The reaction from the online fever swamps was predictable enough. Jeffrey Epstein, the well-connected financier accused of underage sex-trafficking, had been found dead in his Manhattan jail cell early Saturday morning, just one day after unsealed court documents surfaced new allegations against him and his high-powered inner-circle. The reported cause of death was suicide—but the conspiracy-mong
Having productive conversations about climate change isn't only challenging when dealing with skeptics, it can also be difficult for environmentalists, according to two new studies.
People generally think of stress and anxiety as negative concepts, but while both stress and anxiety can reach unhealthy levels, psychologists have long known that both are unavoidable — and that they often play a helpful, not harmful, role in our daily lives.
Injuries have overtaken infectious disease as the leading cause of death for children worldwide, and psychologists have the research needed to help predict and prevent deadly childhood mishaps.
You'll have to wait to September for the Porsche Taycan's official unveiling, but the automaker is at least ready to answer one burning question: how well would the EV fare …
From security officers to guest sign-ins, schools employ several tools to keep their physical campuses safe. However, is student data also secure? A teen hacker recently uncovered vulnerabilities …
"The reckoning of accountability begun by the voices of brave and truthful victims should not end with Jeffrey Epstein's cowardly and shameful suicide." That was Sigrid McCawley, a lawyer for Virginia Roberts Giuffre , speaking about the news that broke this morning : Jeffrey Epstein, the sex offender who was awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking, reportedly hanged himself in his jail cell
An animation of Himawari 8 satellite images shows Typhoon Lekima threading the needle between Japanese islands. (Note: The animation is a big file so it may take a moment to load. Source: SSEC/CIMSS) Typhoon Lekima blasted ashore south of the mega-city of Shanghai early on Saturday local time, whipping the coast with sustained winds of around 115 miles per hour. A million people were evacuated ahe
Injuries have overtaken infectious disease as the leading cause of death for children worldwide, and psychologists have the research needed to help predict and prevent deadly childhood mishaps, according to a presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association.
Huawei has unveiled its Honor brand's first smart TV, which is also the first product powered by the Android alternative the company launched at its developer conference. As the …
People generally think of stress and anxiety as negative concepts, but while both stress and anxiety can reach unhealthy levels, psychologists have long known that both are unavoidable — and that they often play a helpful, not harmful, role in our daily lives, according to a presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association.
Journalist and author David Epstein talks about his new book Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Journalist and author David Epstein talks about his new book Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Schadenfreude – which literally means "harm-joy" in German – is the sense of pleasure derived from others' misfortune. It's a "poorly understood" emotion, according to a group of psychologists at Emory University in the US, and in their review paper in New Ideas in Psychology they propose a new "tripartite" model of schadenfreude based on the idea that deep-seated survival concerns can motivate u
We're in the dog days of summer, and National Dog Day is August 26. You and your dog can celebrate by doing a little science together (that's right!)…and help researchers in the process. Cheers!The SciStarter Team Darwin's Ark Help researchers understand pet personalities by contributing a saliva sample and/or filling out a survey about your furry friend. Location: Global Get Started! C-BARQ and F
If you've got blank cufflinks, just fill 'em with some resin and whatever eye-catching material you desire. These cufflinks contain, from top to bottom, eggshells, mobile earphone cables, chocolate wrappers, and CD foil. (Jan D'Sa/) If you're the kind of person who tends to hoard odds 'n' ends in the hope of upcycling them someday, you'll enjoy making these artistic cufflinks. So dig into your ar
Nearly one-fourth of young adults are looking for love through dating websites or apps. This relatively new form of courtship can give you access to a large pool of potential partners . It also presents a unique set of challenges. For example, you've probably heard about – or have personally experienced – a date that was planned online but didn't go well for one of the following reasons : He was
Sonos isn't have much luck preserving the mystery for its fall product launches. Zatz Not Funny and The Verge have obtained details for what's said to be Sonos' first …
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Aug 4 through Sat, Aug 10, 2019 Editor's Pick This Land Is the Only Land There Is Here are seven ways of understanding the IPCC's newest climate warning. Climate change could make water even more scarce in naturally dry areas, the report warns. Australia's ranchers have struggle
Having productive conversations about climate change isn't only challenging when dealing with skeptics, it can also be difficult for environmentalists, according to two studies presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association.
