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Environmentalists, What Are You Asking From Dedmoroz Lenin For Earth Day This Year?
Tomorrow is Earth Day. It is also Lenin's birthday. That's not coincidence. The leader of the first Earth Day was not a politician, as the movement has greenwashed Democratic U.S. Senator Gaylord Nels...
Earth Sciences
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You Didn't Feel Continental Mantle Earthquakes, But They Happened. A Lot
A 1979 seismic event was a different kind of earthquake, and it is has intrigued scientists ever since.A new look at old data has provided some additional answers.On Feb. 24th, 1979, seismographs reco...
Life Sciences
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Brain, AI And Cognition: A New Gold-Open-Access Journal
Am thrilled to report here that Scilight just launched a new gold open-access journal, "Brain, AI and Cognition", of which I am the editor in chief. Below you can see the front page of a leaflet I wil...
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Study Links Antidepressants, Beta-blockers and Statins To Increased Autism Risk
An analysis of 6.14 million maternal-child health records has linked prescription medications to higher rates of Autism Spectrum Disorder in offspring. Sterol biosynthesis–inhibiting medications (SBI...
Physical Sciences
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A Research Position In Neuromorphic Computing And Nanophotonics Open In Padova, Italy
Five days are left to apply to a 2-year research position at INFN-Padova, to work in the context of the EIC-Pathfinder-2025 winning project "PHINDER" on the simulation of the apparatus.PHINDER (Picose...
Social Sciences
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How To Overcome Leadership Battles
In times of social rancor and strife, most will fight each other, but societies are saved by those who think about the bigger issue.There is a lesson humans could learn from wasps. Polistes canadensis...
