Susan Kassin, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute, showed images from previous observatories compared to JWST’s. It was like having the optometrist flip a lens so that the last lines on an eye chart come into focus. “Thank you, Webb — it’s a $10 billion difference,” she said. People chuckled and nodded. JWST… Continue reading The ‘Beautiful Confusion’ of the First Billion Years Comes Into View
Buying the News: How Leftwing Donors Are Taking Over Local Journalism
American journalism has experienced a spectacular collapse in the last 25 years – daily newspaper circulation has declined from over 60 million subscribers to just over 20 million. And the trend is accelerating: According to the Pew Research Organization, the average monthly number of unique visitors to the websites of the country’s top 50 newspapers plummeted 20% in one… Continue reading Buying the News: How Leftwing Donors Are Taking Over Local Journalism
How Can Math Help Beat Cancer?
When we think about medicine’s war on cancer, treatments such as surgery, radiation and chemotherapy spring to mind first. Now there is another potential weapon for defeating tumors: statistics and mathematical models that can optimize the selection, combination or timing of treatment. Building and feeding these models requires accounting for the complexity of the body,… Continue reading How Can Math Help Beat Cancer?
Even a Single Bacterial Cell Can Sense the Seasons Changing
Every year, in latitudes far enough north or south, a huge swath of life on Earth senses that winter is coming. Leaves fall from trees, sparrows fly to the tropics, raccoons grow thick winter coats, and we unpack our sweaters from storage. Now scientists have shown that this ability to anticipate shorter days and colder… Continue reading Even a Single Bacterial Cell Can Sense the Seasons Changing
Massive CrowdStrike Tech Outage Highlights Global Vulnerabilities
Massive CrowdStrike Tech Outage Highlights Global Vulnerabilities Companies and governments alike need to step up cybersecurity practices in the wake of massive technology failures associated with a CrowdStrike update By Richard Forno & The Conversation US The Microsoft Corp. Windows Recovery screen displayed at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York, US, on… Continue reading Massive CrowdStrike Tech Outage Highlights Global Vulnerabilities
What Can Cave Life Tell Us About Alien Ecosystems?
If instruments do someday detect evidence of life beyond Earth, whether it’s in this solar system or in the farther reaches of space, astrobiologists want to be ready. One of the best ways to learn how alien life might function can be to study the organisms called extremophiles, which live in incredibly challenging environments on or… Continue reading What Can Cave Life Tell Us About Alien Ecosystems?
The Ascension of Isaiah (First Century Christian Apocalypse)
Podcast: Download MYS333: In this “lost scripture” called the Ascension of Isaiah, the prophet gets a tour of the heavens. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what Isaiah sees, including what sees concerning Jesus, and what it means for us today. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this… Continue reading The Ascension of Isaiah (First Century Christian Apocalypse)
The Hidden World of Electrostatic Ecology
As more evidence links static to survival, a story is emerging that evolution may fine-tune the capacity to sense or carry charge just like any other trait. “The fact that there’s such a diverse range of species with different ecologies is what makes it so interesting,” said Beth Harris, a graduate student in Robert’s lab.… Continue reading The Hidden World of Electrostatic Ecology
Global Crackdown: How Foreign Censorship Threatens American Free Speech
On the eve of a highly-anticipated live X “Spaces” conversation between Elon Musk and former president Donald Trump, the powerful European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton warned in August that authorities would be “monitoring” the conversation for “content that may incite violence, hate, and racism.” While reminding Musk that the EU was already investigating X for… Continue reading Global Crackdown: How Foreign Censorship Threatens American Free Speech
When Data Is Missing, Scientists Guess. Then Guess Again.
In 1971, a year after completing his doctorate, Rubin started working for the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New Jersey. When a government agency asked ETS to analyze a survey with missing data, Rubin proposed an unconventional but surprisingly simple solution: Don’t just impute once. Impute multiple times. Imputing, and Imputing Again Let’s go back… Continue reading When Data Is Missing, Scientists Guess. Then Guess Again.