Not telling your child that this hereditary condition is in the family can be devastating later on On a lazy Sunday morning in May last year, Isobel Lloyd was at her boyfriend's house, having coffee with his mum. The conversation had worked around to Lloyd's grandma – her mother's mother – who'd died in her 50s, when Lloyd was very young. Lloyd's only memories of her had been hospice visits where
With their mother distracted, these cheetah cubs come face to face with a hungry jackal. Stream Serengeti on Discovery GO: https://go.discovery.com/tv-shows/serengeti/ Subscribe to Discovery: http://bit.ly/SubscribeDiscovery Join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Serengeti https://www.facebook.com/Discovery Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Discovery Follow us on Instagram: https://
Chemists found a simple route to synthesize azetidines, precursors that make it easier for drug designers to access nitrogen atoms that are key to building new compounds.
Patients with type 2 diabetes improve their ability to regulate blood sugar levels if they eat food with a reduced carbohydrate content and an increased share of protein and fat. The findings are contrary to the conventional dietary recommendations for type 2 diabetics.
Disease-causing air pollution remains high in pockets of America — particularly those where many low-income and African-American people live, a disparity highlighted in recent research.
Chemists found a simple route to synthesize azetidines, precursors that make it easier for drug designers to access nitrogen atoms that are key to building new compounds.
Scientists have designed and tested an experimental system that uses a near-infrared laser to actively heat two gold nanorod antennae to different temperatures. The nanorods are so close together that they are both electromagnetically and thermally coupled. Yet the team measured temperature differences between the rods as high as 20 degrees Celsius and could change which nanorod was cooler and whi
A beautiful landscape painting, a beautiful piano sonata — art and music are almost exclusively described in terms of aesthetics, but what about math? Beyond useful or brilliant, can an abstract idea be considered beautiful?
Researchers have recently developed a multipronged approach for concurrently rejuvenating both the muscle cells and vascular systems of the heart by utilizing two types of stem cells. The findings give hope to develop a new treatment for repairing hearts damaged by myocardial infarction, as an alternative to heart transplant.
For nearly 100 years, scientists thought they understood everything there was to know about how metals bend. They were wrong. Researchers have demonstrated that the rules of metal-bending aren't so hard and fast after all. Their surprising discovery not only upends previous notions about how metals deform, but could help guide the creation of stronger, more durable materials.
Scientists have designed and tested an experimental system that uses a near-infrared laser to actively heat two gold nanorod antennae to different temperatures. The nanorods are so close together that they are both electromagnetically and thermally coupled. Yet the team measured temperature differences between the rods as high as 20 degrees Celsius and could change which nanorod was cooler and whi
An automatic chlorine dispenser installed at shared community water points reduces rates of diarrhea in children. The researchers hope the technique can improve uptake by providing good-tasting water and avoiding the need for behavior change.
The multiple sclerosis drug teriflunomide, paired with targeted cancer therapy, markedly shrinks patient-derived glioblastomas grown in mice by reaching stem cells at the tumor's root, according to a new study.
Many university and college students across the US report lacking access to a reliable supply of nutritious food, a concept known as food insecurity, which can affect their ability to learn, according to new research.
Researchers have discovered that the human microbiome is churning out tens of thousands of proteins so small that they've gone unnoticed in previous studies.
A new study identified and then reverse engineered the molecular properties shared by antibodies that are particularly efficient at inactivating or 'neutralizing' Lassa virus. The team's findings also revealed that most neutralizing antibodies bind to the same spot on the surface of Lassa virus, providing a map for rational vaccine design.
In every tissue throughout our bodies, various cell types are communicating and coordinating their efforts to perform vital functions and maintain health.
Sixty percent of privately insured children undergoing tonsil removal received opioids — with average prescriptions lasting about six to 10 days — a new study finds.
