Tuesday, May 2, 2017
US lunatic fringe is getting duped by Russia
In recent years, certain members of the U.S.
far right have found sympathetic “kindred spirits” among Russia’s
well-connected elite. A bombshell report published Sunday night suggests
the Russian government is using these disaffected wingnuts as
"useful idiots."
‘Stray’ black hole found hiding nearby has scientists puzzled
The Nemertea
"The proboscis is an infolding of the body wall, and sits in the rhynchocoel when inactive.
When muscles in the wall of the rhynchocoel compress the fluid in the
rhynchocoel, the pressure makes the proboscis jump inside-out to attack the animal's prey along a canal called the rhynchodeum and through an
orifice, the proboscis pore. The proboscis has a muscle which attaches
to the back of the rhynchocoel, and which can stretch up to 30 times its
inactive length and then retract the proboscis.
Some Anopla have branched proboscises which can be described as "a mass of sticky spaghetti". The animal then draws its prey into its mouth...
Although most are less than 20 centimeters (7.9 in) long, one specimen has been estimated at 54 meters (177 ft).
Some Anopla have branched proboscises which can be described as "a mass of sticky spaghetti". The animal then draws its prey into its mouth...
Although most are less than 20 centimeters (7.9 in) long, one specimen has been estimated at 54 meters (177 ft).
Monday, May 1, 2017
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Today in History
| 408 | Theodosius II succeeds to the throne of Constantinople. | |
| 1308 | King Albert is murdered by his nephew John, because he refused his share of the Habsburg lands. | |
| 1486 | Christopher Columbus convinces Queen Isabella to fund expedition to the West Indies. | |
| 1805 | The state of Virginia passes a law requiring all freed slaves to leave the state, or risk either imprisonment or deportation. | |
| 1863 | The Battle of Chancellorsville begins as Union Gen. Joe Hooker starts his three-pronged attack against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. | |
| 1867 | Reconstruction in the South begins with black voter registration. | |
| 1877 | Rutherford B. Hayes withdraws all Federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction. | |
| 1898 | The U.S. Navy under Commodore George Dewey defeats the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines. | |
| 1915 | The luxury liner Lusitania leaves New York Harbor for a voyage to Europe. | |
| 1927 | Adolf Hitler holds his first Nazi meeting in Berlin. | |
| 1931 | The Empire State Building opens in New York. | |
| 1934 | The Philippine legislature accepts a U.S. proposal for independence. | |
| 1937 | President Franklin Roosevelt signs an act of neutrality, keeping the United States out of World War II. | |
| 1941 | The film Citizen Kane–directed and starring Orson Welles–opens in New York. | |
| 1944 | The Messerschmitt Me 262, the first combat jet, makes its first flight. | |
| 1945 | Martin Bormann, private secretary to Adolf Hitler, escapes the Fuehrerbunker as the Red Army advances on Berlin. | |
| 1948 | North Korea is established. | |
| 1950 | Gwendolyn Brooks becomes the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry called Annie Allen. | |
| 1960 | Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 spy plane is shot down over Russia. | |
| 1961 | Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba. | |
| 1968 | In the second day of battle, U.S. Marines, with the support of naval fire, continue their attack on a North Vietnamese Division at Dai Do. | |
| 1970 | Students from Kent State University riot in downtown Kent, Ohio, in protest of the American invasion of Cambodia. | |
| 1986 | The Tass News Agency reports the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. | |
| 2011 | Osama Bin Laden is killed in Abbottabad Pakistan by US Navy SEALS in Operation Neptune Spear. |
What Makes a Genius?
Throughout
history bright minds have flocked to nexuses of creativity like Silicon
Valley, where Wenzhao Lian, a researcher at Vicarious, an artificial
intelligence company, teaches a robot how to recognize and manipulate
objects. The company aims to develop programs that mimic the brain’s
capacity for vision, language, and motor control. (Image credit: © Paulo
Woods/National Geographic)
Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett improvises concerts that last for as long as two hours. "The only thing that works," he says, “is letting go.”
