An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Two months ago, esports pro Seth “Scump” Abner logged into the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War multiplayer alpha and found himself struggling. Not because of any major gameplay changes developer Treyarch had made, Cold War plays like any other Call of Duty from the past decade, but rather because of the…
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Hydroxychloroquine Advocate Angry Donald Trump Took ‘Experimental Antibody Stupidness’
“A doctor notorious for claiming hydroxychloroquine is a ‘cure’ for COVID-19 has denounced White House doctors for not giving President Donald Trump the drug to treat his infection…” reports Newsweek. “Other unsubstantiated claims from Immanuel include declarations that fasting can cure those affected by ‘witchcraft,’ that having sex with demons while dreaming can cause gynecological problems and that certain medications contain…
Wizard battles and demon circles revealed in newly translated Christian texts
Newly translated Christian texts tell of wizard battles and demon circles. Source: https://www.livescience.com/translated-christian-texts-wizards-demons.html
Escher’s angels and demons woodcut predicts how matter deforms
Dutch artist M.C. Escher’s most famous drawing, “Circle Limit IV (Heaven and Hell)”, shows angels and demons in a tessellation that fills a circle without empty spaces. This masterful woodcut inspired an international partnership of researchers including Politecnico di Milano Physics Department to author the cover-story article published in Physical Review Letters. …
Why Witches Are Usually Women
From the Salem witch trials to today’s “witch hunts,” women are front and center because they are considered powerless and more easily swayed by demons. Source: https://www.livescience.com/why-witches-are-women.html
Suzanne Collins has written a Hunger Games prequel set to come out in 2020
Source: https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/6/22/18701159/suzanne-collins-hunger-games-prequel…
Researchers Use Lasers To Detect and Destroy Tumor Cells In Melanoma Patients
An anonymous reader quotes a report from IEEE Spectrum: Tumor cells that spread cancer via the bloodstream face a new foe: a laser beam, shined from outside the skin, that finds and kills these metastatic little demons on the spot. In a study published today in Science Translational Medicine, researchers revealed that their system accurately detected these cells in 27 out…
Penn’s Dr. Susan Davidson on Women in STEM and New Trajectories Into Computer Science
Over the past decade, computer science has gone from a topic for specialists to an essential tool for professionals in nearly every field. Dr. Susan Davidson of the University of Pennsylvania has been at the forefront of this sea change, including co-founding one of the first research centers for bioinformatics in the country. In this […]
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An Animated Introduction to the World’s Five Major Religions: Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity & Islam
No matter the strength of particular beliefs, or disbeliefs, religions of every kind are all equally fundamental to the human experience. This was so for thousands of years before the advent of the world’s big five religions, and for thousands of years after. “Religion has been an aspect of culture for as long as it […]
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Inside the haunted doll markets of eBay and Etsy
Source: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/5/3/18525659/haunted-doll-buy-ebay-etsy-annabelle-childs-play…