This article was updated on Sunday, October 7 at 2:56 pm. Unlike Senator Susan Collins, who took pages upon pages of text on national television to tell us something we already knew, I will cut right to the chase: I am out of the Republican Party. I will also acknowledge right away what I assume will be the reaction of most of the remaining members of the GOP, ranging from "Good riddance" to "You
Many of us are familiar with the idea of stripping to our pants, opening a beer and watching TV. But in Finland 'Pantsdrunk' has been elevated to an official activity It's been a long day: one meeting after another. You leave your office, happy the working day is finally over. You could head out, network until the early hours, but somehow it doesn't appeal. What you need, more than anything, is t
Civilingeniør har skrevet en roman om, hvordan ambitioner og jagten på anerkendelse sender en it-projektleder ud på en nedtur med stress, angst og paranoia.
Germany's largest far-right party has rebranded itself so successfully that it's attracting large shares of the national population, including some Jews, despite party members' record of making anti-Semitic remarks and trivializing the Holocaust. A small number of German Jews gathered Sunday to launch their own group within the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, calling themselves the "Jews in
The brightest star in the Boötes constellation has used up its central stock of hydrogen fuel This week, shortly after sunset look west for the orange star Arcturus hanging low in the sky. It is by far the brightest star in the constellation of Boötes, the ploughman. The chart shows its position at 19:30 BST on 8 October 2018. Continue reading…
At a Boston technology conference last month, computer scientist Alex Halderman showed how easy it was to hack into an electronic voting machine and change the result, without leaving a trace.
Fewer than 50 people worldwide have 'golden blood' — or Rh-null. Blood is considered Rh-null if it lacks all of the 61 possible antigens in the Rh system. It's also very dangerous to live with this blood type, as so few people have it. None Golden blood sounds like the latest in medical quackery. As in, get a golden blood transfusion to balance your tantric midichlorians and receive a free charco
Modern society is possible because of the Agricultural Revolution. But it did require us to give up something that we have yet to recover, even today: egalitarianism. Today, food surpluses are actually a sign of big inequality. And the reason is more None Despite the racks of meat at my deli, the aisles of canned goods at my grocery store, and the dewy lettuce at my farmer's market, some research
A trio of academics have just admitted to writing nonsense articles and getting several of them published in scholarly journals. The articles were created to have phony data, absurd arguments, and conclusions that the journals' review boards would accept. It raises questions about academic rigor in some journals, but claims that this debunks entire branches of the humanities are unfounded. If you
Deer biologists across northern New England are dusting off their plans for dealing with a fatal disease that has been spreading across North America for a half-century and was recently discovered again on a Canadian game farm.
New Yorkers are so far turning up their noses at the city's ambitious organics collection program, which has stalled because not enough people are participating in the often-smelly chore of separating out all those table scraps, spoiled meat, rotten vegetables and cut grass.
What is the experience of death? Can one's consciousness continue after death and if so, for how long? Catch an All New EXPEDITION UNKNOWN: SEARCH FOR THE AFTERLIFE Sunday 10p on Discovery. Stream Full Episodes of Expedition Unknown: https://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/expedition-unknown/ Subscribe to Discovery: http://bit.ly/SubscribeDiscovery Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Discove
A team of physicists has devised a novel strategy that uses naturally occurring motions inside the human cell nucleus to measure the physical properties of the nucleus and its components. The method offers a potential new means for illuminating the physical properties of unhealthy cells, such as those linked to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
Graham Roumieu Sofia Alvarez, screenwriter, To All the Boys I've Loved Before In my lifetime, for story purposes alone, I don't think one can top Charles and Diana. Has there been a more public, twisted, and tragic union and parting? Jenny Han, author, P.S. I Still Love You and Always and Forever, Lara Jean Beyoncé and Destiny's Child: When God closes a door, he opens a window. Jasmine Guillory,
The combined impact of deforestation and wildlife exploitation on bird numbers is severely underestimated and could lead to some species becoming extinct, a study has found.
Researchers have developed less expensive way to produce vaccines that cuts the costs of vaccine production and storage by up to 80 percent without decreasing safety or effectiveness.
Eve Kilcher talks pressure canning and the importance of proper food storage on the Homestead. Catch the Season Premiere of ALASKA: THE LAST FRONTIER Sunday 9p on Discovery. Stream Full Episodes of Alaska: The Last Frontier: https://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/alaska-the-last-frontier/ Subscribe to Discovery: http://bit.ly/SubscribeDiscovery Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlaskaTLF/
Global sustainability is important now more than ever due to increasing urban populations and the resulting stress it can have on natural resources. But increased populations in cities may lead to greater efficiency, as researchers discovered when they analyzed the water footprint of 65 mid- to large-sized US cities.
From breastfeeding in public to the difficulties of leaving the home with their babies, two timely books explore the culture facing new mothers in the 21st century
After one of the most bruising, divisive, emotional weeks in American political history, the most subversive thing on Saturday Night Live this weekend was Mitch McConnell's chin. Attached to the neck of the cast member Beck Bennett, the chin sidled into shot with an apparent life of its own, replete with folds and dimples and what looked like messages in ancient Sumerian. As Bennett emulated McCo
DIY Preparation is key. You should take steps to prevent thieves from pinching your gadgets—and even if they get past your defenses, a little preparation can minimize the damage.
