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Given my limited insight here and a review of your reference, you may have a plausible theory; however, you will require further support than this single reference. Indeed, it may be that we all possess this genetic potential or variation as a consequence of our primitive heritage and it's expression a matter of environmental influences. Good luck with your investigation.

I did a Google Scholar search for epigenetic changes "early life experiences" and found several articles that may interest you. Select the link, perhaps the reference you seek is there. I hope this helps.

You're quite right. My apologies to SFN and it's readers for this error. Perhaps it's my aging eyes or conscious bias towards this administration that facilitated this error. In future, I'll try to take several breaths before feverishly posting on this subject matter.

Here is another example of how the Donald has kept his promise to "drain the swap" with his nominees. According this The Washington Post article, Trump's current nominee for Labor Secretary, billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, is a registered sex offender who cut a 13 months sentencing deal in 2008 on convictions that should have brought him life imprisonment. Deplorable, despicable, and horrifying are just some of the adjectives that come mind when I think about this administration's nominees and efforts.

​Here's an interesting perspective from a co-conspirator in the Nixon era Watergate cover-up on the probable turmoil in Trump's White House. According to this The Hill article, Nixon era counsel, John Dean says "There's just never been any question in my mind about that. I've been inside a cover-up. I know how they look and feel. And every signal they're sending is: 'we're covering this thing up'," His remarks regards his view of a probable cover-up effort by the Trump administration in the wake investigations by the FBI on possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign this past election season.

I agree, it's more significant to determine causes rather than distinctions if our research goal is prevention. If prevention is our goal, I believe distinguishing factors in occurrence rates could provide clues promoting that effort.

I agree that the rate of occurrence is negligible and that it is more significant to determine why the condition even occurs. Further, I agree that their is insufficient evidence from this article to assert some male immunity as a probable cause of the distinction between males and the occurrence of this condition among females; however, this remains a notable distinction among this small group of individuals who have experienced this obscure illness. What I'm asserting is that what we might find investigating the rare condition could have larger implications worthy of our efforts. It isn't unreasonable to consider that investigating something minor could lead to a major discovery.

I would probably go with (I), keystone species, because it produces "a food resource (acorns) that impacts a large portion of the food web". I hope this helps.

I don't think Mr. Trump is capable of any independent realization because I don't believe he's that thoughtful of his ideology. I think his realization is simple, he considers himself one of the privileged few and he will do anything to protect that privilege from the poor and less privileged regardless of their suffering, race or nationality. The base of the Donald's Republican party are members of this less privileged group who are convinced that they are equally as privilege as their master because he has either allowed them to serve in his house or have given them overseer status over those of us who continue to toil in the fields. Essentially, middle-America supports Donald Trump because he says the things they believe and have convinced them that he is one of them despite his wealth.

Details matter, you're quite correct. Indeed, it was two out of 32 cases rather than millions. Although it's a rare occurrence, the higher incident of this condition among women suggests some immunity among males over females. If only for the edification of the small percentage of affected individuals, I continue to believe this suggested immunity merits further study.

Perhaps I should have said that no American who truly believes in the spirit upon which this nation was found, would deny hopeful immigrants the opportunities and successes our ancestors enjoyed.

"If nothing's faster than light, how did the dark get there first?"--Yeah, it's probably an old joke, but it gave me a chuckle today.

As I understand Sensei, the millions of people who voted for Trump endorsed his ideology whether or not that was their intent. Although you, Sensei, and I may not view immigration as quite the problem Trump portrays, he obviously perceives it as an issue that requires urgent solving. Despite this invalid perception, I believe as Sensei that there are indeed better and less costly solutions than building a stupid wall. No true American wants to deny entry to people seeking the success our ancestors sought and enjoyed after their arrival--to the chagrin of Native Americans--to these shores, but there are solutions addressing foreign desires to immigrate here that doesn't cost over a trillion dollars, which some have estimated as the cost of Trump's idiotic edits and efforts to secure our borders.

That is, of course, your opinion; however, as the SciShow video link above discusses, hypnosis has been the subject of scientific investigation. If you've selected the link and viewed the video, then you must be aware that their is some evidence in science that hypnosis may be more than just a parlor trick. Although I also do not personally consider hypnosis a science, its reported psychological and physiological effects do merit scientific investigation in my opinion.

