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“What’s the worst that can happen?” I thought when I put my house on Airbnb. While I didn’t have a warm feeling about strangers sleeping in my bed, I was intrigued by the idea. Experience: my Airbnb guests threw a New Year party for 300 people | Life a

Peter Carruthers, Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park, is an expert on the philosophy of mind who draws heavily on empirical psychology and cognitive neuroscience. There Is No Such Thing as Conscious Thought - Scientific American

Increasing one’s level of physical activity may be an effective way to boost one’s mood, according to a new study from a team including scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in collaboration with the National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program. Increased Motor Activity Linked to Improved Mood - 2018 - News Releases - N

What we can learn from lab rats that don’t show empathy for other rats. Mr. Garrett is an illustrator and a writer. Opinion | The Kernel of Human (or Rodent) Kindness - The New York Times

On November 7, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fell, fracturing two ribs. X-rays to treat the broken ribs revealed two nodules on her lungs. On Friday, Ginsburg, who is 85, underwent surgery to remove the nodules, both of which proved cancerous upon post-operative testing. Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s health and the case for Supreme Court term limits - V

Take a moment and think about the quietest room you’ve ever laid down in; the quietest, stillest place you’ve ever been. 10 Minutes Inside The Quietest Room On Earth Will Make You Trip Out

Quantum computers are still a dream, but the era of quantum communication is here. A new experiment out of Paris has demonstrated, for the first time, that quantum communication is superior to classical ways of transmitting information. Milestone Experiment Proves Quantum Communication Really Is Faster | Quanta

Perhaps more than anyone, research scientist Janelle Shane popularized AI humor. You may have seen her work. During Halloween this year, she partnered with the New York Times to generate costume names with a neural network. We tried teaching an AI to write Christmas movie plots. Hilarity ensued. Ev

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–What? How can you say that? Android has the best PWA experience available today, Max! –Android? or Chrome on Android? And… is it the best possible experience? Google is like a star with different planets orbiting it, such as the Chrome planet and the Android planet. Is there a cold war between Android and Chrome because of PWAs?

It all started with Sputnik. What seemed at the time like a major defeat in the Cold War, turned out to be the catalyst for one of the most important technologies of the 20th century, and maybe the 21st. It was October 4th, 1957. A brief history of GPS | PCWorld

Research published in a major medical journal concludes that a parachute is no more effective than an empty backpack at protecting you from harm if you have to jump from an aircraft. But before you leap to any rash conclusions, you had better hear the whole story. Is A Backpack As Good As A Parachute When Jumping Out Of A Plane? : Shots -

An experimental tower over 100 meters (328 feet) high in northern China — dubbed the world's biggest air purifier by its operators - has brought a noticeable improvement in air quality, according to the scientist leading the project, as authorities seek ways to tackle the nation's chronic smog pro China built a tower that acts like 'the world's biggest air purifier' - Bus

The Trace is an nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of gun violence through independent journalism. Your tax-deductible financial support helps expand the in-depth reporting we can dedicate to this vital issue. Donate and double your impact. The Gun Violence Map: Five Years of American Shootings

Why don’t they design a biodegradable butt? Yeah, that’s a real puzzler — if there’s one thing cigarette makers are known for, it’s their deeply felt sense of social responsibility. Probably just nobody’s brought it to their attention yet. Do cigarette filters do anything? – The Straight Dope

Organically farmed food has a bigger climate impact than conventionally farmed food, due to the greater areas of land required. This is the finding of a new international study involving Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, published in the journal Nature. ​Organic food worse for the climate - Chalmers University of Technology

A little blue-and-black fish swims up to a mirror. It maneuvers its body vertically to reflect its belly, along with a brown mark that researchers have placed on its throat. The fish then pivots and dives to strike its throat against the sandy bottom of its tank with a glancing blow. A ‘Self-Aware’ Fish Raises Doubts About a Cognitive Test | Quanta Magazine

Long before Elon Musk, a visionary automaker showed how ugly the American Dream could be. In Zachary DeLorean’s little house on Detroit’s Near East side they speak Rumanian. Zachary is from Bucharest. Zachary has a way with machines but his poor English holds him back. Demon Underneath: John DeLorean and the invention of the future | The Outli

The Earth is far more alive than previously thought, according to “deep life” studies that reveal a rich ecosystem beneath our feet that is almost twice the size of all the world’s oceans. Scientists identify vast underground ecosystem containing billions of micro

How does screen time affect the developing brains of young kids? That's the big question behind a $300 million study conducted by the National Institutes of Health that's using MRI scans to examine changes in brain structure among children who use smartphones and other screen devices. How does screen time affect kids’ brains? The first results of a landmark s

Literary elites love to rep Shakespeare’s vocabulary: across his entire corpus, he uses 28,829 words, suggesting he knew over 100,000 words and arguably had the largest vocabulary, ever. I decided to compare this data point against the most famous artists in hip hop. The Largest Vocabulary in Hip Hop

Tech executives worry China will turn to tit-for-tat arrests of Americans in response to the detention of Meng Wanzhou. And the worries don’t stop there. Ms. Swisher covers technology and is a contributing opinion writer. Opinion | Can the U.S. Stop China From Controlling the Next Internet Age? -

An all-electric mini-airliner that can go 621 miles on one charge and replace many of the turboprops and light jets in use now—flying almost as far and almost as fast but for a fraction of the running costs—could be in service within three years. Eviation Alice Is an All-Electric Airplane That May Replace Turboprops – Ro

That quantum mechanics is a successful theory is not in dispute. It makes astonishingly accurate predictions about the nature of the world at microscopic scales. What has been in dispute for nearly a century is just what it’s telling us about what exists, what is real. Frauchiger-Renner Paradox Clarifies Where Our Views of Reality Go Wrong | Q

On Jan. 20, 1993, I entered the Oval Office for the first time as president. As is the tradition, waiting for me was a note from my predecessor, George Herbert Walker Bush. It read: When I walked into this office just now I felt the same sense of wonder and respect that I felt four years ago. Bill Clinton: George H.W. Bush’s Oval Office note to me revealed the heart

Amid all the Internet is capable of — instant news updates, ranking everything from albums to influential artists, exacerbating our FOMO — a pure-hearted collaboration occasionally arises to remind us why we're all still here, clicking around. 28 Trombonists Play 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' Will Send Shivers Down Your Spine