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
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
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
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