News and Links Digest (publ. 2025-05-19)
Botany
Researchers astounded in new study on root adaptation to soil
New study unlocks how root cells sense and adapt to soil | ScienceDaily
More details discovered regarding plants' water and photosynthesis regulation
Growth before photosynthesis: How trees regulate their water balance | ScienceDaily
Researchers are surprised by an impressive photosynthesis design that supposedly hasn't changed for 3 billion years.
Light-to-electricity nanodevice reveals how Earth's oldest surviving cyanobacteria worked | ScienceDaily
Other biology
Fascinating lymphatic vessels
Why do lymphatic vessels form a jigsaw puzzle-like pattern? | ScienceDaily
Neurohormone forces evolutionists to connect starfish and mammels 0.5Ga ago
Biologists discover ancient neurohormone that controls appetite | ScienceDaily
Astronomy: explaining gold with magnatar explosions
The latest secular attempt to explain why there is a lot of gold in a universe that should have hardly any:
Stellar collapse and explosions distribute gold throughout the universe | ScienceDaily
Some nice photography on a gemlog:
fall | shom.dev
pond | shom.dev
singular | shom.dev
bliss | shom.dev
Nutrition or health
Arguments for breastfeeding
Breastfeeding provides health benefits to both babies and their mothers, according to new UF/IFAS guides
Consumption of ultra-processed foods by young children favors harmful bacteria in the gut, study finds
Vitamins
Vitamin D builds your bones and keeps your gut sealed, but many children are deficient
New research deepens understanding of how vitamin K affects brain health
Processed food
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly Flip-Flops On SNAP Soda Ban, Vetoes Bill
Certain food additive mixtures may be associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes
Aspartame: The artificial sweetener is calorie-free but not risk-free. A nutritionist explains
Other interesting items
American Academy of Pediatrics--Another 'Expert' Organization That Should Be Destroyed – HotAir
Okra, fenugreek extracts remove most microplastics from water | ScienceDaily
Government waste
Bondi Ending Taxpayer Funded ‘Slush Fund’ Studying ‘Toxic Masculinity’ And ‘Structural Racism’
‘You Can’t Make This Up’: Ernst Says Remote Workers Came Back Only To Protest Returning To Office
Biden’s Gaza ‘Aid’ Pier Injured 62 Americans And Killed 1, A Crumbling Monument To Wasteful Spending
DOGE Official: More Than One Million Migrants On Medicaid, Thousands On Voter Rolls
All staff at woke federal library funding agency placed on leave
House Republicans on Energy panel advance legislation with steep Medicaid cuts | Just The News
African Aid Agency Used Foreign Pass-Throughs To Hide Money That Went To D.C. Staff, Friends
Trump Defunds NPR And PBS: ‘No Media Outlet Has A Constitutional Right To Taxpayer Subsidies’
HHS to reexamine massive $89 billion contract awarded to California nonprofit: Report | Just The News
100 Days Of DOGE: Elon Musk’s Initiative Says It Cut $200 Billion. What’s Next?
REP. MCCABE: It’s time to end taxpayer funding of partisan NPR media
Injustice
The Illegal Aid Society Is Making New York Unsafe – HotAir
Insane: Hennepin County Prosecutor Mandates Race Be Considered When Prosecuting Offenders – HotAir
California Nearly Freed A Twice-Deported Illegal Alien Drunk Driver — Now Newsom Is Backtracking
This Man Was Just Arrested For Murdering A Retired Cop. Now He’s Being Hailed As A Hero.
Illegal Immigrant Teen Gets Off Easy After Killing Colorado Woman In High-Speed Crash
‘Vindictive Tyrant’: Hochul Bars Corrections Officers She Fired From Ever Working For New York Again
Censorship
Margaret Brennan Slammed Over Claim That ‘Free Speech Was Weaponized’ To Cause The Holocaust
German Prosecutors Tell ’60 Minutes’ That An Insult Is A Crime. JD Vance Blasts ‘Orwellian’ Law.
‘I Will Not Be Silenced’: Democrats Censure Maine’s Laurel Libby For Calling Out Trans Sports Policy
Justices Thomas And Alito Dissent As SCOTUS Passes On Campus Free Speech Case
Comedian Michael Rapaport Blasts Canadian Lawmaker Trying To Get Him Banned From The Country
E.U. Reportedly Considering Massive Fine For Elon Musk’s X Over ‘Disinformation’
Meta Oversight Board Fumes As Facebook Ends Censorship Initiatives