Did you know that you most likely never completely left your biological mother’s body? That your cells crossed the placenta while you were growing and probably stuck around in various parts of her body for a while – decades, perhaps for ever? No, it’s not the premise of a zombie film. The phenomenon is called… Continue reading The new science of motherhood shows it’s far more transformative than western culture allows | Lucy Jones
Trump’s Repeated Threats Of Violence Likely Not Enough To Bring Pretrial Detention
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has been repeatedly threatening that his prosecutions will lead to violence and unrest, but the former president is nevertheless unlikely to be locked up in pretrial detention, legal experts said. “Unfortunately, the courts are going to give him very broad deference,” said Norm Eisen, a lawyer in the Barack Obama White… Continue reading Trump’s Repeated Threats Of Violence Likely Not Enough To Bring Pretrial Detention
Inside the online world of people who think they can change their race
Since before she hit double digits, Alisa, 15, said she has felt a special connection with Japan. The high school student, who asked to be anonymous for fear of being doxxed online, was born in Ukraine and lives in Maryland, but she now goes by the Japanese name Miyuki and listens to “subliminals” that promise… Continue reading Inside the online world of people who think they can change their race
Scottish university hit by Rhysida ransomware gang
Data supposedly stolen from the University of Western Scotland (UWS) in a ransomware attack has been put up for sale on the dark web by a newly emergent ransomware gang going by the name of Rhysida, which is asking for approximately £450,000 in Bitcoin, with plans to sell it to the highest bidder in… Continue reading Scottish university hit by Rhysida ransomware gang
How Hot Is Too Hot for the Human Body?
“” Similar to the National Weather Service’s heat index chart, this chart translates combinations of air temperature and relative humidity into critical environmental limits, above which core body temperature rises. The border between the yellow and red areas represents the average critical environmental limit for young men and women at minimal activity. W. Larry Kenney,… Continue reading How Hot Is Too Hot for the Human Body?
Exploitation of care workers in England is ‘appalling’, says government adviser | Social care
Ministers have allowed England’s creaking social care system to become too heavily reliant on low-paid foreign workers who are vulnerable to exploitation, the government’s migration adviser has warned. In a strongly worded intervention, Prof Brian Bell, who has just been reappointed by the home secretary, Suella Braverman, as chair of the migration advisory committee (MAC),… Continue reading Exploitation of care workers in England is ‘appalling’, says government adviser | Social care
Donald Trump Takes The Stage As A Song Lyric About ‘Going To Prison’ Plays
Former President Donald Trump faced the music at a campaign event in Iowa ― and the irony was off the charts. (Watch the video below.) As Trump took the stage, the song lyric “one could end up going to prison, one just might be president” played from Brooks & Dunn’s “Only in America.” Trump pumped… Continue reading Donald Trump Takes The Stage As A Song Lyric About ‘Going To Prison’ Plays
Blasts at power station fire cut off electricity in much of scorching Iraq
Power was cut off in large swaths of southern and central Iraq for much of Saturday during scorching summer heat and observances of the Shiite holy day of Ashoura after a fire broke out at a power station in the southern city of Basra. The fire at the Al-Bkir substation in Basra resulted in the separation of… Continue reading Blasts at power station fire cut off electricity in much of scorching Iraq
Risks of opening up AI
Earlier in July, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, announced the availability of Llama 2, which will be made available in the Microsoft Azure AI model catalogue, as well as AWS. Meta describes Llama 2 as “the next generation” of its open source large language model. But while it is free for research and… Continue reading Risks of opening up AI
The Wampus Cat Myth Explained: Origins and Sightings
Eyewitnesses describe the Wampus cat as a large and fearsome creature with a bobcat’s face, often portrayed as a cross between a cat and a human, with sharp, elongated claws and fangs. Its most distinctive feature is its glowing, yellow eyes that supposedly pierce through the darkness of the night as it roams the Appalachian… Continue reading The Wampus Cat Myth Explained: Origins and Sightings