Brain cells Scientists have identified a unique form of cell messaging occurring in the human brain, revealing just how much we still have to learn about its mysterious inner workings. Excitingly, the discovery hints that our brains might be even more powerful units of computation than we realized. Back in 2020, researchers from institutes in […]
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A First-of-Its-Kind Signal Was Detected in Human Brains
Brain cells Scientists have identified a unique form of cell messaging occurring in the human brain, revealing just how much we still have to learn about its mysterious inner workings. Excitingly, the discovery hints that our brains might be even more powerful units of computation than we realized. Back in 2020, researchers from institutes in […]
First-of-its-kind farmers’ market aimed at helping state’s military veterans
Connecticut farmers who are also U.S. military veterans are set to take part in the state’s first-ever veteran only farmers’ market on July 13. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, there are nearly 900 farmers in Connecticut with military experience. A new initiative is aimed at giving them a major boost. The Connecticut Resource […]
First-of-its-kind farmers’ market aimed at helping state’s military veterans
Connecticut farmers who are also U.S. military veterans are set to take part in the state’s first-ever veteran only farmers’ market on July 13. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, there are nearly 900 farmers in Connecticut with military experience. A new initiative is aimed at giving them a major boost. The Connecticut Resource […]
Has Israel followed the law in its war in Gaza? The US is due to render a first-of-its-kind verdict
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing heat over its military support for Israel’s war, the Biden administration is due to deliver a first-of-its-kind formal verdict this week on whether the airstrikes on Gaza and restrictions on delivery of aid have violated international and U.S. laws designed to spare civilians from the worst horrors of war. A decision […]
People displaced by climate crisis to testify in first-of-its-kind hearing in US
Communities under imminent threat from rising sea level, floods and other extreme weather will testify in Washington on Thursday, as the region’s foremost human rights body holds a first-of-its-kind hearing on how climate catastrophe is driving forced migration across the Americas. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will hear from people on the frontline […]
First-of-its-kind campaign fundraiser in the works with Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Biden
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s campaign is trying to organize a first-of-its-kind fundraiser that officials hope would be lucrative and headline-grabbing, but also energizing for Democratic voters who so far have not shown enthusiasm for the party’s 2024 ticket, according to four people familiar with the planning. The idea is for three Democratic presidents — […]
A First-of-Its-Kind ‘Pinpoint’ Moon Landing Could Happen This Week
Depiction of SLIM performing its lunar landing. We’re still reeling from last week’s Astrobotic failure, in which a catastrophic propellant leak rendered the Peregrine lunar lander incapable of completing its Moon landing mission. It’s not the outcome we were hoping for, but the global space community doesn’t have to wait long for another opportunity at […]
Minnesota tribe builds first-of-its-kind manufacturing facility for game-changing building material: ‘A no-brainer’
A Minnesota tribe is at the forefront of efforts to introduce a futuristic building material to the United States, with a first-of-its-kind manufacturing facility expected to be completed in April. Grist reported that the Lower Sioux, who are part of the Mdewakanton Band of Dakota, are building a 20,000-square-foot campus that will help the tribe […]