5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (567+ words) I was reached this evening by the news of the passing of a dear friend, Enrico Stomeo. I was reached this evening by the news of the passing of a dear friend, Enrico Stomeo Enrico was an architect by profession,…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (300+ words) Californis is the largest dairy producer in the United States. It is also the most anti-science state, distrustful of the modern world. That is why coastal cities had measles parties until the COVID-19 pandemic happened; they believed the MMR vaccine…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (300+ words) Californis is the largest dairy producer in the United States. It is also the most anti-science state, distrustful of the modern world. That is why coastal cities had measles parties until the COVID-19 pandemic happened; they believed the MMR vaccine…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (869+ words) Nobody likes to wait in line. Whether you are sitting in your car waiting to reach the toll booths, on a plane waiting to disembark along with the other passengers, or in a queue at the ticket office, you may…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (309+ words) Science 2. 0 There are concerns about projected warming on the Earth's surface and in the lower atmosphere even while the planet's upper atmosphere has cooled. It's not a paradox, it's a pattern and a recent paper described the mechanics of how…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (510+ words) The Supreme Court recently issued another ruling that seeks to end racial discrimination. most recently in specially-created political districts. What has not been an issue, because it was not obvious like universities and Louisiana politics, is how grants get chosen....

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (448+ words) We may use terms like "grounded" and terra firma to mean stability and consistency but geology laughs at that notion. The next time you go on vacation, a new tool can show you how many places your vacation destination has…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (370+ words) One tenet of natural selection is a random walk of genes but nature may be more predictable than rolls of dice suggest. A new study of the mimicry of several distantly-related South American rainforest butterfly and moth species with similar…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (440+ words) In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of individuals, companies, and NGOs, from California to Minnesota to Massachusetts, have come under investigation for fraud in taking money from the federal government. Now the Department of Justice is investigating…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (700+ words) An analysis of 6. 14million maternal-child health records has linked prescription medications to higher rates of Autism Spectrum Disorder in offspring. Sterol biosynthesis'inhibiting medications (SBIMs) inhibitthe cholesterol synthesis pathway and areinclude antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics, beta-blockersand statins; aripiprazole, atorvastatin, bupropion, buspirone, fluoxetine, haloperidol,…...