Dec 29, 2022 · 4. Aside from range issues, EVs handled the Arctic air well. Owners reported that their cars started without issue, drove well (albeit with slightly reduced power), and heated quickly thanks to their fast-acting electric heaters. For drivers who didn't need to worry about traveling long distances, their EVs were functional, comfortable, and ...Dec 6, 2022 · Joel Wyncott. We Can All Reach a 'Flow State'. Here's How. By Ross Pomeroy. December 06, 2022. We’ve all witnessed someone performing at the peak of what is possible, and it’s an awe-inspiring sight. Maybe it’s a politician delivering a transcendent speech, a singer belting out a performance that will echo through the ages, or an athlete ...Oct 28, 2021 · When sixty Roman ships under the command of Marcus Claudius Marcellus laid siege to the city in 214 BC, Archimedes reportedly deployed innovative catapults, a giant "claw" affixed to the ramparts to grab ships and capsize them, and a "heat ray," which modern writers have stylistically redubbed a "death ray". …RealClearScience Friday. Urban Humans Have Lost Much of Their Ability to Digest Plants John Timmer, Ars. Cellulose is the primary component of the cell walls of …Our Memories of COVID-19 Are Biased – Why That Matters. Lives are still being lost to COVID-19 every day. And for many left with debilitating after-effects of the disease, it …Jul 15, 2021 · Test Einstein's theory. After the trips, they compared the times on the atomic clocks in the airplanes with the time of atomic clocks at the United States Naval Observatory. If relativity was correct, the clocks heading east should have been behind those on the ground, while the ones traveling west should have been ahead.Jan 17, 2024 · Chronic Inflammation and Poverty Hugely Increase Risk of Dying. Univ. of Florida. Previous Month (December 2023) January 2024 Next Month (February 2024) Su. Mo.Apr 5, 2021 · Chocolate’s complex flavor consists of hundreds of individual compounds, many of which are generated during fermentation. Fermentation is the process of improving the qualities of a food through the controlled activity of microbes, and it allows the bitter, otherwise tasteless cacao seeds to develop the rich flavors associated with chocolate.Defense: Duty, Honor, Nothing - Citizen Soldier, RealClearDefense. Books & Culture: Kate Is the First Internet Princess - Sarah Ditum, UnHerd. Policy: Objective Standards Matter - …3 days ago · Eclipses as omens. More than two thousand years ago, the Babylonians were able to calculate that there were 38 possible eclipses or syzygys within a period of 223 months: that is, about 18 years. This period of 223 months is called a Saros cycle by modern astronomers, and a sequence of eclipses separated by a Saros cycle constitutes a Saros …Mar 17, 2023 · In 1980, a 56-year-old Frenchman living in Kenya entered Kitum cave and may have been entranced by that beauty. After a few hours of exploration, he left spellbound and in awe. But something evil left with him. Seven days later, the headache started. Fever and nearly nonstop vomiting arrived three days after that.Jun 23, 2022 · Here are five facts that might reset your perception of time, and make you rethink your place in it. 1. Sharks are older than trees. In the story of life on Earth, sharks are survivors, persisting through all five global mass extinctions. Their hardiness has helped them endure in various forms over 420 million years!Dec 21, 2023 · People Once Lived by an Inland Sea in Australia. For much of the 65,000 years of Australia’s human history, the now-submerged northwest continental shelf connected the Kimberley and western Arnhem Land. This vast, habitable realm covered nearly 390,000 square kilometres, an area one-and-a-half times larger than New Zealand …Feb 14, 2024 · Science Doesn't Support 'Love Languages'. By Ross Pomeroy. February 14, 2024. There’s perhaps no other relationship theory with greater staying power or wider appeal than “Love Languages.”. Birthed in a perennially best-selling book over three decades ago, the idea remains ever-present in popular media, …Dec 13, 2022 · They are, in our opinion, the top science websites of 2022. 10. Stat. Since the COVID-19 pandemic shoved public health and medicine back into the spotlight, the reporters at Boston Globe's Stat have served as dedicated guides. In 2022, they kept us informed on new Alzheimer's drugs, a terrifying new phase in the opioid epidemic, and …Dec 6, 2022 · He outlined six key factors that define it: Sharply focused concentration on the present, and only the present. “Merging of action and awareness”. An absence of second-guessing yourself. A complete sense of control over the situation. An altered perception of time. Experiencing the activity as intrinsically rewarding.Oct 26, 2023 · The annual average temperature there is 27°F (-2.8°C), with a winter average of 7°F (-13.9°C), and a record low of -47°F (-43.9°C). This frigid air combines with gusty winds to chill visitors’ bones. The average annual wind speed is 35 mph (56 kph), and winds are at or above hurricane force (at least 74 mph, or 119 kph) every other day ...Jan 23, 2024 · Why College Students' Average IQ Has Fallen 17 Points Since 1939. By Ross Pomeroy. January 23, 2024. It’s commonly cited that undergraduates are significantly smarter than average, with IQs ranging from 115 to 130. But as a team of Canadian researchers showed in a recently published meta-analysis, that “fact” is …RealClearScience. 