By Rich Haridy 2020 May 27 – A new study suggests connectivity between the hippocampus and other brain regions determines our acute feeling of stress. Nomadsoul1/Depositphotos. – New research from scientists at Yale University is offering novel insights into how our brains generate acute …
Adobe Stock – By Zoë Beery, Columbia Journalism Review 2020 May 28 – With the world’s attention glued to the coronavirus pandemic, news about anything else has been slipping farther and farther down the proverbial front page. But that doesn’t mean nothing’s been …
2020 May 26 – Soiled latex gloves and masks found on seabed near Antibes – Video shot by a French environmental NGO in the Mediterranean Sea shows masks and gloves littering the seabed. Opération mer propre (Operation clean sea) is trying to clean …
By Loz Blain 2020 May 26 – Prvok, a 3D-printed small home on a pontoon, will be the Czech Republic’s first piece of printed architecture. Prvok od Burinky. – The Czech Republic’s first 3D-printed house will go up next month, to demonstrate the speed …
By Michael Irving 2020 May 27 – Blocking a certain molecule could help prevent transplanted organs from being rejected. Talaj/Depositphotos – Organ transplants are often necessary, but rejection by the recipient’s immune system is an ongoing risk. Now, researchers at Yale have discovered a …
By Ben Coxworth 2020 May 25 – The Santa María volcano in Guatemala, Zorn et al. 2020, Nature – Scientific Reports: DOI 10.1038/s41586-020-2212-1 – Active volcanic craters are something that people generally don’t want to get very close to – even if they’re dedicated …
By Genevieve Carlton – Most people have never heard of the Cerrejón coal mine, located in Colombia. The mine pumps out over 30 million tons of coal each year, and it’s also become a critical site for scientists. In fact, the coal …
by Daniel Burnstein 2020 May 24 – An 1856 cartoon depicts Republican John C. Fremont as a representative not only of abolition but of a host of threatening social movements. Many people who see little rational basis for supporting Donald Trump ask themselves: …
By Rich Haridy 2020 May 25 – ‘Outdoor sports photographer in quarantine.’ Stockholm, Sweden @dmartphoto – With billions of people subjected to some level of stay-at-home order over the past couple of months, the COVID-19 pandemic has delivered one of the most profound shared …
By Richard Haw – 2020 May 10 – Two things that have often seemed in short supply in our national politics over the last few years are a respect for history—not just the lessons it can teach us, but what forces and factors …
