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We Need to Ditch Gerrymandering

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Published: April 28, 2026 13:38

It is long past time the US eliminated gerrymandering, the drawing of district lines specifically for the purpose of favoring one political party, across the board. This requires either a 50 state agreement, or action at the federal level. This has been a…

Release the Kraken

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Published: April 27, 2026 12:29

It’s an iconic image – a giant cephalopod with its tentacles wrapped around a sailing ship, tearing it apart as the crew panic. Eventually it drags the splintered remains down into the deep. Meanwhile, the largest living octopus is the Giant Pacific…

A Unique Case of Psychogenic Blindness and Multiple Personality

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Published: April 23, 2026 13:38

This interesting case was reported in the literature in 2007. For some reason it was then widely published in the mainstream media in 2015. Now it is making the rounds again on social media to support a false narrative about brain function. The story is of…

What’s With the Dead or Missing Scientists

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Published: April 21, 2026 13:17

The latest social media buzz involves a list of scientists who have either died or gone missing over the last three years, with the implication that there must be something nefarious going on. The FBI is now investigating these cases to see if there is any…

The Prospect of Regenerating Limbs

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Published: April 20, 2026 13:42

Regeneration is one of the futuristic tropes of science-fiction, because it is both incredibly powerful and not theoretically impossible. Imagine the ability to regrow a lost limb, or simply to replace a diseased or worn out limb. There are about a million…

AI May Disrupt The Internet

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Published: April 16, 2026 13:30

The recent rapid advance in the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) applications I think qualifies as a disruptive technology. The term “disruptive technology” was popularized in 1997 by Clayton M. Christensen. To summarize, a disruptive…

Do You Have Video Game Skilz?

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Published: April 14, 2026 12:14

Remember The Last Starfighter from 1984? In that movie a trailer-park kid with limited prospects spends his time on an arcade-style video game, Starfighter. He plays the game so much that he beats the final level, and it turns out he is the first person to…

Genetically Engineered Pets Are Coming

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Published: April 13, 2026 13:55

Last week I wrote about the possibilities of genetically engineering humans. The quickie version is this – we are already using genetic engineering (CRISPR) for somatic changes to treat diseases, and other applications are likely to follow. Engineering…

Are Genetically Engineered Humans Coming

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Published: April 9, 2026 13:37

Are we getting close to the time when parents would have the option of genetically engineering their children at the embryo stage? If so, is this a good thing, a bad thing, or both? In order for this to happen such engineering would need to be technically,…

What Is Your Favorite Color?

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Published: April 6, 2026 14:10

Many people might find this to be an easy question and simple concept – what is your favorite color? In fact it was used as the quintessential easy question by the bridge guardian in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. But it is a good rule of thumb that…

Brain As Receiver Is Still Wrong

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Published: April 2, 2026 12:48

I have a love-hate relationship with TikTok, as I do social media in general. It is a great communication tool and allows scientists and science communicators to get their content out to a larger audience cheaply and easily. If you know how to use the…