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...
From three to four: A quantum leap in few-body physics
In 2007 and 2008 two groups of theoretical physicists (Hammer and Platter, and von Stecher, D'Incao, and Greene) predicted the existence of universal four-body states that are closely tied to Efimov…
Cigarette smoke may alter immune response in COPD exacerbations
Smoking cigarettes is not only the principle cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but it may change the body's immune responses to bacteria that commonly cause exacerbations of the…
Evolution-proof insecticides may stall malaria forever
This is a video interview with Andrew Read and Matthew Thomas, Penn State entomologists.
(Photo Credit: Amit Avasthi, Penn State)
Evolution-proof insecticides may stall malaria forever
This is a video interview with Andrew Read and Matthew Thomas, Penn State entomologists.
(Photo Credit: Amit Avasthi, Penn State)
Mass spec technique analyzes defensive chemicals on seaweed surfaces for potential drugs
A new analytical technique is helping scientists learn how organisms as simple as seaweed can mount complex chemical defenses to protect themselves from microbial threats such as fungus. Known as…
Stanford study first ever to show US AIDS Relief program saved a million lives
STANFORD, Calif. - The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the ambitious U.S. government program begun in 2003, has cut the death toll from HIV/AIDS through 2007 by more than 10 percent in…
Male flower parts responsible for potent grapevine perfume: UBC research
University of British Columbia scientists have traced the fragrant scent of grapevine flowers to pollen grains stored in the anthers, contrary to common perception that petals alone produce perfume.…
Obesity rates differ among racial/ethnic groups in kids as young as four
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Obesity is twice as common in young American Indian/Native Alaskan children as it is in white and Asian children, according to new research offering the first nationally…
Children with low self-control more likely to become overweight preteens
Young children who do not display an ability to regulate their behavior or to delay gratification in exchange for a larger reward appear predisposed to gain extra weight by their pre-teen years,…
Reducing sugar and increasing fiber intake may improve diabetes risk factors in Latino teens
Reducing sugar intake by the equivalent of one can of soda per day and increasing fiber intake by the amount equivalent to one half cup of beans per day appears to improve risk factors associated…
