“This is All True”: The Story of a Conversion, Part 1

Summoned by a Crucifix A three-inch crucifix pendant loomed large around a woman’s neck in the yellow cinderblock basement that housed my weekly Al-Anon meeting. As stories were shared around the circle, my eyes kept going back to the crucifix and the woman. A stark contradiction – the sadness of Jesus on the Cross and… Continue reading “This is All True”: The Story of a Conversion, Part 1

An Immunologist Fights Covid with Tweets and a Nasal Spray

If you went back to that class today, do you think that the teachings would be very different? Oh yeah, I hope so. We’ve learned so much since then. When I took that class, the innate immune system wasn’t really understood well. It was only in 1997 that Ruslan Medzhitov, who is now my husband,… Continue reading An Immunologist Fights Covid with Tweets and a Nasal Spray

Camping Bans and Group Shelters Unlikely to Solve Homelessness Crisis

Increasingly, the debate around reducing street homelessness around Los Angeles is focused on what to build. Should the city continue to direct most resources toward creating permanent housing with services, which has proven to be a costly and slow process? Or should it try to rapidly add more group shelters and shared tiny homes—which, under… Continue reading Camping Bans and Group Shelters Unlikely to Solve Homelessness Crisis

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Test Of Russia-Iran-India Trade Route Highlights Shifting Geopolitics

Forty-one tons of wood laminate sheeting is on its way from Russia to India. The cargo isn’t newsworthy, but the fact that it’s traveling through Iran absolutely is—potentially marking the opening of a significant new trade corridor that strengthens Iran’s relationship with India…with big geopolitical implications.  On Saturday, Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) announced that a pilot… Continue reading Test Of Russia-Iran-India Trade Route Highlights Shifting Geopolitics

The Spooky Quantum Phenomenon You’ve Never Heard Of

Perhaps the most famously weird feature of quantum mechanics is nonlocality: Measure one particle in an entangled pair whose partner is miles away, and the measurement seems to rip through the intervening space to instantaneously affect its partner. This “spooky action at a distance” (as Albert Einstein called it) has been the main focus of… Continue reading The Spooky Quantum Phenomenon You’ve Never Heard Of

How Schools’ COVID-Aid Joy Ride Could Send New Hires Off a Fiscal Cliff — Again

As school districts across the country grapple with declining enrollments induced by the pandemic, many are engaged in spending sprees like those of the past leading to widespread layoffs and budget cuts when federal money ran out.   Bolstered by $190 billion in pandemic relief funding from Washington, the nation’s public schools are hiring new teachers and… Continue reading How Schools’ COVID-Aid Joy Ride Could Send New Hires Off a Fiscal Cliff — Again

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Gov. Greg Abbott Orders Probe Into Allegation Teacher Took Child To Drag Queen Show Attended By Sex Offender

Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered an investigation into an allegation by a parent that a teacher took his son to a drag queen show which was attended by a convicted sex offender. The claim was made by during a Houston Independent School District board meeting last… Continue reading Gov. Greg Abbott Orders Probe Into Allegation Teacher Took Child To Drag Queen Show Attended By Sex Offender

The Mystery of Bilocation (Sacred? Psychic? Two Places at Once? Padre Pio? Remote Viewing?)

Podcast: Download MYS212: Bilocation is a mysterious phenomenon in which someone appears to be in two or more locations at once. It’s been reported for thousands of years, including among some Catholic saints. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what bilocation is and what is really going on. Get all new episodes automatically and for… Continue reading The Mystery of Bilocation (Sacred? Psychic? Two Places at Once? Padre Pio? Remote Viewing?)

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New Proof Shows When Structure Must Emerge in Graphs

Imagine 100 dots scattered in front of you. In a haphazard variation on connect-the-dots, start drawing lines between the points. How many lines can you draw without producing a triangle? A square? An 11-pointed star? These types of problems have a long history in mathematics. In a paper posted on April 26, Oliver Janzer and… Continue reading New Proof Shows When Structure Must Emerge in Graphs