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Some emigrated or fled; some (if they had leadership aspirations) were killed or imprisoned; and many may be keeping their heads low so as to avoid drawing attention from the curre…

They said “we compare outcomes for children who are similar across observable characteristics but differ in eligibility for intervention due to blood lead test results.” Economic s…

We previously knew about life in the hydrothermal vents. That was indeed the basis for the planned Europa exploration. but this is about life underneath the vents, and if I underst…

Oldest Homo sapiens remains are from much earlier, Morocco region, appx 300k years ago. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/essential-time...

If I'm not mistaken, protection of delicate environment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_on_Environmental_Prot...

Replying to one's own comment.

The most recent image is near-infrared light (per the captions), so the parts of the image that look brightest are where the most near-infrared light is. Also, it's a star nursery,…

This: > Dogs can work through many samples quickly, at a low cost, with minimal or no interaction with patients. For example, healthcare workers can collect breath, sweat, urine, o…

I'm a Fiore scholar-level longsword practitioner and cannot say enough amazing things about learning to use weapons like this based on historic manuscripts. It's why my HN username…

C-section can have its own traumas. For months after being born, my (c-section-born) son would startle and cry horribly at anything that made a snick-snick scissors sound, includin…

Except for service dogs.

I have had quite different experience. I have traveled a fair amount with my son and his medium-sized, and thus atypical-looking service dog. TSA has never given us any kind of spe…

This is a fascinating set of checklists; thanks for sharing it.

Yes, this. And 10 minutes a day may be more like 2 minutes or 5 minutes for some people, or like once a week. OP mentioned that you need to find a reason (paraphrasing, sorry); but…

There are actually specific terms to label intelligence based on the number of standard deviations from the norm (100 IQ). Two to 3 SD's is highly gifted; 4-5 is exceptionally gift…

How good you are at academics actually correlates with IQ only up to a certain extent. When your IQ is more than 3-4 standard deviations from the norm, academic high performance is…

Agreed (smart person = smart no matter the activity), though that doesn't necessarily mean they will succeed at any given activity. I am always struck more by the connections that …

I think the key takeaway that led to the title is that last quote from him, paraphrased: At 94, you don't worry about losing your job. Presumably he's saying he's taking huge risks…

You take what you have (good or not), and make the best of it. That includes what you choose to do with your reaction to things. We all have emotions, and emotional reactions to si…

I see the date of the event is on your eventbrite site, but you might get more participation from HN readers by having the date right here -- readers may fail to realize this is co…

Maybe too soon for me to be answering, but I'm running two now, though one is not-for-profit. The for-profit one I founded in part to generate a percentage of profit to seed the no…

Interesting article. I've seen houses demolished by hurricanes in the Caribbean; I bet this could be adapted for that use, as well.