Before we present this week's Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? Thanks in advance. The week at Retraction Watch featured us wondering why it takes a publisher a year and … Continue reading
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Inside DeepMind's Epic Mission to Solve Science's Trickiest Problem Greg Williams | Wired UK "For Hassabis, Suleyman and Legg, if the first nine years of DeepMind have been defined by proving its research into reinforcement learning…then the proof points offered by gameplay will define the next ten years: namely, to use data and machine learning to solve some of the hardes
Creative communication can help, or hurt, our attempts to bridge the divide between technically or emotionally disparate audiences — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Creative communication can help, or hurt, our attempts to bridge the divide between technically or emotionally disparate audiences — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Can you lift the mood of a public space with a fragrance? Smell and taste researcher Dr. Alan Hirsch talks with NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer about the practice and its effects on mood and behavior. (Image credit: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
Oliver Munday; Museo Nacional de Arte So God says to Satan, "You there, what have you been up to?" And Satan says, "Oh, you know, just hanging around, minding my own business." And God says, "Well, take a look at my man Job over there. He worships me. He does exactly what I tell him. He thinks I'm the greatest." "Job?" says Satan. "The rich, happy, healthy guy? The guy with 3,000 camels? Of cours
"If I hadn't gone back with a fine-toothed-comb, a lot of these assumptions I had would have just been the air I breathed into my future." "There is something like theft in a memoir. If you want to write about yourself you have to write about other people who are unwitting and don't want to be written about…" None The first computer I ever had was the first Apple Macintosh, back in the mid 80's.
At least 13 people were killed and 16 others missing as Typhoon Lekima lashed eastern China Saturday, downing thousands of trees and forcing more than a million people from their homes.
The death toll from a landslide triggered by monsoon rains in eastern Myanmar rose to at least 34, an official said Saturday, as emergency workers continued a desperate search through thick mud for scores more feared missing.
A rare tornado injured 19 people, two of them severely, in Luxembourg, while 15 soccer players were injured by a lightning strike in southern Germany as unseasonal storms hit northern Europe late Friday.
These are tough times for grammar snobs, those would-be avatars of flawless spelling and proper syntax who need look no further than a high-school friend's Facebook posts or a family member's text messages to find their treasured language being misused and neglected. Of course, split infinitives, dangling modifiers, and subject-verb disagreements have always appeared wherever words are uttered or
A cracked beam forced the $2.2 billion terminal's closure after six weeks. Unraveling why required physics, metallurgy, and engineers with nerves of steel.
In the spring of 2014, a sudden surge of unaccompanied children began crossing the southern border from Mexico into the United States. I was the undersecretary of the Air Force at the time, and the Pentagon had been tasked with finding facilities and funds so that the Department of Health and Human Services could shelter children until they were reunited with family. It was my job to review the h
After Marianne Williamson garnered enough support to land her on the Democratic debate stage twice, politically engaged people had little choice but to take her half-seriously, and look into what her "politics of love" was all about. Many were horrified by what they found. In the critics' view: an ableist, anti-science fat-shamer who has achieved celebrity peddling a coldhearted individualism clo
Nootropics are colloquially known as 'smart drugs' – substances that increase cognitive function in healthy people. The word nootropic is a combination of two Greek words, noos meaning 'mind' and tropein meaning 'towards'. Dave Asprey discusses two naturally occurring smart drugs: Caffeine and nicotine. The latter might be a surprise, but while smoking, chewing tobacco and vaping have negative he
The Environmental Protection Agency uses the spring-loaded poison devices to kill thousands of coyotes and foxes, despite opposition from environmental groups.
Hindenburg-katastrofen satte en stopper for zeppelinerne, men i 1960'erne forsøgte Goodyear og andre at genoplive dem til passager- og fragttransport – nu med en atomreaktor som fremdrivningsmiddel.
