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
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
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
How an Algo Flush Works
What’s up? All right. Well, today, just before I was about to sign off and was finished trading for the day, we had pretty epic algo flush. And I thought this is a good opportunity to do an episode on how the algo flush works. So, whether you’re a beginner trader or an experienced trader,… Continue reading How an Algo Flush Works
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?)
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
Addressing the Shortage of Behavioral Health Clinicians: Lessons from the Military Health System
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, an initiative dedicated to improving the nation’s understanding of mental health concerns and promoting access to quality behavioral health care. However, access to behavioral health services is one of the top challenges for the U.S. health care system, and this has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The shortage… Continue reading Addressing the Shortage of Behavioral Health Clinicians: Lessons from the Military Health System