204,076 likes · 81 talking about this. www.realclearscience.com RealClearScience is your portal to the most relevant science news and opinio …Jun 30, 2021 · Though hard to define, it usually takes the form of an emphasis on what is known variously as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), critical race theory, wokeness, anti-racism, and the like. Several scholars and writers have been raising the alarm about its anti-intellectual and illiberal aspects. Heather Mac Donald has …RealClearScience Digital Subscriptions. Thank you for your purchase! Your confirmation email has been sent to !. Our records also indicate that you are a first time user and have …Dec 29, 2023 · Further Evidence for Quark Matter Cores in Neutron Stars. University of Helsinki. Previous Month (November 2023) December 2023 Next Month (January 2024) Su. Mo.Here at RealClearScience, a lazy blogging day can prompt a torrent of laughter! That's because we occasionally return to the well of humor available at a …Mar 1, 1974 · RealClearScience Friday. Urban Humans Have Lost Much of Their Ability to Digest Plants John Timmer, Ars. Cellulose is the primary component of the cell walls of ... Mar 20, 2023 · A single NASA flight cost $1.6 billion in 2011. Today, private companies charge anywhere from $62 million to $5 million depending on the payload due to the private sector leading the way in reducing launch costs. Launching multiple batches of smaller space crafts could lower the costs of space mining, yielding more profit.Jun 11, 2019 · Receptor cells containing crystals of magnetite could register changes in magnetic fields and report this information to the brain. This is almost identical to what magnetotactic bacteria do. They have structures containing nanoscale magnetite crystals called magnetosomes. These essentially act as biological compasses, allowing the …Oct 4, 2022 · Anctil and her colleagues noted that New York in particular is an area where ICEVs might actually might be less polluting than EVs by 2030, as the state plans to replace all of its carbon-free nuclear power with natural gas. Ironically, New York recently announced it will ban sales of new gas cars in 2035. Source: Rohan Challa, Dipti Kamath ...December 03, 2018. To the eccentric inventor, perpetual motion probably seems a low-hanging fruit. Sure, those pesky Laws of Thermodynamics tell us that no machine can do work forever without some sort of energy input, but there's no reason these archaic, esoteric musings can't be overcome. Just a single spark of ingenuity …Oct 26, 2023 · The annual average temperature there is 27°F (-2.8°C), with a winter average of 7°F (-13.9°C), and a record low of -47°F (-43.9°C). This frigid air combines with gusty winds to chill visitors’ bones. The average annual wind speed is 35 mph (56 kph), and winds are at or above hurricane force (at least 74 mph, or 119 kph) every other day ...Nov 6, 2023 · Fructose’s energy-reducing effect underlies all of them. With food in abundance, the metabolic changes driven by fructose result in obesity and poor health today, but they would have aided our survival in the deep past, when food was scarcer. For example, finding a fruit tree would likely have been a rare, fortuitous event for our ancestors.Dec 13, 2021 · 6. Science Magazine is America's top scientific journal. The journal's news reporters can also be counted on to provide in-depth coverage of the latest discoveries and of the issues where science and politics intersect. 5. Live Science has made our annual top ten list six times in a row. Jan 24, 2024 · The Scientific Literature on GMOs and Pesticides Is Being Distorted. Peer review came about to ensure new scientific claims are vetted by scientists prior to publication. The practice is captured in the Ingelfinger Rule, named for the former editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. This set a standard that respected publications ... Feb 9, 2017 · But to scientists' horror, the parachute malfunctioned, and the capsule slammed into the Utah desert, spilling priceless pieces of the sun onto the heat-baked sand. The word "disaster" seemed fitting for the scene as officials approached the Genesis wreckage, but as scientists examined the scraps, they soon realized …Jul 10, 2023 · That's because Lake Baikal is the deepest in the world, with a maximum depth of 5,387 feet (1,642 meters). Lake Baikal's position atop a continental rift explains its plunging depths. Here, Earth's crust gradually moves apart, a divergence that continues today to the tune of two centimeters a year. As the rift widens, the lake deepens even further. Nov 30, 2023 · A remarkable 50% of women recover spontaneously. And there’s an even more remarkable explanation for that glowing statistic: The fetus ‘ stem cells migrate to the heart and regenerate the beleaguered muscle. In essence, the developing or recently born child saves its mother’s life.Apr 5, 2023 · Some cancers shouldn’t be treated. Cancer, what many people instinctively view as a death sentence, actually exists on a wide spectrum, ranging from ultra low risk, with less than a 5% chance of progressing over two decades, to extremely high risk, more than a 75% chance of progressing over one to two years.November 27, 2023. In October, the French collectively freaked out over bed bugs. Social media erupted with supposed pictures of the parasites in cinemas, trains, and subways. Pest control agencies, exterminators, and owners of bed bug-sniffing dogs were inundated with panicked calls. Politicians breathlessly demanded rapid government action.Defense: Duty, Honor, Nothing - Citizen Soldier, RealClearDefense. Books & Culture: