NASA’s Voyager 1 Is Bound for the Great Beyond

In the fall of last year, one of NASA’s most venerable spacecraft started beaming home nonsense. Its usual string of 1’s and 0’s—binary code that collectively told of its journey into the unknown—became suddenly unintelligible. Some 15 billion miles from Earth, beyond the protective bubble blown by the sun and in interstellar space, Voyager 1… Continue reading NASA’s Voyager 1 Is Bound for the Great Beyond

Math Can’t Solve Gerrymandering

Math Can’t Solve Gerrymandering Researchers use powerful geometrical methods to try fixing unfair districts. That alone isn’t enough; we need to fight the values behind gerrymandering By Matthew R. Francis Voters cast their ballots at a polling station inside the Adamsville Baptist Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina, US, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. This year’s… Continue reading Math Can’t Solve Gerrymandering

Overexposure Distorted the Science of Mirror Neurons

In the summer of 1991, the neuroscientist Vittorio Gallese was studying how movement is represented in the brain when he noticed something odd. He and his research adviser, Giacomo Rizzolatti, at the University of Parma were tracking which neurons became active when monkeys interacted with certain objects. As the scientists had observed before, the same… Continue reading Overexposure Distorted the Science of Mirror Neurons

How Lincoln’s Assassination Changed American History

One hundred and fifty-nine years ago this Sunday, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger. The 56-year-old president clung to life for nine agonizing hours, expiring the next morning in a cramped room rented… Continue reading How Lincoln’s Assassination Changed American History

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Dark Energy May Be Weakening, Major Astrophysics Study Finds

While researchers find these numbers tantalizing, they also warn against reading too much into the higher values. The universe is a lot more complicated than a coin, and the statistical significances depend on subtle assumptions in the data analysis. A stronger reason for enthusiasm is the fact that all three supernova catalogs — which span… Continue reading Dark Energy May Be Weakening, Major Astrophysics Study Finds

Analyzing After Death Communications

Podcast: Download MYS307: After hearing many stories of people reporting After Death Communications from deceased loved ones, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the reports from the faith and reason perspectives. Are they just imagination? Is it the grief talking? Could it be demons? Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email… Continue reading Analyzing After Death Communications

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A Study in Primates Reveals How the Brain Encodes Complex Social Interactions

A Study in Primates Reveals How the Brain Encodes Complex Social Interactions The research tracks, at the level of individual neurons, what happens when a monkey hangs out with other monkeys. It even found a possible neural code for empathy By Lydia Denworth Zane Michael Cooper/Getty Images Reciprocity—I scratch your back; you scratch mine—has long… Continue reading A Study in Primates Reveals How the Brain Encodes Complex Social Interactions

U.S. Helps Pro-Ukraine Media Run a Fog Machine of War

By Lee Fang, RealClearInvestigations and LeeFang.comApril 11, 2024 Ukraine’s American-backed fight against Russia is being waged not only in the blood-soaked trenches of the Donbas region but also on what military planners call the cognitive battlefield – to win hearts and minds. Tucker Carlson: No Kremlin stooge, but portrayed as one in Ukraine media. AP… Continue reading U.S. Helps Pro-Ukraine Media Run a Fog Machine of War

Wildfires Used to Die Down after Dark. Drought Has Changed That

CLIMATEWIRE | Night was once a time of reprieve during wildfire season, when the cool air and moist ground would temporarily slow the spread of angry blazes. But that’s changing as the climate warms. Recent studies have found that nighttime burning is growing more intense across the globe, including in North America, where the annual… Continue reading Wildfires Used to Die Down after Dark. Drought Has Changed That

How Taxpayers Will Heavily Subsidize Democrat Boots on the Ground This Election

By Ben Weingarten, RealClearInvestigationsApril 10, 2024 Progressives are using legal loopholes and the power of the federal government to maximize Democrat votes in the 2024 election at taxpayers’ expense, RealClearInvestigations has found. Mike Howell: “There is not a ‘shadow’ campaign. There is an overt assault on President Trump and those who wish to vote for him.”… Continue reading How Taxpayers Will Heavily Subsidize Democrat Boots on the Ground This Election

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