Third in a seriesPart 1: Forbidden Fruit and the ClassroomPart 2: You the Taxpayer Are on the HookRelated: A Sex-Abuse Suspect Ensnared by His Alleged Victim By James Varney, RealClearInvestigationsAugust 28, 2024 To outward appearances, Michael Allen was a revered high school coach in the tiny community of Little Axe, Oklahoma — a caring, charismatic… Continue reading The Sad Lesson of School Sex Abuse: It’s Pass the Trash, Not Catch the Trash (Part 3 of a Series)
Computer Scientists Prove That Heat Destroys Entanglement
Nearly a century ago, the physicist Erwin Schrödinger called attention to a quirk of the quantum world that has fascinated and vexed researchers ever since. When quantum particles such as atoms interact, they shed their individual identities in favor of a collective state that’s greater, and weirder, than the sum of its parts. This phenomenon… Continue reading Computer Scientists Prove That Heat Destroys Entanglement
Komodo Dragons’ Nightmare Iron-Tipped Teeth Are a Reptilian First
Komodo Dragons’ Nightmare Iron-Tipped Teeth Are a Reptilian First Reptile teeth have long been considered simple and cheap because the animals replace them regularly. That isn’t so, Komodo dragons show By Meghan Bartels An adult Komodo dragon seen at a zoo. Jürgen & Christine Sohns/imageBROKER.com GmbH & Co. KG/Alamy Stock Photo There aren’t many scenarios… Continue reading Komodo Dragons’ Nightmare Iron-Tipped Teeth Are a Reptilian First
Underreported Polling Suggests Trump Is Poised to Win PA
If past is prologue, Donald Trump will win Pennsylvania. Eight years ago this week, Hillary Clinton led in Pennsylvania by more than nine points; four years ago, Joe Biden led by nearly six points. Clinton lost Pennsylvania by less than a point, while Biden won it by more than a point. Heading into the Democratic… Continue reading Underreported Polling Suggests Trump Is Poised to Win PA
Basic Income Gives Money without Strings. Here’s How People Spend It
In 2020, amid widespread layoffs and economic turmoil brought on by the COVID pandemic, 1,000 low-income people in Texas and Illinois won something of a lottery. They were selected to receive $1,000 per month—with no strings attached—for three years as part of a study on guaranteed income by OpenResearch, a nonprofit research organization funded in… Continue reading Basic Income Gives Money without Strings. Here’s How People Spend It
The Confidence Man in American Politics
Former Congressman George Santos pled guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft on Monday in Federal District Court in New York to avoid his trial scheduled for next month. He faced 23 counts, including multiple charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and making materially false statements. Santos has repeatedly lied about his past, claiming… Continue reading The Confidence Man in American Politics
Waning Dark Energy May Evade ‘Swampland’ of Impossible Universes
At the time, the work seemed to conflict with what physicists thought they knew about the universe, with its presumed cosmological constant. And some string theorists still argue that stable universes with positive cosmological constants can exist in string theory; one attempt at constructing such a solution appeared earlier this month. Nevertheless, in light of… Continue reading Waning Dark Energy May Evade ‘Swampland’ of Impossible Universes
If Trump Were to Pull the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement Again, It Will Be Much Harder to Rejoin
CLIMATEWIRE | Donald Trump pulled America out of the Paris climate agreement once. But while his loud condemnations of the deal drew rebukes from world leaders, the withdrawal itself resulted in ripples rather than tidal waves for the landmark agreement. It could be different if Trump is elected this year. That’s because the terms of… Continue reading If Trump Were to Pull the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement Again, It Will Be Much Harder to Rejoin
Remote Viewing Experiment! (Outbounder Protocol)
Podcast: Download MYS326: We’ve talked about remote viewing, but now Jimmy Akin has taken part in a remote viewing experiment and discusses his experience with Dom Bettinelli. What was his role? What did the study do? And what were the results? Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this… Continue reading Remote Viewing Experiment! (Outbounder Protocol)
Mathematicians Prove Hawking Wrong About ‘Extremal’ Black Holes
To understand the universe, scientists look to its outliers. “You always want to know about the extreme cases — the special cases that lie at the edge,” said Carsten Gundlach, a mathematical physicist at the University of Southampton. Black holes are the enigmatic extremes of the cosmos. Within them, matter is packed so tightly that,… Continue reading Mathematicians Prove Hawking Wrong About ‘Extremal’ Black Holes