A study using the Atacama Cosmology Telescope and subtle CMB signatures reportedly finds gravity’s large-scale strength falls off almost exactly as Newton and Einstein predict—tightening constraints on some modified-gravity ideas and boosting the dark matter inference, without revealing what dark matter is.
Consciousness & Evolution
Spea labreae: The Ice Age spadefoot toad that sat unnoticed in La Brea’s collections for decades
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A Japanese Mosasaur Fossil Revisited: Four Hidden Bones and the Possibility of a New Sea Monster Species
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A New Map of Brain Immune Cells in Alzheimer’s: What “Protective Microglia” Might (and Might Not) Mean
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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope: What “Hunting Thousands of Exoplanets” Actually Means—and Why It Matters
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Science, Reality & Understanding
Why Male Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Often Don’t Seek Help (and What Can Actually Lower the Barriers)
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Why Language Often Holds Up as We Age (Even When Memory Doesn’t): What a New Brain-Imaging Study Suggests
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Regenerative Astrocytes and a Surprising Way the Adult Brain May Repair Damage
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Global Neuronal Workspace Theory (GNWT): Evidence, Objections, and Testable Predictions
Global Neuronal Workspace Theory (GNWT) is one of the most influential scientific proposals for … [Read More...]
