respectively.
Strange ‘Terrell-Penrose Effect’ Observed in Lab For the First Time, in New Confirmation of Einstein’s Special Relativity
For the first time, physicists have demonstrated a phenomenon known as the Terrell-Penrose effect, which causes an object moving close to the speed of light to warp before our eyes.
The new findings, a collaboration between TU Wien and the University of Vienna, once again confirm a key prediction of Einstein’s theory of relativity by making an optical illusion of relativistic motion observable for the first time.
SSRI Exposure in the Womb May Rewire Brain Circuits
New research suggests that prenatal exposure to SSRIs may alter brain development in ways that increase the risk of depression and anxiety later in life.
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