Why the Placebo Effect Scares Big Pharma?
The placebo effect has become an established reality in medicine. In many cases, providing sugar pills leads to the same results as a real treatment.
Why Are Americans Getting Their Medical Degrees in Cuba? Higher Quality and Debt-Free System
Cuba medical degrees have become popular among American students. The Cuban education system is debt-free and the medical program is very advanced.
US ACCUSED OF FEEDING DEAD KITTENS TO HEALTHY ONES IN ANIMAL CANNIBALISM EXPERIMENTS SINCE 1982
In a long animal cannibalism experiment, the US is accused of feeding dead kittens to healthy ones since 1982. The experiment used over 3000 cats.
Al Pacino’s Iconic Laughter Scene in …And Justice for All: A Moment of Despair and Disillusionment
Al Pacino’s laughing scene in the movie “And Justice For All” is one of the most hilarious and spontaneous laughing scenes in the history of cinema.
Linus Torvalds Was Approached by the NSA for Backdoor in Linux
Linus Torvalds was approached by the National Security Agency for backdoor in Linux, according to his father Nils Torvalds.
The Fed Won’t Let Germany Inspect Its Own Gold
The Federal Reserve refused in 2013 to let Germany inspect its own gold stored in the US. This raised questions about whether it still in the vaults or not.
LINUX KERNEL 5.0 INITIAL REVIEW
Initial review of the new kernel 5.0 of Linux operating system.
NIXON AND REAGAN ADVISER CLAIMS LBJ KILLED JFK
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeDRov7zutY[/embedyt]
THE TRUE COLORS OF EUROPE ANCIENT STATUES
The true colors of the ancient statues of the Greek and Roman civilizations.
Amazon HQ: Texas Experience Shows Why New Yorkers Were Right to Be Skeptical
New York offered Amazon US$3 billion to build a second HQ on the promise of 25k jobs. Later, Amazon backed out, citing political opposition to its plans.
JFK ASSASSINATION: WHO WAS THE UMBRELLA MAN?
Who was the umbrella man in the JFK assassination footage?
New Evidence for a Human Magnetic Sense That Lets Your Brain Detect Earth’s Magnetic Field
Do human beings have a magnetic sense? Biologists know other animals do. They think it helps creatures including bees and birds navigate through the world.
What Happens to the Natural World If All the Insects Disappear?
Despite their ubiquity in the animal kingdom, a report warned of a “bugpocalypse”, as surveys indicated that insects are declining at an alarming rate.
What the Coincheck Hack Tells Us About How Australian Regulators Will Handle a Cryptocurrency Hack
In the past eight years, more than a third of all cryptocurrency exchanges have been hacked. The total losses exceed US$1 billion.
The Promise of the Learn to Code Movement
Computer science and programming education must suit the needs of 21st-century learners. Otherwise, the cost will be a disillusioned workforce.
Why Don’t Big Companies Keep Their Computer Systems up To Date?
When senior executives at companies aren’t tech-savvy, they often lack understanding of what’s at stake and how to quickly protect valuable information.
Drug and Device Makers Pay Thousands of Doctors With Disciplinary Records
Critics of industry payments to doctors say they can influence recipients to prescribe drugs that cost more, may not be necessary or are similar to cheaper generics.
Scientists Have a Word for Studying the Post-Truth World: Agnotology
Agnotology is not often discussed, because studying the absence of something, in this case knowledge in the post truth world, is incredibly difficult.
Civilization VI: Gathering Storm Shows Video Games Can Make Us Think Seriously About Climate Change
Civilization VI, the latest in a popular series of video games adds new features, most notably climate change and natural disasters.
Could Consciousness All Come Down To the Way Things Vibrate?
Why is my consciousness here, while yours is over there? Why is the universe split in two for each of us, into a subject and an infinity of objects?
Endangered Species Could Be Saved From Extinction by Mathematical Models
It’s now possible to predict how likely an endangered species is to go extinct, with mathematical models acting as windows into the future.
Women Are Better Than Men at the Basketball Free Throw Line
Women shoot basketball free throws at 3 percent higher consistency than men. Men and women are very close, but the women edge out the men.
How Big Pharma Is Hindering Treatment of the Opioid Addiction Epidemic
Drugs do exist to reverse opioid overdoses or treat long-term opioid addiction. But while opioids have become easier and easier to obtain through illicit markets and sellers on the dark web, a drug that could save countless lives has become increasingly out of reach.
The Forgotten Woman of Nuclear Physics Who Deserved a Nobel Prize
Although the Nobel committee never acknowledged its mistake but the U.S. Department of Energy awarded her the prestigious Fermi Award.
Barracking, Sheilas and Shouts: How the Irish Influenced Australian English
Irish influence on Australian English and on Australians is less than you’d expect on the surface, but everywhere once you start looking.