Title: Legalized Pot Tied to Rise in Young Men’s Suicide Attempts
Category: Health News
Created: 3/22/2021 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 3/23/2021 12:00:00 AM
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The human brain is a complex, miraculous thing. As best we can tell, it’s the epitome of biological evolution. But it doesn’t come with any security software preinstalled. And that makes it ridiculously easy to hack. We like to imagine the human brain as a giant neural network that speaks its own language. When we talk about developing brain-computer interfaces we’re usually discussing some sort of transceiver that interprets brainwaves. But the fact of the matter is that we’ve been hacking human brains since the dawn of time. Think about the actor who uses a sad memory to conjure tears…
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Title: CDC Says 3 Feet of Social Distancing Now OK in Most Classrooms
Category: Health News
Created: 3/19/2021 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 3/22/2021 12:00:00 AM
I’ve seen a lot of dumb startup pitches in my day, but a Donald Trump-branded social media network takes the stupid cake. All I can figure is, we’re exactly two months away from the FBI’s birthday and team Trump’s determined to get the old agency the perfect gift this year. Or maybe Trump just really likes losing money. For those out of the loop here’s a video of Trump’s spokesperson discussing the matter yesterday: Donald Trump spokesman Jason Miller: “I do think that we’re going to see Pres. Trump returning to social media, in probably two or three months, with his…
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For most people, diagnosing a dodgy internet connection is nigh on impossible. After all, the internet is a complex hodgepodge of hardware and software, and the odd jumpy Zoom call is often accepted as an inexplicable feature of a network we don’t well understand. But internet connection issues are actually quite easy to explain. They arise when the flow of data along internet cables is interrupted, most frequently when the demand to use the cables is very high. That’s why your connection seems worst during “peak TV viewing” hours, when everyone’s trying to stream videos using the same cables at…
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