The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Were dinosaurs already on their way out when an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago, ending the Cretaceous, the geologic period that started about 145 million years ago? It’s a question that has vexed paleontologists like us for more than 40… Continue reading New ‘Chicken from Hell’ Discovered
Logically.AI of Britain and the Expanding Global Reach of Censorship
Be Lee Fang, RealClearInvestigations & LeeFang.comJanuary 25, 2024 Brian Murphy, a former FBI agent who once led the intelligence wing of the Department of Homeland Security, reflected last summer on the failures of the Disinformation Governance Board – the panel formed to actively police misinformation. The board, which was proposed in April 2022 after he… Continue reading Logically.AI of Britain and the Expanding Global Reach of Censorship
Syphilislike Diseases Have Plagued Humans for 14,000 Years
January 26, 2024 3 min read Ancient DNA recovered from Brazilian remains shows that syphilis and other treponemal diseases originated some 10,000 years earlier than previously thought By Ewen Callaway & Nature magazine The spiral-shaped bacterium Treponema pallidum (artificially coloured) causes not only venereal syphilis but also the infectious diseases yaws and bejel. Remains of… Continue reading Syphilislike Diseases Have Plagued Humans for 14,000 Years
Sanders’ Subpoena Brinksmanship | RealClearPolicy
Recent polls have shown that few Americans, regardless of political party are satisfied with the cost, complexity or choices offered by America’s healthcare system. One would think it might be an opportunity for sound bipartisan policy, as it once was when liberals like Ted Kennedy and Henry Waxman were able to work with conservative stalwarts… Continue reading Sanders’ Subpoena Brinksmanship | RealClearPolicy
Climate Disasters Prompt Another Home Insurance Company to Leave a State
January 26, 2024 3 min read The Hartford Financial Services Group is the latest insurer to say it won’t offer new policies to homeowners in California By Avery Ellfeldt & E&E News A home burns during the Dixie fire on July 24, 2021, in the Indian Falls neighborhood of unincorporated Plumas County, California. CLIMATEWIRE | Another… Continue reading Climate Disasters Prompt Another Home Insurance Company to Leave a State
Popper the Poltergeist (Seaford, Catholic Family Poltergeist, RSPK, Jimmy Herrmann)
Podcast: Download MYS295: One of the most pivotal poltergeist cases involved a Catholic family in New York in 1958. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the strange events, including popping bottle caps, and explore why this poltergeist case was so pivotal and what may have been responsible. Get all new episodes automatically and for free:… Continue reading Popper the Poltergeist (Seaford, Catholic Family Poltergeist, RSPK, Jimmy Herrmann)
Cats Can Hide Their Pain–But Not from AI
Household cats are a secretive species. Unlike dogs, they are masters at masking their feelings and intentions—possibly because of their evolutionary history as solitary hunters. This built-in stoicism makes it hard for cat owners and veterinarians to read signs of pain in a cat’s facial expressions and behaviors, but new artificial intelligence programs may be… Continue reading Cats Can Hide Their Pain–But Not from AI
Public Education’s Alarming New 4th ‘R’: Reversal of Learning
Call it the big reset – downward – in public education. The alarming plunge in academic performance during the pandemic was met with a significant drop in grading and graduation standards to ease the pressure on students struggling with remote learning. The hope was that hundreds of billions of dollars of emergency federal aid would… Continue reading Public Education’s Alarming New 4th ‘R’: Reversal of Learning
The Part of the Brain That Controls Movement Also Guides Feelings
In recent decades, neuroscience has seen some stunning advances, and yet a critical part of the brain remains a mystery. I am referring to the cerebellum, so named for the Latin for “little brain,” which is situated like a bun at the back of the brain. This is no small oversight: The cerebellum contains three-quarters… Continue reading The Part of the Brain That Controls Movement Also Guides Feelings
How Civics Can Counter Antisemitism on Campus
The shocking scenes of college students, faculty, and staff defending Hamas’s October 7th massacre of Israeli civilians as a “legitimate act of resistance” have rightly been called antisemitism. Our father’s antisemitism was the centuries-old hatred of Jews just because they were Jews, different in their beliefs and customs. But this new form of antisemitism is… Continue reading How Civics Can Counter Antisemitism on Campus