The Daily Populous

Friday March 16th, 2018 day edition

image for That Viral Story About Scott Kelly's Genes Changing in Space is Wrong

“Mark and Scott Kelly are still identical twins,” NASA Johnson Space Center News Chief Kelly O. Humphries says in an email to reporters.

What researchers did observe are changes in gene expression, which is how your body reacts to your environment.

On March 8, Business Insider published a story about preliminary findings from NASA’s ongoing Twins Study, published in a press release from January.

“Another interesting finding concerned what some call the ‘space gene,’ which was alluded to in 2017,” NASA writes.

However, the remaining 7 percent point to possible longer-term changes in genes related to his immune system, DNA repair, bone formation networks, hypoxia, and hypercapnia.”.

The next day, Newsweek published a story about the same results with the headline “NASA Twins Study Confirms Astronaut’s DNA Actually Changed in Space.”

The way Kelly’s DNA is expressed changed after he spent an extended period of time in space, but that does not mean his DNA changed. »

Judi Dench unveils private forest honoring departed loved ones

Authored by mnn.com

Dench, 83, says she started the tradition with her late husband, actor Michael Williams.

"Every time a relative or friend died we would plant a tree," she told the Telegraph.

Judi Dench: My passion for trees, 20th December BBC1 8pm, featuring me and @kungphil and our @NCEOscience @UCLgeography #lidar scans. »

Donald Trump Jr.’s wife Vanessa files for divorce

Authored by nydailynews.com

Vanessa Trump and Donald Trump Jr. attend The Breast Cancer Research Foundation 2015 Pink Carpet Party at The Waldorf-Astoria in this 2015 file photo.

“Donald Trump comes up to me with his son: ‘Hi, I’m Donald Trump.

“Donald comes back up to me again, ‘I don’t think you've met my son Donald Trump Jr.,’” Vanessa said. »

Alabama lawmaker: We shouldn't arm teachers because most are women

Authored by al.com

Alabama lawmakers need to protect "our ladies" and to do that, they should not arm teachers because most are women, argued State Rep. Harry Shiver, R-Stockton, this morning.

Most women, and women teachers in particular, "are scared of guns," and should not be expected to carry them in classrooms, he said.

"I'm not saying all (women), but in most schools, women are (the majority) of the teachers," Shiver told AL.com. "Some of them just don't want to (be trained to possess firearms). »

Reddit holds the secret to fixing Facebook

Authored by bbc.com

Reddit's system - where users upvote things they like, and downvote things they don't - is about as transparent as it gets on today's algorithm-dominated web.

You know which user posted it and when, and what the source of the information is.

You can choose to rank your own page accordingly - adding and subtracting topic pages, known as subreddits, to your pleasing. »