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How Vanguard defends a super-conservative strategy that has proved surprisingly controversial  MarketWatch Source link

The brain’s map of the body in the primary somatosensory cortex remains unchanged after amputation.Credit: Zephyr/Science Photo Library A brain-imaging study of people with amputated arms has upended a long-standing belief: that the brain’s map of the body reorganizes itself to compensate for missing body parts. Previous research1 had suggested that neurons in the brain region holding this internal map, …

Over the past 30 years of Ron Howard’s mostly-post-comedy directorial career, some of his best movies resemble grand adventures gone wrong. Apollo 13 is filled with wonder and reverence for slipping the surly bonds of Earth until a technical malfunction redirects that awe toward a procedural rescue. The Missing is a wide-open-spaces Western mission underpinned by a dark, dangerous urgency. …

If you’re not familiar with Jeff Ross, he is best known as the “Roastmaster General” — a three-decade master of the savage comic sport introduced by the Friars Club in the 1950s, in which a procession of comedians and wannabe smart-asses barrage a roastee with decidedly no-holds-barred insults crafted to evoke laughter and gasps. Ross is also executive producer of …

In recent years, it’s become pretty common for there to be long stretches of time between seasons of some of the biggest shows on television. The wait for the new seasons of Severance, Invincible, Stranger Things, Wednesday, and Squid Game felt way too long. Yes, some of these shows were affected by the dual strikes of 2023, but at the …

A study of five common Australian bird species in southeast Queensland has found on average, 4.8 percent of them have sexual organs that don’t align with their chromosomes. The authors don’t know the cause of the deviation from biology textbooks, nor how representative the findings are for avian populations elsewhere, but it does appear to be more common than thought …

You know the type. They’re in their 40s but still get carded. Their skin glows like they drink moonlight. And when they say their age, people audibly gasp. While good genes and daily SPF deserve credit, there’s another not-so-secret ingredient that consistently shows up in the lives of the age-defiers: the food on their plate. More specifically, plants. We’re not …

A surprisingly simple gaze-based meditation helps strangers feel deeply connected  PsyPost Source link

In the frigid expanse of Antarctica, a team of determined scientists has made a remarkable discovery that challenges our understanding of life in extreme environments. After drilling through 457 meters of ice in the western Antarctic ice sheet, researchers encountered an extraordinary sight – a gathering of crustaceans strikingly similar to lobsters, thriving in complete isolation from the open ocean, …

The earthquake near the east coast of the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia on 30 July 2025 generated tsunami waves that have reached Hawaii and coastal areas of the US mainland. The earthquake’s magnitude of 8.8 is significant, potentially making it one of the largest quakes ever recorded. Countries around much of the Pacific, including in east Asia, North and South …