Podcast: Download MYS210: Is TV ghost hunting anything like the real thing? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli are joined by parapsychological investigator Loyd Auerbach to discuss his work and in particular about a haunted house in Marin County, California. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and… Continue reading Haunted House of Marin County (Ghosts, Hauntings, Apparitions)
Researchers Analyzed Folk Music like It Was Mutating DNA: They Found Amazing Parallels between Life and Art
Karen Hopkin: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Karen Hopkin. You’re probably familiar with the concept of evolution. Living things evolve by accumulating genetic changes, which are then weeded out or preserved through a process of natural selection. Turns out the same thing happens in music. And by using the same software that’s used to… Continue reading Researchers Analyzed Folk Music like It Was Mutating DNA: They Found Amazing Parallels between Life and Art
A Four-Day Week: Is America Ready?
How do you make four equal five? That’s a question many Americans are asking as they ponder the future of the time-honored five-day school week. As alluring as a calendar filled with three-day weekends may seem, research shows that short school weeks can have educational and health risks for students, but also benefits for them… Continue reading A Four-Day Week: Is America Ready?
Love in All the Wrong Places: On Leaving Behind the “Land of Transactions”
C.S. Lewis once wrote that God “whispers in our pleasures, but shouts in our pain.” Years ago, l was living a “season of shouting”—when I was wrestling with deep spiritual longing and angst, but not yet recognizing God’s voice in my own cries. I had been working for the church for many years, as a… Continue reading Love in All the Wrong Places: On Leaving Behind the “Land of Transactions”
John Allen Abruptly Resigns As Brookings President Amid FBI Qatar Lobbying Probe
After initially being placed on administration leave following news breaking days ago of an official FBI investigation, the president of the Brookings Institution – retired Marine Gen. John Allen – resigned on Sunday amid an embarrassing illegal foreign lobbying probe center on the oil-rich Gulf nation of Qatar. “I know it is best for all… Continue reading John Allen Abruptly Resigns As Brookings President Amid FBI Qatar Lobbying Probe
Stock Market Overview for the Week of June 13, 2022
The S&P 500 continued its downtrend pattern this week, which we put under the microscope with skepticism last week. Those questions were answered, and the S&P is ending the week near its previous lows with the path of least resistance being new lows. The nature of the bullish pullback and continued consolidation near the highs of… Continue reading Stock Market Overview for the Week of June 13, 2022
Harriet Tubman (Underground Railroad)
Podcast: Download MYS211: Harriet Tubman is famous as the escaped slave who became a conductor on the Underground Railroad to freedom. But Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli also explore her reported visions and paranormal experiences and what could have caused them. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this… Continue reading Harriet Tubman (Underground Railroad)
Graduate Student’s Side Project Proves Prime Number Conjecture
Over the decades, mathematicians made partial progress toward a proof. They showed, for instance, that the conjecture was true for particular types of primitive sets. Still, “it felt like we weren’t really all that close to it before Jared started working on it,” said Greg Martin, a mathematician at the University of British Columbia who… Continue reading Graduate Student’s Side Project Proves Prime Number Conjecture
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine May Harden U.S. Indo-Pacific Allies
Russia’s war against Ukraine has upended decades of entrenched defense policy in Europe. The effects of the war stretch worldwide as countries monitor Ukraine’s unfolding tragedy to glean possible lessons for their own security. Halfway around the world, two of America’s staunchest allies, Australia and Japan, are closely watching the situation, actively supporting Ukraine and… Continue reading Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine May Harden U.S. Indo-Pacific Allies
US Official Admits Russian Energy Sales Outpacing Pre-War Levels
Authored by Kyle Anzalone & Will Porter via The Libertarian Institute, US energy security envoy Amos Hochstein has acknowledged that Russia might be making more revenue from fossil fuels than before its February invasion of Ukraine. Washington has responded with waves of sanctions aiming to crush the Russian economy. Hochstein made the comments during a hearing for the Senate Subcommittee on… Continue reading US Official Admits Russian Energy Sales Outpacing Pre-War Levels