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Noah Smith – Milton Friedman’s Cherished Theory Is Laid to Rest

When you’re wrong, you’re wrong, no matter how famous and respected you might be as a scientist. Albert Einstein was wrong about quantum mechanics. Linus Pauling was wrong about the structure of DNA. And Milton Friedman was wrong about the permanent income hypothesis. But unlike with the first two examples, where scientists quickly realized the mistake, economists haven’t yet come to grips with the reality.

Friedman’s theory says that people’s consumption isn’t affected by how much they ...

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JAN
2017

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Albert Einstein, Amazon Echo, American Enterprise Institute, Android (operating system), Article (publishing), Artificial intelligence, Barack Obama, Book, Consumer Electronics Show, Milton Friedman

Songbirds divorce, flee, fail to reproduce due to suburban sprawl

Suburban development is forcing some songbirds to divorce, pack up and leave and miss their best chances for successful reproduction.

As forested areas increasingly are converted to suburbs, birds that live on the edge of our urban footprint must find new places to build their nests, breed and raise fledglings. New research published Dec. 28 in the journal PLOS ONE finds that for one group of songbirds — called “avoiders” — urban sprawl is kicking them out of their territory, forcing ...

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JAN
2017

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Albert Einstein, American Museum of Natural History, Baby boomers, Big Think, Biology, Bird, Burning Chrome, Burning Man, Natural selection, New York City

Bernard Starr – Who Founded Christianity? Some Say Jesus; Some Say Paul. What If Neither Did? The Answer Will Surprise You

Nowhere in the New Testament does Jesus or Paul say he is rejecting Judaism and starting a new religion. In fact, the term “Christian” doesn’t appear at all in the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), which chronicle Jesus’ spiritual mission; and only later, three times in the rest of the New Testament . The first utterance of the word “Christian” occurred when Paul was preaching in Antioch more than a decade after the crucifixion.

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DEC
2016

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A Tale of Love and Darkness, Acts of the Apostles, Albert Einstein, Christ, Christian, Christmas, Gentile, God, Jesus, Jews

Robert J. Burrowes – Life on Earth is Dying. Thousands of Species Cease to Exist

On the day that you read this article, 200 species of life on Earth (plants, birds, animals, fish, amphibians, insects, reptiles) will cease to exist. Tomorrow, another 200 species will vanish forever.

The human onslaught to destroy life on Earth is unprecedented in Earth’s history. Planet Earth is now experiencing its sixth mass extinction event and Homo sapiens is the cause. Moreover, this mass extinction event is accelerating and is so comprehensive in its impact that the piecemeal measures being taken ...

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DEC
2016

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Africa, Alan Menken, Albert Einstein, Aleppo, Anatomically modern human, Anthropocene, Babylonia, Big data, Blasket Islands, United Nations

Nicole Sirotin – Technological advances will drive our quest to live longer

Medical technologies that have long been detailed in science fiction are becoming realities in the world’s laboratories and hospitals, which makes extending the average lifespan to triple digits much more viable.

Expectation is growing within medical and scientific circles that technology can “cure” the ageing process, especially considering how the rapid evolution of healthcare tools has lengthened life expectancy over the past two decades. Since 1900, life expectancy has doubled to 71.4. The first stethoscope in 1815, the X-ray in 1895, ...

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8
DEC
2016

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Articles

Albert Einstein, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, American middle class, Bjørn Lomborg, Copenhagen Consensus Center, Council of Economic Advisers, Doha Development Round, Emma Morano, Life expectancy, United States

ANDRE VLTCHEK – Western “Culture” is Wrecking Entire Continents

You say “European cultural institutions”, and what should come immediately to mind are lavish concerts, avant-garde art exhibitions, high quality language courses and benevolent scholarships for talented cash-strapped local students.

It is all so noble, so civilized!

Or, is it really? Think twice!

I wrote my short novel, “Aurora”, after studying the activities of various Western ‘cultural institutions’, in virtually all the continents of the Planet. I encountered their heads; I interacted with the ‘beneficiaries’ of various funding schemes, and I managed ...

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NOV
2016

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20th-century art, Air pollution, Albert Einstein, Anni Albers, Art movement, Artists' Television Access, Aung San Suu Kyi, Avant-garde, German art, New York City

KARL GROSSMAN – How Cuomo’s $7.6 Billion Nuclear Bailout Can Impede Wind and Solar

It was nearly 40 years ago that as a journalist I began concentrating on nuclear power.

The preface: I hosted a TV program—“Long Island World”—in the 1970s on WLIW/21, Long Island’s PBS station, and was asked to do one on nuclear power. With my crew I visited Brookhaven National Laboratory set up on Long Island in 1947 by the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission to conduct research into atomic science and develop civilian uses of nuclear technology. The labs such as ...

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OCT
2016

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Articles, Environment, Socio-economic

Albert Einstein, Bill O'Reilly (political commentator), Greenhouse gas, Japan, Manhattan Project, Nuclear power, Sun, Today (U.S. TV program), United States, World War II

Could caffeine help prevent dementia?

MILWAUKEE – A new study suggests a significant relationship between caffeine and dementia prevention, though it stops short of establishing cause and effect.

The study, published in The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, found higher caffeine intake in women age 65 and older was associated with reduced odds of developing dementia or cognitive impairment.

Among the 6,467 women in the study, self-reported caffeine consumption of more than 261 milligrams of caffeine was associated with a 36 percent ...

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10
OCT
2016

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Anti-Aging, Articles, Health

Abrasive, Albert Einstein, Alzheimer's disease, American Family Insurance, Ancient history, Andi Dorfman, Applied science, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Wisconsin, World War II

Surya Siddhanta: The Startlingly Accurate Astronomy Book of the 1st Millennium BC

Many people know the deeds of Ravana, the captor of Sita in the Indian Epic the Ramayana; however, less well known are the incredible accomplishments of his father-in-law, King Maya. According to legend, the Hindu Sun god, Surya, revealed to Maya highly specific knowledge of the cosmos, presumably to allow the people of Earth to better worship him. This series of treatises is known as the Surya Siddhanta and it is the oldest book of astronomy known to exist. It ...

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SEP
2016

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History

Andrew Griffin – Black holes are ‘doors’ to another world, scientists say

Black holes are doors to other parts of the universe, according to a new study. But you wouldn’t ever get to come back.

Anyone who managed to get through one of the mysterious doors would end up “spaghettified”, and stretched out like a long strand of pasta, according to the research. They’d get squished back down to size once they reached the other side, but it’s unlikely they’d be alive to see it.

Previously, scientists have held that all matter inside of a black ...

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AUG
2016

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Science

Albert Einstein, Alexander Kashlinsky, Black hole, Gravitational wave, Hawking radiation, Israel, LIGO, Primordial black hole, Stephen Hawking, Supermassive black hole

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