AvatarEd Wilsonflipped into PhilosophyAvatarAvatar22 hours agoThe Internet’s New Favorite Philosopherverified_publisherThe New Yorker - Kyle ChaykaByung-Chul Han, in treatises such as “The Burnout Society” and his latest, “The Crisis of Narration,” diagnoses the frenetic aimlessness of the digital age. “The power to change one’s life comes from a paragraph, a lone remark,” James Salter wrote in his 1975 novel, “Light Years.” An encounter with …
AvatarEd Wilsonflipped into Quantum MechanicsAvatarAvatar12 hours agoNever-Before-Seen Quantum Hybrid State Discovered on Arsenic Surfaceverified_publisherScienceAlert - Michelle StarrPhysicists have just found something no one expected, lurking on the surface of an arsenic crystal. While undertaking a study of quantum topology – …
AvatarEd Wilsonflipped into CosmologyFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo21 hours agoLocated About 2000 Light-Years Away, Gaia-BH3 Is The Largest Stellar Black Hole Ever Spottedboredpanda.com - Eglė TenikytėAccording to NASA, black holes are among the most mysterious cosmic objects, that are much studied yet still not fully understood. George Seabroke and …
AvatarEd Wilsonflipped into HopeAvatarAvatar20 hours agoGreen cement production is scaling up – and it could cut the carbon footprint of constructionThe Conversation UK - Jamie GogginsAside from water, concrete is the most-used material in the world, with about 14 billion cubic metres being used every year. Of that, 40% of that is …
AvatarEd Wilsonflipped into ThinkingFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo15 hours agoAutism's Brain Structure Secrets Revealed - Neuroscience Newsneurosciencenews.com - Neuroscience NewsBy applying mathematical models, the team linked these structural variations to functional impacts, notably in how neurons conduct electricity and …
AvatarEd Wilsonflipped into ScandalFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoOct 11, 2023Sarah Huckabee Sanders' Podium Scandal Just Got a Whole Lot Worse as Whistleblower Makes Shocking Accusationspoliticalflare.com - Andrea JeffersonWell, it looks like Sarah Huckabee Sanders is in some deep doo-doo. And it couldn’t happen to a worse MAGAt and Trumper, who got her governor job …
AvatarEd Wilsonflipped into Toxic CultureAvatarAvatar1 day agoI Don’t Want to Do It All Anymore!VOGUE.COM - By Fiorella ValdesoloI can recall how my teenage bedroom ceiling looked: I spent a lot of time staring at it; popping a CD (remember those?) into my stereo and listening beginning to end while lying on my bed. And doing nothing but that. For a long time, I would have called that boredom, but, looking back now, a few …
AvatarEd Wilsonflipped into ThinkingAvatarAvatar1 day agoAI pinpoints where psychosis originates in the brainLive Science - By Nicola WilliamsScientists have moved a step closer to understanding the basis of the hallucinations and delusions that characterize schizophrenia and bipolar …
AvatarEd Wilsonflipped into CosmologyFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoExotic 'Einstein ring' suggests that mysterious dark matter interacts with itselfspace.com - By Sharmila Kuthunur"The value for the dark matter mass seems higher than expected. This is puzzling." A fresh analysis of a remarkably massive yet compact galaxy from …
AvatarEd Wilsonflipped into Climate ChangeFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoMore climate-warming methane leaks into the atmosphere than ever gets reportedphys.org - Riley DurenFar more methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is being released from landfills and oil and gas operations around the world than governments realized, …
AvatarEd Wilsonflipped into ThinkingAvatarAvatar1 day agoYour Spinal Cord Can Learn And Recall Without Brain Input And We Finally Know Howverified_publisherScienceAlert - Mike McRaeDevoid of a head, many insects will continue to kick and twitch until at last, drained of all life, their movements grind to a complete …
AvatarEd Wilsonflipped into HopeAvatarAvatar1 day agoMachine Learning Uncovers New Ways to Kill Bacteria With Non-Antibiotic Drugsverified_publisherScienceAlert - Mariana Noto GuillenHuman history was forever changed with the discovery of antibiotics in 1928. Infectious diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis and sepsis were …