# s-pharma: the alternative pack of the Conus regius, a small marine cone snail of the Caribbean Sea

<< Conus regius, a small marine cone snail common to the Caribbean Sea, packs a venomous punch, capable of paralyzing and killing its prey >>

<< a compound isolated from snail's venom, Rg1A, acts on a pain pathway distinct from that targeted by opioid drugs >>

Stacy  W.  Kish. An  alternative  to  opioids? Compound  from marine  snail  is  potent  pain  reliever.  Feb. 20,  2017

https://scienmag.com/an-alternative-to-opioids-compound-from-marine-snail-is-potent-pain-reliever/

# s-gene: epigenetic 'cis' and 'trans' memories

<< How epigenetic memory is stored and inherited is an on-going debate (..). In so-called  ‘cis  memory’, epigenetic information is proposed to be physically stored in local chromatin states that are associated, for example, with DNA methylation or histone modifications. By contrast, in  ‘trans  memory’, epigenetic information is stored in the concentration of a diffusible factor such as a transcriptional repressor. >>

Caroline Dean. What holds epigenetic memory? Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology Volume: 18, Page: 140 Year published: (2017) DOI: doi:10.1038/nrm.2017.15 Published online 21 February 2017

http://www.nature.com/nrm/journal/v18/n3/full/nrm.2017.15.html

more:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/?term=epigenetic+memory

# art-moda: creazione collezione autunno-inverno 2017-??

<< Il 22 febbraio è iniziata la #Milano Fashion Week che andrà avanti fino al 28. In foto una modella con una creazione della collezione autunno-inverno di Moschino. Photo: REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini >>

http://m.huffpost.com/it

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/516280/slide_516280_7262050_compressed.jpg

# s-astro: NASA news on exoplanets

<< NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 22,  to present new findings on planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets >>

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-host-news-conference-on-discovery-beyond-our-solar-system

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/834062818605486084

http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

# n-soc: fake news, by slow or/and fast catalysis, everyday, everywhere, in all ages

<< The rise of fake news has dominated the world of politics (..) But fake news is not at all new in the world of science >>

<< Fake news about science has always existed >>

<< What has changed now is social media and the potential to disseminate this kind of news much faster among social networks >>

Dominique Brossard. Communications expert explains  how science should respond to  fake news.  Feb. 18,  2017.

https://scienmag.com/communications-expert-explains-how-science-should-respond-to-fake-news/

False Information Labeled “A Cancer” On Enlightened Democracy. Feb. 18,  2017

https://www.aaas.org/news/false-information-labeled-cancer-enlightened-democracy

# s-brain: reiterating perspectives: the Silhouette Illusion

<< If the foot touching the ground is perceived to be the left foot, the dancer appears to be spinning clockwise (if seen from above); >>

<< if it is taken to be the right foot, then she appears to be spinning counterclockwise >>

<< the way people perceive the Silhouette Illusion , a popular illusion that went viral and has received substantial online attention, has little to do with the viewers' personality, or whether they are left- or right-brained, despite the fact that the illusion is often used to test these attributes in popular e-quizzes >>

<< Niko Troje says that a reported preference for seeing the silhouette spinning clockwise rather than counter-clockwise is dependent upon the angle at which the viewer is seeing the image >>

<< Our visual system, if it has a choice, seems to prefer the view from above >>

New study debunks myth about popular optical illusion (Update). Dec. 21, 2010

https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2010-12-debunks-myth-popular-optical-illusion.html

Nikolaus F Troje, Matthew McAdam. The Viewing-from-Above Bias and the Silhouette Illusion. Jan. 1, 2010

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1068/i0408

also:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/?term=silhouette+illusion

# n-usa: tracing Donald #POTUS: a new US triptych (?)

summary:

(1): accelerating the rise of (AI)  bots in the US

(2): pay attention to (Jay)walk; It could effectively be very dangerous ...

(3): gifts for  US Democrats

more (a): Chen' triptych, the first

2150 - il soffio di Chen. Jan 05, 2008.

http://inkpi.blogspot.it/2008/01/2150-il-soffio-di-chen.html

more (b): 'Donald' in:
http://flashontrack.blogspot.it/

(1) << If President  Trump  really does push companies  to base  more of their production  in the US then those  that specialise in  robotics  and  automation  will probably  be  the  winners >>

Paul Diggle. Why  Donald Trump is inadvertently going to accelerate  the rise of robots. Jan. 25, 2017.

http://www.businessinsider.com/hard-to-trump-robotics-2017-1

(2) << “Donald Trump has effectively created a way to deport individuals who have been accused, charged or convicted of anything from murder to jaywalking,” said Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles >>

Janell Ross, Aaron C. Davis & Joel Achenbach. Immigrant community on high alert, fearing Trump’s ‘deportation force’.  Feb. 11, 2017

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/immigrant-community-on-high-alert-fearing-trumps-deportation-force/2017/02/11/e5c30d06-f06f-11e6-9973-c5efb7ccfb0d_story.html

(3) David Weigel, Karen Tumulty. A gift and a challenge for Democrats: A restive, active and aggressive base. Feb. 11, 2017.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/a-gift-and-a-challenge-for-democrats-a-restive-active-and-aggressive-base/2017/02/11/e265dd44-efef-11e6-b4ff-ac2cf509efe5_story.html

FonT: il prossimo futuro potrebbe essere "facile" da percorrere ...  percio' sara' "difficile"; forse (e si sottolinea forse) nell'ambito di "strane" discipline quali la neuro- farmacologia e la neuro- epi- genetica si trovera' "l'adatta stringa" ...