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
Snake Steak Could Be a Climate-Friendly Source of Protein
Snake Steak Could Be a Climate-Friendly Source of Protein Pythons turn their food into meat pretty efficiently, a study finds, making them an intriguing alternative to climate-unfriendly cows By Meghan Bartels Reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus). Paul Starosta/Getty Images Put aside your chicken cutlets and meatloaf and say hello to python curries and satay skewers. Some… Continue reading Snake Steak Could Be a Climate-Friendly Source of Protein
How the Ancient Art of Eclipse Prediction Became an Exact Science
The next big step came in 1824, when the German astronomer Friedrich Bessel extended the Newtonian approach of thinking about eclipses using the laws of gravity. He envisioned the moon’s shadow cast onto an imaginary plane running through the center of the Earth. You could then project that shadow back up to the surface of… Continue reading How the Ancient Art of Eclipse Prediction Became an Exact Science
Large Study of ME/CFS Patients Reveals Measurable Physical Changes
Tanya Lewis: Hi, this is Your Health, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series. Josh Fischman: We bring you the latest vital health news: Discoveries that affect your body and your mind. Lewis: And we break down the medical research to help you stay healthy. On supporting science journalism If you’re enjoying this article, consider supporting… Continue reading Large Study of ME/CFS Patients Reveals Measurable Physical Changes
Topologists Tackle the Trouble With Poll Placement
In Georgia’s 2020 gubernatorial election, some voters in Atlanta waited over 10 hours to cast a ballot. One reason for the long lines was that almost 10% of Georgia’s polling sites had closed over the preceding seven years, despite an influx of about 2 million voters. These closures were disproportionately concentrated in predominantly Black areas… Continue reading Topologists Tackle the Trouble With Poll Placement
In NASA’s Push for the Moon, Commercial Partners Soar—And Stumble
It has been a rough-and-tumble start for hurling hardware and science experiments to the moon under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, dubbed CLPS. Under CLPS, American vendors have been contracted to assist the space agency in revitalizing the nation’s lunar exploration capabilities, all in preparation for a crewed lunar landing at the lunar south… Continue reading In NASA’s Push for the Moon, Commercial Partners Soar—And Stumble
After Death Communications (ADCs)
Podcast: Download MYS306: Millions of people report spontaneous experiences of contact with departed loved ones, hearing their voices, seeing their faces again. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what After Death Communications are, what they are like, and whether they really could be forms of contacted with our lost loved ones. Get all new episodes… Continue reading After Death Communications (ADCs)