Content by author: Francis Goodwin

Follow the Leader? | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Oct. 31, 2018 As children, we all probably played the game "Follow the leader." Lots of fun, and a purely safe game. Not so with this current low-based political and social culture here in Amerika. . This writer has ranted and raged since August 2017 about what transpired in Charlottesville, Virginia, regarding the White Supremacist Neo-N ...

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Anti-cancer virus fits tumor receptor like a 'key in a lock' | Nadishka Jayawardena

A cryo-EM map of the receptor decorated capsid in which a single protomer was replaced with the atomic model. Seneca Valley Virus capsid proteins are shown in blue, green, and red, and the ANTXR1 rec ...

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Antibiotics are 'avoidable trigger' for bowel disease | Elizabeth Mann

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 25, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- Scientists at The University of Manchester have shown for the first time how antibiotics can predispose the gut to avoidable infections that ...

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Antarctic Ocean carbon dioxide helped end the Ice Age | J. W. B. Rae

Deep-sea coral – data was generated on deep-sea corals from 1000m below the sea surface in the Antarctic Ocean. Credit: University of Bristol Oct. 25, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A team of scientists, led by ...

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Politics interferes with the ability to assess expertise | Joseph Marks

Oct. 23, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Learning about someone's political beliefs interferes with a person's ability to assess expertise, as people judge like-minded peers as being more expert in fields complet ...

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A call to add a well-being index to national economic measures | Bob Yirka

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 19, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A trio of economists is suggesting that it is time to add a well-being index to national economic measures. Carol Graham with the Brookings Insti ...

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Research shows signaling mechanism in the brain shapes social aggression | Shawn Tan

Credit: Martha Sexton/public domain Oct. 19, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- Duke-NUS researchers have discovered that a growth factor protein, called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and its recept ...

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Heroes... And Villains | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Oct. 16, 2018 How many realize that in 1933, upon reaching power in Germany, Adolf Hitler received more fan letters than both the Beatles an ...

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Males have greater reproductive success if they spend more time taking care of kids | Stacy Rosenbaum

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 15, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Males have greater reproductive success if they spend more time taking care of kids -- and not necessarily only their own, according to new resea ...

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That Single Line of Blood: Nassir al-Mosabeh and Mohammed al-Durrah | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 10, 2018 As the frail body of 12-year-old Nassir Al-Mosabeh fell to the ground on Friday, Sept. 28, history was repeating itself in a most tragic ...

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