Reality Checks: Llamas vs the Flu, Groping Women and Violence, Against Spanking, and Video Games for Angry Men
Llama nanobodies can help with the flu (via Ars Technica) To no one’s shock, the man who shot up a yoga studio had a history of groping women. (via Huffpost) More evidence that spanking is bad. (via NBC) Video games for recruiting angry young men. Anita Sarkeesian is saying I …
The Qur’an: a Readthrough. Juz 1 and Surah 2, verses 30-72
Continued from here It’s been some time. Life doesn’t stop happening. At verse 30 of Surah 2 we have a mythological history of the world, sorta kinda similar to Genesis. But different. Starting out right away we have an argument between God and the Angels. Behold, thy Lord said to …
Reality Checks: Ancient Stone Tools in Saudi Arabia, Peeping Toms and Drones, Book Spoiler Stabbing, and Modern Witchcraft in Romania
300,000 year old tools found in Saudi Arabia. (via Ars Technica) Using drones to creep the creep. (via AJC) Scientist on remote Antarctic outpost stabs colleague over book spoilers. (via The DailyRecord) The witches of Romania. (via NPR) Featured image credit: denisbin via flickr
Reality Checks: The Inventor of Anesthesia, Ancient Greek Shipwrecks, Access to Smartphones by Gender, and Robotic Teaching
Seishu Hanaoka, who developed anesthesia. (via Al Jazeera) Oldest intact shipwreck ever found in the Black Sea. (via Ars Technica) Unequal access to smartphones. (via NPR) Robots teaching college courses. (via Axios) Featured image credit: NOAA photo library via flickr
Reality Checks: Giant Fungi, Water Problems at Angkor Wat, Antipsychotics and Delirium, and Publicly Hexing Kavanaugh
Fungi bigger than whales. (via Smithsonian Mag The demise of Angkor Wat (via Ars Technica) The problems of antipsychotics. (via NPR) Witches planning public hex of Kavanaugh (via The Guardian) Featured image credit: Gailx via flickr
Reality Checks: Media and Minds, Veterinary Moral Distress, Trump’s Respect for Women, and Sperm Epigenetic Memory
More on media, kids, and aggression. (via Ars Technica) Moral distress among veterinarians. (via NPR) Trump, who has the most respect for women, is calling Stormy Daniels “Horseface.” This is the US political discourse. (via The Mary Sue) Epigenetic memory and sperm. (via phys.org) Featured image credit: Iqbal Osman1 via …
Reality Checks: Vampire Children, Global Support for Mental Health, #NativeVote18, and Banning Rough Sleeping
Fifth Century Vampire Burial in Rome. (via Ars Technica) Global mental health support is low. (via NPR) An unprecedented number of native americans run for US political office. (via Al Jazeera) Hungary’s cruel ban on rough sleeping. (via BBC) Featured image credit: Health Blog via flickr
Reality Checks: BDSM Sex Robots, Biased AIs, Bogus Homeopathy Data gets published, and Women Play Guitars
BDSM sex robots and the first law of robotics. (via Gizmodo) The biased AI amazon built for recruiting. (via BusinessInsider) Bogus homeopathy data published in a major journal. (via Ars Technica) Instrument makers realize women also play guitars. (via NPR) Featured image credit: Raven via flickr