Science 2.0
Trust In Science Is Now On Par With The Military - And Above The Media And Government
Science has been doing something right in the last few years. That number is up by almost half, to 35 percent.(2)
Telepathic Gaming: Co-Op With Friends Using Only Your Minds
Telepathic communication might be one step closer to reality thanks to new research from the University of Washington. A team created a method that allows three people to work together to solve a problem using only their minds.
In BrainNet, three people play a Tetris-like game using a brain-to-brain interface. This is the first demonstration of two things: a brain-to-brain network of more than two people, and a person being able to both receive and send information to others using only their brain. The team published its results in Scientific Reports after being posted on arXiv last year.
Fake News: Blame Partisan Media, Blame Social Media, But It's A Monster We All Created, And It's Worldwide
The term "fake news" has been popularized by President Donald Trump in recent years, and while its meaning has been hotly debated, the spreading of false information to fulfill a political agenda is far from a new concept. It's not just an American thing.
The EU Can Barely Feed Itself, And A New Report Wants It To Get Worse
Agricultural areas cover 174 million hectares, 40 percent of the EU, yet despite what may be the world's most fertile land, Europe still accounts for 85 percent of the world's agricultural subsidies. Their products are too expensive to sell elsewhere without them.
The Placental Microbiome Is The Schrodinger's Cat Of Biology, Which Means It Isn't Science Yet
There is no compelling evidence any of that has an impact and if it did, that it would be beneficial.
Bad Epidemiology: 2016 Trump Election Linked To Preterm Latina Births
Could Light And Noise From Earth Attract Alien Attention?
Since the first use of electric lamps in the 19th century, society hasn’t looked back. Homes and streets are lit at all hours so that people can go about their business when they’d once have been asleep. Besides the obvious benefits to societies and the economy, there’s growing awareness of the negative impact of artificial light.
Light pollution has been blamed for wasting energy, disrupting wildlife behavior and harming mental health. One aspect has avoided the spotlight though. Namely, that light not only allows one to see, but also to be seen. This could well attract unwelcome attention – and not just from moths.
GJ 357 D : Nearby Potentially Habitable Super Earth Is Just 31 Light Years Away
With a thick atmosphere, the planet GJ 357 d could maintain liquid water on its surface like Earth and that means it could be habitable. It is nearby a diminutive M-type dwarf sun, about one-third the size of our own sun,(it is unclear if the planet transits) which harbors three planets, with GJ 357 in that system's habitable zone.
Josh Hawley's Alert After 30 Minutes Of Social Media Use Can't Pass - Can't Be Serious - But Internet Addiction Is An Issue
This is surely going to be one of the 93% of bills that never make it to law. First there is his op. ed. and surely this is not serious:
First his “maybe we’d be better off if Facebook disappeared.” is part of an argument. He is saying we need to be tough on social media and not let ourselves be shoved around by them.
Confront the industry, we’re told, and you might accidentally kill it — and with it, all the innovation it has (supposedly) brought to our society.
Maybe. But maybe social media’s innovations do our country more harm than good. Maybe social media is best understood as a parasite on productive investment, on meaningful relationships, on a healthy society.
‘Arctic On Fire’ Is Normal, Part Of Nature - Moose, Bears, Voles, Foxes, Owls, Birds Of Prey All Depend On Wild Fires
Short summary - the Arctic is always on fire in summer, and it’s a natural part of the ecosystem, to the extent that moose, bears, bison, voles, foxes, owls, birds of prey, …, they are all dependent on the fires directly or indirectly. It would be a very different ecosystem without them. Part of the Arctic burns every year but other areas recently burned grow new growth such as birches, berries, herbs, willow, grassland, others then are turning into mature forests of spruce, which burn when they become very dry, others are peat banks that again burn when they are very dry and it cycles round and round.
Articles that warn about the effects on global warming are a bit premature. You need to look at all the effects over multi-year periods.
Another Study Finds Data IARC Ignored Shows The Weedkiller Glyphosate Doesn't Cause Cancer
Thee researchers evaluated as yet unpublished data from the Agricultural Health Study (AHS) in the USA, the observation period of which had been extended by eleven years. Through the extended follow-up of the AHS, they come to the conclusion that no connections could be established between applications of plant protection products containing glyphosate and the occurrence of cancer among the examined population group.
Impossible Burger Win: FDA Approves Soy Leghemoglobin As A Color Additive For Uncooked Home Products
Newton Is Wrong And Einstein Is Next, Says UCLA Astrophysicist
The reason the authors believe Einstein’s general theory of relativity is weak is because it cannot fully explain gravity inside a black hole - and though no one has experimented inside a black hole to get measured data they believe the theory must come first, which happened with Einstein but not with Newton.
Conservation Tillage: What It Is And How Well It Works
But not everyone could afford a plow and some just let old stalks break down naturally, a kind of top level composting. Then in the spring they planted new seeds. Some didn't till at all.
Proportionality: Can Birth Length And Birth Weight Predict Future Heart Problems?
BMI is famous by now and has been used by government guidance bodies since the 1980s. It was invented nearly 200 years ago but, like homeopathy from the same period, somehow remains dogma to a few. It's a simple math calculation that takes into account height and weight. If you want to calculate yours, multiply your weight by 703 and then divide that by your height squared - (weight x 703)/(height in inches x height in inches).(1)
That is with adults. You can't do it with growing kids.
Lyme Disease Is Not A Military Bioweapon
Could Lyme disease in the U.S. be the result of an accidental release from a secret bioweapons experiment? Could the military have specifically engineered the Lyme disease bacterium to be more insidious and destructive – and then let it somehow escape the lab and spread in nature?
Is this why 300,000 Americans are diagnosed annually with this potentially debilitating disease?
It's An Adequate Glossary But For Psychiatric Diagnoses DSM-5 Is 'Scientifically Meaningless'
A new study in Psychiatry Research (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.07.005) has concluded that psychiatric diagnoses are scientifically worthless as tools to identify discrete mental health disorders.
The study involved a detailed analysis of five key chapters of the latest edition of the widely used Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition: DSM-5, on 'schizophrenia', 'bipolar disorder', 'depressive disorders', 'anxiety disorders' and 'trauma-related disorders'.
Diagnostic manuals such as the DSM were created to provide a common diagnostic language for mental health professionals and attempt to provide a definitive list of mental health problems, including their symptoms.
Archeologists Uncover The Church Of The Apostles
The New Testament said they, along with Philip, came from the village of Bethsaida, which in the first century was located on the lakeshore and today is in the Buteiha Valley Nature Reserve. It recounted that Jesus cured a blind man there.
Call For Proposals for Science Student Groups Civic Engagement Projects
The group is funding graduate student groups’ nonpartisan activities of their design focusing on civic engagement and elevating the importance of scientific research, innovation, and public health. These programs encourage dialogue between young scientists and local leaders about the roles science and research play in issues important to their communities. Groups are also encouraged to expand their efforts through partnerships with social science and communications students as part of the new Science Meets Science Microgrant Program.