How Certain Gestures Help You Learn New Words

When learning a foreign language, most people fall back on traditional methods: reading, writing, listening and repeating. But if you also gesture with your arms while studying, you can remember the vocabulary better, even months later. Linking a word to brain areas responsible for movement strengthens the memory of its meaning. This is the conclusion… Continue reading How Certain Gestures Help You Learn New Words

In Memory Of JFK: The First US President To Be Labeled A Terrorist & Threat To National Security

Authored by Cynthia Chung via The Saker blog, In April 1954, Kennedy stood up on the Senate floor to challenge the Eisenhower Administration’s support for the doomed French imperial war in Vietnam, foreseeing that this would not be a short-lived war. In July 1957, Kennedy once more took a strong stand against French colonialism, this time France’s… Continue reading In Memory Of JFK: The First US President To Be Labeled A Terrorist & Threat To National Security

What is Position Trading and How Does it Work?

  If you’re wondering what position trading is, you have come to the right place. Position trading can be appealing for a number of reasons. Stock traders who want to take a hands-on approach to trading may be drawn to the research and various strategies needed to be an efficient position trader. But is position… Continue reading What is Position Trading and How Does it Work?

Why e, the Transcendental Math Constant, Is Just the Best

Last month, we presented three puzzles that seemed ordinary enough but contained a numerical twist. Hidden below the surface was the mysterious transcendental number e. Most familiar as the base of natural logarithms, Euler’s number e is a universal constant with an infinite decimal expansion that begins with 2.7 1828 1828 45 90 45… (spaces… Continue reading Why e, the Transcendental Math Constant, Is Just the Best

North Korea’s ‘Business as Usual’ Missile Provocations

North Korea in recent weeks has revved up its cycle of missile provocations—its go-to method of securing leverage against the United States and South Korea in the on-again off-again nuclear negotiations. On September 11, it launched a long-range cruise missile described as a “strategic weapon of great significance”—implying a nuclear component. Less than a week… Continue reading North Korea’s ‘Business as Usual’ Missile Provocations

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“Wait, What?” Even Reuters Tripping Out On 55-Year Delay To Release Pfizer Vax Data

Last week attorney Aaron Siri of Injecting Freedom reported that the FDA is going to take 55 years, or until 2076, to disclose all of the data and information it relied on before approving Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Following its… Continue reading “Wait, What?” Even Reuters Tripping Out On 55-Year Delay To Release Pfizer Vax Data

Sponge Genes Hint at the Origins of Neurons and Other Cells

When the first sponge genomes were sequenced in the early 2000s, researchers were surprised to find that sponges not only have roughly as many genes as humans and other complex creatures but also have many of the same genes. Sponges are among the earliest branching lineages on the evolutionary tree of animal life; their simple… Continue reading Sponge Genes Hint at the Origins of Neurons and Other Cells

China and Russia, Wages and Insurance, Refugees and Technology : RAND Weekly Recap

This week, we discuss how the China-Russia relationship affects U.S. interests; how raising the minimum wage could affect workers’ health insurance coverage; the benefits of increasing funding for women’s health research; improving supply chain resilience; one approach to countering extremism in the military; and how refugees use digital technology during displacement. Photo by Ramil Sitdikov/Sputnik… Continue reading China and Russia, Wages and Insurance, Refugees and Technology : RAND Weekly Recap

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