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News Account Wed, 09/02/2026 - 17:53 Categories AnthropologyRain Gardens: Placement Matters More Than Square Footage
The Canadian capital of Ottawa was bombarded with 167 millimetres of rain in five hours earlier this summer in what the city called a one-in-200-year event. Close to 5,800 basement-flooding reports followed, and the worst of it hit the city’s west end, including the Crystal Beach neighborhood.
The Conversation Wed, 09/02/2026 - 16:18 Categories EnvironmentThe Precedent For Creating A 'Conservative' Science Journal
In 2009, with a Democrat back in the White House, corporate science and medical journal publishers asked Rep. John Conyers, Jr. of Detroit, a staunch ally of President Obama, to get the new president to issue an executive order and undo the work of his predecessor, President George W. Bush.
Hank Campbell Wed, 09/02/2026 - 13:33 Categories Science Education & PolicyKAIST skin-conformable micro-LED mask boosts skin rejuvenation, brightening, and synergistic benefits with polynucleotide (PN) i...
Your smartwatch is lying to you about how many calories you burned, FIU study finds
KAIST develops a soft, 3D-printed robotic hand that gently grips everything from eggs to a 1 kg water bottle
Are You Your Brain Or Your Body?
A “racing heart,” “choked up” - language treats emotion and thought as if they inhabit the body. But why are events of the mind felt in the heart or stomach?
News Account Mon, 08/31/2026 - 17:38 Categories NeuroscienceThe US Creating Starfleet Academy Sounds Exciting
He didn't call it a Moonshot or a Manhattan Project of Space, that is the kind of language his political opponents use(1), President Trump announcing a U.S. Space Academy invoked something even bolder - Star Trek.
Hank Campbell Mon, 08/31/2026 - 14:59 Categories AerospaceDog Aging Project: Humans and Dogs Age A Lot Alike
Metabolites associated with earlier or later death in dogs behave in much the same way they have been shown in humans.
News Account Mon, 08/31/2026 - 14:37 Categories Genetics & Molecular BiologyPeople Who Appropriate Oppression Are Harming Socialization By Their Kids
Actors are famous for manufacturing traumatic situations about every movie they've done but the public builds that into their psychological makeup. So do their kids, and not for the better. A new paper says appropriated oppression is a cultural legacy.
Hank Campbell Mon, 08/31/2026 - 14:08 Categories Psychology