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4 Jul 2024 6 minute read 0 comments The Happy Neuron
Despite what the former president and his supporters say, New York law is clear. Trump broke it. And now he is guilty of 34 Felonies. On May 30th, 2024, a jury found Trump guilty of 34 felonies relating to a scheme to influence the 2016 presidential...
6 Nov 2023 10 minute read 0 comments The Happy Neuron
A handful of bills currently in the halls of Congress might finally bring long-awaited regulatory clarity for Bitcoin and other cryptos. The crypto community has had a rough few years. With major collapses like Samuel Bankman-Fried’s FTX a...
6 Nov 2023 12 minute read 0 comments The Happy Neuron
The lunar south pole is a treasure trove of science, rife with resources, and our springboard to the solar system. Humans walked on the moon for the last time in December 1972. NASA’s Apollo missions of the 60s and 70s sparked our imaginations. It wo...
23 Aug 2022 2 minute read 0 comments The Happy Neuron
Aspartame, saccharin, stevia, and sucralose make concerning changes to your microbiome, according to new research. We all love sugar, but our excessive consumption of it is killing us. Global obesity has almost tripled since 1975, according t...
20 Aug 2022 3 minute read 0 comments The Happy Neuron
Because days are inexplicably becoming longer, we might need the unprecedented negative leap second, but it could break the internet. Keeping our calendars in sync with the Earth has always been problematic. Any system we create, inevitably needs...
19 Aug 2022 2 minute read 0 comments The Happy Neuron
(Photo by Robin Canfield on Unsplash) Some insects can “smell” cancerous cells, possibly leading to new devices for early detection. Nothing beats a natural nose. Since the early 1980s, researchers have been trying to develop electronic noses...
15 Aug 2022 3 minute read 0 comments The Happy Neuron
We just can’t figure out dark matter. It solves a lot of cosmological mysteries, yet it continues to elude some of our best predictions. (Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash) Dark matter gets its name because it doesn’t interact with electromag...
7 May 2022 7 minute read 0 comments The Happy Neuron
As a response to a recent wave of book banning, Chaz Stevens wants to ban the Bible. He might have a point. Banning books in the US isn't new. As far back 1637, well before US independence, the Puritans banned the book New English Canaan. Written by...
2 Mar 2022 5 minute read 2 comments The Happy Neuron
A majority of pro-life Americans are willing to help friends and family get an abortion, while opposing it for others. A new study published in the journal Science Advances demonstrates glaring hypocrisy among American conservatives. On one hand, the...
16 Feb 2022 12 minute read 2 comments The Happy Neuron
Modern science is slowly rediscovering how psychedelic substances can treat an array of mental illnesses. About 1000 years ago, a shaman was buried in a southern-Bolivian cave with a ritualistic pouch full of psychoactive substances. Made of 3 fox sn...
