Researchers don’t know precisely how that load is allocated, but over the past few decades, they have clarified what the brain is doing in the background. “Around the mid-’90s we started to realize as a discipline [that] actually there is a whole heap of stuff happening when someone is lying there at rest and they’re… Continue reading How Much Energy Does It Take To Think?
Would Thomas Jefferson Defund Harvard University?
Thomas Jefferson—author of the Declaration of Independence, our third president, and the founder of the University of Virginia—believed deeply in the power of education to serve a free society. For him, a university was not merely a place to learn facts—it was a training ground for citizens and leaders, guided by reason, liberty, and the pursuit… Continue reading Would Thomas Jefferson Defund Harvard University?
Engineered Viruses Make Neurons Glow and Treat Brain Disease
The brain is like an ecosystem—thousands of different types of cells connect to form one big, interdependent web. And just as biologists document species of plants and animals, neuroscientists have spent decades identifying different “species” of neurons and other brain cells that support them. They’ve found more than 3,000 cell types spread throughout the brain,… Continue reading Engineered Viruses Make Neurons Glow and Treat Brain Disease
Something Is Deeply Wrong at Harvard
Something is deeply wrong at Harvard. Not just a moral failing. Not just a bureaucratic stumble. But an existential crisis in broad daylight, unfolding as the nation watches the university’s leadership capitulate to ideological radicals while its reputation, and its soul, bleed out. As a Palestinian human rights activist, I have visited the campus numerous… Continue reading Something Is Deeply Wrong at Harvard
The World Isn’t Ready for the Mental Health Toll of Extreme Heat
The World Isn’t Ready for the Mental Health Toll of Extreme Heat Temperatures are rising, and so are mental health risks By Madhusree Mukerjee edited by Dean Visser A man walks with an umbrella to protect himself from the heat as a yellow alert is issued by the U.K. Health Security Agency (UKHSA) because of… Continue reading The World Isn’t Ready for the Mental Health Toll of Extreme Heat
St. Malachy’s Prophecy of the Popes
St. Malachy’s Prophecy of the Popes < !- end of Google Analytics Code Snippet by GA4WP–> // tabnab protection window.addEventListener(‘load’, function () { // make all links have rel=”noopener noreferrer” document.querySelectorAll(‘a[target=”_blank”]’).forEach(link => { link.setAttribute(‘rel’, ‘noopener noreferrer’); }); }); ]]> Podcast: Download MYS369: Did the 12th century Irish bishop St. Malachy predict the popes through the… Continue reading St. Malachy’s Prophecy of the Popes
First Map Made of a Solid’s Secret Quantum Geometry
Famously, at the quantum scale, particles can be in multiple possible locations at once. A particle’s state spreads out like a wave, peaking where the particle is likely to be found. When you measure its position, this spread-out state, known as a wave function, transforms into a single definite location. The full shape of the… Continue reading First Map Made of a Solid’s Secret Quantum Geometry
Tipping the Scales: Why So Many Cases Against Trump Are Heard by Democrat-Appointed Judges
As the Trump administration faces substantial pushback in the courts, including an unprecedented wave of nationwide injunctions halting its policies, some are claiming that his opponents are tilting the scales of justice by selectively bringing their lawsuits before sympathetic courts in a practice called “forum shopping.” They note that three-quarters of the lower court justices… Continue reading Tipping the Scales: Why So Many Cases Against Trump Are Heard by Democrat-Appointed Judges
Bizarre Quantum Universe
Bizarre Quantum Universe Even how matter exists in the first place is a mystery to physicists By Andrea Gawrylewski In 2022 three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physics for proving something astonishing: the universe is not locally real. In other words, particles don’t have fixed properties until they are measured. Although it seems to… Continue reading Bizarre Quantum Universe
The Rule of Law: A Visit to Immigration Court
NEW ORLEANS—In drab, windowless rooms strung along a tight corridor, migrants who have flooded into the United States in recent years trickle before immigration judges each weekday morning. These makeshift courtrooms are a far cry from the scorched border with Mexico and busy ports and airports through which these millions of immigrants have entered the… Continue reading The Rule of Law: A Visit to Immigration Court