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Fasting Linked To Faster Disease Accumulation Intermittent fasting, and fasting in general, has been a popular fad health gimmick, but the science isn't on its side. Instead, proponents believe mice are little people so if mice weaned on starvation diets lived longer, people would also. News Account Thu, 08/20/2026 - 13:27 Categories Public Health

Your Brain Is Still Analog The world around us may be digital, 0s and 1s shaping information, but the delivery mechanism is still analog; electricity and wires. Our brains, including cognition and consciousness, are also. Hank Campbell Thu, 08/20/2026 - 09:19 Categories Neuroscience

Is Climate Doom Discouraging Action? Here's How To Identify It People see climate doom claims as manipulative but inoculation improves people’s ability to discern climate doom from climate science. The Conversation Tue, 08/18/2026 - 10:13 Categories Science Education & Policy

Halloween Science Is Now In Its 2nd Edition Halloween is the most rumor-prone of holidays. If you read the folklore that passes as social media, Halloween has its own holiday character, like Santa, but he's named Secret Sadist and putting razor blades in candy bars. Or LSD in...candy bars again. Hank Campbell Mon, 08/17/2026 - 19:18 Categories Random Thoughts

Antonio Rosino, a Life for Chess It is with quite a bit of sadness that I received this evening the news of the passing of Antonio Rosino. Tommaso Dorigo Mon, 08/17/2026 - 15:22 Categories Culture

Can Fully Electric Homes Be Affordable And Efficient? A heat pump gathers warmth from the outside for the winter. It can cool your home also. The reason more people don't use them is cost; in Europe it can be 10X the price of a natural gas boiler. Here's what needs to happen for all-electric to be viable. The Conversation Fri, 08/14/2026 - 20:18 Categories Applied Physics

Lord Lytton, Psychological Genius Elites say his work is cliché but that only happens when everyone quotes you. His psychological insights also deserve a modern rethink. Hank Campbell Wed, 08/12/2026 - 15:41 Categories Random Thoughts

Nathan Straus: How Macy’s Jewish Magnate Helped The Poor With Science Wealthy elites giving out $500 solar-powered juice presses are the problem with modern virtue-signaling masquerading as philanthropy. Nathan Straus was far more beneficial. The Conversation Tue, 08/11/2026 - 18:01 Categories Science & Society

Major Genetic Weakness For Hybrid Breeding Revealed Legacy hybrid corn breeding may be about to hit a crippling genetic roadblock. News Account Tue, 08/11/2026 - 11:10 Categories Genetics & Molecular Biology

From Inspiration to Impact: 10 Years of Research on AI for Physics A graph tells a thousand words - in this one, I present a summary of my past 10 years of research, trying to exploit the new AI technologies to improve the way we do research in fundamental science. Tommaso Dorigo Tue, 08/11/2026 - 07:05 Categories Physics

Math Is Just The Tip Of The Generative AI Iceberg A little over a week ago, artificial intelligence company OpenAI announced ten advances in mathematics and computer science made with their as-yet unreleased model Astra. The discoveries cover a wide range of mathematical fields, including geometry, cryptography and coding theory. The Conversation Sun, 08/09/2026 - 20:54 Categories Mathematics

The Corny Idea To Replace Food Coloring No one wants food coloring that dissipates after an hour, a problem for natural alternatives to Red Dye No. 40 and No. 3, and a more natural solution is at hand. But it still requires more of the science activists distrust. Hank Campbell Sat, 08/08/2026 - 04:29 Categories Chemistry

Synthetic Ingredients Government Allows Inside Certified Organic Food The USDA Organic certification was a mandate from the Clinton administration to create a way for his constituents in the organic food space to market their product as distinct from conventional food. News Account Fri, 08/07/2026 - 11:16 Categories Technology

FrankenKetchup: Condiments Get A Science Boost Protein-maxxing is the latest rage in people who learn just enough science to be wrong about nutrition health, but if you adopted a gluten-free diet despite not being celiac, that vaccines cause autism, or swore off carbs, or believe a class 1 carcinogen like wine prevents cancer, there is good news in the condiment space. Hank Campbell Fri, 08/07/20…

The Tennessee Girls Who Won World War II On this day in 1945, an atomic bomb on Hiroshima began the countdown to the end of World War II. Of the Axis Powers, Italy had surrendered in 1943 and Germany in April of 1945. Only Japan remained, but it was an island. Hank Campbell Thu, 08/06/2026 - 10:53 Categories Science History

Happy Birthday To The World Wide Web, Born On This Day In 1991 Happy birthday to the World Wide Web, born on this day in 1991 with absolutely no attention. Hank Campbell Thu, 08/06/2026 - 10:19 Categories Technology

Marek’s Disease: How Chicken Herpes Mutates Marek’s disease can wreck a chicken flock fast, causing tumors, paralysis, and then death in 100 percent of cases in organic chicken farms that refuse to accept vaccines. Hank Campbell Wed, 08/05/2026 - 08:53 Categories Genetics & Molecular Biology

Like Summer Blockbuster Movies? Thank Air Conditioning of 100 Years Ago In 1925, the Rivoli Theater in Times Square, owned by film mogul Adolph Zukor, created demand for summer movies. Because he had Willis-Carrier install the first large, modern air-conditioning system. Hank Campbell Tue, 08/04/2026 - 11:07 Categories Anthropology

Solitude Isn't Bad For Your Health But Loneliness Is You can spend every day surrounded by other people and still feel lonely. You can also spend long periods alone without finding the experience distressing. That difference may help explain why loneliness affects health differently from social isolation. The Conversation Tue, 08/04/2026 - 09:16 Categories Psychology