Is it possible that in the eventuality that AI/technology does assume all human jobs that we will no longer need money and the entire human race could focus on learning and advancement in a self-sustaining society? Would there be any pitfalls? What are the limiting factors? submitted by /u/brownieson [link] [comments]
Populations of great freshwater species, from catfish to stingrays, have plunged by 97% since 1970 Populations of the great beasts that once dominated the world's rivers and lakes have crashed in the last 50 years, according to the first comprehensive study. Some freshwater megafauna have already been declared extinct, such as the Yangtze dolphin, and many more are now on the brink, from the Meko
Use of military terminology can make people more fearful and fatalistic, say psychologists The ubiquitous use of war metaphors when referring to cancer may do more harm than good, according to research into the psychological impact the phrases have on people's views of the disease. Framing cancer in military terms made treatment seem more difficult and left people feeling more fatalistic about th
At human scale, controlling temperature is a straightforward concept. Turtles sun themselves to keep warm. To cool a pie fresh from the oven, place it on a room-temperature countertop.
How do galaxies such as our Milky Way come into existence? How do they grow and change over time? The science behind galaxy formation has remained a puzzle for decades, but a University of Arizona-led team of scientists is one step closer to finding answers thanks to supercomputer simulations.
Society tries to shame us for growing old. But we should think of it as a rite of passage when our character comes through There is still sex in the city, beyond the age of 50. But it may come at a price that makes you wonder if it's really worth it. Or at least, according to the writer behind the cult of Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda . Candace Bushnell's latest novel-cum-memoir returns
Patients with type 2 diabetes improve their ability to regulate blood sugar levels if they eat food with a reduced carbohydrate content and an increased share of protein and fat. This is shown by a recent study conducted at Bispebjerg Hospital in collaboration with, among other partners, Aarhus University and the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at the University of Copenhagen. The fin
Disease-causing air pollution remains high in pockets of America — particularly those where many low-income and African-American people live, a disparity highlighted in research presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in New York.
Utvecklingen av så kallade mikrorobotar går snabbt och nya modeller kommer med jämna mellanrum. Men nu har forskare för första gången fått robotarna att leverera stamceller i en levande mus.
Doctors used the gene-editing tool in an attempt to treat a 34-year-old patient with sickle cell disease. Last year, a Chinese scientist caused major controversy when he used CRISPR to genetically edit two human embryos. It's unclear exactly what risks are involved in gene editing. None For the first time in the U.S., doctors used the gene-editing tool CRISPR to alter the genes of a human. The pa
Therizinosaurs Therizinosaurs and their fossilised eggs. (Mark Witton/Kohei Tanaka/) Perhaps the most amazing thing about fossils is that they don't just show us what extinct animals looked like, they can also reveal how those animals lived. Even a fossilised dinosaur egg can provide a wealth of clues about its parents' behaviour. Dinosaur hunters in the Javkhlant region of the Gobi Desert in Mon
Elizabeth Warren made a major policy announcement about education back in April. The cornerstone of her announcement, student debt relief, has now been put before congress. The bill currently has no chance of passage, but that could change if the people who support it actually voted. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the candidate who set the pace in the race to tackle the student debt crisis, has in
The nucleolus is a prominent nuclear condensate that plays a central role in ribosome biogenesis by facilitating the transcription and processing of nascent ribosomal RNA (rRNA). A number of studies have highlighted the active viscoelastic nature of the nucleolus, whose material properties and phase behavior are a consequence of underlying…
Oxygen defects govern the behavior of a range of materials spanning catalysis, quantum computing, and nuclear energy. Understanding and controlling these defects is particularly important for the safe use, storage, and disposal of actinide oxides in the nuclear fuel cycle, since their oxidation state influences fuel lifetimes, stability, and the…
Direct coupling analysis (DCA) for protein folding has made very good progress, but it is not effective for proteins that lack many sequence homologs, even coupled with time-consuming conformation sampling with fragments. We show that we can accurately predict interresidue distance distribution of a protein by deep learning, even for…
