5+ hour, 50+ min ago   (409+ words) Associated Press, founded in 1846, has been a staple of the news industry since then: old, large, mainstream, and respected. But the decline of traditional media in the age of the internet — when six stories, even on a comparatively minor event,…...

7+ hour, 26+ min ago   (466+ words) At the Brussels Signal, tech analyst Norman Lewis has been discussing a form of indoctrination that is becoming increasingly popular in the European Union, and doubtless elsewhere: prebunking — “a preventative measure that aims to prepare audiences to recognize and resist…...

9+ hour, 48+ min ago   (491+ words) Magical things have been seen in the skies for thousands of years, often interpreted by Earthlings as visitors from other planets. In modern times, unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings have become a popular hobby. Established in 1974, the National UFO Reporting…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (428+ words) At Epoch Times, Makai Elías Calles discusses recent findings about plants’ complex ability to perceive and react to their environments: Plants lack neurons, but they still readily communicate, including by relaying danger cues. When a caterpillar bites a plant, it…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (298+ words) This article by David Klinghoffer is republished from Science and Culture Today. Our colleague Andrew McDiarmid has a powerful piece in the New York Post today, with a fascinating statistic: The data tell us that Americans are quite literally speaking…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (997+ words) Great programmers must be able to break big problems down into smaller pieces. That’s the challenge for this week’s Microsofty. There are five parts to this puzzle. The challenge increases with each one. The solution gets mathy. See how far…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (28+ words) mindmatters.ai Grieftech poses genuine problems when avatars seem to keep the deceased unchanged in a changing world — or change just when we want them to....

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (155+ words) University of Texas El Paso mathematics prof (emeritus) Granville Sewell has produced a short video (8:54 min) summarizing his main thesis with respect to evolution:. Materialists argue that evolution could happen by chance; non-materialists argue that it requires design. He contends…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (337+ words) This article by David Klinghoffer is republished from Science and Culture Today. SpudCell is the supposed artificial cell that left CNN, among others, hyperventilating: “Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that can feed,…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (840+ words) The Regression of Han Solo Three films’ worth of character development has been undone. Only it’s much worse. Abrams seems to have a fundamental misunderstanding about Han’s original character from A New Hope. Han and Chewie enter the ship, find…...