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Daniel Yon Explains Why Your Brain Is a Brilliant Illusionist
How Your Brain Constructs—And Sometimes Distorts—Your Experience of the World In his new book, Daniel Yon explains how our brain is constantly constructing reality By Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi & Alex Sugiura Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You probably think you’re listening to my voice right now. But what if…
Forensic Expert Explains How 3D Laser Scanning Could Reconstruct the Charlie Kirk Shooting
How 3D Laser Scanning Could Reconstruct the Charlie Kirk Shooting Forensic scientist Michael Haag explains how laser scanners could be used to lock down the crime scenes where Charlie Kirk was fatally shot, letting investigators revisit angles, trajectories and vantage points long after the fact. By Deni Ellis Béchard edited by Dean Visser A crowd…
Funding cuts will hit rural areas hard. One station manager explains how
By Juana Summers , Tinbete Ermyas , Jordan-Marie Smith NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with Tom Michael, general manager of Boise State Public Radio, about what the cuts to federal public media funding mean for his station. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Shortly after midnight, the House approved a Trump administration plan to cancel $9 billion in previously…
This Strange Mutation Explains the Mystifying Color of Orange Cats
This Strange Mutation Explains the Mystifying Color of Orange Cats Your orange cat may host a never-before-seen genetic pathway for color pigmentation, according to new studies By Gayoung Lee edited by Lauren J. Young Cats are arguably perfect. At least, evidence suggests that felines, which have evolved with minimal variation and maximal efficiency, have reached…
Word of the Week: The papal ‘conclave’ is secretive. The word’s origin explains why
By Joe Hernandez The death of Pope Francis on Monday means the Roman Catholic Church will soon begin the process of selecting a new pontiff. That ancient and mysterious undertaking known as the “conclave” invariably draws speculation over who will be chosen to lead the church and its 1.4 billion adherents worldwide. But the hushed…
Erik Menendez’s Wife Explains Why She Doesn’t Post About His Brother
Tammi Menendez clarified where she stands on her brother-in-law Lyle Menendez as he and Erik await a decision on whether they’ll be resentenced for the 1989 murder of their parents. Tammi Menendez has a lot of hopes for the new year when it comes to her husband Erik Menendez‘s quest for freedom after almost 35…