A titanic, expanding beam of energy sprang from close to the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way just 3.5 million years ago, sending a cone-shaped burst of radiation through both poles of the galaxy and out into deep space.
A study by researchers at the University of Ulster has found that more teachers in Northern Ireland than ever before are working across the sectarian divide, with teachers from Catholic communities working in Protestant schools and vice versa. This is especially the case for those working in post-primary schools (age 11+).
A study by researchers at the University of Ulster has found that more teachers in Northern Ireland than ever before are working across the sectarian divide, with teachers from Catholic communities working in Protestant schools and vice versa. This is especially the case for those working in post-primary schools (age 11+).
The proportion of people aged over 65 on antidepressants has more than doubled in two decades — according to new research led by the University of East Anglia.Despite a rise in antidepressant use, there was little change in the number of older people diagnosed with depression.The findings are based on the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies, conducted at two time points — between 1991 and 1993
A study by researchers at the University of Ulster has found that more teachers in Northern Ireland than ever before are working across the sectarian divide, with teachers from Catholic communities …
The island, which has an unusual history and considerable real estate potential, could host a complex devoted to climate policy under the plan, which is in its early stages.
Can we reduce the persistent, unbearable pain of losing a loved one to 15-20 voxels of brain activity in the nucleus accumbens ( O'Connor et al., 2008 )? No? Then what if I told you that unrelenting grief — and associated feelings of sheer panic, fear, terminal aloneness, and existential crisis — isn't "suffering". It's actually rewarding! Well I'm here to tell you that it isn't. Looking back on
Once associated with Medusa's head, this is one of few stars the naked eye can see changing brightness This week offers northern hemisphere observers a good opportunity to see a variable star in action. Algol is located in the constellation of Perseus and is one of only a few stars that can be seen to change brightness with the naked eye. This extraordinary characteristic led our ancestors to ass
A pending U.S. lawsuit over claims related to Bayer's glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup has been delayed, the company said on Sunday, with a new court date set for February, 2020.
A new study at McGill University discovered that many tea bags leach billions of plastic particles into every cup. While the health dangers are unknown, past research uncovered serious problems in other mammals when consuming such particles. Scientists estimate that between five and 13 million metric tons of plastic are dumped into oceans every single year. None When I initially shared a new stud
(UC Berkeley's Dr. Stuart Russell's new book, "Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control, goes on sale Oct. 8. I've written a review, "Human …
I just watched a video about an indoor farm and just of the top of my head I had an idea: – Why not build the containers underground? That way you'd have instant insulation and you would not even have to go that deep… at just twelve feet depth you would start to have a very constant temperature throughout the year Maybe there are more ways to improve indoor farms, but that was just the first
Israel's Antiquities Authority on Sunday said that researchers have discovered the remains of a large, 5,000-year-old city that sheds new light on experts' understanding of the period.
A titanic, expanding beam of energy sprang from close to the supermassive black hole in the centre of the Milky Way just 3.5 million years ago, sending a cone-shaped burst of radiation through both poles of the Galaxy and out into deep space.
BOZEMAN – The work of a Montana State University professor examining the economic impacts of colony collapse disorder among commercial honeybees was published in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists last month.
A new scientific statement identifies the risks and benefits of novel interventional devices compared to anticoagulation alone in the treatment of patients with pulmonary embolism. Authors conclude there is little data — particularly, as it pertains to the treatment of patients with 'intermediate-risk PE' — that suggests these interventional approaches are more safe and effective than the use of
A new type of drug that blocks one of cancer's key evolutionary escape routes from chemotherapy could be used to treat aggressive breast cancers, a new study has shown.
Rorie Fulton on combating unwitting support for populists, and Richard Bryden on civic spaces that facilitate 'reasoned conversation' George Monbiot makes a telling link between individuals' affective state and the unwitting support we lend to demagogues ( Journal , 3 October). In their fascinating book The Boy who was Raised as a Dog, Bruce Perry and Maia Szalavitz develop this notion of state-d
During its season premiere last week, Saturday Night Live trotted out celebrity guests and ex–cast members to jazz up its familiar formula . In the episode's cold open, Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump blustered about impeachment proceedings; relief for the president (and for viewers) arrived in the form of the Showtime character Ray Donovan, a fixer played by the actor Liev Schreiber. Last night's ep
A titanic, expanding beam of energy sprang from close to the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way just 3.5 million years ago, sending a cone-shaped burst of radiation through both poles of the galaxy and out into deep space.
Governments around the world are rushing to keep up with emerging technologies. No one wants to be left behind as more industries and facets of life are impacted by the transition from analogue to digital , manual to automated , and authentic to synthetic . One of the countries at the front of the pack is China. Its government is aiming to lead the world in AI by 2030. Tech giants Baidu, Alibaba,
About 70 percent of our planet's surface is covered with water, and water plays an important role in our daily lives. But how did water get on Earth in the first place? — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Microsoft has filed a patent for a floor mat that could prevent you from crashing into furniture while you're exploring new worlds in virtual reality. It's also an indicator …
En læser troede, at befugtningsanlæg i supermarkedet var der, så frugt og grønt holdt sig bedre, men har nu hørt, at det er et trick for at sprede duften af frugt. Coop er blevet forelagt spørgsmålet.
For thousands of years, people have relied on magnetic compasses to find their way around the planet. But the closer that compasses draw to the magnetic North and South Poles, the less reliable they become.
"We're going to get more and more of this content and it's probably going to get of better quality," says Sam Gregory of the human-rights nonprofit Witness.
