Science 2.0
In 1900, The Ladies Home Journal Made Predictions That Put Nostradamus To Shame
In December of 1900, a civil engineer named John Elfreth Watkins, Jr. in The Ladies Home Journal wrote “What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years” and his predictions put most futurists to shame.
Hank Campbell Thu, 07/30/2026 - 19:51 Categories Science History44 Nysa - An Asteroid Now With Its Own Moon
Asteroid (44) Nysa, discovered in 1857 by astronomer Hermann Goldschmidt, has gotten a lot of study in the last 170 years but a recent analysis of data reveals it has its own moon.
News Account Wed, 07/29/2026 - 20:26 Categories SpaceEzplaz: Freeze-Dried Plasma Gets FDA Approval
Vascular Solutions, LLC, has been given U.S. Food and Drug Authority authorization for its Ezplaz Freeze Dried Plasma for transfusion in adults.
News Account Wed, 07/29/2026 - 12:30 Categories TechnologyWarning: Cannibalism Will Turn You Into A Zombie Russian Nesting Doll
Humans are calorically dense enough that it is no surprise that some ancient cultures engaged in cannibalism - or even more modern people in the right circumstances.(1) Yet it is also taboo. In Christopher Nolan's recent version of The Odyssey, cannibals appear twice.
Hank Campbell Wed, 07/29/2026 - 11:03 Categories AnthropologyPROTEXI Cancer Vaccine Platform Based On SARS-CoV-2 Immune Memory
A new cancer vaccine platform works by enhancing the ability of the immune system to recognize cancer by leveraging anti-viral memories it already has - due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the worst outbreak of the last 70 years.
News Account Tue, 07/28/2026 - 11:41 Categories Cancer ResearchBeatrix Potter, Naturalist
The Tale of Peter Rabbit author illustrator got her start in science. Everything except astronomy. She had her limits.
The Conversation Tue, 07/28/2026 - 10:53 Categories AnthropologyIs Sparkling Water Bad For Your Teeth?
Sparkling water this decade is like baby formula of the 2010s; the target of a strange culture war that claims it has evidence of a public health crisis.
News Account Mon, 07/27/2026 - 18:22 Categories Public HealthWhy Both Stimulating And Blocking GLP-1R Helps People Lose Weight
Understanding which brain circuits respond to weight loss medications and how they behave could lead to better weight loss with fewer side effects.
News Account Fri, 07/24/2026 - 18:04 Categories NeuroscienceHow Can Scientists Claim Climate Change Made A Heat Wave Worse?
When a devastating heat wave, hurricane, flood or wildfire strikes, people often want to know: How much did human-caused climate change influence this event, if at all? For many years, scientists could answer that question only in general terms.
The Conversation Fri, 07/24/2026 - 13:03 Categories AtmosphericMusic Salons Of The 1800s Are Still With Us Today
Why have public displays of piano playing become so compelling? At railway stations, shopping centres and airports, an instrument usually associated with concert halls bursts into everyday life.
The Conversation Fri, 07/24/2026 - 12:52 Categories PsychologyThe Lost Roman Legion Of China
In 53 B.C., a member of Rome's First Triumverate, Marcus Licinius Crassus, wanted to show himself the equal of fellow rulers Caesar And Pompey.
Hank Campbell Thu, 07/23/2026 - 04:28 Categories AnthropologyFriends of the Earth: 'Vaccine Apartheid' Crusaders Open A New War On Food
Friends of the Earth was famously started by an anti-nuclear activist who felt like his employer, Sierra Club, did not hate science enough. You read that right. Sierra Club, founded by a rabid eugenicist, was too soft on science for David Brower.
Hank Campbell Wed, 07/22/2026 - 10:39 Categories TechnologyHalf Of Americans Should Be On Statins According To New Guidelines
The good news for Americans is that wages have outpaced costs since the Clinton years.
Hank Campbell Tue, 07/21/2026 - 12:53 Categories Public HealthToward Mode Collapse of Natural Language
Regression toward the mean is a simple phenomenon commonly described in Statistics 101 courses. If you measure a parameter describing some phenomenon, you will find that extreme measured values tend to be followed by less extreme ones.
Tommaso Dorigo Mon, 07/20/2026 - 09:07 Categories Science & SocietyBiochar X: Helping Earthworms Navigate Organic Copper Sulfate Contamination
After President Bill Clinton ordered his US Department of Agriculture to make a government "organic" marketing designation for products that used older pesticides and genetic engineering, the industry took off and is now $150 Big Food segment in its own right.
Hank Campbell Mon, 07/20/2026 - 09:01 Categories EnvironmentQuantum Sampling Opens a New Route Through Peptide Space
A hybrid quantum-classical workflow suggests a new way to generate peptide candidates, particularly when biological training data is scarce.
Mark Pierce Mon, 07/20/2026 - 01:17 Categories PharmacologyFriendship Can Be Found In All Human Cultures, That May Be Why Chatbots Have A Place
One of the greatest pains a human can endure is to have no friends. What if we could build machines that replicated the experience of friendship?
The Conversation Sun, 07/19/2026 - 04:29 Categories TechnologyPM10 In Wildfire Smoke Is A Killer - Here Is How To Protect Yourself
Wildfire smoke has been pouring across the U.S. border from fires in Canada again, turning skies an eerie shade of orange in several states in July 2026. In the West, smoke has also been spreading into communities in Colorado and neighboring states as more wildfires burn in hot, dry conditions.
The Conversation Fri, 07/17/2026 - 14:29 Categories AtmosphericKRAS Vaccine: First-In-Human Immune Response Against Pancreatic Cancer
Scientists have reported that an experimental vaccine targeting one of the most common genetic drivers of pancreatic cancer, called mutant KRAS, is safe and generated a durable immune responses aimed at preventing the cancer.
News Account Thu, 07/16/2026 - 13:31 Categories Cancer ResearchDoctors And Cancer Patients Disagree On Medical Marijuana
If you are not currently smoking marijuana, do not start. It is a carcinogen, no different than cigarettes and alcohol. Most people recognize its effects on the brain are so broad it is about as safe as lead in drinking water. But if you already have cancer, that relative risk equation may change.
Hank Campbell Thu, 07/16/2026 - 12:55 Categories Pharmacology