Kate Is the First Internet Princess - Sarah Ditum, UnHerd. Policy: Objective Standards Matter - …Mar 6, 2024 · Ross Pomeroy - March 7, 2024. On the morning of September 25, 2023, 35-year-old Samantha Jo Petersen struck an Amish buggy on a southeastern Minnesota road while driving her SUV back from work. Amid the strewn debris, two children lay dead. When police arrived, Sarah Beth Peterson, Samantha Jo’s identical twin sister, greeted them. Jan 9, 2024 · Fusion Medical Animation. In March 2021, a Twitter user asked Martin Kulldorff if everyone needed to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Kulldorff, then a professor at Harvard Medical School, had spent 20 years researching infectious diseases and contributing to the development of the country’s vaccine safety surveillance system. “No,” he ...Mar 6, 2024 · Is This How Life Began on Earth? Earth, a little over four billion years ago: The planet was still in its infancy, coming together just 500 million years prior. There was little to no oxygen. The surface — what little there was — was barren, scorching, and volcanic. Instead of land, there was water, lots of it. Earth was an …Sep 3, 2020 · These are the most likely perpetrators: 1. Lions. As a large, apex predator that hunts animals weighing up to 1,000 pounds, a lion is more than capable of having a human for lunch. And they do. Lions kill between 20 and 250 people each year worldwide. Tanzania has the largest population of lions in Africa.Dec 2, 2023 · To put America’s result into context, the average monthly income in the U.S. is roughly $6,000 (or $72,000 annually). Thus, the average American would need to make $19,165 per month ($230,000 annually) to choose to live in an authoritarian society rather than a democratic one.3 days ago · Podcast: 1st Amendment at Stake in Murthy v. MO - Carl Cannon, RCP/SiriusXM. Policy: TikTok Should Be Owned by Americans - Adam Klein, RealClearPolicy. Life: A Surefire Way To Boost Brain Health This Year - Tanner Garrity, InsideHook. Sports: That Wasn't the Patriots Busted for Cheating - Evan Bleier. RealClearScience Friday. Urban Humans Have Lost Much of Their Ability to Digest Plants John Timmer, Ars. Cellulose is the primary component of the cell walls of …May 14, 2018 · How Anti-Religious Bias Prevented Scientists from Accepting the Big Bang. Today, the Big Bang model of cosmology is pretty much taken for Gospel, and for good reason. For more than fifty years, evidence gathered from all manner of sources has supported the notion that the Universe as we know it expanded from an infinitely dense …Jan 9, 2024 · Fusion Medical Animation. In March 2021, a Twitter user asked Martin Kulldorff if everyone needed to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Kulldorff, then a professor at Harvard Medical School, had spent 20 years researching infectious diseases and contributing to the development of the country’s vaccine safety surveillance system. “No,” he ... Defense: Duty, Honor, Nothing - Citizen Soldier, RealClearDefense. Books & Culture: Kate Is the First Internet Princess - Sarah Ditum, UnHerd. Policy: Objective Standards Matter - …Jul 20, 2017 · Six "Common" Medical Conditions That Don't Actually Exist. By Ross Pomeroy. July 20, 2017. Hundreds of years ago, people from all over the world dealt with suppressed gout, status lymphaticus, intestinal autointoxication, and ovariomania. Except that they didn't. None of these commonly diagnosed diseases ever existed.March 22, 2024. A cross-disciplinary University of Waterloo team has developed a new contact lens material that could act as a bandage for corneal wounds …Feb 29, 2024 · Earth, a little over four billion years ago: The planet was still in its infancy, coming together just 500 million years prior. There was little to no oxygen. The surface — what little there was — was barren, scorching, and volcanic. Instead of land, there was water, lots of it. Earth was an ...By Ross Pomeroy. October 30, 2023. For 99.9% of Homo sapiens ‘ 250,000 years on planet Earth, our population has remained below one billion individuals, and for much of that time, our species’ growth curve was relatively flat. Since 1800, however, the human population has exponentially ballooned to 8.1 billion from just under one billion.Scientists Found a New Way Cells Control Their Genes. Sahana Sitaraman Live Science March 22, 2024. National Cancer Institute. The human body's roughly 30 trillion …Oct 3, 2014 · 4. Women's farts smell worse. In studies conducted by eminent flatulence researcher Michael Levitt, women's farts consistently sported significantly greater concentrations of hydrogen sulfide. Odor judges have confirmed that -- at similar volumes -- this translates to a noticeably worse odor compared to men's farts. 5.Jan 20, 2024 · Effort Aims to Tackle Science's Fake-Paper Problem. Katharine Sanderson Nature. RealClearScience's Morning Email Newsletter: Sign Up for Free. Previous Month (December 2023) January 2024 Next Month (February 2024) Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th.Jul 20, 2017 · Six "Common" Medical Conditions That Don't Actually Exist. By Ross Pomeroy. July 20, 2017. Hundreds of years ago, people from all over the world dealt with suppressed gout, status lymphaticus, intestinal autointoxication, and ovariomania. Except that they didn't. None of these commonly diagnosed diseases ever existed.Oct 17, 2019 · The answer is that utilities insert innocuous chemicals into drinking water that create buildups of minerals that coat the interiors of lead pipes, sealing off the lead from the water. But these coatings can quickly break down if the chemical balance is disturbed. In Flint, all it took for the protective minerals to dissipate was switching ...Jun 5, 2017 · 1. There aren't any aliens to find. As unlikely as it seems in a galaxy with hundreds of billions of stars and as many as 40 billion Earth-size planets in habitable zones, we could be alone. 