It’s All In The Wiring

from StudyFinds A Smarter Person’s Brain Is Simply Wired Better, Study Finds by Daniel Steingold FRANKFURT, Germany — Brainiacs happen to have thinking organs that are physically designed to outperform, a new study finds. Researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt in...

Super Eruption

from The Mirror Cataclysmic ‘super eruption’ is MUCH closer than we thought, warns latest research Scientists at Bristol University have analysed geological records from the last 100,000 years By Stephen Beech (Image: Moment RF) We may be much nearer to a...

Supermoon

from USA Today The only supermoon of the year will rise Sunday evening by Doyle Rice The only supermoon of 2017 will appear in a sky near you Sunday night … weather permitting. Bigger and brighter than a typical full moon, the term “supermoon” was coined in 1979...

Quantum Bullshit

from Real Clear Science The Worst Theoretical Prediction in the History of Physics By Ross Pomeroy Quantum mechanics has a dark energy problem. When it comes to scientifically mysterious concepts that begin with the word “dark,” dark matter attracts most...

AI Decides Who Dies

from USA Today Self-driving cars programmed to decide who dies in a crash by Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press WASHINGTON — Consider this hypothetical: It’s a bright, sunny day and you’re alone in your spanking new self-driving vehicle, sprinting along the two-lane...

Have an ELE Jolly Christmas

from The Daily Star Massive 3-mile wide Christmas asteroid to practically GRAZE Earth next month A HUGE asteroid will very nearly graze the planet next month – just days before Christmas. By Rachel O’Donoghue EXTINCTION: The asteroid is just half the size of the...