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Imaging metabolism in action

Physics World

As scientists, one of the most frustrating things we can be told is “nice idea, but the technology to achieve it doesn’t exist yet”. One such nice idea would be to use mass spectrometry to “see” metabolism – the chemical processes that underpin life itself – as they take place, to help our understanding of diseases.

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Little Evidence That Hate Speech Causes Real World Harm

Environmental Progress

A review of the literature by John Morrison Download report as a PDF Advocates of hate speech laws believe that because speech is a precursor to action, this in itself is proof of the relationship of cause and effect between hate speech and violence. Many examples can be given as evidence for this assertion.

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Research briefing: why are reports of hate crime surging during the Israel-Hamas conflict?

Environmental Progress

The history of linking media and words to real-world violence Trevor Burrus writing for CATO points out that America has a history of demonizing content, from dime novels and penny dreadfuls to movies, radio drama, comic books, television, and video games (and now social media). They have found a new subject for attack. Shooting and gangsters next.