Amid growing criticism of its environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment practices, BlackRock has announced that it will offer retail investors in its largest exchange-traded fund (ETF) the opportunity to participate in its “Voting Choice” program. Open to institutional clients since January 2022, this program allows investors to choose from a limited set of options to guide… Continue reading BlackRock and Its ESG ‘Voting Choice’ Ruse
Selfish, Virus-Like DNA Can Carry Genes Between Species
Previous studies of horizontal transfers have often focused on the mobile genetic elements called transposons. These privileged “jumping genes” can hop around the genome of an organism by replicating themselves and inserting their copies. Their sole concern is to promote their own survival within the genome rather than the fitness of the organism, which is… Continue reading Selfish, Virus-Like DNA Can Carry Genes Between Species
Radicals vs. Atlanta: The Global Left’s Violent Rage Over a Police Academy Meant to Prevent Killings
By Lee Fang, RealClearInvestigations, leefang.comAugust 3, 2023 Throughout the United States, it takes three times as many hours of training to become a nail technician, a barber, or a plumber as it does to become a police officer. Finland, Australia, Denmark, and Germany – countries with far less crime and a fraction of American gun… Continue reading Radicals vs. Atlanta: The Global Left’s Violent Rage Over a Police Academy Meant to Prevent Killings
Speaking with the Dead? (Visions, Apparitions, Saints, Spirits, Ghosts, Prayer, Intercession, Mediums, Seances, Necromancy)
Podcast: Download MYS270: Can we speak with the dead? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at the question of speaking with departed human souls; whether it is permitted by Church teaching; and what cautions we must consider; and they ask if Fr. Nathan Castle’s unique ministry to “stuck souls” is permissible. Get all new episodes… Continue reading Speaking with the Dead? (Visions, Apparitions, Saints, Spirits, Ghosts, Prayer, Intercession, Mediums, Seances, Necromancy)
This Ancient Language Has the Only Grammar Based Entirely on the Human Body
One morning in December 2004, elders and children were wandering on the shore of Strait Island in the Bay of Bengal when one of them noticed something odd. The sea level was low, and weird-looking creatures that normally inhabit the deep twilight zone of the ocean were bobbing near the water’s surface. “Sare ukkuburuko!”—the sea… Continue reading This Ancient Language Has the Only Grammar Based Entirely on the Human Body
It’s Like Déjà Vu All Over Again
On student loan debt, President Joe Biden is ignoring Congress and acting outside the rule of law. The Supreme Court struck down Biden’s student-debt forgiveness initiative in June, but another Biden plan – with a reimagined design – is in the works. Millions of Americans with student loans will be able to enroll in a… Continue reading It’s Like Déjà Vu All Over Again
AI Chatbots Could Help Provide Therapy, but Caution Is Needed
On Reddit forums, many users discussing mental health have enthused about their interactions with ChatGPT—OpenAI’s artificial intelligence chatbot, which conducts humanlike conversations by predicting the likely next word in a sentence. “ChatGPT is better than my therapist,” one user wrote, adding that the program listened and responded as the person talked about their struggles with… Continue reading AI Chatbots Could Help Provide Therapy, but Caution Is Needed
Math That Lets You Think Locally but Act Globally
In math, as in life, small choices can have big consequences. This is especially true in graph theory, a field that studies networks of objects and the connections between them. Here’s a little puzzle to help you see why. Given six dots, your goal is to connect them to each other with line segments so… Continue reading Math That Lets You Think Locally but Act Globally
Deception by Redaction: More FBI FISA Abuses, This Time Using Fake News in the Washington Post
By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigationsAugust 1, 2023 The FBI’s efforts to mislead a federal court in order to wiretap an adviser to the Trump campaign were more extensive than previously reported, according to classified documents described to RealClearInvestigations. John Durham, special counsel: The FISA abuse that got away. AP The embattled bureau tried to hide its… Continue reading Deception by Redaction: More FBI FISA Abuses, This Time Using Fake News in the Washington Post
New Proof Shows That ‘Expander’ Graphs Synchronize
Melody and Silence In the early 1990s, together with his student Shinya Watanabe, Strogatz showed that Kuramoto’s solution was not only possible, but all but inevitable, even for a finite number of oscillators. In 2011, Richard Taylor of the Australian Defense Science and Technology Organization chipped away at Kuramoto’s requirement that the graph be complete. He… Continue reading New Proof Shows That ‘Expander’ Graphs Synchronize