2. There is no intelligent life besides us. (This assumes, of course, that humans count as intelligent.)Apr 5, 2023 · Some cancers shouldn’t be treated. Cancer, what many people instinctively view as a death sentence, actually exists on a wide spectrum, ranging from ultra low risk, with less than a 5% chance of progressing over two decades, to extremely high risk, more than a 75% chance of progressing over one to two years.Dec 19, 2023 · The Emerging Science of Fire Deaths. On a hot September day in Texas Hill Country, the fire picked up, its flames popping the Jeep’s burning tires and airbags like plastic chip bags. Thirty or 40 feet away, a crew of firefighters, law enforcement, and forensic anthropologists watched the burning wreckage from the safety of a white canopy ...By Ross Pomeroy. October 30, 2023. For 99.9% of Homo sapiens ‘ 250,000 years on planet Earth, our population has remained below one billion individuals, and for much of that time, our species’ growth curve was relatively flat. Since 1800, however, the human population has exponentially ballooned to 8.1 billion from just under one billion.Feb 9, 2024 · An EV That's Truly Equivalent to a Gas Car Isn't Coming Anytime Soon. By Ross Pomeroy. February 09, 2024. Although electric vehicle (EV) sales are rapidly rising in the United States, they still made up just 7.9% of new car sales in the third quarter of 2023. When Pew Research Center asked Americans in July 2023 about their views of EVs, …Aug 23, 2021 · Let’s stop pretending the vaccines are 90% effective and breakthrough cases are “uncommon.”. The real world effectiveness of the Moderna and Pfizer (mRNA) vaccines appears to be sinking like a stone. We started at 94+% within 2 months of vaccination and against the original SARS-CoV-2 strain. Dec 3, 2022 · It is because of junk science's pervasive reach that each year RealClearScience highlights its most flagrant forms. Below are the seven worst cases we noticed in 2022. (Afterwards, feel free to check out our past countdowns from 2021, 2020, and 2019. Pseudoscience never sleeps.) Kaku at Campus Party Brasil. 7. Nov 30, 2023 · A remarkable 50% of women recover spontaneously. And there’s an even more remarkable explanation for that glowing statistic: The fetus ‘ stem cells migrate to the heart and regenerate the beleaguered muscle. In essence, the developing or recently born child saves its mother’s life.Jul 10, 2023 · That's because Lake Baikal is the deepest in the world, with a maximum depth of 5,387 feet (1,642 meters). Lake Baikal's position atop a continental rift explains its plunging depths. Here, Earth's crust gradually moves apart, a divergence that continues today to the tune of two centimeters a year. As the rift widens, the lake deepens even further. Oct 19, 2020 · In fact, some areas may actually benefit. As Earth's climate changes, here are three regions that could be big winners. 1. Northern Minnesota and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. While climate change is commonly characterized by extremes in temperature and weather, the northernmost parts of Minnesota and Michigan may actually end up with …Feb 14, 2024 · Science Doesn't Support 'Love Languages'. By Ross Pomeroy. February 14, 2024. There’s perhaps no other relationship theory with greater staying power or wider appeal than “Love Languages.”. Birthed in a perennially best-selling book over three decades ago, the idea remains ever-present in popular media, …Nov 30, 2023 · A remarkable 50% of women recover spontaneously. And there’s an even more remarkable explanation for that glowing statistic: The fetus ‘ stem cells migrate to the heart and regenerate the beleaguered muscle. In essence, the developing or recently born child saves its mother’s life.Aug 27, 2022 · There are a couple clear contributors to point out first. Marriage tends to make people happier, and conservatives are more likely to be married. Religious belief is also linked to happiness, and conservatives tend to be more religious. But these explanations don't account for the entire gap, which equates to about a half-point on a …RealClearScience Friday. Urban Humans Have Lost Much of Their Ability to Digest Plants John Timmer, Ars. Cellulose is the primary component of the cell walls of …November 10, 2022. Throughout much of China’s multiple-millennia dynastic period, some men chose castration — having their penis and testicles removed — in order to serve as high-ranking imperial civil servants. Unable to father children, these officials would not be tempted to seize power and start their own dynasties, or so the thinking ...January 31, 2024. Insulin is one of the most important hormones in the body, telling our tissues to absorb sugar from the blood. Too little insulin leads to high blood sugar, which results in diabetes, prompting a host of debilitating symptoms: fatigue, blurred vision, stupor, and even coma. Yet as vital as insulin is, a team of aging ...Aug 27, 2022 · There are a couple clear contributors to point out first. Marriage tends to make people happier, and conservatives are more likely to be married. Religious belief is also linked to happiness, and conservatives tend to be more religious. But these explanations don't account for the entire gap, which equates to about a half …Aug 23, 2021 · Let’s stop pretending the vaccines are 90% effective and breakthrough cases are “uncommon.”