Science

No Substitute for the Real Thing: Study Finds That Looking at Famous Painting in Person Stimulates the Brain More Than Looking at a Copy 2
- Featured, Culture, Science
- December 2, 2024
A recent study revealed that a viewer’s emotional response to a painting is ten times more intense when viewing the original as opposed to a copy. The research involved five paintings, including Johannes Vermeer’s 1665 work Girl With a Pearl Earring, which was the piece that participants viewed for the longest. The paintings seem to
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Study Shows Americans Are Becoming More Afraid. Are We Doomed to Live in Fear?3
- Culture, Featured, Science
- November 15, 2024
Americans are “in the grasp of deep, paralyzing dread” according to Andre Mouchard of The Orange County Register. Mouchard is commenting on the results of an annual study conducted by Chapman University in which researchers poll more than 1,000 Americans to find out what their top fears are. The researchers inquire about a wide range
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Fact-Checking Trans Misinformation 0
- Culture, MomThink, Science
- October 17, 2024
Trans activists insist that no children – no people under 18, that is – receive gender-affirming surgery. There is “little to no utilization of gender-affirming surgeries by transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) minors in the U.S.”– JAMA Network Open, 2024 “Gender-affirming surgeries for minors are exceptionally rare, and are almost always performed for cisgender — not transgender — youth.” – Them, 2024 Gender-affirming
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Big Pharma’s Rap Sheet 1
- Health, MomThink, Science
- October 11, 2024
It was one of those conversations you never forget. We were discussing – of all things – the Covid injections, and I was questioning the early ‘safe and effective’ claims put forward by the pharmaceutical industry. I felt suspicious of how quickly we had arrived at that point of seeming consensus despite a lack of
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Nature’s Medicine: Food 15
- MomThink, Featured, Health, Science
- October 8, 2024
It’s tomato season on our hobby farm. This year I planted an unprecedented variety of tomatoes since I got some for free from the local feed store. So into the ground they went. I figured if I got some fruit, great, and if not, it was worth a try anyway. I’m pretty relaxed about my
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A Soldier’s Battle With COVID Vaccine Injury 4
- Science, Featured, Health, MomThink
- October 7, 2024
Shannon Safford wanted to serve her country as a member of the United States Army, but in order to do so, she was required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine that would ultimately end her active service. She received the shot on deployment to Kuwait and began developing strange symptoms: She had menstrual issues, digestive problems,
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