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On Monday, we watched an evolutionary biologist from Cornell University argue — with Cornell’s apparent support — that the goldenrod plant is intelligent. This points to the rise of panpsychism (everything is conscious*) in mainstream science. The current drift toward panpsychism was probably inevitable. A few other recent science news stories provide some background. Dr. … Read more

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Video footage shows “Machete” star Danny Trejo was involved in a brawl that broke out during the Sunland-Tujunga Independence Day Parade. The incident began when someone threw a water balloon at Trejo’s vintage convertible. Footage obtained by Eyewitness News shows the 80-year-old actor confronting a man along the route, who he … Read more

Source: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A previously unknown mechanism by which proteins are transported from the brain to a specific group of sensory nerves triggers migraine attacks, a new study suggests, potentially paving the way for new treatments for migraine and other types of headaches. The work appears in Science. More than 800,000 Danes suffer from … Read more

The Warriors successfully signed Buddy Hield despite interest from the Los Angeles Lakers. But who exactly was the driving force behind Golden State’s triumphant pursuit of the sharpshooter? Warriors coach Steve Kerr and assistant Chris Demarco have convinced Hield to join the Warriors, the Athletic’s Anthony Slater reported Wednesday. Demarco, who coaches the Bahamian national … Read more

President Biden told Democratic governors during a private meeting at the White House on Wednesday night that he needed more sleep and had instructed his staff not to schedule any events for him after 8 p.m., people familiar with his comments said, signaling that Biden now believes he needs to make changes to improve his … Read more

By Joyce Lee and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics on Friday estimated a more than 15-fold increase in second-quarter operating profit, as recovering semiconductor prices driven by the rise of artificial intelligence lifted profits from lows a year ago. The world’s largest maker of memory chips, smartphones and TVs estimated operating profit rose … Read more

Ys X: Nordic Countries will release in the West on October 25 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG, publisher NIS America and developer Falcom announced. Here’s an overview of the game, via NIS America: About After their uneasy encounter at sea, young red-haired adventurer Adol Christin … Read more

High school musical Alumni Vanessa Hudgens and her husband, professional baseball player Cole Tucker, have welcomed their first child together. “Mom, dad and baby are happy and healthy,” Hudgens wrote in an Instagram Story on Thursday. The couple, who married last year, were spotted in photos published by TMZ on Wednesday leaving a Santa Monica … Read more

Artist’s impression of the bright core region of a quasar, an active galaxy. The supermassive black hole at the center is surrounded by a bright disk of gas and dust. The dust component further away can obscure the view of the interior and shines mainly in the mid-infrared range, light that can be analyzed by … Read more

Two people were killed and seven others were injured after an apparently drunk driver of a pickup truck plowed into a crowd of people celebrating July 4 at a Lower East Side park, authorities said. Several injured people were taken to hospitals, four of them in critical condition, authorities said at a news conference Thursday … Read more