Advances in genetic research now make it possible to examine human traits at the molecular level. Over the past several decades, scientists have been searching for genes that contribute to intelligence, behavior, and even unique qualities like perfect pitch. In the case of intelligence, this research triggers ethical concerns about how it might be used; it is also exceedingly complex, as thousands of genes may be involved—each one with a very small effect. What about other kinds of abilities? Is there something innate in having an ear for music? Numerous accomplished musicians, including Mozart and Ella Fitzgerald, are believed to have had perfect pitch, which may have played a role in their extraordinary careers.Legendary Cyphers, a freestyle rap group, performs on Friday nights at Union Square Park in New York City. Collaboration fuels the event as artists take turns “spitting” lyrics. Like any creative undertaking, rapping requires practice. “If you do this enough, it’s like a muscle,” says Palladium Philoz, one of the group’s organizers. (Image credit: © Paulo Woods/National Geographic)
Genetic potential alone does not predict actual accomplishment. It also takes nurture to grow a genius. Social and cultural influences can provide that nourishment, creating clusters of genius at moments and places in history: Baghdad during Islam’s Golden Age, Kolkata during the Bengal Renaissance, Silicon Valley today.
Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett improvises concerts that last for as long as two hours. "The only thing that works," he says, “is letting go.”
Natural gifts and a nurturing environment can still fall short of producing a genius, without motivation and tenacity propelling one forward. These personality traits, which pushed Darwin to spend two decades perfecting Origin of Species and Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan to produce thousands of formulas, inspire the work of psychologist Angela Duckworth. She believes that a combination of passion and perseverance—what she calls “grit”—drives people to achieve. Duckworth, herself a MacArthur Foundation “genius” and a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, says the concept of genius is too easily cloaked in layers of magic, as if great achievement erupts spontaneously with no hard work. She believes there are differences when it comes to individual talent, but no matter how brilliant a person, fortitude and discipline are critical to success. “When you really look at somebody who accomplishes something great,” she says, “it is not effortless.”Some 10,000 pairs of identical and fraternal twins are part of geneticist Robert Plomin’s longitudinal study at King’s College London, providing clues about how genes and environment affect development. The genetics of intelligence are enormously complex. “Most geniuses,” says Plomin, “don’t come from genius parents.” Read the entire article at National Geographic. All images are from the May 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine.
Meeting American River People
Reasons You Always Have To Pee In The Middle Of The Night
Here's how to tell if your midnight bathroom runs are normal or not.
Man Dies After Being Denied Lung Transplant
Do hospital rules need to be changed as marijuana goes more mainstream?
Social media shitstorm descends on Fox 'News'
Social media users went on a rampage after
Fox 'News' posted a series of misleading graphics praising
Dumbass Trump for his economic accomplishments in his first 100 days.
Erickson Says Gays Make People Uncomfortable and Should Expect to be Assaulted
White Supremacist War Against Facts
Sunday, April 30, 2017
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Today in History
| 313 | Licinius unifies the whole of the eastern Roman Empire under his own rule. | |
| 1250 | King Louis IX of France is ransomed. | |
| 1527 | Henry VIII of England and King Francis of France sign the Treaty of Westminster. | |
| 1563 | All Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI. | |
| 1725 | Spain withdraws from the Quadruple Alliance. | |
| 1789 | George Washington is inaugurated as the first U.S. president. | |
| 1803 | The United States doubles in size through the Louisiana Purchase, which was sold by France for $15 million. | |
| 1812 | Louisiana is admitted into the Union as a state. | |
| 1849 | Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian patriot and guerrilla leader, repulses a French attack on Rome. | |
| 1864 | Work begins on the Dams along the Red River, which will allow Union General Nathaniel Banks‘ troops to sail over the rapids above Alexandria, Louisiana. | |
| 1930 | The Soviet Union proposes a military alliance with France and Great Britain. | |
| 1931 | The George Washington Bridge, linking New York City and New Jersey, opens. | |
| 1943 | The British submarine HMS Seraph drops ‘the man who never was,’ a dead man the British planted with false invasion plans, into the Mediterranean off the coast of Spain. | |
| 1945 | Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his bunker. Karl Donitz becomes his successor. | |
| 1968 | U.S. Marines attack a division of North Vietnamese troops in the village of Dai Do. | |
| 1970 | U.S. troops invade Cambodia to disrupt North Vietnamese Army base areas. | |
| 1972 | The North Vietnamese launch an invasion of the South. | |
| 1973 | Nixon announces the resignation of Harry Robbins Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and other top aides. | |
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| 1980 | Terrorists seize the Iranian Embassy in London. |
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