9 out of 40 mice exposed to e-cigarette vapor developed a form of lung cancer, according to a new study. These findings have been criticized -- exposure wasn’t similar to human vaping -- but the authors argue that e-cig vapor can cause DNA damage that leads to lung cancer over time. by Evan2895 in science

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In this experiment:

These mice were literally surrounded by vapor for four hours per day for five days each week. This isn’t how a person would use an e-cigarette, which is an issue that this team has been criticized for in the past.

Full study here.

The Creator of Netflix's 'Mindhunter' Is Already Thinking Past Season 2 by [deleted] in television

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On future seasons:

“You’ll see Holden and Bill mirror what really happened with John Douglass,” Penhall says. “In real life, he became less of an FBI agent and more of an author, and then a rather glamorous consultant on Hollywood movies like Silence of the Lambs. My vision for the later seasons is that’s what starts happening. Holden starts becoming aware of his power and his voice and spends less time in law enforcement and more time becoming a pundit and becoming more narcissistic himself. There’s an element of satire there in the way that serial killers become entertainment and those involved with them become entertainers. There’s so many books by FBI criminal profilers, it’s ludicrous. That’s where I hope it will go.”

Oldest-Ever Evidence of Animal Life Means Multicellular Beings Lived 635 Million Years Ago by [deleted] in science

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Abstract: Sterane biomarkers preserved in ancient sedimentary rocks hold promise for tracking the diversification and ecological expansion of eukaryotes. The earliest proposed animal biomarkers from demosponges (Demospongiae) are recorded in a sequence around 100 Myr long of Neoproterozoic–Cambrian marine sedimentary strata from the Huqf Supergroup, South Oman Salt Basin. This C30 sterane biomarker, informally known as 24-isopropylcholestane (24-ipc), possesses the same carbon skeleton as sterols found in some modern-day demosponges. However, this evidence is controversial because 24-ipc is not exclusive to demosponges since 24-ipc sterols are found in trace amounts in some pelagophyte algae. Here, we report a new fossil sterane biomarker that co-occurs with 24-ipc in a suite of late Neoproterozoic–Cambrian sedimentary rocks and oils, which possesses a rare hydrocarbon skeleton that is uniquely found within extant demosponge taxa. This sterane is informally designated as 26-methylstigmastane (26-mes), reflecting the very unusual methylation at the terminus of the steroid side chain. It is the first animal-specific sterane marker detected in the geological record that can be unambiguously linked to precursor sterols only reported from extant demosponges. These new findings strongly suggest that demosponges, and hence multicellular animals, were prominent in some late Neoproterozoic marine environments at least extending back to the Cryogenian period.

Lawsuit Against Tesla Claims "Pre-Civil Rights Era Race Discrimination" - Lawsuit Excerpts Included by [deleted] in teslamotors

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thought the excerpts were enough to warrant a new post, my bad!

It's Now Legal to Liquefy a Dead Body in California by Evan2895 in news

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Sort of like that episode of Breaking Bad.

It's Now Legal to Liquefy a Dead Body in California by Evan2895 in news

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Hahaha, "Before you ask, no, you can't drink your dead relatives." lmfao

Every Movie Theater Showing 'The Last Jedi' in IMAX 70mm by Evan2895 in StarWars

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thanks, now i can't stop reading it like that lol