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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 BiologyThat Medical Supplement Ad May Be A Deepfake AI Doctor
Make sure the conspiracy theory about diseases being caused by corn syrup, microwave ovens, and oatmeal but cured by his ozone therapy and a heavy metal detox is sold by the real Dr. Hyman and not a fake one.
Hank Campbell Mon, 09/21/2026 - 11:11 Categories TechnologyWhy People Are Turning To AI For Spiritual Guidance
AI has characteristics of a charismatic religious leader and people looking for counsel are flocking to it
The Conversation Mon, 09/21/2026 - 10:13 Categories AnthropologySome Girls Menstruate Earlier But Chemicals Aren't The Reason
Do you remember how old you were when you got your first period? And whether it was considered early, late or about average? Some parents are reportedly overhauling lunchboxes, shampoos and doing all they can to attempt to delay their child’s periods, so they don’t “grow up too early”.
The Conversation Sun, 09/20/2026 - 20:37 Categories Genetics & Molecular BiologyBrain Circuit Linked To Pregnancy Food Cravings Identified
Pregnant women have experienced exotic food cravings since recorded history began. This may be why.
News Account Fri, 09/18/2026 - 15:30 Categories NeuroscienceGovernment Regulations Could Cause Half Of Small Farms To Fail By 2050
"Whole earth farming” practices are a popular new government mandate. And they will wreck small farmers.
Hank Campbell Fri, 09/18/2026 - 15:05 Categories EnvironmentMajor Increase In MRI Before Prostate Biopsy - Is It Necessary?
An MRI changes whether a biopsy is needed and where the needles go. Is there a reason they aren't used more often?
News Account Fri, 09/18/2026 - 14:42 Categories Cancer ResearchVoid Scores Reveal What Sources People Don't Trust During Emergencies
Do you trust one local person in an emergency over hundreds of millions of dollars of government equipment? Yep. And firefighters and cops too. But perhaps not government agencies.
The Conversation Fri, 09/18/2026 - 14:28 Categories TechnologyChiropractors Are Dangerous But Artery Tear Risk May Be No Greater
If you use a chiropractor, the medical guidance you should follow is to stop going to a chiropractor. But if you believe in organic food, homeopathy or that medicine is a corporate conspiracy, there is good news about your risk of dying from spinal manipulation.
Hank Campbell Fri, 09/18/2026 - 13:24 Categories Public HealthRadiacode Zero - A Powerful New Radiation Detector
Ionizing radiation is all around us. We do not notice it: we have not developed any sense to detect it. Yet it may affect us in very serious ways, particularly because its effect on living cells and organisms is cumulative: a progressive degradation.
Tommaso Dorigo Tue, 09/15/2026 - 04:13 Categories PhysicsMRSA Infections In Hospitals Are A Problem: This Simple Change Can Help
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in hospitals are a worry but a new program implemented in 106 intensive care units (ICUs) and 87 non-ICUs at 94 hospitals caused cases to plummet.
News Account Mon, 09/14/2026 - 12:29 Categories Public HealthOn The Annihilation Risk From AI
The debate on the risk connected with the development of superintelligent systems has been going on for a while now, and in the last few years it has intensified considerably - especially since large language models have established themselves as powerful new oracles, mathematics superpowers, and code-writing wizards.
Tommaso Dorigo Mon, 09/14/2026 - 05:44 Categories TechnologyWhy Does Anyone Still Get Married?
Marriage for love is essentially a 20th-century convention. It's still financial in most ways. You need a government license to enter a marriage contract and a financial settlement to exit. But it still has religious overtones also. The question now is; why do people get married at all? Professor Devorah Baum has answers.
The Conversation Sun, 09/13/2026 - 04:29 Categories Philosophy & EthicsEpidemiology Reduced To Sounding Alarms About Fake Eyelashes
A new paper links fake eyelashes to demodicosis - parasites living in your eyes. How worried should you be?
Hank Campbell Sat, 09/12/2026 - 04:29 Categories Science Education & PolicyWhy Do Technological Advances Cause A Surge In Folk Beliefs?
Sweden, for example, claims to be a secular, modern country, yet their belief in the paranormal is the same as everywhere else. Dr. Katarzyna Herd has insights.
The Conversation Fri, 09/11/2026 - 17:10 Categories PsychologyHeel-Toe Mobility Separated Humans From Lesser Primates
A new paper posits that we may have taken over the world due to a mobility advantage; heel-and-toe walking.
News Account Thu, 09/10/2026 - 11:28 Categories EvolutionInconsistency Of EV Battery Pack Performance Remains A Challenge
Electric cars are currently limited in utility, which means continued government subsidies and high cost, because battery technology has not changed in the last 35 years.
Hank Campbell Thu, 09/10/2026 - 10:01 Categories EnergyClimate Change Linked To Greater Arctic Earthquakes
A new paper believes that in an already seismically active Arctic region, permafrost degradation can weaken the ice that helps to bind fractures within rock.
News Account Tue, 09/08/2026 - 13:31 Categories GeologyWhy Understanding the Human Condition Remains One of Science’s Great Challenges
Science has explained an extraordinary amount about the world around us. But one of its most elusive subjects remains remarkably close to home: ourselves. What made humans the way we are? How did we acquire our extraordinary capacities for consciousness, cooperation, language and culture?
Damon Isherwood Sun, 09/06/2026 - 21:12 Categories PsychologyEpidemiology: Microplastics Cause Lung Cancer
Unless you are a cigarette smoker, you can't be 'inhaling' enough polypropylene and polyethylene to impact your lungs even if you live for 7,000 years. That doesn't stop fad claims that microplastics cause lung cancer.
Hank Campbell Sun, 09/06/2026 - 06:29 Categories Chemistry