Science
July 31, 2019 (EcoSophia.net) -- I’m pleased to say that my post here two weeks ago, on the way that belief in progress depends on a certain kind of historical amnesia, got a lively and mostly thoughtful response. Oh, I fielded and deleted some saliva-flecked denunciations, to be sure, but that always happens when I try to pose hard questions about the faith-based mythology of perpetual progress ...
July 24, 2019 (The Conversation) -- As the 2020 election approaches, there is much public concern that what was dubbed “Russian meddling” in the 2016 presidential election could happen again. But wha ...
Credit: CC0 Public DomainJuly 25, 2019 (TechXplore) -- Using YouTube to learn about climate-change-related topics will expose you to video content that mostly opposes worldwide scientific consensus. ...
PinocchioJuly 25, 2019 (MedicalXpress) -- A consultant inflates his hours so he'll be paid more. Will his dishonesty later affect whether he'll be able to tell when his client is pleased or upset? In ...
Credit: CC0 Public Domain July 18, 2019 (MedicalXpress) -- Most Americans believe science and religion are incompatible, but a recent study suggests that scientific engagement can actually promote be ...
Credit: CC0 Public Domain July 8, 2019 (Phys.org) -- Even in the strange world of open quantum systems, the arrow of time points steadily forward -- most of the time. New experiments conducted at Was ...
Credit: Petr Kratochvil/public domain July 4, 2019 (Phys.org) -- Every type of atom in the universe has a unique fingerprint: It only absorbs or emits light at the particular energies that match the ...
Small (dormant) and enlarged (reactivated) neural stem cells expressing membrane-tagged GFP (green) and the cell cycle marker Cyclin B (red) in the young Drosophila fruit fly larval brain. Credit: Un ...
Credit: CC0 Public Domain June 6, 2019 (Phys.org) -- A new Tel Aviv University study finds a mechanism exhibited in nematodes that allows the nervous system cells -- neurons -- to communicate with ge ...
Credit: CC0 Public Domain June 6, 2019 (Phys.org) -- Spatial separation of active from inactive fractions of the genome in the cell nucleus is crucial for gene expression control. A new study uncover ...
Princeton University researchers Rebecca Moore, Rachel Kaletsky and Coleen Murphy have discovered that learned behaviors can be inherited for multiple generations in C. elegans, transmitted from pare ...