Monthly Archive: June 2024							
						
			            																									
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		A healer conducts an ayahuasca drinking ceremony in Avie village, in Ecuador, on Jan.14, 2023. Pedro Pardo / AFP via Getty images – Pardis Mahdavi, President, University of La Verne Published: 2024 Jun 28 – Ayahuasca, a sacred drink made from the stem …	
	        
        				
						
			            																									
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		CBD use during pregnancy might not be safe. Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2024 Jun 25 – While CBD or cannabidiol is now widely available, widely used and generally considered safe, new research has found that its use during pregnancy may produce some strange …	
	        
        				
						
			            			
																												
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		“Purple fire” – leafcutter bee (Megachile lagopoda) by Gustav Parenmark (age 17, Sweden).  Royal Entomological Society  View 19 Images – By Bronwyn Thompson 2024 Jun 27 – This enormous and important part of the animal kingdom may not be most people’s favorite, but insects …	
	        
        				
						
			            																									
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		Smile, new robotics technology is on its way! ©2024 Takeuchi et al. CC-BY-ND – By Ben Coxworth 2024 Jun 26 – In a breakthrough that isn’t at all creepy, scientists have devised a method of anchoring living human skin to robots’ faces. The technology …	
	        
        				
						
			            									
																						
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		An emerging model of intelligence finds flexible problem-solving capabilities at the cellular level and beyond – and it threatens to upend not just biology and genetics, but medicine, AI and consciousness research, among other things. Depositphotos  View 12 Images – By Loz Blain 2024 …	
	        
        				
						
			            																									
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		Inflatable hammock uses an insulated air gap to keep users warm The Atmos Inflatable Hammock is presently on Kickstarter.  Madison River – By Ben Coxworth 2024 Jun 24 – There are already inflatable-frame tents, so why not inflatable hammocks? That’s exactly what the Atmos …	
	        
        				
						
			            															
																
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		Be careful out there. ArtMarie/Getty Images – Laurie Archbald-Pannone, Associate Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Virginia Published: 2024 Jun 17 – Americans age 60 and older lost more than US$3 billion to scammers in 2023, according to the FBI. – To …	
	        
        				
						
			            																									
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		Lokiceratops rangiformis is a distant cousin of the Triceratops. Fabrizio Lavezza/The Museum of Evolution, Knuthenborg CC BY-NC-ND – By Paul McClure 2024 Jun 21 – A never-before-seen species of horned, herbivorous dinosaur, a predecessor of the Triceratops, has been unveiled at the Natural History …	
	        
        				
						
			            																					
										
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		Covering the ground with rocks is actually a good way to grow some crops in poor soil. Carl Lipo – Carl Lipo, Professor of Anthropology and Associate Dean for Research, Binghamton University, State University of New York Published: 2024 Jun 21 – Conventional …	
	        
        				
						
			            																									
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		An “E-Group” construction at the ancient Maya site of Caracol, in present-day Belize. Gerardo Aldana – Gerardo Aldana, Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara Published: 2024 Jun 19 – K’ahk’ Uti’ Witz’ K’awiil knew his history. – For …