THE DUMBING DOWN OF AMERICA

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/201407/anti-intellectualism-and-the-dumbing-down-america by Ray Williams Anti-Intellectualism and the "Dumbing Down" of America There is a growing anti-intellectual dumbing down of our culture Posted Jul 07, 2014 There is a growing and disturbing trend of anti-intellectual elitism in American culture. It’s the dismissal of science, the arts, and humanities and their replacement by entertainment, self-righteousness, … Continue reading THE DUMBING DOWN OF AMERICA

LOUD VOICES AND SMALL TESTICLES

http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(15)01109-4 A new study finds that Howler monkeys scream louder when they have smaller testicles. The study published yesterday in the journal Current Biology said that howler monkeys with deep roars — used to attract females, deter love rivals and scare off predators — tend to also have smaller testicles and a shortage of sperm compared to … Continue reading LOUD VOICES AND SMALL TESTICLES

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/06/473091314/supermassive-black-holes-may-be-more-common-than-anyone-imagined This computer-simulated image shows a supermassive black hole at the core of a galaxy. The cosmic monster's powerful gravity distorts space around it like the mirror in a fun house, smearing the light from nearby stars. NASA/ESA/D. Coe, J. Anderson and R. van der Marel (Space Telescope Science Institute) Scientists have discovered … Continue reading Supermassive Black Holes

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160315-the-enormous-power-of-the-unconscious-brain?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits A lot of the things we do in everyday life don’t need to involve our conscious mind. In many cases, the more we use it, the less effective we become By Chris Baraniuk 16 March 2016 If you don’t think the act of stacking and shuffling a set of cups could boggle your … Continue reading THE ENORMOUS POWER OF THE UNCONSCIOUS BRAIN

BREAKING NEWS: MAJOR ERUPTION OF CARBON MONOXIDE ON THE WEST COAST http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/2/29/1493107/--There-is-a-Major-Carbon-Monoxide-Explosion-on-the-West-Coast Carbon monoxide may signal earthquake http://www.natureasia.com/en/nindia/figures/333 Earth emits a burst of carbon monoxide (CO) a few days before an earthquake, according to geophysicist Ramesh Singh. He and co-workers from France and the United States report that this gas … Continue reading Carbon Monoxide May Signal Earthquake

http://healthcurecenter.com/nasa-will-pay-you-18000-usd-to-stay-in-bed-and-smoke-weed-for-70-straight-days/ NASA will pay you 18000 USD to stay in bed and smoke weed for 70 straight days Usually, at some point in the day (and for some of us, multiple points) many of us find ourselves wishing we could abandon our responsibilities to return back to our beds to live out the rest of … Continue reading $18,000 to stay in bed and smoke pot

https://aeon.co/opinions/what-every-dictator-knows-young-men-are-natural-fanatics by Joe Herbert, emeritus professor of neuroscience eat the University of Cambridge. Young men are particularly liable to become fanatics. Every dictator, every guru, every religious leader, knows this. Fanatics have an overwhelming sense of identity based on a cause (a religion) or a community (gang, team), and a tight and exclusive bond with … Continue reading Young Men Are Natural Fanatics

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/11/opinions/lincoln-einstein-dark-energy/index.html BY DON LINCOLN [Note: Dr. Don Lincoln is a senior physicist at Fermilab who does research using the Large Hadron Collider. He has written numerous books and produces a series of science education videos. He is the author of, most recently, "The Large Hadron Collider: The Extraordinary Story of the Higgs Boson and … Continue reading GRAVITATION WAVES COMFIRMED

http://www.rawstory.com/2014/06/uk-bans-teaching-of-creationism-in-any-school-that-receives-public-funding/ UK bans teaching of creationism in any school that receives public funding SCOTT KAUFMAN 20 JUN 2014 AT 14:58 ET On Thursday, the United Kingdom expanded its ban on the teaching of creationism from all state schools, to all state schools as well as semi-private Free Schools and Academies. The decision effectively means that no school … Continue reading UK BANS TEACHING OF CREATION DOCTRINES