. The real world effectiveness of the Moderna and Pfizer (mRNA) vaccines appears to be sinking like a stone. We started at 94+% within 2 months of vaccination and against the original SARS-CoV-2 strain. November 10, 2022. Throughout much of China’s multiple-millennia dynastic period, some men chose castration — having their penis and testicles removed — in order to serve as high-ranking imperial civil servants. Unable to father children, these officials would not be tempted to seize power and start their own dynasties, or so the thinking ...Oct 19, 2020 · In fact, some areas may actually benefit. As Earth's climate changes, here are three regions that could be big winners. 1. Northern Minnesota and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. While climate change is commonly characterized by extremes in temperature and weather, the northernmost parts of Minnesota and Michigan may actually end up with …Feb 29, 2024 · Earth, a little over four billion years ago: The planet was still in its infancy, coming together just 500 million years prior. There was little to no oxygen. The surface — what little there was — was barren, scorching, and volcanic. Instead of land, there was water, lots of it. Earth was an ...Dec 6, 2022 · Joel Wyncott. We Can All Reach a 'Flow State'. Here's How. By Ross Pomeroy. December 06, 2022. We’ve all witnessed someone performing at the peak of what is possible, and it’s an awe-inspiring sight. Maybe it’s a politician delivering a transcendent speech, a singer belting out a performance that will echo through the ages, or an athlete ... Aug 24, 2022 · If the amount of heat flowing into your home is given by a rate of “1 unit per hour,” your A/C will always have 1 unit of heat to remove every hour. If you turn off your A/C and let the heat accumulate, you could have up to eight hours’ worth of heat at the end of the day. It’s often less than that, though – homes have a limit to how ...Feb 3, 2024 · That's because male gorilla testicles weigh a mere 30 to 35 grams, positively puny compared to their hulking 350-pound frames (159kg). And their erect members flex just two and a half inches. At less than half the body weight of gorillas, chimpanzees sport testicles weighing five times more! And the chimp penis can be as long as an average ...Feb 9, 2017 · But to scientists' horror, the parachute malfunctioned, and the capsule slammed into the Utah desert, spilling priceless pieces of the sun onto the heat-baked sand. The word "disaster" seemed fitting for the scene as officials approached the Genesis wreckage, but as scientists examined the scraps, they soon realized …September 26, 2019. Terrence Howard is an actor, and a fairly successful one. He's starred in acclaimed movies like Crash, Prisoners, Ray, and Iron Man. Most recently, he has been a regular on the wildly popular television show Empire, portraying music entertainment mogul Lucious Lyon. Howard also apparently considers himself a revolutionary ...Oct 10, 2023 · Neural Reality, the Ultimate VR, Could Answer the Fermi Paradox. By Ross Pomeroy. October 10, 2023. Scientific skepticism is Dr. Steven Novella's bread and butter. 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By Ross Pomeroy. October 03, 2019. Across Earth's history, our planet has been home to an estimated 109 billion human beings. And according to another oft-repeated factoid, half of all the people who have ever existed were killed by malaria, the worst mosquito-borne illness. Mosquitoes aren't merely annoyances, they are mass murderers.. Pretty pink posh
Jun 23, 2022 · Here are five facts that might reset your perception of time, and make you rethink your place in it. 1. Sharks are older than trees. In the story of life on Earth, sharks are survivors, persisting through all five global mass extinctions. Their hardiness has helped them endure in various forms over 420 million years!Dec 29, 2023 · The sand is a waste byproduct called “stamp sand” — crushed ore, left behind from copper mined a century ago or more. By some estimates, about half a billion tons of these tailings were deposited in and along Lake Superior, the planet’s largest freshwater lake by surface area. And now the toxic sands are pushing their way onto a ... May 14, 2018 · How Anti-Religious Bias Prevented Scientists from Accepting the Big Bang. Today, the Big Bang model of cosmology is pretty much taken for Gospel, and for good reason. For more than fifty years, evidence gathered from all manner of sources has supported the notion that the Universe as we know it expanded from an infinitely dense …Sep 3, 2023 · Founded in 2000, RealClearPolitics (RCP) is a Chicago-based political news and polling data, aggregator. Operating under the RealClear brand, there are 14 RealClear websites that cover various platforms including RealClearInvestigations , RealClearDefense, RealClearReligion , and more. The Founders of RealClearPolitics are John McIntyre, an ...Mar 6, 2024 · Ross Pomeroy - March 7, 2024. On the morning of September 25, 2023, 35-year-old Samantha Jo Petersen struck an Amish buggy on a southeastern Minnesota road while driving her SUV back from work. Amid the strewn debris, two children lay dead. When police arrived, Sarah Beth Peterson, Samantha Jo’s identical twin sister, greeted them. September 26, 2019. Terrence Howard is an actor, and a fairly successful one. He's