United States
2025-05-12 @ 9.31.51 ∈ In English
Where in the world are babies at the lowest risk of dying?
Japan, Sweden, and Finland are […] among the best, even when we adjust for reporting inconsistencies. The other Nordic countries — Denmark and Norway — also have very low mortality rates. Other countries, such as South Korea, perform extremely well when we look at deaths in the first month of life, but tend to fall behind the top performers when deaths in the following 11 months are also included.
2025-05-02 @ 14.33.13 ∈ In English
2025-02-27 @ 17.09.34 ∈ In English
The loneliness paradox: How media narratives shape our solitude
[People] who believe being alone is harmful tend to feel lonelier after spending time alone in daily life. However, those with a more positive view of solitude don't just feel less lonely in the same situations, they actually feel more positive.
2025-02-11 @ 10.53.33 ∈ In English
(From 2023)
Interview with Oklahoma State Sen. Nathan Dahm | The Problem with Jon Stewart
State Sen. Nathan Dahm (R-OK) has penned several bills loosening gun restrictions, including the nation's first anti-red flag law against restricting gun access to those deemed dangerous. Not only does he want to protect the Second Amendment, but he also believes guns make us safer. We think it's probably one or the other.
2024-12-09 @ 17.18.52 ∈ Suomeksi
2024-10-12 @ 15.42.02 ∈ In English
2024-10-08 @ 11.19.00 ∈ In English
Bias found when drug manufacturers fund clinical trials
Psychiatric drugs are reported to be about 50% more effective in clinical trials funded by the drug’s manufacturer than when trials of the same drug are sponsored by other groups, new research shows. […] "The addition of unpublished trials reduces the effect of sponsorship, and most of the sponsorship effect can be explained by publication bias," [says the author.]
2024-09-15 @ 15.54.07 ∈ In English
‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman
In general, the claims about how long people are living mostly don’t stack up. I’ve tracked down 80% of the people aged over 110 in the [world]. Of those, almost none have a birth certificate. […] [A] Japanese government review in [2010 found] that 82% of the people aged over 100 in Japan turned out to be dead.
2024-09-14 @ 13.22.30 ∈ In English
(From 2023; Medium.com, eww)
AI and the American Smile
Why do you smile the way you do? A silly question, of course, since it’s only “natural” to smile the way you do, isn’t it? It’s common sense. How else would someone smile? As a person who was not born in the U.S., who immigrated here from the former Soviet Union, as I did, this question is not so simple.