Articles by Ronald Tarter

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Fear Memory - An Epigenetic Difference Between Genders

Is there sex-specific epigenetic regulation of fear memory? A new study says yes, for mice anyway, and if it later is found to be similar in humans it could explain why fear and stress-related…

Protecting Earth's Environment For A Mars Sample Return - Has NASA Started The Legal Process Yet?

This is the latest of several articles I've done about NASA / ESA’s plan to return a sample from Mars. The samples would be geological ones, but they also could contain life indeed NASA motivate the…

Marshall McLuhan Hated TV But He Might Like AI

Today’s large language models (LLMs) process information across disciplines at unprecedented speed and are challenging higher education to rethink teaching, learning and disciplinary structures.

Louisiana Has Important Things To Worry About, Lawyers Shouldn't Invent A 'Cancer Alley' To Pile On

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the American public fell back in love with science. In the first 19 years of this century, Californians denied vaccines to such an extent a law had to be passed to…