Led by 100-meter world record holder Usain Bolt, Jamaican men swept the sprinting events at the London Olympics. It was a stunning feat for the small Caribbean nation. But as part of a broader trend, it’s hardly surprising. Runners of West African descent are the fastest humans on earth. For decades, a bushel of>
The discovery of the Denisovans 15 years ago set off a chain of evolutionary research into how they contributed to modern East Asians and Oceanians. A new study adds evidence. Researchers have confirmed that a nearly complete hominin skull from 146,000 years ago that was discovered near Harbin belongs to the Denisovan>
A new paper from Ohio State University can be considered a giant endorsement for yogurt that makes you poop - but unfortunately for giddy food corporations hoping to gain some scientific credibility it is only in mice, and therefore EXPLORATORY.Because mice are not little people.You just wouldn't know that from the>
A bright orange poison dart frog with a unique call was discovered in Donoso, Panama, and described by researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí in Panama, and the Universidad de los Andes in Colombia. Andinobates geminisae is named for Geminis Vargas,>
A team of scientists led by chemist and Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) Pioneer laureate Piet Gros and medical microbiologist Jos van Strijp from Utrecht University have succeeded in 'freezing' a chain reaction of the immune system and they're calling it a breakthrough in the field of immunology>
A stressful pregnancy might be the last thing a future mother needs, but it is to her unborn baby that this stress spells real trouble. All because stress hormones (called glucocorticoids or GCs) can disrupt foetal brain development, leading to serious behavioural and emotional problems, much in the same way that>
I agree that Indian and Pakistani people do tend to overhype their CVs. That said, did you know that the average Pakistani degree holder spoke whatever regional language before attending school and...
This is my first comment on Disqus. I had to reboot my brain to figure out why my first 5 attempts to log in and view comments didn't work. Is it age making mock of me? Maybe, but for as long...
Hi. Being a keen reader / viewer of accident investigations I immediately remembered prior problems with the 787 in general and the FADEC in particular. So pilot error/malice was far from my mind....
The 16 to 1 against is the chance that this particular accident was pilot error/malice. As I explain in the article, odds based on an OR truth table should not be taken as a general statistical...