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The Lost Roman Legion Of China
In 53 B.C., a member of Rome's First Triumverate, Marcus Licinius Crassus, wanted to show himself the equal of fellow rulers Caesar And Pompey.
Hank Campbell Thu, 07/23/2026 - 04:28 Categories AnthropologyFriends of the Earth: 'Vaccine Apartheid' Crusaders Open A New War On Food
Friends of the Earth was famously started by an anti-nuclear activist who felt like his employer, Sierra Club, did not hate science enough. You read that right. Sierra Club, founded by a rabid eugenicist, was too soft on science for David Brower.
Hank Campbell Wed, 07/22/2026 - 10:39 Categories TechnologyKAIST develops a molecular platform for the selective control of oxygen reaction pathways
High-resolution map reveals where veterinary antibiotics enter China’s environment
Artificial intelligence could help wastewater plants track and manage microplastics
Half Of Americans Should Be On Statins According To New Guidelines
The good news for Americans is that wages have outpaced costs since the Clinton years.
Hank Campbell Tue, 07/21/2026 - 12:53 Categories Public HealthMore than half of U.S. adults now eligible for statins under new guidelines, Pitt Study finds
Toward Mode Collapse of Natural Language
Regression toward the mean is a simple phenomenon commonly described in Statistics 101 courses. If you measure a parameter describing some phenomenon, you will find that extreme measured values tend to be followed by less extreme ones.
Tommaso Dorigo Mon, 07/20/2026 - 09:07 Categories Science & SocietyBiochar X: Helping Earthworms Navigate Organic Copper Sulfate Contamination
After President Bill Clinton ordered his US Department of Agriculture to make a government "organic" marketing designation for products that used older pesticides and genetic engineering, the industry took off and is now $150 Big Food segment in its own right.
Hank Campbell Mon, 07/20/2026 - 09:01 Categories EnvironmentQuantum Sampling Opens a New Route Through Peptide Space
A hybrid quantum-classical workflow suggests a new way to generate peptide candidates, particularly when biological training data is scarce.
Mark Pierce Mon, 07/20/2026 - 01:17 Categories PharmacologyFriendship Can Be Found In All Human Cultures, That May Be Why Chatbots Have A Place
One of the greatest pains a human can endure is to have no friends. What if we could build machines that replicated the experience of friendship?
The Conversation Sun, 07/19/2026 - 04:29 Categories Technology