Scranton, the Electric City and boyhood home of President Joe Biden, will likely figure in the political headlines throughout the 2024 election season. That’s largely because it’s located in Northeastern Pennsylvania – one of the swingiest areas of arguably the most important swing state. The city received visits from both major party candidates during the… Continue reading Will a Crime Wave in this PA City Shape the Election Outcome?
Titanosaurs—The Biggest Land Animals in Earth’s History—Thrived by Combining Reptilian and Mammalian Traits
Titanosaurs—The Biggest Land Animals in Earth’s History—Thrived by Combining Reptilian and Mammalian Traits The secret to titanosaurs’ remarkable biological success may be how they merged the best of both reptilian and mammalian characteristics to form a unique way of life By Kristi Curry Rogers & The Conversation US The Titanosaur, the largest dinosaur ever displayed… Continue reading Titanosaurs—The Biggest Land Animals in Earth’s History—Thrived by Combining Reptilian and Mammalian Traits
Computation Is All Around Us, and You Can See It if You Try
In the movie Oppenheimer, Niels Bohr challenges the physicist early in his career: Bohr: Algebra is like sheet music. The important thing isn’t “can you read music?” It’s “can you hear it?” Can you hear the music, Robert? Oppenheimer: Yes, I can. I can’t hear the algebra, but I feel the machine. I felt the machine even… Continue reading Computation Is All Around Us, and You Can See It if You Try
The Brainstem Fine-Tunes Inflammation Throughout the Body
Last month, researchers discovered cells in the brainstem that regulate inflammation throughout the body. In response to an injury, these nerve cells not only sense inflammatory molecules, but also dial their circulating levels up and down to keep infections from harming healthy tissues. The discovery adds control of the immune system to the brainstem’s core… Continue reading The Brainstem Fine-Tunes Inflammation Throughout the Body
The Truth About Unicorns
Podcast: Download MYS317: After reviewing the history of unicorns from pre-history to today, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the reality that unicorns have existed and still exist; the basis for the historical accounts; and what the future holds for them. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this… Continue reading The Truth About Unicorns
The Enduring Mystery of How Water Freezes
The colder that water gets, the smaller this energy barrier gets. This makes it easier for random molecular motions to push a tiny embryonic ice structure over the critical size threshold. Ice forms and grows, and the lower-energy crystal structure stays stable. Boosting Nucleation Surfaces and impurities can dramatically lower the energy barrier for nucleation… Continue reading The Enduring Mystery of How Water Freezes
Across a Continent, Trees Sync Their Fruiting to the Sun
Then the team stumbled across a clue by accident. One summer evening, Bogdziewicz was sitting on his balcony reading a study which found that the timing of leaf senescence — the natural aging process leaves go through each autumn — depends on when the local weather warms relative to the summer solstice. Inspired by this… Continue reading Across a Continent, Trees Sync Their Fruiting to the Sun
War College: How a Berkeley Professor Inspired and Engineered Anti-Israel Protests
By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigationsJune 19, 2024 Echoing the Muslim prophet Muhammad, Professor Hatem Bazian, a University of California, Berkeley lecturer, told his fellow Muslims: “The Day of Judgment will never happen until you fight the Jews.” At the Santa Clara conference sponsored by the American Muslim Alliance, Bazian exhorted the crowd: “They are on the west side of… Continue reading War College: How a Berkeley Professor Inspired and Engineered Anti-Israel Protests
Physicists Puzzle Over Emergence of Strange Electron Aggregates
In 2012, a group of researchers at Tsinghua University in China created a metallic film from a mix of elements — bismuth, antimony and tellurium, with a dash of chromium to provide an effective internal magnetic field. When the Tsinghua group ran a current through the film, without any external magnetic field, the characteristic integer… Continue reading Physicists Puzzle Over Emergence of Strange Electron Aggregates
People Hate Daylight Saving. Science Tells Us Why.
In the summer of 2017, when communication professor Jeffery Gentry moved from Oklahoma to accept a position at Eastern New Mexico University, he was pleasantly surprised to find it easier to get up in the morning. The difference, he realized, was early morning light. On September mornings in Portales, New Mexico, Gentry rose with the… Continue reading People Hate Daylight Saving. Science Tells Us Why.