starred in acclaimed movies like Crash, Prisoners, Ray, and Iron Man. Most recently, he has been a regular on the wildly popular television show Empire, portraying music entertainment mogul Lucious Lyon. Howard also apparently considers himself a revolutionary ...Oct 20, 2023 · Here's How. By Tom Howarth, Science Focus. Breakthroughs Move Up Fusion Timeline. By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph. Quantum Physics Proves a Conscious Universe. By Bruce L. Gordon, iai. Popular in the Community. RealClearScience October 20, 2023 Archives | RealClearScience.Oct 10, 2019 · The Yellowstone supervolcano has unleashed three cataclysmic eruptions in the past 2.1 million years; all well before humans populated North America. The most recent was 640,000 years ago, which formed Yellowstone as we know it and spewed 240 cubic miles of ash, rock and pyroclastic materials over roughly half of what is now the United …Jan 9, 2023 · The prompt that led Gallivan to accomplish these feats was an extra-credit challenge in math class to fold anything in half 12 times, according to the Historical Society of Pomona Valley (opens in new tab). She folded a sheet of thin gold foil 12 times. The teacher then changed the challenge to folding something …Dec 6, 2022 · He outlined six key factors that define it: Sharply focused concentration on the present, and only the present. “Merging of action and awareness”. An absence of second-guessing yourself. A complete sense of control over the situation. An altered perception of time. Experiencing the activity as intrinsically rewarding. RealClearPolitics (RCP) is an independent, non-partisan media company that is the trusted source for the best news, analysis and commentary. More From Real Clear. Defense: Azerbaijan, the Quiet Partner - Mundy, Nowland & Olidort, RCDefense. Pennsylvania: Helping Parents Create Miracle of Life - David McCormick, RCPA. Investigations: RCI's Picks of the Week - The Editors, RealClearInvestigations. Jun 12, 2023 · Enflo is also one of the great problem-solvers in a field called functional analysis. Aside from his work on the invariant subspace problem, Enflo solved two other major problems – the basis problem and the approximation problem – both of which had remained open for more than 40 years. By solving the approximation problem, Enflo …Mar 6, 2017 · Most mainstream political and cable news sites have generally poor science reporting. This occurs both on the Right and Left. Fox, CNN, and MSNBC all score poorly on compelling science content. Big American newspapers and magazines struggle, too. The New York Times and Washington Post are often dominated by ideological garbage …Oct 10, 2023 · Neural Reality, the Ultimate VR, Could Answer the Fermi Paradox. By Ross Pomeroy. October 10, 2023. Scientific skepticism is Dr. Steven Novella's bread and butter. As president of the New England Skeptics' Society, his mission is to promote science and critical thinking. Novella casts the light of evidence on a range of complicated topics on ...Mar 6, 2024 · Ross Pomeroy - March 7, 2024. On the morning of September 25, 2023, 35-year-old Samantha Jo Petersen struck an Amish buggy on a southeastern Minnesota road while driving her SUV back from work. Amid the strewn debris, two children lay dead. When police arrived, Sarah Beth Peterson, Samantha Jo’s identical twin sister, greeted them. Nov 8, 2018 · 1910: The Year American Medicine Changed Forever. By Ross Pomeroy. November 08, 2018. Medical education in the United States is generally regarded to be the finest in the world, and for that, you can thank Abraham Flexner. In 1910, the Louisville native and education reformer published an in-depth, damning, and eye-opening report on the …RealClearScience is your portal to the most relevant science news and opinion from around the globe. In addition to daily curated aggregation of news articles, university press …Dec 6, 2022 · He outlined six key factors that define it: Sharply focused concentration on the present, and only the present. “Merging of action and awareness”. An absence of second-guessing yourself. A complete sense of control over the situation. An altered perception of time. Experiencing the activity as intrinsically rewarding.Dec 13, 2022 · They are, in our opinion, the top science websites of 2022. 10. Stat. Since the COVID-19 pandemic shoved public health and medicine back into the spotlight, the reporters at Boston Globe's Stat have served as dedicated guides. In 2022, they kept us informed on new Alzheimer's drugs, a terrifying new phase in the opioid epidemic, and the return ... Jan 23, 2024 · Why College Students' Average IQ Has Fallen 17 Points Since 1939. By Ross Pomeroy. January 23, 2024. It’s commonly cited that undergraduates are significantly smarter than average, with IQs ranging from 115 to 130. But as a team of Canadian researchers showed in a recently published meta-analysis, that “fact” is …Dec 6, 2022 · Joel Wyncott. We Can All Reach a 'Flow State'. Here's How. By Ross Pomeroy. December 06, 2022. We’ve all witnessed someone performing at the peak of what is possible, and it’s an awe-inspiring sight. Maybe it’s a politician delivering a transcendent speech, a singer belting out a performance that will echo through the ages, or an athlete ... Mar 1, 1974 · RealClearScience Friday. Urban Humans Have Lost Much of Their Ability to Digest Plants John Timmer, Ars. Cellulose is the primary component of the cell walls of ... Dec 14, 2023 · Measuring Censorship in Science Is Challenging. Stopping it Is Harder Still. In a new paper