Imagine the human genome as a string stretching out for the length of a football field, with all the genes that encode proteins clustered at the end near your feet. Take two big steps forward; all the protein information is now behind you. The human genome has three billion base pairs in its DNA, but… Continue reading The Complex Truth About ‘Junk DNA’
The Informal Carers Who Help People with MS Need Support More Than Ever
Receiving a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) is a life-changing experience, not just for the person with MS but also for their carer and wider network of family, friends, or colleagues. This chronic, progressive disease of the central nervous system is usually diagnosed before the age of 40 and presents with symptoms such as decreased… Continue reading The Informal Carers Who Help People with MS Need Support More Than Ever
The Liturgical Year Sorts Out All Your Worries
I always say to beware of those “The One Thing You Need To Know” about most things, but particularly when it comes to Christianity. A religion of paradoxes (three Persons in one God, the last shall be first, lose your life to find it, and so on) can hardly be amenable to tidy meme-ification. And… Continue reading The Liturgical Year Sorts Out All Your Worries
“Ethical Failures”: Tesla Dropped From Sustainability ETF Due To Environmental, Labor Concerns
Australian fund manager BetaShares has officially dropped Tesla from its sustainability exchange-traded fund. Chief Investment Officer Louis Crous said the company – which normally would be a mainstay in most “sustainability” funds – was dropped because of “ethical failures” on the part of Tesla, according to Business Insider. “Tesla is still definitely a carbon leader…but it… Continue reading “Ethical Failures”: Tesla Dropped From Sustainability ETF Due To Environmental, Labor Concerns
Why Technical Analysis Is So Important To Day Traders
Technical analysis is a key component of the stock market on a number of scales. Traders can use it to pick good stocks to trade and to predict and forecast future stock prices. It can also be used to identify entry and exit points which enables good returns. In this blog post, you are… Continue reading Why Technical Analysis Is So Important To Day Traders
Confessing to a Cat? Satanic Panic? Bodily Mortification? Baptismal Tea? & More Weird Questions
Podcast: Download MYS134: Merry Christmas! Jimmy Akin is answering more weird questions, including whether an insane person confessing sins to a cat could result in forgiveness; whether one could baptize with tea in emergency; and whether some bodily mortification is spiritually healthy. Get all new episodes automatically and for free:Subscribe using the RSS feed | Subscribe using Apple Podcasts… Continue reading Confessing to a Cat? Satanic Panic? Bodily Mortification? Baptismal Tea? & More Weird Questions
A Random Walk through the English Language
Here’s a game Claude Shannon, the founder of information theory, invented in 1948. He was trying to model the English language as a random process. Go to your bookshelf, pick up a random book, open it and point to a random spot on the page, and mark the first two letters you see. Say they’re… Continue reading A Random Walk through the English Language
Origin Story: How Did the Coronavirus Emerge?
President Joe Biden has called for the U.S. intelligence community to “redouble efforts to determine the origins of the COVID-19” pandemic. This mandate is based on a new U.S. intelligence report that indicated several of the lab workers at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology became sick in autumn 2019 “with symptoms consistent with both COVID-19… Continue reading Origin Story: How Did the Coronavirus Emerge?
On Praying and Fighting Against Evil
One of the most formative experiences in my own journey with the Lord was an opportunity I had to go to the Holy Land on a twenty-four-day pilgrimage for seminarians with the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre US Eastern Lieutenancy in July – August 2011. During our second tour of the city of Jerusalem… Continue reading On Praying and Fighting Against Evil
Markets Have Bought The Fed’s “Transitory” Narrative Hook, Line, & Sinker
Authored by Jesse Felder via TheFelderReport.com, April’s inflation figures came in hotter than expected and [today’s hotter than expected CPI] only adds to that trend. As a result, you might think that markets may begin to price in an inflationary consensus. You would be wrong. As Nordea’s Mikael Sarwe tweeted last week: 🇺🇸 I note… Continue reading Markets Have Bought The Fed’s “Transitory” Narrative Hook, Line, & Sinker