Fred First's Highlights on 'How Swaths of Invasive Grass Made Maui's Fires So Devastating'

The caterpillars that can kill you

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Jan 20, 2025

Former FDA Commissioner Stokes Bird Flu Fear — Here’s What He Gets Wrong

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birdflu

Jan 19, 2025

Neurosurgeon explains non-woo-woo way to scientifically manifest your goals: ‘There is no magic here’ (New York Post)

l.smartnews.com/p-ict5oM0/QeUtz0

Jan 18, 2025

How one brain circuit encodes memories of both places and events

medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-brain-circuit-encodes-memories-events.html

memory

grid cells

Jan 18, 2025

New Distance Measurements Intensify Mystery of Universe's Expansion Rate

scienceblog.com/553228/new-distance-measurements-intensify-mystery-of-universes-expansion-rate/

Jan 18, 2025

A good man gone to glory

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Jan 15, 2025

Heisenberg’s Dynamic Concepts. The Metaphor beyond the Limits of Language

www.academia.edu/50033935/Heisenberg_s_Dynamic_Concepts_The_Metaphor_beyond_the_Limits_of_Language?email_work_card=abstract-read-more

quantum physics

language

Jan 15, 2025

FACTS About the Palisades Fires: Debunking the Lies Blaming Gavin Newsom

krassencast.com/p/facts-about-the-palisades-fires-debunking

wildfires

trump

Jan 14, 2025

Is Consciousness Research The Next Big Quantum Use Case?

thequantuminsider.com/2025/01/11/is-consciousness-research-the-next-big-quantum-use-case/

entanglement

consciousness

Jan 14, 2025

The Machine in the Garden

paulkingsnorth.substack.com/p/the-machine-in-the-garden?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=250836&post_id=153208536&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2shkz&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

christianity

Jan 14, 2025

Mind blindness decoded: people who can’t see with their ‘mind’s eye’ still activate their visual cortex

www.scimex.org/newsfeed/mind-blindness-decoded-people-who-cant-see-with-their-minds-eye-still-activate-their-visual-cortex-study-finds

aphantasia

Jan 14, 2025

Fire Weather

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wildfires

Jan 13, 2025

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How colours affect the way you think

www.bbc.com/future/article/20220713-the-hidden-meaning-of-your-favourite-colour

perception

color

vision

Jan 12, 2025

Takeover of Invasive Species Due to Climate Change: The Bush Honeysuckle

cwp.missouri.edu/2017/takeover-of-invasive-species-due-to-climate-change-the-bush-honeysuckle/

invasives

Jan 11, 2025

Returning Fire to the Landscape | U.S. Department of the Interior

www.doi.gov/wildlandfire/returning-fire-landscape

wildfires

invasives

Jan 11, 2025

Yes, even most unexpected landscapes in the US can and will burn

www.vox.com/climate/24111549/wildfire-risk-increasing-everywhere-us-east-south?ueid=942f05b3243c92cbd9290100f18f0684&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TEx%201/9&utm_term=Sentences

invasives

wildfires

Jan 11, 2025

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Flammable invasive grasses are increasing risk of devastating wildfires

www.science.org/content/article/flammable-invasive-grasses-increasing-risk-devastating-wildfires

invasives

wildfires

Jan 11, 2025

How Swaths of Invasive Grass Made Maui's Fires So Devastating

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-swaths-of-invasive-grass-made-mauis-fires-so-devastating-180982729/

invasives

wildfires

Jan 10, 2025

As Worst Fire in LA History Raged, Trump Saw Tragedy as a Political Opportunity

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ecopolitics

wildfires

Jan 10, 2025

Neuroscientist show how stress reshapes fear memories via the brain's endocannabinoid system

www.psypost.org/neuroscientist-show-how-stress-reshapes-fear-memories-via-the-brains-endocannabinoid-system/

emotions

stress

biology

Jan 10, 2025

Teaming Up to Take On the Double Threat of Invasives and Wildfires | U.S. Department of the Interior

www.doi.gov/wildlandfire/teaming-take-double-threat-invasives-and-wildfires

wildfires

invasives

Jan 10, 2025

Morning Coffee Linked to Lower Death Risk, Study Finds

scienceblog.com/553019/morning-coffee-linked-to-lower-death-risk-study-finds/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

health

coffee

Jan 9, 2025

What is "emotional intelligence" in AI robots and chatbots and what are the possible implications to future human interactions with these entities and to the evolution of them? 🔎 You.com | AI for workplace productivity

