Researchers report reversal of current flow in a quantum system | Ángel Rubio

Artist's impression of the role of a quantum observer: depending on where the observer is positioned, and what part of the figure is seen, the water will be seen to flow differently. Credit: © K. Ara ...

Atlas bears a world without Atlas Bears | Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Sept. 25, 2017 Veronica, one of the grizzlies at Central Park Zoo. She was “rescued” from Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming in 1995 after her mother was euthanized (t ...

Researchers develop new tool to assess individual's level of wisdom | Michael L. Thomas

Photo by Frédéric BISSON, Flickr. (CC BY 2.0) Sept. 20, 2017 (MedicalXpress) -- Researchers at University of San Diego School of Medicine have developed a new tool called the San Diego Wisdom Scale ( ...

By 2100, oceans may hold enough carbon to launch sixth mass extermination of species | Daniel Rothman

Sedimentary rocks at Meishan, China. These rocks contain signatures of a disturbance in the carbon cycle immediately preceding Earth's greatest mass extinction. Credit: Shuzhong Shen Sept. 20, 2017 ( ...

Farewell Cassini: Saturn spacecraft makes fiery, final dive | Marcia Dunn

This July 23, 2008, image made available by NASA shows the planet Saturn, as seen from the Cassini spacecraft. After a 20-year voyage, Cassini is poised to dive into Saturn on Friday, Sept. 15, 2016. ...

No such thing as a male feminist | Mickey Z.

Collage by Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Sept. 15, 2017 Preface: This article was partly inspired by a harrowing series of stories told to me by a homeless woman. I’ll respect her privacy, ...

Flip-flop qubits: Radical new quantum computing design invented | Andrea Morello

Artist's impression of the 'flip-flop' qubits exhibiting quantum entanglement. Credit: Tony Melov/UNSW Sept. 6, 2017 (Phys.org) -- Engineers at Australia's University of New South Wales have invented ...

Winning and Lying | Emanuele Corso

Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust Aug. 13, 2017 I recently read a long essay in the New York Times Sunday magazine about a young lady, Noura Jackson, who spent nine years in jail because of prosecut ...

It’s A Scam | Emanuele Corso

Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust June 3, 2017 Over the past several years, public education and public school teachers have become the whipping boys for everyone from presidents of the United State ...

Computer approaches human skill for first time in mapping brain | Tina Hilding

Left: Raw electron microscopy images of small pieces of brain tissues. Right: Color-coded brain maps generated by computers, where different colors represent different neurons. Credit: Washington Sta ...

He Got A Bad Grade. So, He Got The Constitution Amended. | Matt Largey

Gregory Watson went on a mission after getting a C on a paper in government class. JORGE SANHUEZA-LYON / KUT March 21, 2017 (KUT) -- With everything that’s going on in politics these days, it helps t ...