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WEB3 days ago · RealClearScience - Opinion, News, Analysis, Video and Polls. Sunday, September 29. Top NIH Official May Have Manipulated Studies for Decades. Charles Piller, Science. Fraud, So Much Fraud. Derek Lowe, Science Magazine. Bret Weinstein, Would-Be Galileo. Jonathan Jarry, Office for Science and Society. Richard Dawkins Keeps Shrinking.
Ecomodernism Is Needed Now More Than Ever | RealClearScience
WEB2 days ago · As humanity's collective attention finally turns to confronting the environmental harms we've wrought, Ecomodernism provides a unifying path forward that could rally us into action. Ecomoderism is needed now more than ever before. The climate continues to change, driven now by human actions. As it does, …
What Scientists Learned From Studying the World's Strongest Men
WEB1 day ago · Measuring an exceptionally strong person such as Hall – who produced a 500kg world record deadlift and won the “World’s Strongest Man” competition in 2017 – provided the opportunity to understand what specific muscle and tendon characteristics may have contributed to his incredible strength. Eddie Hall is one of world strongman’s ...
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WEBSep 19, 2024 · RealClearScience Wednesday. Earth's Supervolcanoes Are Waking Up. Bill McGuire, Science Focus. Population Growth: Just the Facts. Amardeo Sarma & Peter Uetz, Skeptical Inquirer. Evidence for 'Brain-Protecting' Q-Collar Likely Bogus. Stephanie Lee, Chron of High Ed. What Sci Am's Endorsement of Kamala Harris Will Accomplish. Cam English, ACSH.
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WEB6 days ago · RealClearScience Articles. Sam Altman Envisions an AI Utopia. It's Magical Thinking. Hallam Stevens - September 30, 2024. By now, many of us are probably familiar with artificial intelligence hype. AI will make artists redundant! AI can do lab experiments! AI will end grief! Even by these standards, the latest proclamation from OpenAI chief ...
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WEBSep 22, 2024 · Quick and Clear Science. Scientists Film Eels Escaping From Predators' Stomachs. Most people know the Japanese eel in its grilled form: unagi. Unlike many other fish in... Study Quantifies Germany’s Disastrous Switch Away From Nuclear Power.
The Universe Is Smoother Than Theory Suggests
WEB6 days ago · But detailed mapping of the CMB tells us a great deal more than this. A key insight from CMB maps obtained with the Planck telescope is that the universe was also exceptionally smooth at early times. There was only a 0.001% variation from place to place in the density and temperature of the matter and radiation in the universe.
Microplastics Are in Our Brains. How Bad Is This?
WEBAug 31, 2024 · Microplastics typically enter the body through contaminated food and water. This can disrupt the gut microbiome (the community of microbes in your gut) and cause inflammation. This leads to effects in the whole body via the immune system and the complex, two-way communication system between the gut and the brain.
Scientists Found an Entirely New Way to Treat Anxiety
WEBAugust 13, 2024. Researchers at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) have discovered a new way to treat anxiety. By manipulating a specific signaling pathway in the brains of young, stressed mice, they effectively halted the animals’ anxious behaviors. The advance could one day lead to novel anti-anxiety ...
How We Reconstructed the Ancestor of All Life on Earth
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Now, our recent study hopes to offer new insights into the origin of life on Earth. Around 375 million years ago, our fish-like ancestors breathed through gills. Over 600 million years ago, the common ancestor of all animals emerged – the microscopic urmetazoan. Billions of years before all of that happened, however, the …