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Tariffs Have Been Good For U.S. Whiskey Drinkers
Alcohol is a legitimate class 1 carcinogen but if you are going to roll the dice with cancer, tariffs have made it more affordable. In 2018, the Trump administration began to place retaliatory tariffs on countries that had been penalizing American producers for decades.
Hank Campbell Thu, 08/20/2026 - 18:52 Categories Public HealthFasting Linked To Faster Disease Accumulation
Intermittent fasting, and fasting in general, has been a popular fad health gimmick, but the science isn't on its side. Instead, proponents believe mice are little people so if mice weaned on starvation diets lived longer, people would also.
News Account Thu, 08/20/2026 - 13:27 Categories Public HealthYour Brain Is Still Analog
The world around us may be digital, 0s and 1s shaping information, but the delivery mechanism is still analog; electricity and wires. Our brains, including cognition and consciousness, are also.
Hank Campbell Thu, 08/20/2026 - 09:19 Categories NeuroscienceUSC study finds gray and white matter work together to support cognition in older adults
‘Encouraging’ global mangrove cover increase despite losses in key regions, data reveals
KAIST solves 3D memory reliability problem with "oxygen tunnel" structure, boosting AI chip performance and reducing power consu...
With Hannah McElhinney's 'Wormhole', Alternative Medicine Risk Gets A Spotlight
A book that criticizes alternative medicine to treat conditions that have names but no criteria is controversial - because it runs up against a supplement and alternative medicine enabled by governments that believe science can't be trusted
The Conversation Wed, 08/19/2026 - 16:59 Categories Random ThoughtsTurning brain neurons on and off with light: DGIST develops a “biological switch” that works like magic
“A single radar to handle both communication and detection”: DGIST develops receiver technology that lightens the computational ...
KAIST turns once-troublesome protons into an energy storage resource for batteries
Is Climate Doom Discouraging Action? Here's How To Identify It
People see climate doom claims as manipulative but inoculation improves people’s ability to discern climate doom from climate science.
The Conversation Tue, 08/18/2026 - 10:13 Categories Science Education & Policy