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emotions

intelligence

Jan 9, 2025

How Loneliness and Social Isolation Impact Physical Health

scienceblog.com/552841/how-loneliness-and-social-isolation-impact-physical-health/

emotions

loneliness

Jan 6, 2025

Mirror bacteria could pose major health risks

theweek.com/science/mirror-bacteria-health-risks-disease

chirality

Jan 6, 2025

Why small annoyances can harm us more than big disruptions | Psyche Ideas

psyche.co/ideas/why-small-annoyances-can-harm-us-more-than-big-disruptions?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

psychology

Jan 5, 2025

Concerning Bird Flu Virus Mutations Found in Severely Ill Patient

www.scientificamerican.com/article/concerning-bird-flu-virus-mutations-found-in-severely-ill-patient/

birdflu

Jan 4, 2025

The Cat in the Tree: Why AI Content Leaves Us Cold

theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/the-cat-in-the-tree-why-ai-content?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=6980&post_id=153888418&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2shkz&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Jan 3, 2025

The risks of reversed chirality: Study highlights dangers of mirror organisms

www.news-medical.net/news/20241216/The-risks-of-reversed-chirality-Study-highlights-dangers-of-mirror-organisms.aspx

chirality

synthbio

Jan 3, 2025

We Don't Have to Destroy Ourselves

www.forkingpaths.co/p/we-dont-have-to-destroy-ourselves?utm_source=multiple-personal-recommendations-email&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true

future-proofing

chirality

Jan 1, 2025

Scientists are no longer sure the Universe began with a bang | Aeon Essays

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Dec 30, 2024

Study reveals the brain's uncanny ability to recognize faces under suppressed awareness

www.psypost.org/study-reveals-the-brains-uncanny-ability-to-recognize-faces-under-suppressed-awareness/

Dec 29, 2024

How to Read a Tsunami

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Dec 28, 2024

The Looming Crisis of Antibiotic Resistance

scienceblog.com/552722/the-looming-crisis-of-antibiotic-resistance/

Dec 28, 2024

New DNA Storage Method Uses 'Molecular Movable Type' to Write Data

scienceblog.com/552702/new-dna-storage-method-uses-molecular-movable-type-to-write-data/

Dec 28, 2024

Can Quantum Physics Teach Us About God and Ourselves? - Articles by MagellanTV

www.magellantv.com/articles/can-quantum-physics-teach-us-about-god-and-ourselves

quantum physics

Dec 24, 2024

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Fish Have a Brain Microbiome. Could Humans Have One Too? | Quanta Magazine

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microbiome

Dec 24, 2024

A New Theory for the Assembly of Life in the Universe | Quanta Magazine

www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-theory-for-the-assembly-of-life-in-the-universe-20230504/

Dec 24, 2024

The Time Hack Everyone Should Know

thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-time-hack-everyone-should-know/

Dec 22, 2024

Mummies and the Usefulness of Death

www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/mummies-and-the-usefulness-of-death/

Dec 22, 2024

Dozens of scientific journals have vanished from the internet, and no one preserved them

www.science.org/content/article/dozens-scientific-journals-have-vanished-internet-and-no-one-preserved-them

Dec 22, 2024

So AI can get bored, "suffer," and even commit suicide?

www.sify.com/ai-analytics/so-ai-can-get-bored-suffer-and-even-commit-suicide/

Dec 22, 2024

What happens when the internet disappears?

www.theverge.com/24321569/internet-decay-link-rot-web-archive-deleted-culture?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user%2Ftheverge

Dec 21, 2024

3 Curious Connections Between Consciousness and Black Holes

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Dec 20, 2024

Quantum Leap! Google’s New Chip Could Revolutionize Computing

www.jomfruland.net/quantum-leap-googles-new-chip-could-revolutionize-computing/

Dec 20, 2024