for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we, alongside colleagues from a diverse range of fields, investigate the prevalence and extent of censorship and self-censorship in science. Measuring …Nov 14, 2022 · Louis Hansel. Studies have been linking red meat consumption to health problems like heart disease, stroke, and cancer for years. But nestled in the recesses of those published papers are notable limitations. Nearly all the research is observational, unable to tease out causation convincingly. Most are plagued by confounding variables.Nov 22, 2021 · When White finally got back to Roanoke Island on Aug. 18, 1590, he found the colony abandoned — the only clues to the colonists' fate being the words CROATOAN carved on a palisade post and CRO carved on a tree. White believed that they had gone to Croatoan Island (now called Hatteras Island), but a storm prevented White from reaching …Oct 3, 2014 · 4. Women's farts smell worse. In studies conducted by eminent flatulence researcher Michael Levitt, women's farts consistently sported significantly greater concentrations of hydrogen sulfide. Odor judges have confirmed that -- at similar volumes -- this translates to a noticeably worse odor compared to men's …Feb 29, 2024 · By Ross Pomeroy, RealClearScience. The Simple Changes That Can Prevent Cognitive Decline. By Hayley Wright, Science Focus. A Global Population Crash Isn't Sci-Fi. It's Our Future. By Niall Ferguson, Bloomberg. US Being Invaded by 'Time Bomb' Weed. By Jess Thomson, Newsweek. RealClearScience February 29, 2024 Archives | RealClearScience. Jan 12, 2024 · How Dietary Restriction Slows Brain Aging and Increases Lifespan. Buck Institute. Previous Month (December 2023) January 2024 Next Month (February 2024) Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fr.Dec 3, 2022 · It is because of junk science's pervasive reach that each year RealClearScience highlights its most flagrant forms. Below are the seven worst cases we noticed in 2022. (Afterwards, feel free to check out our past countdowns from 2021, 2020, and 2019. Pseudoscience never sleeps.) Kaku at Campus Party Brasil. 7.Aug 23, 2021 · Let’s stop pretending the vaccines are 90% effective and breakthrough cases are “uncommon.”. The real world effectiveness of the Moderna and Pfizer (mRNA) vaccines appears to be sinking like a stone. We started at 94+% within 2 months of vaccination and against the original SARS-CoV-2 strain. Jul 20, 2017 · Six "Common" Medical Conditions That Don't Actually Exist. By Ross Pomeroy. July 20, 2017. Hundreds of years ago, people from all over the world dealt with suppressed gout, status lymphaticus, intestinal autointoxication, and ovariomania. Except that they didn't. None of these commonly diagnosed diseases ever existed.Sep 12, 2019 · In 1942, Hungarian-American physicist Edward Teller, known now as "the father of the hydrogen bomb," entertained a devastating nightmare scenario: that an atomic bomb could ignite the atmosphere and the oceans. He reasoned that a nuclear fission bomb might create temperatures so extreme that it would cause …Nov 20, 2023 · AP. In 1963, the number of women Nobel laureates in physics doubled. Sixty years after Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903, Maria Goeppert-Mayer’s award took the women’s tally from one to two. It took another 57 years for the number to double again to four: Donna Strickland won the physics Nobel in 2018, and Andrea Ghez …Dec 2, 2023 · To put America’s result into context, the average monthly income in the U.S. is roughly $6,000 (or $72,000 annually). Thus, the average American would need to make $19,165 per month ($230,000 annually) to choose to live in an authoritarian society rather than a democratic one.Mar 6, 2024 · Ross Pomeroy - March 7, 2024. On the morning of September 25, 2023, 35-year-old Samantha Jo Petersen struck an Amish buggy on a southeastern Minnesota road while driving her SUV back from work. Amid the strewn debris, two children lay dead. When police arrived, Sarah Beth Peterson, Samantha Jo’s identical twin sister, greeted them. Aug 31, 2023 · The United States military plans to start using thousands of autonomous weapons systems in the next two years in a bid to counter China’s growing power, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced in a speech on Monday.. The so-called Replicator initiative aims to work with defence …Jun 11, 2019 · Receptor cells containing crystals of magnetite could register changes in magnetic fields and report this information to the brain. This is almost identical to what magnetotactic bacteria do. They have structures containing nanoscale magnetite crystals called magnetosomes. These essentially act as biological compasses, allowing the …Mar 10, 2024 · The Inside Story of a Superconductivity Scandal. In 2020, Ranga Dias was an up-and-coming star of the physics world. A researcher at the University of Rochester in New York, Dias achieved widespread recognition for his claim to have discovered the first room-temperature superconductor, a material that conducts electricity without resistance at ...Feb 29, 2024 · Earth, a little over four billion years ago: The planet was still in its infancy, coming together just 500 million years prior. There was little to no oxygen. The surface — what little there was — was barren, scorching, and volcanic. Instead of land, there was water, lots of it. Earth was an ...Jun 28, 2023 · First and foremost, the average human spends about 9.1 hours sleeping or resting. That might seem like a lot to the sleep-deprived adults out there, but remember that the study includes data from children as young as newborns, who catch a lot of Zs. According to the research, people spend an average of 9.1 hours per day sleeping or …Feb 29, 2024 · UC-Boulder. Neurons Help Flush Waste Out of the Brain During Sleep. Washington U in St. Louis. Cocaine Use Disrupts Communication Between Major Brain Networks. UNC. Climate Change Appears to Be Shrinking Fish in the Pacific. University of Tokyo. Previous Month (January 2024) February 2024 Next Month (March 2024) Su. Feb 14, 2024 · Science Doesn't Support 'Love Languages'. By Ross Pomeroy. February 14, 2024. There’s perhaps no other relationship theory with greater staying power or wider appeal than “Love Languages.”