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194 Year Old Tortoise DNA Shows Lifestyle Diseases Accelerate Aging

A new analysis of Aldabra tortoise DNA shows what scientists have long argued; if humans don't smoke, drink alcohol, or get obese we age better.

News Wed, 10/07/2026 - 14:11 Categories Genetics & Molecular Biology

Soviet Well To Hell - How A Teacher Punked A Whole TV Network

In 1989, the communist dictatorship oddly named Union of Soviet Socialist Republics reached the extent of a third giant hole in the Arctic Circle, Kola Superdeep Borehole SG-3, where they'd been drilling for 19 years. It clocked in at nearly 8 miles deep.

Hank Campbell Tue, 10/06/2026 - 18:03 Categories Random Thoughts

ICE Crackdowns Saved Money On Healthcare In California

A silver lining for California politicians panicking about the federal government no longer paying the state to give free healthcare to illegal immigrants is that there may be fewer of them using ERs

Hank Campbell Mon, 10/05/2026 - 11:34 Categories Public Health

The Brothers Grimm Were Academics So Dark 34 Of Their Stories Were Banned

Imagine a fairy tale in which kids are playing outside and one is acting as a cook, one is a butcher, and one is the pig for dinner.

Hank Campbell Sun, 10/04/2026 - 17:48 Categories Science & Society

Ultra Patchwork Food: California AB 2244 Is An Expensive Anti-Science Mess

California AB 2244 is law and marketing executives at Organic food companies are preparing to buy new mansions. Because if a grocery store carries an "ultraprocessed" food item they are now required to take up shelf space for a boutiquie alternative.

Hank Campbell Tue, 09/29/2026 - 12:26 Categories Science Education & Policy

Kids Helping Kids Is Universal - But Cultures Help Differently

A simple game reveals a universal instinct in kids

News Mon, 09/28/2026 - 15:03 Categories Psychology

Is Coastal Flooding Now Predictable?

Flooding has long been an unpredictable event, as poorly understood as hurricanes or any weather. That may no longer be the case.

Hank Campbell Mon, 09/28/2026 - 11:41 Categories Oceanography

Flying With Gamma-Ray Counters: Another Test Or Two Of The Radiacode Zero

Yesterday I traveled all day, moving my family back to Lulea from Padova. The trip is long because there is no direct connection from Venice to Stockholm (Norwegian has one, but I prefer to avoid them as they canceled my flight recently).

Tommaso Dorigo Sun, 09/27/2026 - 09:24 Categories Physics

Why Oxygen, Not Time, Is What Makes Much of Our Food Go Bad

We tend to talk about food spoilage as if time itself were the culprit. Leave a bag of nuts, a bottle of juice or a packet of dried food on the shelf for long enough, the thinking goes, and age simply catches up with it. But for many foods, the more immediate enemy is not the clock. It is oxygen.

Mark Pierce Sat, 09/26/2026 - 20:20 Categories Microbiology

Enzyme USP15 Limits Ovarian Cancer Cells And Boosts Chemotherapy

Ovarian cancer is devastating, five-year survival rate under 30%, when detected after it has spread. New basic research may improve that.

News Fri, 09/25/2026 - 11:38 Categories Cancer Research

Sorry Higgs, There May Be A New Contender For Low Energy States

If we're trapped in a false vacuum, there's still hope to break free of cosmic lockdown

News Fri, 09/25/2026 - 10:35 Categories Physics

Beauty Is In The Pupil Of The Beholder - Glossiness Too

Pupils don't just respond to what we look at, they respond based on how we evaluate

News Fri, 09/25/2026 - 10:08 Categories Vision

Does Stroke Cause Brain Tumor?

A new paper correlates stroke to glioma growth, linking brain injury to malignant brain tumors.

News Fri, 09/25/2026 - 09:49 Categories Neuroscience

If You Worry About Microplastics, Be Grateful If Climate Change Means Fewer Hurricanes

Climate change has been implicated in the lack of hurricanes this year, but there may be an upside to doom from fewer atmospheric disasters. If you worry about microplastics, PM2.5, or other homeopathy, it means less of those also.

Hank Campbell Thu, 09/24/2026 - 13:45 Categories Atmospheric

Some Tests Of The Radiacode Zero

As I explained previously, these days I am testing a new radiation detector from the Radiacode family: Radiacode Zero.

Tommaso Dorigo Thu, 09/24/2026 - 10:54 Categories Physics

Jurassic Puke: Plesiosaurs Knew Not To Vomit Where They Eat

Jurassic monsters sometimes needed to vomit. When they did, they went to shore.

News Wed, 09/23/2026 - 14:56 Categories Paleontology

The Lindsay Clancy Difference: Many Parents Have Intrusive Thoughts About Infant Harm

A survey says half of new parents have unwanted thoughts about harming their infants. Why did Lindsay Clancy resort to murder when so few others do?

The Conversation Wed, 09/23/2026 - 10:11 Categories Psychology

Carbon Nanotube Has EMI And Hides Heat

Researchers have developed a composite film that combines electromagnetic interference shielding, infrared stealth, and high mechanical strength using carbon nanotube fibers and MXene.

News Account Mon, 09/21/2026 - 20:10 Categories Applied Physics

Don't Ignore The Fifth Amendment In Why Presidents Can't Ban The Press

Carter banned journalists. Obama banned Fox News. Biden revoked 440 press passes. Now Trump has banned three, and outlets like Fox have joined the protest. The issue is much larger than the First Amendment.

The Conversation Mon, 09/21/2026 - 15:59 Categories Philosophy & Ethics

The Guardian Paradox: Our Biology Prevents Cancer But Increases Aging

Tumor-suppressing damage control protects tissue from cancer, but the "guardian paradox" proposes that chronic activity by those same protective programs cause harm.

News Mon, 09/21/2026 - 13:52 Categories Genetics & Molecular Biology