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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania recently released a study on the potential evolutionary benefits of ADHD. They analyzed data from 457 adults who played an online foraging game, where the objective was to collect as many berries as possible within an eight minute span. Players could choose to either keep collecting berries from the bushes in their original location, or move to a new patch. (By the way, this sounds an awful lot like a game I used to play on Neopets!) Moving would cost them a brief time out, and there was no guarantee that the patch would...

Despite living at a time in which there's great focus on political and religious differences within the country, 80% of Americans say they're proud of their nation and its history, a Rasmussen Reports survey found. Rasmussen simply asked 1,240 American adults two questions: 1. Are you proud to be an American? 2. Generally speaking, should Americans be proud or ashamed of the history of the United States? Only 10% of respondents say they are not proud to be an American, while another 10% are not sure, according to the survey results. In November 2019, 84% said they were proud to...

“The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.” While Alexander Fraser Tytler is often credited with these words, he also stated the following: “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury.“ If only...

Recent high school graduate Suborno Isaac Bari, 12, plans to start studying math and physics at New York University in the fall, but he's already got his ambitious sights set on beginning a doctoral program. "I hope to graduate college at 14 in spring 2026," said Suborno, who recently became the youngest graduate from his Long Island high school.

In 2015, retired Catholic priest Paul-André Harvey from Quebec's Chicoutimi diocese pleaded guilty to 39 charges of indecent assault and gross indecency. Most of his victims were girls between the ages of eight and 10. Harvey was sentenced to six years in prison. But before Harvey died in prison, the defrocked priest did something extraordinary — he provided a confession for his victims to use in a class-action suit against the Catholic Church. He claimed that church officials were aware of his crimes for years. When complaints surfaced, Harvey says he was simply moved. Records show between 1963 and 2002,...

Our policy is to reprint only original material. However, Kendall Conger, a former Emergency Medicine Physician in the Duke University Health System, was fired from Duke University Health System for refusing to get with its DEI program. He has permitted us to reprint his farewell letter to that institution, and, because the letter itself is newsworthy, we have made this very limited exception to our usual rule. Some precepts are inviolate, non-negotiable, and irreplaceable. America’s preeminent precept was penned by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence: “all men are created equal.” At Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln reiterated this core belief:...

Key moments: 00:05 🌐 Bill Gates discusses AI’s transformative potential in revolutionizing technology. 02:21 🧠 Superintelligence is inevitable and marks a significant advancement in AI technology. 09:23 📱 Future AI may integrate deeply as cognitive assistants in personal and professional life. 14:04 🎓 AI’s metacognitive advancements could revolutionize problem-solving capabilities. 21:13 🔄 AI’s next frontier lies in developing human-like metacognition for sophisticated problem-solving. 27:59 🧠 AI advancements empower both good and malicious intents, posing new security challenges. 28:57 🌍 Rapid AI development raises questions about controlling its global application. 33:31 🚀 Productivity enhancements from AI can significantly improve efficiency across...

A.W. Richard Sipe was a former Benedictine monk and Catholic priest, trained as a psychotherapist to deal with the mental health problems of the clergy. However, over the years, his work with the records of over six thousand patients uncovered a pattern of behavior within the Church that eventually led him to exit the clergy and reveal the truth behind the sexual abuse of minors.

First Lady Jill Biden has been featured on Vogue’s next cover in a gushing profile feature — as she vowed not to give up on the 2024 race despite President Biden’s disastrous debate performance. Speaking from Camp David where the Biden family were holed up for the weekend, Jill told the magazine “will not let those 90 minutes define the four years he’s been president.” “We will continue to fight,” she continued in the feature published Monday, claiming that Biden “will always do what’s best for the country.”

NASA says that the astronauts sent to the International Space Station aboard Boeing's malfunctioning Starliner spacecraft are "not stranded in space." However, Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams may be staying in orbit for a very long time. "Not stranded" is one of those phrases that can be stretched to cover a lot of situations. You can take the car to the local supermarket and if it breaks down, you aren't stranded because you can walk home in 15 minutes. On the other hand, if you're on a cross-country trip and throw a piston rod in some backwater mountain town, you...

Young people, women, and Democrats reported the largest drops.Confidence in higher education has plummeted to its lowest level ever according to the results of two new national polls commissioned by FIRE and conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago. In two AmeriSpeak panels representative of the U.S. household population, we asked Americans: “How much confidence, if any, do you have in U.S. colleges and universities?” This question was first asked in February and then again in May, and its wording is similar to a question posed by Gallup in Summer 2023 when Americans were asked about their confidence in...

