AI Has A Cerebellum Now
We're bombarded with information at all times, so much that if we had to try and process it all times, we'd be paralyzed. Our cerebellum does information damage control by filtering out...
Technology
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Mathematics
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RIP To Dr. William Foege, The Man Whose Math Eliminated Smallpox
In the modern world, it is easy to be newly concerned about the World Health Organisation. They were the last to declare COVID-19 a pandemic, they said not to blame China, and stood by while China...
Science & Society
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How Ancel Keys Went From MAHA Hero To MAHA Villain
If a lot of the food and health claims you read and hear today seem like things left over from the 1970s, that's because they are. The food activist community, vegetarians and other diet groups,...
Sports Science
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The US of Borg: Are Americans Taking Over Soccer?
Soccer purists have long feared the “Americanization” of the game. But in one key respect, it is already happening: ownership.
Random Thoughts
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A Wall Is Also A Road
Skip the glossary. Yes, it's the kind of thing editors love because of the famous communication guidance 'assume a lack of vocabulary but not a lack of intelligence' but that is when...
Humor
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LHC Unveils New Hugs Boson - Embraces Supersymmetry With It
Supersymmetry proponents, who have been inconsolable since the MERCURY and DVDMS experiments of the Large Halidone Collider (LHC) began eliminating most of the places where shadow particles of real...
OHSU School of Dentistry finds some orthodontic appliances are more prone to bacteria
Researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University School of Dentistry (www.ohsu.edu/sod) have found the majority of patients with self-ligating orthodontic brackets retain fewer bacteria in…
I feel like a different person
Scientists have long been interested in the interplay of emotions and identity, and some have recently focused on cultural identity. One's heritage would seem to be especially stable and impervious…
Rutgers study finds many consumers ignore food product recalls
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Rutgers' Food Policy Institute (FPI) released a study today showing that many Americans fail to check their homes for recalled food products. Only about 60 percent of the…
A cure for honey bee colony collapse?
For the first time, scientists have isolated the parasite Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia) from professional apiaries suffering from honey bee colony depopulation syndrome. They then went on to treat…
Reflections on 100 years of testing, classroom grades in April 15 talk in San Diego
Although more than three million high school seniors take standardized college admissions tests like the SAT "it is well known by educational researchers that high-school grades are the best…
Where you live may affect your state of mind
San Diego, CA, April 14, 2009 – Frequent Mental Distress (FMD), defined as having 14 or more days in the previous month when stress, depression and emotional problems were not good , is not evenly…
Toward rational, transparent K-12 funding
A team of education, economics and public policy scholars has built a new tool that can quickly assess how a particular school finance reform proposal might impact individual California school…
New ultrasound-guided biopsy method allows improved diagnosis of endometrial disease
DALLAS – April 14, 2009 – A procedure used in conjunction with a vaginal ultrasound might make it easier to visualize and diagnose diseases in the lining of the uterus, researchers at UT Southwestern…
Tweet this: Rapid-fire media may confuse your moral compass
Emotions linked to our moral sense awaken slowly in the mind, according to a new study from a neuroscience group led by corresponding author Antonio Damasio, director of the Brain and Creativity…
Marijuana smoking increases risk of COPD for tobacco smokers
Smoking both tobacco and marijuana increases the risk of respiratory symptoms and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), found a study in CMAJ http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg814.pdf. Smoking only…
