[CLIP: Theme music] Rachel Feltman: What do you think of when you hear the word “archaeology”? Maybe your mind goes straight to Indiana Jones. Or perhaps you picture real-world academics in the field—ones who handle their dusty desert dig sites and crumbling artifacts with far more care. But studying how ancient humans lived and died… Continue reading Catching Fish with Ancient Archaeology and Ocean Tides
Grad Students Find Inevitable Patterns in Big Sets of Numbers
Forty years later, in 1975, a mathematician named Endre Szemerédi proved the conjecture. His work spawned multiple lines of research that mathematicians are still exploring today. “Many of the ideas from his proof grew into worlds of their own,” said Yufei Zhao, Sah and Sawhney’s doctoral adviser at MIT. Mathematicians have built on Szemerédi’s result… Continue reading Grad Students Find Inevitable Patterns in Big Sets of Numbers
Lost Scriptures: The Book of the Watchers (1 Enoch, Nephilim)
Podcast: Download MYS324: Some believe the ancient Book of Enoch is a book of Scripture and so Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli continue their discussion of the book, focusing on the first known as the Book of the Watchers, which focuses on angels, fallen angels and demons. Get all new episodes automatically and for free:… Continue reading Lost Scriptures: The Book of the Watchers (1 Enoch, Nephilim)
Lishi Storage Pouch Design Process
Today we’re excited to be launching our new Lishi Trio Pouch, which is the ultimate rapid-access storage method for carrying the three most commonly used Lishi 2-in-1 Lock Pick Tools. Sleek and thinner than a card sleeve wallet, the Lishi Trio is made from durable ballistic nylon, velvety smooth interior-fabric and flexible elastic. It keeps… Continue reading Lishi Storage Pouch Design Process
Physicists Pinpoint the Quantum Origin of the Greenhouse Effect
In 1896, the Swedish physicist Svante Arrhenius realized that carbon dioxide (CO2) traps heat in Earth’s atmosphere — the phenomenon now called the greenhouse effect. Since then, increasingly sophisticated modern climate models have verified Arrhenius’ central conclusion: that every time the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere doubles, Earth’s temperature will rise between 2 and 5… Continue reading Physicists Pinpoint the Quantum Origin of the Greenhouse Effect
Will AI Ever Have Common Sense?
Ask a question of ChatGPT and other, similar chatbots and there’s a good chance you’ll be impressed at how adeptly it comes up with a good answer — unless it spits out unrealistic nonsense instead. Part of what’s mystifying about these kinds of machine learning systems is that they are fundamentally black boxes. No one… Continue reading Will AI Ever Have Common Sense?
Taylor Swift and Bach Can Thank Ancient Temples for Modern Music
Where did Western music come from? Most historical accounts credit composers with the first formations of simple tunes, which eventually led to “early music” and later classical music and the many popular forms that have since sprung up. But acoustic ecologists and musicologists have been talking lately about a different foundation: the earliest temples and… Continue reading Taylor Swift and Bach Can Thank Ancient Temples for Modern Music
The Reckoning Has Come for K-12 Sex Abuse, and You the Taxpayer Are on the Hook
Second in a SeriesPart 1: Forbidden Fruit and the Classroom By James Varney, RealClearInvestigationsAugust 6, 2024 The teenage female athletes at California’s Pomona High School said they felt special when a handful of coaches there took them under their wing, spending more time with them than others, providing extra encouragement, sharing personal stories and, sometimes,… Continue reading The Reckoning Has Come for K-12 Sex Abuse, and You the Taxpayer Are on the Hook
How to See Stars, Satellites, and More in the Daytime Sky
How to See Stars, Satellites, and More in the Daytime Sky It’s possible to see celestial objects during the day, but it’s not always easy By Phil Plait It seems pretty obvious that you can’t see any stars in the daytime. If you were to say that to me, however, I would gently take you… Continue reading How to See Stars, Satellites, and More in the Daytime Sky
Florida Women Facing Unexpected or Difficult Pregnancies Need Resources
Women facing unexpected or difficult pregnancies need resources, support, and especially intensive, holistic medical care. As the executive director of LifeChoices Family Medical in the Tampa Bay area, Florida, I’m proud to say our work goes a long way in improving women’s health and supporting babies and moms. From its inception, our center’s goal was to… Continue reading Florida Women Facing Unexpected or Difficult Pregnancies Need Resources