We think that all memory is stored in the brain. But our study published today in @NatureComms shows that all cells—even kidney cells—can count, detect patterns, store memories, and do so similarly to brain cells. My first (co)corresponding author paper!🧵https://t.co/biaahYiPRW
Genuinely surprised there’s no visible media at Hajj Kamel Jawad’s funeral in Dearborn. Jawad was a U.S. citizen, whose four children grew up in #Dearborn & are grads of UMich and Stanford. He was killed in an Israeli air strike this week visiting family in #Lebanon. He was 56
US media have been spreading fake news about alleged Russian influence on the Serbian environmental movement because we oppose a large Rio Tinto lithium mine. The Wall Street journal has just published an opinion piece on this that is just outrageous so as one of the (1/30)
Wow - The Great Lakes typically have an ice coverage of 55% during the winter months, causing at least half of their surfaces to freeze. As of yesterday, they had a combined ice cover of just 0.2%. Lake Superior 0.5%, Lake Michigan 0%, Lake Huron 0%, Lake Erie 0%, Lake Ontario 0%
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a concrete company that wanted to sue a union because a strike cost them money.
The 8-1 decision means the company, Glacier Northwest Inc., can sue the union over a strike where truck drivers left wet concrete in their trucks.
“The UAW wasn’t founded by asking for permission. The founders of this union didn’t wait for the law. They didn’t worry about the law. They wanted their dignity and they wanted their fair share, and they did what the hell they had to do to get it."
— UAW President Shawn Fain
Graduate students at Temple University have faced retaliation for going on strike and asserting the radical notion that they should make a living wage, receive decent benefits, and get dignity on the job. I stand in strong solidarity with the workers of @TUGSA_6290.