SCRAPINGS OF THE DAY – 05/16/24

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When witnessing injustice, do we help the victim or punish the abuser, and what makes us more likely to do one or the other?

Stress May Boost Helping Behavior When Witnessing Injustice

Are homicide and rape equally bad, or is one worse than the other? The answer depends on several things.

New study examines attitudes towards rape and homicide across political divides

A single dose of Ritalin can lead a former cocaine user to relapse.

Study reveals potential risks of methylphenidate for former cocaine users

She campaigned on fighting the groomers and indoctrination in schools. She won. Then she read the curriculum.

https://www.salon.com/2024/05/15/texas-school-board-hardliner-rejects-her-partys-extremism-after-actually-reading-the-curriculum_partner/

The Biden administration decides we need to upgrade the electric grid to integrate green energy sources.

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/14/1251200082/federal-regulators-approve-a-major-overhaul-of-america-s-electric-grid

SCRAPINGS OF THE DAY – 05/15/24

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We have known that hearing a fact or purported fact repeatedly can get us to believing it is true, but this finding goes one step more, to our thinking we knew it all along.

Does repeated information trick us into thinking we knew it all along? New study has an answer

RNA turns out to have a much larger and more detailed role in managing functions in cells than thought.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/revolutionary-genetics-research-shows-rna-may-rule-our-genome/

Where did those strange, almost alien looking, trees originate, and what is their future?

Decoding the Mysterious Origins of Baobab Trees

How revenge feels and is judged are related.

Does Revenge Taste Sweet? New Study Challenges Assumptions

The bees and butterflies are in trouble. Can we help them?

Vanishing Pollinators: Unraveling the Decline of Bees and Butterflies