How Do mRNA Vaccines Work?

By: Dig  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  22 Comments  •  7 Likes  •  3 years ago

The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are mRNA vaccines. Here are a couple of videos explaining how they work and came to be. It's ingenious, as far as I'm concerned. They simply borrow the ribosomes in our cells (protein printers, essentially) and let them produce the Covid antigens for us...

Garden 2021 - Part 3

By: Dig  •  Gardening  •  42 Comments  •  9 Likes  •  3 years ago

The weather has been a mix of good and bad this month. Some days have been hot and humid, and downright nasty. Others have been pleasant and almost cool. I'm going into another hot spell at the moment. Today is forecasted to be something like 95, and because of recent rain it'll probably be as...

Runt Wren Chick

By: Dig  •  Other  •  14 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  3 years ago

Here's a video I made this weekend. A runt wren chick is left alone in the nest after its siblings fly away, but mama doesn't forget about it.

NASA is Recruiting for Yearlong Simulated Mars Mission

Via: Dig  •  News & Politics  •  2 Comments  •  3 years ago

Die Hard Trump Supporters Increasingly Demand Violence If He Isn’t Reinstated, Homeland Security Warns

Via: Dig  •  News & Politics  •  8 Comments  •  1 Like  •  3 years ago

The Racist ‘Theory’ That Inspired Murderers Is Now GOP Dogma

Via: Dig  •  Op/Ed  •  57 Comments  •  10 Likes  •  3 years ago

Garden 2021 - Part 2

By: Dig  •  Gardening  •  24 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  3 years ago

After a couple weeks of nasty July heat and humidity, this past week has been absolutely gorgeous. Another cool start to August, with highs only in the low to mid 80s. I could seriously get used to this. Unfortunately, it's supposed to be back in the 90s by next week. August 5, 2021 Overcast...

NewsTalkers Vaccine Poll

By: Dig  •  Other  •  98 Comments  •  9 Likes  •  3 years ago

Don't forget to hit the little 'vote' button after each question. The one between them can go unnoticed pretty easily when you're scrolling down the page.

Garden 2021 - Part 1 - Very Late Start

By: Dig  •  Gardening  •  46 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  3 years ago

I got off to a late start this year, but it didn't matter. I had two hard freezes in late April, which would have undone everything anyway, so I suppose that actually worked out for the best. The problem is, after the freezes the weather never returned to normal. May was every bit as wet as...

Crushing climate impacts to hit sooner than feared: draft UN report

Via: Dig  •  News & Politics  •  94 Comments  •  9 Likes  •  3 years ago

“Climate change will fundamentally reshape life on Earth in the coming decades, even if humans can tame planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions,...”