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Robert E Ornstein
Robert E Ornstein, PhD, an internationally renowned psychologist and author of more than 20 books on the brain, mind, and health, died on December 20, 2018. He was 76.
Born in 1942 in Brooklyn, NY and winner of two city-wide high school math competitions, he traded math and physics for a distinguished career as a psychologist and brain scientist. He received his PhD in psychology from Stanford (1968) where his doctoral thesis won the American Institutes for Research Creative Talent Award. But no single discipline could restrain his inquiring and creative mind as he fearlessly explored anthropology, brain science, religious studies, genetics, medical science, and much more. Read more…
Genome Sequencing Adds 5 New Neanderthals to the Human Family Tree
Sarah Sloat, Inverse
March 22, 2018
Now that later Neanderthal genes have been sequenced, scientists can identify between 10 – 20% more Neanderthal DNA in people living today compared with previously sequenced Neanderthal genomes.
U.S. Income Inequality Hits a Disturbing New Threshold
Josh Eidelson, Bloomberg
March 1, 2018
U.S. wage growth remains slow and uneven, with African-Americans and women still at a clear disadvantage while the wealthiest are accumulating more money than ever, a new analysis of census data shows.
In Order to Understand the Brutality of American Capitalism, you have to Start on the Plantation.
Matthew Desmond, Project 1619, New York Times
August 14, 2019
Cash, Food and Health Care All Help the Poor, but Something’s Still Missing
Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
May 29, 2019
The Adult Brain Does Grow New Neurons After All, Study Says
Karen Weintraub, Scientific American
March 25, 2019
To Limit Solar Geoengineering’s Side Effects, the Right “Dose” Is Needed
Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American
March 12, 2019
Tiny Costa Rica Has a Green New Deal, Too. It Matters for the Whole Planet.
Somini Sengupta and Alexander Villegas, New York Times
March 12, 2019
Cities Celebrate the Aesthetic and Social Achievements of Concrete, While Investigating its Innumerable Harms
The Guardian
February 25 – March 15, 2019
In China, Bill Gates Encourages the World to Build a Better Toilet
Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times
November 6, 2018
Mom Was a Neanderthal. Dad was Something Else Entirely. Meet the Strangest Hybrid in Human History.
Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post
August 22, 2018
Drought and Drone Reveal ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Signs of Ancient Henge in Ireland
Daniel Victor, New York Times
July 13, 2018
Archaeologists in China Discover the Oldest Stone Tools Outside Africa
Carl Zimmer, New York Times
July 11, 2018
Koko The Gorilla Dies; Redrew The Lines Of Animal-Human Communication
Bill Chappell, NPR
June 21, 2018
How Horse-Riding in Eurasia Advantaged Huns, Mongols over Farmers
Mariette Le Roux, Informed Comment
May 10, 2018
Watch: Why Bill and Melinda Gates put 20,000 Students Through College
Scott Pelley, CBS 60 Minutes
April 29, 2018
Watch: New Chicago Schools Chief Faces Challenges Despite Major Strides
Kavitha Cardoza, Education Week: PBS News Hour
April 17, 2018
Aryan Migration: Everything You Need to Know About the New Study on Indian Genetics
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan, Scroll.in
April 2, 2018
Destruction of Nature as Dangerous as Climate Change, Scientists Warn
Jonathan Watts, The Guardian
March 23, 2018
Most Australian Indigenous languages Came From Just One Place, Research Claims
Helen Davidson, The Guardian
March 13, 2018
New Evidence Fuels Debate over the Origin of Modern Languages
Roni Jacobson, Scientific American
March 1, 2018
Giant Handaxes Suggest that Different Groups of Early Humans Coexisted in Ancient Europe
Martina Demuro, Lee Arnold, Mathieu Duval, The Conversation
February 22, 2018
Neanderthals – Not Modern Humans – were First Artists on Earth, Experts Claim
The Guardian
February 22, 2018
Stone Tools from India Fan Debate over Origins of Cultural Complexity
Kate Wong, Scientific American
February 16, 2018
China Unveils an Ambitious Plan to Curb Climate Change Emissions
Keith Bradsher & Lisa Friedman, New York Times
December 19, 2017
In Cave in Israel, Scientists Find Jawbone Fossil From Oldest Modern Human Out of Africa
Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times
January 25, 2018
The U.S. Is Tackling Global Warming, Even if Trump Isn’t
Michael R. Bloomberg & Jerry Brown, New York Times
November 14, 2017
First Floating Wind Farm, Built by Offshore Oil Company, Delivers Electricity
Megan Geuss, Ars Technica
October 18, 2017
Genes for Skin Color Rebut Dated Notions of Race, Researchers Say
Carl Zimmer, New York Times
October 12, 2017
Time to Shine: Solar Power is Fastest-Growing Source of New Energy
Adam Vaughan, The Guardian
October 4, 2017