In 2019, my colleagues and I discovered spooky glowing rings in the sky using CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope in Western Australia. The rings were unlike anything seen before, and we had no idea what they were. We dubbed them odd radio circles, or ORCs. They continue to puzzle us, but new data from South Africa’s […]
Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch for advertiser In the run-up to this year’s Watches & Wonders show in Geneva, a new paradigm is emerging for how watch brands announce their newest products. In recent weeks, we’ve seen Bremont, Longines, and Omega drop a metric ton of new pieces, flaunting the tradition of trade-show releases and […]
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Model has previously expressed an interest in acting
When the pandemic hit, our lives were changed forever.
Robert Eggers has said that his upcoming film The Northman won't be like other historical epics Gladiator and Braveheart - it will be weirder.
Hillsdale's Claire Shelton leads her team to a victory over previously unbeaten Capuchino.
A new study finds competitive debaters, randomly assigned a position, persuade themselves to the superiority of their side, even if it falls contrary to their own personal beliefs. This suggests self-persuasion is a significant and resilient contributor to polarization and disagreement on policy. The results are available in the April 1 issue of the journal American Economic Review.
The two SANS (State Agency for National Security) employees investigated for espionage in favor of Russia have been removed. They are heads of sectors and departments in the agency, said SANS chairman Plamen Tonchev.
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Young Sunja loses her mother and motherland.
April Fools' Day is the traditional time young and old alike can release their inner child and play pranks on each other. And there are few bigger or stranger than the following.
The unique and very valuable experience of visiting a planetarium is a source of inspiration difficult to find anywhere else.
Shopping for stuff can be fun, but capitalism’s allowance for a proliferation of brands also makes it quite stressful. Our...
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Vaccine hesitancy, corruption, and conspiracy theories and disinformation slow down uptake of Covid-19 vaccines
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The late Dr. Thomas Szasz, who was well known to libertarians, believed using coercion to treat psychiatric patients was a form of torture. He left a legacy of freedom in a profession that has all but abandoned liberty.
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Die international beliebte Game-Show "Takeshi's Castle" soll neu aufgelegt werden.
The opposite of old school, Project Fox is designed for active owners who want to play and explore rather than just sit around the docks.
Also hosting a Cheer Prep Clinic on Saturday, April 9, from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. prior to in-person tryouts from April 21-23
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Happy April!
Happy April everyone! Let’s get the day started with some links.
In Mariners news...
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MLB news roundup
Happy Friday, Athletics Nation! I hope you ain’t afraid of no ghosts.
On Thursday, MLB and the MLBPA officially announced rule changes that will be in effect for the 2022 season. The changes include amendments to the universal DH rule, increased roster limits to prevent injuries during the compressed regular season, and an extension of the ghost runner rule to prevent overly long extra-inning games.
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Four spring games remain and plenty of questions.
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The initial commission was to advise the client looking for a terrain capable to satisfy his desire of living by the river. The chosen area is a place where the water and the sound of the river ‘Los Reartes’ fill the senses and cancel out the adversity of rugged topography, stone peaks, and crossed slopes.
by Jason Nomburg, Wei Zou, Thomas C. Frost, Chandreyee Datta, Shobha Vasudevan, Gabriel J. Starrett, Michael J. Imperiale, Matthew Meyerson, James A. DeCaprio
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by Bock-Gie Jung, Buka Samten, Kristin Dean, Richard J. Wallace Jr., Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Torry Tucker, Steven Idell, Julie V. Philley, Ramakrishna Vankayalapati
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by Aline Schönenberg, Tino Prell
IntroductionQuality of life (QoL) is a key outcome in healthcare. However, whether cognitively impaired people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) can reliably self-report QoL is unclear, and patients are often excluded from studies based on cognition test scores. The aim of this analysis was to assess the validity of the Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire-39 (PDQ-39) in PD patients with and without cognitive impairment.
MethodsIn this study, 221 individuals with PD completed the PDQ-39... Читать дальше...
by Karola Schlegelmilch, Annie E. Wertz
An infant’s everyday visual environment is composed of a complex array of entities, some of which are well integrated into their surroundings. Although infants are already sensitive to some categories in their first year of life, it is not clear which visual information supports their detection of meaningful elements within naturalistic scenes. Here we investigated the impact of image characteristics on 8-month-olds’ search performance using a gaze contingent eye-tracking search task. Читать дальше...