The error was mine in referencing the article, strep is indeed bacteria. Given the pictures of the patient with his family in this article, his sex and identity was likely revealed with his permission. Although this patient's identity is irrelevant to you, this was a Washington Post article and his identity was plausibly revealed as a way to personalizing this story for a general audience rather than professionals. Indeed, the article didn't make a clear statement on rates of occurrence between men and women; however, Dr. Steensma's comments, if not hyperbole, regarding this patient being "only the second case that has ever been reported of strep traveling from a male patient's throat to his stomach" ​from a million such cases reported yearly suggests to me a rarity of this particular occurrence among men. I'm not aware of any statistical differences between men and women on this specific illness, but it's not unlikely that such statistics are kept. If there are differences, I believe it merits further investigation.

Indeed, as I am now informed by your reference, jet-injectors have been around since the 1980's. Apparently, the only the distinction between the injectors described in your reference and those in the BBC report is that this new injector uses computerized functions that, if I understand correctly, adjust for the viscosity of the inoculant--which seems closer to the StarTrek vision of the device.

How does a father go to the hospital for stomach pain, then leave without both his hands and feet? According to this Washington Post article, strep throat is how. The virus reportedly traveled from the patient's throat to his stomach where it multiplied, spread to other organs, and caused multiple organ failures. The patient's physician, Dr. Elizabeth Steensma, says "'It's estimated that there are over 1 million cases per year, and this is only the second case that has ever been reported of strep traveling from a male patient's throat to his stomach'”.​ I wonder why women are more susceptible than men? It was a fascinating story and compelling caveat for men to be more attentive to their perceived minor illnesses.

We've entered the age of the hypo-spray, which is one of several devices predicted by the writers of the StarTrek series. According to this BBC report, a medical device company (Portal Instruments) will be marketing a device that delivers subcutaneous injectables without puncturing the skin. Available in 2018, the device injects a stream of inoculants in the form of steam about half the width of a human hair. Enjoy!

Here is a PBS Space Time video that describes the nature of time crystals in more details and in simpler terms--yet the science remains significantly beyond my comprehension. Nevertheless, enjoy!

It's a fascinating potential but I'm beginning to think that this finding requires further evaluation. The problem I have with a lot of brain research is that much of what researchers believe is based on cause and effect. For example, damage to the claustrum causes a loss of awareness or conscious response; therefore, consciousness must emerge from the claustrum. That idea is imprecise because it was rendered without consideration of how our brain evolved. Suggesting that some aspect of brain structure does this or that doesn't tell why or how it arrive at that function. I think this is crucial because having this insight informs the accuracy of findings or perspective. From my perspective, the claustrum is a conduit for the collective and integrated information exchanges between major cortical and subcortical structures (e.g., cortex and thalamus). If my perspective is valid, severing the claustrum link between these structures disables the communication network that produces consciousness rather that the claustrum itself being the structure from which consciousness emerges. It's a subtle distinction based on a perspective that the functionality of recent brain structures (e.g., cortex and claustrum) serve and rely on the function of structures earlier in our brain's evolution (e.g., thalamus).

Good point. It's my understanding that steel smelts at about 1370 C and the article says temperature in the ship's coal compartment were likely burning as high as 1000 C, The article suggests temperatures in that compartment may have been sufficiently high to weaken the steel thus rendering the Titanic's hull vulnerable to ruptures caused by the iceberg collision. It's my understanding that confirmation of this possibility was recently uncovered through the shipyard photos experts examined.

What interesting fact or trivia did you learn today? For example, today I learned that a shamrock and four-leaf clover are not the same. It seems that shamrock describes a three-leaf clover and, as folklore has it, was used by St.Patrick as a religious totem. The four-leaf clover, which is not associated with St.Patrick, owes it's reputation for luck to its rarity. So, do you have something interesting to share?

This may be old news but, according to this Independent article, experts have determined that the Titanic may have sank because of an enormous coal fire that rage for more than a week in the ship's bowls before its eventual sinking April 15, 1912. That determination was based on photos taken before the Titanic's departure from the Belfast shipyard where it was built. It's alleged that an order by company officials, to not reveal the fire, cost the lives of some 1,500 passengers on that fateful day in April.

According to this DNews video, researchers at the Allen Institute for Brain Science have found evidence possibly supporting Francis Crick's view that a cluster of neurons called the claustrum are the structures in the brain that make "subjective consciousness" possible. For the moment, I am withholding my opinion until I have read their paper or have received a more thorough review of their findings. Enjoy!

During my search for Strombolite references many, interestingly, came back "Did you mean Stromatolite?" Good thing is now I know more about Strombolites than I did before this discussion. So, thank you.