Over the past 4 years, there hasn’t been a selloff JPMorgan’s head quant (and more recently, head of market strategy) Marko Kolanovic, hasn’t loved and the current one is no exception, and remarkably while even the otherwise uber-bullish Goldman Sachs (which has a 5,100 year end 2022 price target) recently pointed to the unprecedented collapse… Continue reading Marko Kolanovic Expects A Massive Short Squeeze Into Year End
Dinos in heaven, Jesus’ DNA, lying angels, rebooted universe, marrying aliens? & More Weird Questions
Podcast: Download MYS187: It’s New Year’s Eve, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, including are there dinosaurs in heaven, can angels lie, are we in a rebooted universe, whether aliens and humans could marry, and much more. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow… Continue reading Dinos in heaven, Jesus’ DNA, lying angels, rebooted universe, marrying aliens? & More Weird Questions
Plants Feel Pain and Might Even See – Issue 111: Spotlight
Happy Holidays. In this special issue we are reprinting our top stories of the past year. This article first appeared online in our “Harmony” issue in July, 2021. In 2018, a German newspaper asked me if I would be interested in having a conversation with the philosopher Emanuele Coccia, who had just written a book… Continue reading Plants Feel Pain and Might Even See – Issue 111: Spotlight
Could the Move Toward Collaboration Technologies Change the Very Makeup of Populations?
When the pandemic first struck, technological capabilities that already existed quickly became a critical and increasingly common part of people’s lives. It became routine to work or attend school from home, or for visits to the doctor’s office to be conducted via video chat. We have yet to see whether these trends will persist beyond… Continue reading Could the Move Toward Collaboration Technologies Change the Very Makeup of Populations?
Watch: MSNBC Declares DeSantis’ Anti-CRT Legislation Is “New Effort To Codify White Supremacy”
Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, After Florida governor Ron DeSantis introduced legislation Wednesday in an effort to crack down on the teaching of Critical Race Theory and other ‘woke’ ideology in schools and places of employment, MSNBC race baiters declared it to be a “new effort to codify white supremacy for political gain”.… Continue reading Watch: MSNBC Declares DeSantis’ Anti-CRT Legislation Is “New Effort To Codify White Supremacy”
Astrophysicists Unveil Glut of Gravitational-Wave Detections
Gravitational-wave observatories have released their latest catalogue of cosmic collisions, bringing their total number of detections to 90. The new crop of 35 events includes one featuring the lightest neutron star ever seen, as well as two clashes involving surprisingly large black holes. The detections come from the two Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) sites,… Continue reading Astrophysicists Unveil Glut of Gravitational-Wave Detections
RAND Video Highlights of 2021
The best RAND videos from the past year brought our research to life in new ways. From the sidewalks of Pittsburgh to preschools in the Middle East, see how people around the world are using RAND research to make their communities safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. And hear RAND experts describe how… Continue reading RAND Video Highlights of 2021
Los Angeles Import Volume Sinks As Shipping Traffic Jam Worsens
By Greg Miller of FreightWaves Despite America’s epic consumer boom, containerized imports to the Port of Los Angeles dropped to 403,569 twenty-foot equivalent units in November, down 14% from October and down 13.2% year on year. For the second month in a row, Los Angeles’ containerized imports have fallen below levels in the same months… Continue reading Los Angeles Import Volume Sinks As Shipping Traffic Jam Worsens
The Year in Math and Computer Science
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Complex Calculations Shape Pakistan-TTP Negotiations
The word “kaleidoscopic” is probably overused by political analysts, but it seems an appropriate way to describe the complex negotiations aimed at resolving the conflict between the government of Pakistan and Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP), a group referred to as terrorists by some and insurgents by others. Each turn of the instrument causes the pebbles to move,… Continue reading Complex Calculations Shape Pakistan-TTP Negotiations