California college has only one pro-Palestinian protester because city is blue-collar and conservative, political science prof says
As pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt universities across the country, one higher education institution in California was able to rally just one demonstrator to its cause. That’s because California State University, Bakersfield, is too blue-collar and too conservative, says a political science professor. “This is primarily a blue-collar school, and the students are more interested in getting […]
Science & Policy, The Future of Cancer Care: Watch Now
The American Cancer Society recently released gloomy numbers, showing that the number of new cancer cases in the United States is expected to surpass the 2 million mark for the first time. Although medical advances have steadily reduced cancer deaths over the past 30 years, an increase in the number of cases of many common […]
Science Fiction Magazine Stops Taking Submissions amid Flood of AI-Generated Stories
Clarks Worlda well-known science fiction and fantasy magazine, temporarily closed its doors to new submissions due to an influx of AI-generated articles. NPR report that Clarks World The proliferation of content that appeared to be AI-generated forced the magazine to suspend all new submissions from writers. Neil Clark, the magazine’s publisher and editor-in-chief, revealed that […]
17-year-old prodigy graduates with master’s degree in computer science: ‘I am proud of myself’
A Pittsburgh-area teenager who is old enough to earn a high school diploma instead recently crossed the stage to receive another diploma: a master’s degree in computer science. On Saturday, 17-year-old Raja “RJ” Krishnaswamy graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a master’s degree in computer science. He completed his master’s program in his first […]
Missile defenses defeat ‘the science’ and ‘the experts’
If someone says “Trust the science!” these days, it’s usually an effort to short-circuit debate over weighty policy issues. “Trust the science” has been deployed in the past five years to prevent debate over COVID school closures and mask mandates, over electric-car subsidies, and over sex changes for boys and girls. For my entire time […]
OJ Simpson’s brain being donated for science a ‘hard no,’ estate executor says
O.J. Simpson’s brain will not be donated for scientific efforts to study it for signs of CTE, according to the executor of his estate. CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, is a brain disorder often caused by repeated head injuries. The disorder has been found in boxers and football players; Simpson was well-known for playing college football and then […]
COVID subcommittee chair asks top science journal editors to testify on relationship with federal government
Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, sent a letter Tuesday to the editors of three major scientific journals, warning that their publications and the federal government asked to testify regarding their relationship. Wenstrup wrote to the editors-in-chief of the journals The Lancet, Science, and Nature, requesting them […]
‘Turning science fiction into reality’
This is not the act of a magician. British startup Invisibility Shield Co. says it has developed a 6-foot-tall “megashield” and is selling it for $828. The company says it can make multiple people invisible, just like something out of the Harry Potter movies. The shields use a super-large, precision-engineered lens array that forms the […]
Here’s the science behind the vernal equinox
Spring officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere on the vernal equinox on March 19, when the entire world experiences equal amounts of day and darkness. For ease of record, meteorologists and climatologists consider March 1st to be the first day of spring, but astronomically speaking, the Earth’s equator aligns directly with the sun at the […]
Credible science or false claims: calls for more regulation of beauty products | Beauty
JEnnifer Aniston first told us, “There’s a bit of science in there…concentrates,” when she was selling her shampoo in the late 1990s. But with everything from medical-grade serums to gut-boosting yogurt hitting the shelves, “bits of science” are truly coming into their own. But experts warn that more regulation is needed in the beauty and […]