Category: Science

A federal judge said Monday that John Hinckley Jr., who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan four decades ago, can be freed from all remaining restrictions next year if he continues to follow those rules and remains mentally stable.U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman in Washington said during a 90-minute court hearing that he’ll…

As the last of the U.S. forces withdrew from Afghanistan and closed the books on the longest war in American history, the general consensus seems to be that politicians won’t be asking the Pentagon to do that again anytime soon.Yet the Pentagon’s boots-on-the-ground experience in Afghanistan will nonetheless leave a lasting imprint on military doctrine…

Washington What will it cost to enact President Joe Biden’s massive expansion of social programs?Congress has authorized spending up to $3.5 trillion over a decade, but Mr. Biden is prodding Democrats to fully cover the cost of the legislation – by raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy, negotiating the price of prescription drugs, and…

When Rep. Adam Schiff stepped into Washington’s St. Regis Hotel Thursday for a Monitor Breakfast, there was no shortage of topics on the table. Michael Bonfigli/Special to The Christian Science Monitor Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, speaks at a breakfast organized by The Christian Science Monitor at the St. Regis Hotel…

The 2021–2022 TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER) aims to collect data on the evolution of convective clouds and the environment at locations around Houston, Texas. Scientists from Brookhaven National Laboratory are collaborating with the University of Houston (foreground) and other partners using instrumentation from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new tool finds hidden connections across industrial sectors and identifies opportunities to reduce waste and lower carbon emissions by mapping the physical economy for a region. “The climate and the economy are too important for us to make mistakes,” said Shweta Singh, the interdisciplinary scientist at Purdue University who developed…

A laboratory reproduction of the Zen stone phenomenon in a lyophilizer. Credit: © Nicolas Taberlet / Nicolas Plihon Like a work of art enshrined in a museum, some stones end up on a pedestal of ice in nature, with no human intervention. This “Zen stone” phenomenon, named after the stacked stones in Japanese gardens, appears…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Highly positive social outcomes are linked to biodiversity efforts in Amazonian Sustainable-Use Protected Areas, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA). The study investigated the social consequences of living both inside and outside Sustainable-Use Protected Areas containing aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in Brazil’s state of Amazonas. Researchers…

A modern day cassowary chick. Credit: Andy Mack As early as 18,000 years ago, humans in New Guinea may have collected cassowary eggs near maturity and then raised the birds to adulthood, according to an international team of scientists, who used eggshells to determine the developmental stage of the ancient embryos/chicks when the eggs cracked.…

MicrosoftMicrosoft is clearly trying to get people to use Teams. However, that doesn’t mean the company has completely forgotten about Skype. The company just put out a redesign for Skype that adds a fresh new look and some interesting features. What’s New With Skype? Microsoft describes the latest of many Skype redesigns as an “improved,…