Ever wondered how some natural products get their sulfur touch? Polyketide synthases (PKSs) are like brilliant artists, painting diverse polyketide compounds. But they don't often dip into the sulfur paintbox. Enter thiocysteine lyase (SH) domains, found in the leinamycin (LNM) family. We've been st
Fish maw, a prized delicacy with varying prices and medicinal benefits, can be tricky to identify. Scientists recently combined two powerful tools—Wasserstein generative adversarial networks (WGAN-GP) and spectral fusion—to improve how we recognize different types of fish maw. They collected data fr
Ever heard of homocysteine (Hcy)? It's a molecule that can cause inflammation and damage cells by triggering oxidation. Scientists know it can make blood vessels swell up, but what about the gut? That's what researchers set out to find. They wanted to understand how Hcy affects gut inflammation and
Tim Walz, a key figure in the Democratic presidential campaign, had a chat with Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show" as the election heated up. Walz shared a clever car repair metaphor to explain his partner Kamala Harris's economic strategy. He likened it to reviving an old car's engine by cleaning t
Recently, convict Jeffrey Epstein’s chat with author Michael Wolff about his close relationship with Donald Trump for over ten years surfaced online. The tapes, published by the Daily Beast, include some jaw-dropping anecdotes that might usually shake up a political campaign. However, this revelatio
In North Carolina, Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson lost the governor's race to Democrat Josh Stein. This isn't surprising when you look at Robinson's history. Before the race, CNN reported that he made some shocking comments on a porn website years ago. He allegedly called himself a "black NAZI" a
New York State Assemblyman Harvey Epstein, representing Manhattan's East Side, had an unexpected moment of fame during Saturday Night Live's latest episode. He was caught off guard by a humorous skit that connected his name to two infamous figures, Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein. The 57-year-o
Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein had some strong words about Donald Trump long before his death in 2019. In a chat with author Michael Wolff, Epstein described Trump as a blend of charming and terrible. Epstein appreciated Trump's business savvy but saw him as manipulative and hard to trust. He t
Veteran journalist Michael Wolff recently shared an eyebrow-raising detail on his podcast. He claims that former President Donald Trump and the late financier Jeffrey Epstein once had a questionable bet over who could woo the late Princess Diana first. Wolff mentioned this during the latest episode
Former Hollywood bigwig Harvey Weinstein's retrial for rape and sexual assault has been delayed until next year. This comes just days after news broke that he has bone marrow cancer. Weinstein, 72, was initially found guilty in 2020 for sexual assault and rape. His conviction was later overturned du
