Wanted: People Willing to Stand Up to 'Legitimate Authority' | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 25, 2020 “There is a propensity for people to accept definitions of action provided by legitimate authority … Relatively few people have the ...

Face Masks Critical To Prevent COVID-19 Spread | Texas A&M University

Credit: CC0 Public Domain June 12, 2020 (Phys.org) -- A new study shows that wearing a face mask dramatically decreases a person's chances of being infected by the COVID-19 virus. Renyi Zhang, Texas ...

May 2020 Tied For Hottest On Record For The Globe | NOAA

June 12, 2020 (NOAA) -- After registering unusually high temperatures across the globe, May 2020 tied with 2016 as the world’s warmest May on record, say scientists at NOAA’s National Centers for Env ...

Political Bias Skews Perceptions Of Verifiable Fact | Christina Pazzanese

Illustration by Mitch BluntWhen we can’t even agree on what is real Study shows bias of left and right extends to perceptions of verifiable fact June 3, 2020 (Harvard Gazette) -- Politics has seeped ...

Love The Parasite You’re With | Anna-Sophie Jürgens & Alexander Maier

Alien vs. Predator/IMDB Anna-Sophie Jürgens, Australian National University and Alexander Maier, Australian National University The entertaining life of unwelcome guests from flea circuses to Aliens ...

1st Human Trial Of COVID-19 Vaccine Finds It Is Safe & Induces Rapid Immune Response | Lancet

May 22, 2020 (MedicalXpress) -- The first COVID-19 vaccine to reach phase 1 clinical trial has been found to be safe, well-tolerated, and able to generate an immune response against SARS-CoV-2 in hum ...

Hearts Of Group Drummers Synchronize | Bar-Ilan University

Credit: CC0 Public Domain May 21, 2020 (MedicalXpress) -- The hearts of group drummers synchronize. In an interdisciplinary study published today in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers have r ...

The Flame and the Crucible | John Michael Greer

Alchemist May 20, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- Our journey through the hidden history of American occultism has focused so far entirely on traditions brought here from elsewhere -- the German Rosicrucian ...

Personal Accounts Of Childhood Maltreatment Matter More For Mental Health Than Records | King's College London

May 18, 2020 (MedicalXpress) -- Personal accounts of childhood maltreatment show a stronger association with psychiatric problems than legal proof that maltreatment occurred, reveals a new study co-w ...

Study Traces Brain-To-Gut Connections | University of Pittsburgh

Two opposing circuits connecting the brain to the stomach convey either "fight or flight" or "rest and digest" commands to the gut. Credit: David Levinthal, M.D., Ph.D., and Peter Strick, Ph.D. May 1 ...

Vaccine Hopes And Economic Woes As Virus Spreads | AFP

Credit: CC0 Public Domain May 16, 2020 (AFP) -- President Donald Trump voiced hope Friday that a coronavirus vaccine will be available by late 2020, cushioning dire US economic news as parts of Europ ...