Ian
High performance computing researcher. Interested in Astrophysics, Neuroscience, Economics, Math, history. Atheist. Learning French and Portuguese.
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Journalists say Russian mercenaries in Syria tortured, beheaded, and burned a deserter from Assad's army. For fun.
The Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta has published new evidence in the torture and beheading of a man in Syria, whose gruesome death was first revealed in a two-minute video released on June 30, 2017. At the time, observers speculated that the...
Somatic and Dendritic Encoding of Spatial Variables in Retrosplenial Cortex Differs during 2D Navigation
Voigts and Harnett present a technology that permits full-featured 2-photon imaging
in awake mice during free locomotion with volitional head rotation in a 2D arena and
show that local tuft dendritic activity in retrosplenial cortex is not...
Affirming Free Speech in Arizona
In a refreshing and robust affirmation of free speech the Arizona Supreme Court commenced its ruling...
Giant 3D printers for making boats, bridges, buildings and rockets
Printing bigger and faster
r/dataisbeautiful - Sun angle and UV risk (for sun burn) as the year progresses for some cities around the world. [OC]
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When Snakes Had Use for a Pair of Legs
The fossil discovery in Argentina will help to resolve mysteries over when snakes began their transition to their modern form.
Oxford Brookes University cancels feminist speaker Rachel Ara after students accuse her of transphobia
A feminist artist who was due to speak at Oxford Brookes University yesterday had her talk cancelled at the last minute after students accused her of holding transphobic views. The event featuring...
Expanding Consciousness
Bees and other insects show signs of possessing complex self-awareness, but if the scope of conscious beings widens, where will it end?
DR. CHRIS MILBURN: 'Criminal element' sent to ER puts docs in dicey spot | The Chronicle Herald
DR. CHRIS MILBURN
There is something that I need to speak out on before it's too late. I was prompted to write this by the high-profile case of the two Halifax special constables who were convicted on Sunday of criminal
You Spin me Right Round: Stellar Rotation with Asteroseismology
All stars rotate, and stellar rotation can impact a star’s evolution greatly. However stellar rotation remains poorly understood. Can studying stellar pulsations shed light on this topic?
All-female Brooklyn Jewish paramedic group denied ambulance application
Ezras Nashim’s members are looking to operate an ambulance to serve the needs of Orthodox women in Borough Park and Kensington.
Podcast
I started doing a podcast as part of my Algocracy and Transhumanism project. Although that project has now ended, the podcast conti...
Scientists Are Just Beginning to Understand Mysterious DNA Circles Common in Cancer Cells
For years, researchers weren’t exactly sure what to make of these extra loops of genetic material . That’s quickly changing.
Want to Fix Public Schools? Fix the Public First.
Prelude: Public Schools are the Public’s Schools Americans have complained about public schools for as long as America has had them. Depending on who you talk to, they’re either too hidebound or to…
Religious Progressivism
Almost 40 years ago I read Nikolai Berdyaev’s The Russian Revolution, in which he makes the case that Soviet Communism was essentially a religion in the mould of Christianity, with its concept of original sin (expropriation of labour), priestly...
Why UBI Ought to Appeal to Conservatives
Republicans are traditionally hostile to what they call government “hand-outs.” This is not because they believe people shouldn’t get what they need. Rather, conservatives believe that people should get what they need in the most efficient way...