. Birthed in a perennially best-selling book over three decades ago, the idea remains ever-present in popular media, dating apps, and social media. Jan 16, 2024 · EV proponents counter this drawback by claiming that EVs are actually cheaper to own over the long term, with lower fuel and maintenance costs making up for the higher sticker price. Studies examining cars’ total cost of ownership back their assertions. However, these studies (and there are many) are only as reliable as their completeness. Jul 20, 2017 · Six "Common" Medical Conditions That Don't Actually Exist. By Ross Pomeroy. July 20, 2017. Hundreds of years ago, people from all over the world dealt with suppressed gout, status lymphaticus, intestinal autointoxication, and ovariomania. Except that they didn't. None of these commonly diagnosed diseases ever existed.Aug 24, 2022 · If the amount of heat flowing into your home is given by a rate of “1 unit per hour,” your A/C will always have 1 unit of heat to remove every hour. If you turn off your A/C and let the heat accumulate, you could have up to eight hours’ worth of heat at the end of the day. It’s often less than that, though – homes have a limit to how ...Nov 9, 2023 · Artificial Intelligence Could Make COVID the Last Pandemic. By Ross Pomeroy. November 09, 2023. COVID was the first global, society-altering pandemic in more than a century. It disrupted economies, reshaped politics, changed behaviors, and claimed around seven million lives. But now, artificial intelligence (AI) breakthroughs are …Dec 29, 2023 · The sand is a waste byproduct called “stamp sand” — crushed ore, left behind from copper mined a century ago or more. By some estimates, about half a billion tons of these tailings were deposited in and along Lake Superior, the planet’s largest freshwater lake by surface area. And now the toxic sands are pushing their way onto a ... RealClearScience is a website that covers various topics related to science, technology, and culture, such as physics, astronomy, biology, medicine, and more. You can find the latest research, opinion, and videos on topics ranging from dark matter to COVID-19, from ancient history to modern innovation, from space exploration to social issues. Jun 30, 2021 · Though hard to define, it usually takes the form of an emphasis on what is known variously as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), critical race theory, wokeness, anti-racism, and the like. Several scholars and writers have been raising the alarm about its anti-intellectual and illiberal aspects. Heather Mac Donald has shown how it has ... Dec 3, 2022 · It is because of junk science's pervasive reach that each year RealClearScience highlights its most flagrant forms. Below are the seven worst cases we noticed in 2022. (Afterwards, feel free to check out our past countdowns from 2021, 2020, and 2019. Pseudoscience never sleeps.) Kaku at Campus Party Brasil. 7. RealClearPolitics (RCP) is an independent, non-partisan media company that is the trusted source for the best news, analysis and commentary. Sep 29, 2021 · Here are five of the most heinous Nazi medical experiments: Jadwiga Dzido shows scars on her leg from medical experiments at the Doctors' Trial. (Public Domain) 1. Wounding Subjects to Test Drugs. Nazi doctors would regularly inflict battlefield-like wounds on participants without providing anesthesia to test the …Jan 24, 2024 · The Scientific Literature on GMOs and Pesticides Is Being Distorted. Peer review came about to ensure new scientific claims are vetted by scientists prior to publication. The practice is captured in the Ingelfinger Rule, named for the former editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. This set a standard that respected …Mar 10, 2024 · The Inside Story of a Superconductivity Scandal. In 2020, Ranga Dias was an up-and-coming star of the physics world. A researcher at the University of Rochester in New York, Dias achieved widespread recognition for his claim to have discovered the first room-temperature superconductor, a material that conducts electricity without resistance at ...Jul 7, 2023 · Forty years ago, Donald Homa, a professor of psychology at Arizona State University specializing in memory and the visual perception of linguistic stimuli, was contacted by officials at the American Speed Reading Academy with an extraordinary tale. Two of their pupils had achieved a reading rate in excess of 100,000 words per minute, …Mar 20, 2023 · A single NASA flight cost $1.6 billion in 2011. Today, private companies charge anywhere from $62 million to $5 million depending on the payload due to the private sector leading the way in reducing launch costs. Launching multiple batches of smaller space crafts could lower the costs of space mining, yielding more profit.. 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