Cheryl Brin

The Anti-Social Century Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.

Is this the Anti-Social Century?

The 81 Best Sci-Fi Crime Novels Definitive rankings of the best sci-fi crime novels ever written based on curated lists and suggestions from readers and authors.

From Michael Chabon to Philip K. Dick: A few of the best Sci-Fi Crime Novels www.greghickeywrites.com/best-sci-fi-...

Forever Chemicals: What’s in your home? These ubiquitous chemicals are in food, makeup, and clothing. Forever chemicals, or PFAs, include a vast collection of synthetic chemicals used widely in the processing and packaging of food produc…

Forever chemicals: what's in your home?

Farmers are abandoning land worldwide. What should happen to it? Ecologists differ on whether to steer recovery or let nature take its course

A global trend toward farmers abandoning cultivated farmland; what happens when nature reclaims the land?

These were the most-borrowed books from public libraries in 2024 Many of the most-borrowed books in 2024, including 'romantasy' titles and memoirs, also appeared on public library lists in 2023.

Which books were most frequently borrowed from public libraries this year?

Thinking Slowly: The Paradoxical Slowness of Human Behavior A new Caltech study quantifies the speed of human thought processes and finds that we think, remember, and process remarkably slowly.

Caltech researchers have quantified the speed of human thought - 10 bits per second

Study finds slowing of age-related declines in older adults A study from the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center at the Mailman School of Public Health reveals significant improvements in the health of older adults in England when compared to previous gener...

A new study shows a slowing of age-related declines in older adults - compared to previous generations

Short-term cognitive boost from exercise may last for 24 hours The short-term boost our brains get after we do exercise persists throughout the following day, suggests a new study.

Short-term boost our brains receive after exercise persists for up to 24 hours

A phone company developed an AI 'granny' to beat scammers at their own game The company behind the scam-baiting granny said the AI technology can keep scammers on the phone for 40 minutes at a time, keeping them away from real people.

"Daisy" is an AI granny developed to scam the phone scammers

Tiny, daily bursts of vigorous incidental physical activity could almost halve cardiovascular risk in middle-aged women An average of four minutes of incidental vigorous physical activity a day could almost halve the risk of major cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks, for middle-aged women who do not engage in ...

Short bursts of vigorous physical activity throughout the day can almost halve the cardiovascular risk in middle-aged women

Pando, Earth’s Largest Living Organism, Could be 80,000 Years Old New research explores the genetic identity of the Pando aspen clone, one of the oldest studied organisms.

Pando - Earth's largest living organism, also one of the oldest

Only 28% of PET containers actually get recycled in the U.S. - compared to 90% in Europe www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...

Red crab migration season has begun on Australia’s Christmas Island YouTube video by NPR

The annual migration of red crabs has begun in Australia: millions of these crustaceans swarm roads and beaches to reach the ocean to breed