Are Animals Intelligent ... Enough?

Are Animals Intelligent ... Enough?

A recent, fascinating recent study is Decoding Animal Languages, by Con Slobodchikoff.  At one level, it is an inspiring demonstration of how new technologies can liberate us from…
Russians find new Particle, E(38) at 38 MeV

Russians find new Particle, E(38) at 38 MeV

Russians at the JINR Nuclotron believe they have found a new particle, the E(38), as reported in this paper at ArXiv. The particle interacts with quarks and gluons only and appears in collisions on…
Health Food Stores Are Making You Fat

Health Food Stores Are Making You Fat

The food business, including those claiming to be superior because they are selling organic or 'health' products, is still business.  They exist to lure you in and make you buy as much stuff as…
Seeing Is Believing?  No, Saying Is Perceiving

Seeing Is Believing? No, Saying Is Perceiving

Can robots learn language?  Is understanding a language depending on how we see the world and does a Spanish speaker see the world in the same way as an English one? Linguistic and cognitive…
GMO Foods: To Label Or Not To Label?

GMO Foods: To Label Or Not To Label?

This fall, California voters will be asked to vote on Proposition 37, a law which would require that all foods including “GMO Crop ingredients” be labeled as such.   There are many reasons that…