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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 PsychologyAchieving direct α-heteroarylation of amides and esters under mild conditions, eliminating the need for transition metals
KRAS G12C mutation identified as a rare potential target in genitourinary cancers
Virologist awarded $2 million NIH grant to investigate how virus-infected cells live and die
Tax Breaks, Not Subsidies, Spur Innovation
The world has spent $9,000,000,000,000 on alternatives to energy and has very little to show for it.
Hank Campbell Fri, 08/28/2026 - 10:57 Categories Science Education & PolicyMulticenter study suggests early rasburicase prevents kidney failure and death in tumor lysis syndrome
AI Breakthroughs And An 11% Surge In Math Majors
University admissions data show an 11% increase in applications to study maths in college. The reason is that young people see AI as being the biggest boost to the field since the calculator
The Conversation Thu, 08/27/2026 - 14:56 Categories Mathematics