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EBOLA: THERAPY - VACCINES.
EBOLA: THERAPY - VACCINES. EBOLA: THERAPY - VACCINES. There is no universal drug that directly eliminates the Ebola virus; however, specific treatments and supportive therapies are now available that can drastically reduce mortality if administered early. camdici Sun, 11/01/2026…
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Disappearing Tattoos: Business During Light, Party At Night
Disappearing Tattoos: Business During Light, Party At Night You love your tattoos but if you are entering an ecosystem where people don't, at least until they get to know you, science may help. The Conversation Sun, 11/01/2026 - 04:29 Categories Chemistry
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If You Want To Stop Objectifying Women, Try Electro-Shock
If You Want To Stop Objectifying Women, Try Electro-Shock Do you objectify women? You were born that way but Lady Gaga won't sing a song about it. Science can help. Hank Campbell Sat, 10/31/2026 - 10:49 Categories Neuroscience
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Hauntology: Why We Can't Escape The Past
Hauntology: Why We Can't Escape The Past Hauntology, invented in 1993, argues that the past can ever be fully left behind. The Conversation Sat, 10/31/2026 - 09:38 Categories Anthropology
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How To Create A Real Zombie, The Organic Way
How To Create A Real Zombie, The Organic Way Ophiocordyceps, the fungus that takes over ants, are not the only zombie causes out there. Nature is full of them. The Conversation Sat, 10/31/2026 - 09:18 Categories Ecology & Zoology
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Extrovert Win: The Happiest People Spend Time With Others
Extrovert Win: The Happiest People Spend Time With Others Stop trying to create true believers and ostracizing anyone different. It takes a left wing and a right wing for an airplane to fly while having only one makes you Los Angeles or Portland. Hank Campbell Mon, 10/26/2026 -…
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Biohybrid Computing: Mini Brain Organoids Read Braille
Biohybrid Computing: Mini Brain Organoids Read Braille In a recent study, researchers sent signals from a sensor detecting tactile patterns associated with different Braille letters that were received by brain organoids. Individual organoids were able to correctly decode them 61…
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Kids Get Into Halloween With These Scary But Suitable Books
Kids Get Into Halloween With These Scary But Suitable Books Halloween is one of the few holidays centered around children. When else can students come to school dressed like astronauts, monsters and witches, or ring strangers’ doorbells to ask for candy? But of course there’s a…
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Breaking The Shower Containment Taboo For Hadron Calorimeters
Breaking The Shower Containment Taboo For Hadron Calorimeters Hadron calorimeters are particle detectors meant to measure the total energy possessed by high-energy subatomic particles that hit their front face and develop a shower of secondary particles inside their volume.…
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Epidemiology Call To Action: German Cats Have Two Fewer Lives Than French
Epidemiology Call To Action: German Cats Have Two Fewer Lives Than French Among some people, a faith vacuum and distrust of AI has led to increased belief in suspect ideas like ghosts and astrology, while in others, a science vacuum has led to increased belief in suspect ideas…
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Faith Vacuums And AI Have Led To A Paranormal Resurgence
Faith Vacuums And AI Have Led To A Paranormal Resurgence “There's a God-shaped vacuum in every heart,” wrote Pascal, but that vacuum is now again being filled by the paranormal. And AI is the cause. Hank Campbell Tue, 10/20/2026 - 11:46 Categories Psychology
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Understanding Intelligence Across Artificial and Biological Systems
Understanding Intelligence Across Artificial and Biological Systems Recently I started a new peer-reviewed journal at the crossroads of Artificial Intelligence and Cognition research. The journal, titled "AI and Brain", is published by Scilight Press, a young publishing firm…
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If You Like Rabbit, Thank The Plague
If You Like Rabbit, Thank The Plague The Plague Killed killed off a giant swath of the population but those who survived saw better lives across the board, because there were so few left to work. And rabbits, once the gifts of kings, were suddenly everywhere. The Conversation…
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More on Radiacode 110
More on Radiacode 110 This is the second post reporting a few tests of the Radiacode 110 spectrometer, an extra-cool pocket dosimeter/radiation counter/spectrograph sold by RadiaCode. Tommaso Dorigo Fri, 10/16/2026 - 07:17 Categories Physics
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When Natives Are Smarter Than Ecologists About Energy
When Natives Are Smarter Than Ecologists About Energy If you knew that oil extraction would lower your cost of living while having environmental protection, would you object? Natives don't, but ecologists from rich countries do. Hank Campbell Wed, 10/14/2026 - 04:29 Categories…
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What AI Gets Right In Medicine Is Giving Patients Time To Talk
What AI Gets Right In Medicine Is Giving Patients Time To Talk A conversation that doesn't get interrupted by a doctor because government bureaucracy gives them 18 minutes to solve every problem was the medicine of the past. And it may be the medicine of the future. Hank…
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Is Simulation-Based Inference A New Technique In HEP?
Is Simulation-Based Inference A New Technique In HEP? No, it is not. Please note! It goes back to Stan Ulam in the 1940s! Tommaso Dorigo Tue, 10/13/2026 - 05:13 Categories Physics
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Bearing Witness: Why It Might Be Ethical To Watch A Mass Murderer's Execution
Bearing Witness: Why It Might Be Ethical To Watch A Mass Murderer's Execution Near the end of World War II, General George Patton forced German citizens to visit the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp to bear witness to what they had enabled. An ethicist debates that and…
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AI Is Making MRI Smarter: But It May Also Be Changing What We See
AI Is Making MRI Smarter: But It May Also Be Changing What We See Magnetic resonance imaging has always involved a trade-off. Clinicians want sharper images, finer anatomical detail and more information about tissue, but acquiring that information takes time. Mark Pierce Sun,…
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Leaf Them On The Ground: Benefit More By Doing Less Yardwork
Leaf Them On The Ground: Benefit More By Doing Less Yardwork Every autumn, homeowners and gardeners tend to engage in a familiar ritual. As trees shed their leaves, people drag out rakes, leaf blowers and lawn bags to strip their yards bare before winter arrives. The…