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A groundbreaking study has found that cells outside the brain may have memory functions, challenging the long-held belief that memory is exclusive to brain cells. Researchers demonstrated that non-brain cells could learn from spaced repetition, activating a “memory gene” similar to brain cells. Research reveals that kidney and nerve tissue cells can learn and form memories in ways similar to neurons. ========================================================================== Our brains—and specifically, our brain cells—are commonly known to store memories. However, a team of scientists has discovered that cells from other parts of the body also play a role in memory, opening new pathways for understanding how...

I rate The Kid as a masterpiece of cinema. A part of protecting unborn babies is to protect and respect their mothers - even out of wedlock. What do Freepers think?

Rev. Al Sharpton plans to hold a rally in protest of President-elect Trump on inauguration day. Sharpton announced the rally on his MSNBC show, “Politics Nation with Al Sharpton,” on Tuesday. The rally and Trump’s inauguration coincide with Martin Luther King Jr. Day. “While Trump supporters will be on one side of Washington watching him take the oath of office, I will be at the nation’s capital working to keep the dream alive,” Sharpton said. “There has never been a more important time to peacefully organize and mobilize.” Sharpton emphasized that the rally will be nonviolent, “unlike the 2021 insurrection.”...

As countries around the globe prepare for a second Trump presidency, one world leader is teeing up a carefully calibrated diplomatic strategy. In South Korea, President Yoon Suk Yeol “recently began practicing golf again for the first time in eight years, in preparation for ‘golf diplomacy’ with President-elect Trump,” the presidential office told CNN on Tuesday.

San Jose State asst. volleyball coach Melissa Batie-Smoose, who coached transgender Blaire Fleming, continues to speak out about protecting women's sports. OutKick exclusively reported her suspension, which began on Nov. 2. The university sent a statement to OutKick confirming the news, but did not provide a reason. "The associate head coach of the San Jose State University women’s volleyball team is not with the team at this time, and we will not provide further information on this matter," SJSU said in a statement. The obvious reasoning is Batie-Smoose's opposition to transgender athletes competing in women's sports. San Jose State has...

hezni Carrion of La Crosse, Wis., was seven months pregnant when her 2012 Ford Taurus began having “extreme problems” that cost more than she could afford to repair. While there is a public bus system where she lives, the schedule was too limited for her needs and she didn’t feel safe on the bus, particularly with a baby on the way, Carrion said. A dealership gave her $1,500 for her broken car, which it had to tow, and she put the money toward buying a used 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe that cost $14,895. Despite this car being three years older,...

Cars once represented a pillar of the American dream — mobility and independence. But they've become something of a luxury product, and customers and auto dealers are growing frustrated. The average price for a car in the U.S. is nearly $50,000, an increase of close to 30% in the past five years, according to Kelley Blue Book. Monthly payments are also near an all-time high. A record number of owners are underwater — paying more than the vehicle is worth — according to Edmunds. Despite record profits in 2023, automakers face challenges: the need to invest billions into software and...

“We thought that, amid the hype around the US presidential elections, some alcohol manufacturers might start producing vodka with a name similar to Donald Trump’s,” the company told RBK. / Rospatent ================================================================== A St. Petersburg-based technology company, RAU IT, has filed a trademark application in Russia for a new vodka brand named “Trumpovka” in honour of re-elected US President Donald Trump. The application, submitted to Rospatent, includes a distinctive label featuring Trump’s silhouette holding an accordion. RAU IT provides digital solutions and software development for Russian giants such as Gazprom, Rosatom, and Lukoil, yet it has no background in the...

Russian staples including potatoes, bread and dairy are soaring in price thanks to Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine. Russia's soaring inflation is hitting basic supermarket staples with the price of potatoes rising a staggering 64%. The increased cost of spuds has been put down to bad weather, rising production costs, wage increases and a shortage of labour amid Russia's war in Ukraine. Rosstat figures show Russians face widespread food price rises, with reports people are even stealing butter

OLD Border Czar VS NEW Border Czar...

PORTLAND, Ore. — President-elect Donald Trump has a strategy to tackle the homeless crisis at the national level. He pitched his plan during his campaign, but the question now is: will it happen? And if it does, how will it affect communities here in the Northwest? Trump says he wants to work with states to ban urban camping wherever possible and create large "tent cities" on inexpensive land where people could access doctors and social workers. Now that he's President-elect, his plan could be put into play in a matter of months, pushing aside housing-first policies for his treatment-first model....

National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez told Fox News that morale in the border patrol and ICE has soared due to Donald Trump’s victory over VP Kamala Harris.

Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Wednesday with a sophisticated combination of missiles and drones for the first time in 73 days, authorities reported, as the Pentagon said most of the North Korean troops sent to help Moscow's war effort were fighting to drive Ukraine's army off Russian soil in the Kursk border region. -snip- The air assault came as most of the more than 10,000 North Korean troops sent by Pyongyang to help Moscow in the war were engaged in fighting in Kursk, where a Ukrainian army incursion three months ago has succeeded in holding a broad area...

A scene from “Oklahoma Crude”, 1973, starring George C. Scott and Faye Dunaway which portrays the subjects of women, men, sexuality and gender in a humorous way.

Ratcliffe participated in classified briefings that helped convince Speaker Mike Johnson to reverse his prior position and back FISA

Rubio is a narcissist. He is self serving. He seeks unlimited power for himself. He is out of touch with the people he serves. He is an obsequious panderer. I will be deeply ashamed if he is appointed to any office in the Trump administration.

A senior at Pacific Collegiate School, Zero Pabich felt horrible after the news of Donald Trump’s victory last week. So the day after the election, Pabich said they began organizing a protest to show that young people will continue fighting to protect the rights of marginalized communities.

We have received Southern papers of the following dates: Richmond, Nov. 9; Macon, (Ga.) Confederate. Nov. 8; Augusts (Ga.) Chronicle, Nov. 4; Savannah Republican, Nov. 4; Mobile Tribune, Oct. 28; Charles-Mercury, Nov. 5. These journals furnish us the following important extracts: MESSAGE OF GOV. BROWN, OF GEORGIA. The Macon (Ga.) Confederate, of Nov. 5, publishes in full the message of Gov. BROWN, which bears date Milledgeville, Nov. 3, He says: Senators and Representatives: The period of your annual meeting in General Assembly having arrived, it affords me great pleasure to welcome you to the Capital, and to assure you of...

CNN - The Justice Department has charged a man for allegedly leaking highly classified US intelligence about Israel’s plans for retaliation against Iran, according to court documents and a person familiar with the case. Asif W. Rahman was indicted last Thursday for willfully retaining and transmitting national defense information, according to court documents. He was arrested Tuesday in Cambodia and will first appear in court in Guam, though the department has asked a federal judge to move him to Virginia to stand trial. Rahman was employed by the CIA, according to a person familiar with his employment. Court documents indicate...

Consumer prices rose 0.2 percent in October and 2.6 percent over the previous 12 months as inflation slowly but surely returns to pre-pandemic norms, according to new Labor Department data released Wednesday. Economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal had expected the consumer price index (CPI) to rise 0.2 percent last month and 2.4 percent over the past year. Core CPI, which excludes more volatile food and energy prices, rose 0.3 percent last month. The shelter index accounted for more than half of then overall monthly increase, rising 0.4 percent in October, according to the Labor Department. Shelter prices were...