Astronomers are racing to learn about only the second interstellar object ever seen. We now know it contains cyanide gas – and we could send a probe to visit it
Historians are not quite sure whether Daniel M'Naghten, a Scottish woodworker, intended to kill Edward Drummond or Drummond's boss, the English prime minister Robert Peel. In fact, he killed Drummond. What is more certain is that he did not intend to bedevil generations of law students and judges, but he has. His ghost will be present in the Supreme Court chamber this Monday, when the Court opens
PARIS—More than most countries, France is forever caught between theory and practice, Catholicism and Enlightenment science, tradition and innovation, universalism and individual rights. Perhaps nothing illustrates that tension better than the heated debate unfolding here over the biggest social issue on President Emmanuel Macron's agenda: a bill that would lift some of France's restrictions on a
Why are companies like Apple on top of the world while others like Blackberry have been relegated to a minor market share? Why is Netflix king and Blockbuster extinct? Netflix spotted a strategic inflection point and capitalized on it, says Rita Gunther McGrath. A strategic inflection point is a shift in the external environment that changes the assumptions upon which a business is based—it could
Skibakken på taget af ARC (Amager Ressource Center) åbnede fredag for offentligheden. Ingeniørens udsendte tog tog en tur igennem forbrændingsanlægget – og ned af skibakken.
We saw tremendous interest from several cities across the planet, however most of them didn't have the most important ingredient: A Volunteer to host the meetup. If your city didn't make the cut, worry not since you can always step up, volunteer to host it by making a post on your r/[City] subreddit and calling all Futurologists in your r/[City]. Here's a rough draft you can use to host your own
PLUS. I 2018 sendte Danmarks største affaldsselskab syv containere med i alt 150 ton plastaffald til en række fabrikker i Malaysia. Det er samme område, hvor TV 2 nu har fundet dumpet dansk plast.
Pompejis invånare blev tagna på sängen när vulkanen Vesuvius fick ett utbrott för snart 2 000 år sedan. Alla som stannade kvar dog, de flesta av en glödhet flod av sten, aska och gas som vällde in i staden.
Staden Neapel på Italiens västkust är belägen mellan två aktiva jättevulkaner – och vulkanutbrott är ett ständigt hot för de miljontals människor som bor i riskområdet. Spela klippet för att se vilka metoder forskarna använder för att förutse kommande utbrott.
I december förra året kollapsade den indonesiska vulkanön Anak Krakatau. När delar av vulkanen störtade ned i havet bildades en tsunami som krävde över 430 liv. Nu har forskare undersökt data från tiden innan kollapsen och tagit fram en ny metod för att tidigare kunna varna för liknande händelser.
Members of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission caught a massive 18-foot Burmese python in South Florida. (Photo Credit: MyFWC / Facebook) Afraid …
In the 21st century, we will face many critical issues relating to emerging technologies such as designer babies and life extension. I have been thinking about the issues we face for a while and decided to post my thoughts here. If anyone wants to help me with this please message me, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this. 1 Life and consciousness, that which originated on Earth is
Scientists provide a foundation for quantitatively determining how differences in viewing angles affect the resulting 3D structures of proteins, and could help other researchers determine the best setup for experiments to improve the imaging technique called cryo-EM.
Scientists provide a foundation for quantitatively determining how differences in viewing angles affect the resulting 3D structures of proteins, and could help other researchers determine the best setup for experiments to improve the imaging technique called cryo-EM.
Fish use colorful patterns to signal to each other, including advertising for mates and warding off rivals. Studying the relationship between color and behavior sometimes entails anesthetizing and photographing the fish, but anesthetics may alter coloration, influencing the traits researchers are trying to study.
Shift work and jet lag disrupt not just sleep cycles, but feeding and digestive cycles as well. Such disruptions have been linked to risk of obesity, inflammatory bowel disease, infection, and other conditions. Now, researchers have identified an immune cell that helps set the daily rhythms of the gut. The findings open the door to new treatments for digestive ailments targeting such cells.
Researchers have built what they believe is 'the world's most efficient single-photon source.' And they are still improving it. With planned upgrades, the apparatus could generate upwards of 30 photons at unprecedented efficiencies. Sources of that caliber are precisely what's needed for optical quantum information applications.
That giant pile of plastic trash in the ocean just got a little smaller. Dutch inventor Boyan Slat's Ocean Cleanup project recently collected its first plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Scientists found eight species of nematodes living in California's harsh Mono Lake—quintupling the number of animals known to live there. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Scientists found eight species of nematodes living in California's harsh Mono Lake—quintupling the number of animals known to live there. Christopher Intagliata reports. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
In this picture from Sept. 28, 2019, engineers and technicians working on the assembly and testing of the Mars 2020 spacecraft look on as a crane lifts the rocket-powered descent stage away from the rover. They've just completed a successful separation test at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
The Museum of the Bible in Washington quietly replaced an artifact purported to be one of a handful of miniature Bibles that a NASA astronaut carried to the moon in 1971 after an expert questioned its authenticity.
Scientists found eight species of nematodes living in California's harsh Mono Lake—quintupling the number of animals known to live there. Christopher Intagliata reports. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A chronological listing of news articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Sep 29 through Sat, Oct 5, 2019 Editor's Pick Greta Thunberg is right: It's time to haul ass on climate change Economically and politically, early ambition is better. New York, NY – August 28, 2019: 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg arrives into New York City after
This is a re-post from the WMO The world's leading climate science organizations have joined forces to produce a landmark new report for the United Nations Climate Action Summit , underlining the glaring – and growing – gap between agreed targets to tackle global warming and the actual reality. The report, United in Science , includes details on the state of the climate and presents trends in the
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