Prenatal stress exposure is associated with risk for psychiatric disorders later in life. This may be mediated in part via enhanced exposure to glucocorticoids (GCs), which are known to impact neurogenesis. We aimed to identify molecular mediators of these effects, focusing on long-lasting epigenetic changes. In a human hippocampal progenitor…
Effective management of social-ecological systems (SESs) requires an understanding of human behavior. In many SESs, there are hundreds of agents or more interacting with governance and regulatory institutions, driving management outcomes through collective behavior. Agents in these systems often display consistent behavioral characteristics over time that can help reduce the…
Second harmonic generation (SHG) is an emergent biophysical method that sensitively measures real-time conformational change of biomolecules in the presence of biological ligands and small molecules. This study describes the successful implementation of SHG as a primary screening platform to identify fragment ligands to oncogenic Kirsten rat sarcoma (KRas). KRas…
Understanding the mechanisms of vaccine-elicited protection contributes to the development of new vaccines. The emerging field of systems vaccinology provides detailed information on host responses to vaccination and has been successfully applied to study the molecular mechanisms of several vaccines. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are crucially involved in multiple biological…
Although KRAS and TP53 mutations are major drivers of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the incurable nature of this cancer still remains largely elusive. ARF6 and its effector AMAP1 are often overexpressed in different cancers and regulate the intracellular dynamics of integrins and E-cadherin, thus promoting tumor invasion and metastasis when…
Previous studies have shown that heat shock stress may activate transposable elements (TEs) in Drosophila and other organisms. Such an effect depends on the disruption of a chaperone complex that is normally involved in biogenesis of Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), the largest class of germline-enriched small noncoding RNAs implicated in the…
The Galaxy Tab S6 is ready to take on the iPad Pro. (Stan Horaczek/) By now, we know when most of the big smartphones from major manufacturers will arrive. Google and Apple typically release their new models in the Fall, but Samsung likes the summer. Last week, the company sprayed its firehose of new gadgets into the world, showing off the Note10 smartphone, the new Galaxy Tab S6 tablet, and the
Astounding. (Reproduced/adapted with permission of Journal of Experimental Biology, Farley, G. M., Wise, M. J., Harrison, J. S., Sutton, G. P., Kuo, C. and Patek, S. N., 2019, Journal of Experimental Biology, volume 222, doi:10.1242/jeb.201129/) Step aside, human gymnasts: a tiny, legless maggot has put you all to shame. Look upon the majestic somersaults of Asphondylia and despair. She is beauty
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence system that could help pathologists read biopsies more accurately and to better detect and diagnose breast cancer.
By creating millions of virtual universes and comparing them to observations of actual galaxies, researchers have made discoveries that present a powerful new approach for studying galaxy formation.
As people get older, they are more likely to condemn and want to punish others for acts that cause harm, even if no harm was intended, according to new research.
Changing the standard dose and timing of two therapies greatly cut tumor relapse and reduced side effects in mouse models of kinase mutated breast cancer and lung cancer, researchers have found.
https://youtu.be/R-VbJmngUSU We've got: Maya warfare, giant extinct parrots, ancient galaxies, space travel radiation, a pill for lucid dreams, and more. Maya Warfare The Maya Classic Period, from 300 to 900 A.D., is seen as a kind of golden age for the ancient Central American civilization. Populations boomed. Art and science flourished. It was a pretty peaceful time, or so we thought. Archaeolog
Want to map extreme heat in your community? Anyone, anywhere can take action with ISeeChange. It's not just in your head; Boston really is hotter in the summer. When urban areas are warmer than surrounding non-urban environments, we experience a phenomenon called the urban heat island (UHI) effect. Cities are filled with large amounts of artificial materials, such as concrete and asphalt, that abs
Sharpless 2-296, the Seagull Nebula (ESO/VPHAS+ team/N.J. Wright (Keele University)/) In a distant arm of the Milky Way—3,700 light-years from Earth, to be exact—a massive, glowing plume of dust and gas takes the shape of a bird in flight. Polka-dotted with baby stars, this aptly-named Seagull Nebula is a point of interest not just for birdwatchers, but for astronomers studying stellar birth. The
It appears the Trump administration is drafting an executive order that has the potential to radically change how the content posted on social networks are governed, stripping crucial protections …
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