Unprecedented diagnoses show system set up after Ebola works well, medics says Late on a Friday night Dr Mike Beadsworth left the Royal Liverpool hospital after a "pretty hellish couple of weeks". The clinical director of tropical and infectious diseases and his team had spent weeks trying to save the life of a Middle Eastern man who had been diagnosed with a deadly virus. The man had contracted
Rumfarten oplever en revolution i disse år, og vores skandinaviske naboer er med på bølgen. Danmark risikerer at sakke bagud, mener DTU Space-direktør.
Your DNA Is Not Your Culture In September, Sarah Zhang explored how DNA-testing companies conflate genetics and culture while promoting their products. The discussion should be, "Your Culture Is Your DNA." As an African American whose elementary and high school books in New York said my ancestors were oppressed, passive people, I was concerned because I heard a different message at home and in my
"A ll puppies are cute," explains Clive Wynne, the head of Arizona State University's canine-science laboratory. "But not all puppies are equally cute." Indeed, breeders have long found that puppies become their cutest selves at the eight-week mark; any older, and some breeders offer a discount to bolster would-be owners' weakened desire. Such fine-tuned preferences might seem arbitrary, even cru
Researchers compared jogging versus relaxing for 15 minutes. Jogging provided clear cognitive and mood benefits. The relaxing group had much less energy. If you wanted a quick boost for your mind, what's the best activity to engage in? Scientists looked at whether a brief relaxation or a jog would boost your cognition and have a definitive winner. Lace up your sneakers! There's already been evide
What, I asked my parents, was the Supreme Court? It was the mid-1950s. I was a white boy in the upper South. Around me, adults could not stop talking about the Supreme Court. They spoke of it as a distant force, a threat. The court had told the white South to change the way it lived. Most white people I knew felt intensely that the court intervention, and the court itself, were illegitimate. Our
Remarkably, against all the odds and years of campaign promises, most of the Affordable Care Act is still the law of the land. In 2010, the passage of the most sweeping health reform in a half century galvanized conservatives, lending to Republican victories in Congress and becoming a major contributor to the party's current dominance across all three branches of government. In the last decade of
Looking at cute things can supercharge your mental focus. It triggers the nurturing part of the brain and can actually help you achieve more. Don't quote us when your boss catches you looking at puppy videos, though!
Activists say Facebook has learned lessons from its experience in developing countries, but they question its ability, and willingness, to control misinformation and hate speech.
Dansk iværksætter får kapitalindsprøjtning fra store spillere på agromarkedet til at opskalere produktionen, så ugiftige feromonbaserede midler kan være på markedet inden for få år.
Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen er med til at lave en af verdens vigtigste klimarapporter, der bliver en af grundstene for 200 landes klimapolitik i de næste årtier.
This article contains some spoilers for A Star Is Born. In the spring of 1937, Louis B. Mayer, the gimlet-eyed ruler of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (and, at the time, the highest paid man in America) had special reason to be proud of his protean son-in-law David O. Selznick, the husband of his favorite daughter, Irene. Selznick had just produced a compelling motion picture about the doomed romance of an
Donna Strickland's Nobel prize ends half a century in which the committee ignored big breakthroughs by female physicists Last week, Donna Strickland (above) was awarded the 2018 Nobel prize for physics jointly with Arthur Ashkin and Gérard Mourou for their work on high-intensity lasers. It's the first time in 55 years that a woman has won this prestigious prize, but why has it taken so long? We lo
This week marks half a century since the launch of Apollo 7. The photographs from that mission and those that followed still have the power to astonish Fifty years ago this week, the first Apollo spacecraft to carry humans into space was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The sequence of missions begun by Apollo 7 would eventually see American astronauts land on the moon nine mont
Researchers have discovered that the same gene which increases your risk of depression following financial stress as you grow older also reduces your chance of depression associated with friendship and relationships stresses when young- your social network.This may have implications for treatment, but also offers a possible answer to a question which has puzzled scientists: why has depression surv
Data from a clinical trial has shown that how people respond to treatment for Bipolar Disorder may be influenced by their weight and the overall quality of their diet, including whether they are eating a diet high in foods thought to contribute to general inflammation. These are early results, but if replicated may mean that treatment of some mental health problems could benefit from the inclusion
On Saturday afternoon, the upper chamber concluded one of the most bitter nomination fights in modern history. Senators voted 50–48 to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. Only one Democrat, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, crossed party lines. It was a huge victory for Republicans, a favorable close to a chapter on which Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had staked his legacy . Minority
Brett Kavanaugh's impending arrival on the Supreme Court is like Donald Trump's attainment of the presidency, in this important way: By the rules of politics that prevailed until 2016, neither of them would have come close to consideration for their respective offices. For Trump, the reasons are obvious ; for Kavanaugh, they're brilliantly summarized by one of Kavanaugh's long-term friends here ,
Twice a year, thousands of pronghorn antelope and mule deer migrate through Wyoming, and newly built highway crossings are sparing the lives of animals—and motorists. Jason G. Goldman… — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
'Smith' is not just the most common surname in many English-speaking countries In local translations, it's also the most common occupational surname in a large part of Europe Ironically, Smiths are so ubiquitous today because smiths were so special a few centuries ago Although very few people are smiths by profession these days, there are millions of Smiths by surname the world over. It's the mos
Thousands of anti-coal demonstrators descended on Germany's Hambach forest Saturday, celebrating an unexpected court victory that suspended an energy company's planned razing of the woodland to expand a giant open-cast mine.
It's easy to forget in the app era, but Silicon Valley got its name from microchips. The generation that transformed orchards into Oracle did so by manufacturing electronic circuits that encrust "chips" of a semiconductor material, usually made of silicon. In the fertile purlicue south of San Francisco, the foundations of the electronic revolution were invented, designed, and manufactured. Shockl
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