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Social Drinking Is A Bigger Problem Than Drinking Alcohol Alone
Black Holes: Now With No Singularity
Like a "singularity", where the laws of physics cease to apply, at the heart of black holes.
Though Karl Schwarzschild found an exact solution to Einstein's 1915 general relativity equations, which implied the existence of extreme objects now known as black holes, mass so concentrated that nothing — not even light — can escape their gravitational pull (thus "black"), the physics community remain unconvinced. For over 100 years many even found it problematic.
Maybe singularities are just math in some cases. Math is a language, languages can tell stories.
Character In The Dark: How People Face Moral Dilemmas
Being Friends With A Gorilla Isn't Easy
Opiate Of The Masses: Ancient Andes Used Hallucinogens To Keep People Positive
When we think of the Andes today, we may think of the Incas, but they were colonizers just like Spain. Some 2,000 years before the Inca the Chavín had extensive farms and art and architecture throughout what Europeans later named Peru. And they did it with a lot less violence than most other prehistorical cultures on the continent.(1)
The Night Sky From Atacama
'Public Trust Doctrine' - How Lawyers Use Children To File Climate Change Lawsuits
An ancient legal principle has become a key strategy of American children seeking to reduce the effects of climate change in the 21st century. A defeat at the U.S. Supreme Court in March 2025 has not stopped the effort, which has several legal actions continuing in the courts.
The legal basis for these cases is called the “public trust doctrine,” the principle that certain natural resources – historically, navigable waters such as lakes, rivers and streams and the lands under them – must be maintained in government ownership and held in trust for present and future generations of the public.
How Does Streaming Technology Work?
Live and on-demand video constituted an estimated 66% of global internet traffic by volume in 2022, and the top 10 days for internet traffic in 2024 coincided with live streaming events such as the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson boxing match and coverage of the NFL. Streaming enables seamless, on-demand access to video content, from online gaming to short videos like TikToks, and longer content such as movies, podcasts and NFL games.
How Things Are Made
Would you really even want to try? People make homemade jam and all-natural weedkillers that are ironically stuffed with chemicals but no one makes their own toaster. It would be among the first things dismissed as unimportant in a post-apocalyptic world.
US Government Wants To End 54 Years Of Subsidized Media
The Trump administration’s drive to slash government spending on everything from the arts to cancer research also includes efforts to carry through on the Republican Party’s long-standing goal of ending federal funding for NPR, the nation’s public radio network, and PBS, its television counterpart.
Cigarette Smoking Is A Pediatric Disease, And Kids Today Want No Part Of It
Decades of health awareness campaigns by us and groups like us have made a difference among the young, just like smoking cessation and harm reduction tools such as nicotine vaping, gums, and patches have helped older people mitigate harm. Recent data show our "5 by 35" campaign begun in 2008 - down to 5% of Americans smoking cigarettes by 2035 - seems to be on track.
Mississippi and Louisiana Clobber California When It Comes To Educating Poor Kids
AI Simulation Says Neonics May Make Bees Stressed Out
It's hard to separate marketing hype from reality but scholars believe simulations and a monitoring system could see if activists who target seed treatments like neonicotinoid pesticides have science or just-so stories.
Runaway Technology: What To Do?
In 2025 it’s hard to argue that social media are not to blame for much antisocial and suicidal behavior among preteens and teens (e.g., Orben and Matias 2025). The harms of online bullying, deepfake nudes, and fringe conspiracies, all present on social media, were exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, years in which young people were buried in their screens.
Cover Plants Can Remove Toxic Pesticides Like Copper Sulfate From Soil
Even organic farmers use toxic pesticides but because they are older and less effective they must use a lot more. A new literature review posits that organic farmers, and conventional as well, can reduce effects on soil using cover plants. Most farmers grow cover plants, animal feed or just plants to remain, between main crops to supply the soil with nutrients before the next planting. They also protect against erosion and may increase biodiversity above and below ground.
Fortified By Silk: Nutrients And Pesticides Get A New Targeted Approach
It is part of their long history of promoting claims farming is a Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. The reality is that farmers simply want ways to safely and affordably improve yields. Science is the best way to create that and corporations are the best way to make it scale. No conspiracy needed.
University of Zurich Manipulates Reddit Users With AI Bots, But Say They Did It To Save The World
Safe Water May Be Killing You
Scientists know that inert ingredients are not harmful you but the authors of the new paper invoke the environmental "chemical cocktail" MacGuffin. Since every harmless product has not been tested in every possible combination with other inactive ingredients, they suggest agricultural, pharmaceutical and other common products could be hazardous to our health in ways that scientists don't know about.
Earth-Like Exoplanets Are Common
Bioprinting Pancreatic Tissues
Animal activists also hate animal trials. They will be happy about bioprinting organic tissue models that function like living organs.