President Biden went to a posh fundraiser at a New Jersey mansion Saturday and reportedly claimed to the crowd that his gaffe-filled, disastrous debate against Donald Trump actually converted undecided voters to his camp. The 81-year-old Commander-in-Chief made the dubious declaration at a private event at the home of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, which his wife announced had raised $3.7 million, NJ.com reported. While Biden admitted to the small crowd that his debate performance was lackluster — prompting several major newspapers to call on him to bow out of his reelection bid — he said voters interpreted the event...

The flood of illegal immigrants is starting to take effect on the crime situation. It's already bad with our homegrown bunch reared with little or no values, but now we have to deal with thousands out of the millions of illegal immigrants who not only have no values, they have been TAUGHT FROM THEIR YOUTH how to steal from and defraud others. A Spanish-speaking customer who just now stopped by told me he took another hard-working Hispanic friend from Austin to Houston to buy a 2023 Tacoma 4WD TRD pickup from an Hispanic. He made several mistakes, but that is...

I'm just wondering. This question came up in Quora. I could only answer from a British tradition, where if you have officers of equal rank then the eldest officer is given command. Presumably the same is if there are only privates left, the eldest private would take command until a senior can be found to take command. However, I don't what happens in American tradition. If you have officers of equal rank, who gets command or if the lowest ranks soldiers find themselves without a senior officer, what is the American military procedure to deciding who gets command until a...

Raising a child can be expensive, often costing hundreds of thousands of dollars from birth through to adulthood.This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, shows the 10 most expensive metro areas to raise a child in, among the 50 largest U.S. metropolitan areas. Costs include food, housing, childcare, healthcare, transportation, and other necessities.All figures are as of February 2024. Data is from SmartAsset.Methodology: SmartAsset used MIT Living Wage Calculator data to compare the living costs of a household with two working adults and one child to that of a childless household with two working adults in extensive metro areas.Boston Tops...

U.S. — Kristi Noem's penchant for putting down untrainable animals made her popular with Democrats following last night's Presidential Debate, with her phone reportedly ringing off the hook ever since. Democrats from all over the country were calling to implore the South Dakota Governor to "please please" take Biden out behind the White House shed and put him out of his misery. "I just can't imagine how hard it must be for the poor guy," said one caller, later identified as California Governor Gavin Newsom. "The president can barely move. That's not a life worth living. He deserves the dignity...

ATLANTA — President Biden impressed millions of viewers during tonight's presidential debate by inventing a brand new language live on TV. "We find idea where fadffkvk damavdvdv," Biden said, demonstrating his brand new language. The new language appears to be a mix of English words, repurposed with new definitions, along with other words that are nearly impossible to pronounce. "Dvafd remfamf mfahahm," Biden continued. "Malarkey! The idea fvfvfv!" The debate moderators appeared to struggle with Biden's fantastic and efficient new language at first but stopped worrying when they realized it wouldn't change what they thought of the president's debate performance....

ATLANTA, GA — In a shocking turn of events, CNN revealed that presidential candidate Donald Trump tested positive for Diet Coke in a drug test administered before tonight's debate against Joe Biden. The doctor CNN hired to run tests on Trump and Biden revealed that Trump's Blood Coca-Cola Content (BCCC) levels were hovering around 0.10%, an indication that the former president had probably ingested somewhere in the neighborhood of 3.5 liters of Diet Coke in the 24 hours leading up to the test. "This amount of Diet Coke would kill an average person," said Dr. James Klug. "The first warning...

CHAUTAUQUA — Having experienced the White House during the time of three different presidents, Andrew Card Jr., former chief of staff, has seen the changes in the political state of America during his time in the position. Speaking at Chautauqua Institution on Wednesday as a part of the Institution’s opening week, Card began by discussing how he first got into politics and how he was a big fan of George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, two of the three presidents he would work under. Card became “very involved” in campaigns, including the 1980 cycle, which he said involved 22 Republicans....

This year, Arizona State Senator Ken Bennett (R-1) voted against legislation to protect children from transgenderism in their public schools, as well as legislation that would bar satanic displays from public property.In February, Bennett voted with Democrats to kill Senate Resolution 1013, which would have put restrictions on transgenderism in public schools up for a vote among the people of Arizona. If approved, the resolution would have barred public schools from allowing men to use girls’ restrooms and changing facilities (and vice-versa), while also barring public schools from socially transitioning children behind their parent’s backs.Bennett said that he voted against...