Saturday, October 05, 2019

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  • Parenting teenagers can be challenging. A recent study investigates the importance of tone of voice when interacting with 14- and 15-year-olds.
  • A new mouse study reveals that adding fructose to high fat diets disrupts fat burning in the liver through effects on fat oxidation genes and mitochondria...

    • A baby with temperature that is low may be healthy, but it is important to take steps to return their temperature to a normal range. Learn about causes of low temperatures in babies...

  • TweetIn the latest episode of Have You Heard, we talk to Christopher Leonard about his bestselling new book, Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in...
  • TweetTheater teacher Quinn Strassel has seen first hand the impact that Betsy DeVos has had on Michigan’s public schools. And so he decided to fight back, by writing a musical. Strassel...

    • TweetIn the latest episode of Have You Heard we go back to school. And not to the idealized, romantic notion of school but to the harsh reality that awaits too many students and teachers...

  • Today being the 62nd  anniversary of the Sputnik launch, here’s a rerun of a post about a very interesting book. Rockets and People, by Boris E Chertok Boris Chertok’s career...
  • The intention to impeach Donald Trump actually followed his election by a day or two. The idea that “High Crimes and Misdemeanors” have been committed is ludicrous. So, why go...

    • Margaret Ball suggests that the real issue identified by the Trump-Ukraine transcript is the pain that was imposed on the translator who had to translate Trump’s words…which...

  • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on October 4, 2019 by sundance Rudy Giuliani appears on Fox News to discuss the overall Ukraine issue.  Giuliani emphasizes that...
  • Re-Posted From The Conservative Tree House on October 4, 2019 by sundance Everything about this short news segment has to be devastating to democrat candidates, party leadership...

    • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on October 4, 2019 by sundance The campaign of Bernie Sanders has admitted their 78-year-old candidate suffered a myocardial infarction...

      The BRAD BLOG



  • After a valiant, several...
  • It's NICOLE SANDLER, back again to guest host the BradCast. We start the show as usual, by bringing everyone up to speed on the latest news concerning the impeachment inquiry into the...

    • It's NICOLE SANDLER, still manning the guest host desk for Brad and Desi at the BradCast. The news is breaking at warp speed. I open the show with a recap of what's happened since the last...

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  • The nuclear power industry's PR machine has long tried to cynically hitch its wagon to the climate crisis. As but one recent example, WAMU (NPR's Washington, D.C. station) has been...
  • U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry (with sword), alongside Saudi energy ministerOne year has passed since the brutal murder, and macabre dismemberment, of Washington Post columnist...

    • Strike for Climate Action, San Francisco, CA. Photo: Mary Spadaro.In Washington, D.C., Beyond Nuclear staff took part in both the International Youth Climate Strike on Friday...

  • United States presidential candidate Bernie Sanders had a heart attack, his campaign confirmed on Friday as the Vermont senator was released from a Nevada hospital...
  • The city of Chicago says retired grandmother Allie Nelson owes it $6,000 in fines and fees after her car was impounded in 2017, even though the criminal case that led to her car being...


  • Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web
  • By Emma Young. Sounds between 40 and 80 Hz are particularly attention-grabbing.

    • By Louisa Lyon. Girls who are good at maths tend to be even better at reading, so may turn away from STEM careers.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places



  • Some foods come with a legend. With “Death Noodles,” that legend went viral on the internet when one man, Ben Sumadiwiria, claimed he went deaf for two minutes after shoveling...
  • The Krapina Neanderthal Museum (Muzej Krapinskih Neandertalaca) was opened in 2010, a short distance from one of Europe’s most important paleontological sites. Inside the museum’s...

    • This street may look like an ordinary English lane. But centuries ago, it was where a medieval monk crash landed after attempting to fly. Flight has long been a dream of humankind. Even...

      Accidental Deliberations



  • Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Jeff Spross discusses the effectiveness of a wealth tax both in generating revenue, and in reducing inequality. David Leonhardt notes...
  • Musical interlude

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  • Kaskade feat. Skylar Grey - Room for Happiness
  • New column day

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    • Here, on the echoes of previous campaigns in Canada's federal election - including the possibility that the 1972 minority government scenario might be the best outcome of all.For...

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