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True. Not to get off-topic, but for centuries, societies throughout the world believed the woman was responsible for the sex of a child. At least part of the reason Henry VIII had 6 wives was to father a son who'd be his successor. His first born son with his first wife died when just a few...

The Milky Way has a big newfound black hole, and it lurks close to Earth! This sleeping giant was discovered with the European space telescope Gaia, which tracks the motion of billions of stars in our galaxy. Stellar-mass black holes are created when a large star runs out of fuel and...

You're evading the issue. The 9th Amendment is as much a part of the Bill of Rights as are the other 9. And it too, must be accepted as such. It's language says that other, unenumerated rights may exist, and they belong to the people--not to Congress, nor to state legislatures. An example would...

Not quite. It's more complicated than that. Are you familiar with the 9th Amendment? The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. This language is clearly saying that some rights belong neither to the federal...

I'm sure Hitler had a higher than average IQ. But he also exhibited many symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Such persons have an unreasonably high sense of their importance. They believe they're superior to all others, and deserve admiration, respect, and deference. Quite a few...

Interesting data on which US states have the highest percentage of Christian and other religious believers. Christians as a whole are the largest group. But they're broken down among the various Christian denominations, i.e., Catholic, Evangelical, Mainline Protestant, Historically Black...

Crimes stats from US cities--including aggravated and gun assaults--dropped a few percentage points between 2020 and 2023. But crime rates were still higher than in 2019. Check the link for more detailed info: Crime Trends in U.S. Cities: Year-End 2023 Update The US is a heterogeneous...

I had an episode of sleep paralysis many years ago during medical training. I was back in my apartment after a stressful night at the hospital. I laid in bed to catch some zzz's. I was in that limbo state, not fully awake nor asleep, when I had a sudden feeling that some extremely dangerous and...

But a pig kidney transplant could be life-saving for the recipient. And then he'd only have to worry about getting swine flu. :oldthumbsup:

In a medical first, surgeons at Mass General hospital have transplanted a pig kidney into a 62 year old renal failure patient. The organ is from a genetically altered strain of pigs that is less likely to incite rejection. Pig kidneys are also very similar in size and shape to human kidneys...

What I have to say is that I’m sick to death of American politics. For sure, politics has always been divisive. But I don’t ever recall liberal/conservative combat being the blood sport that it's become. And it's much worse in an election year. :mad:

This will be my 2nd eclipse in the last 6+ years. The St. Louis area was in the path of totality back in Aug., 2017. We're in the partiality path this time. Not to get off topic, but in May,, some midwestern states could get a double insect whammy. Brood XIX of 13 year cicadas, and Brood XIII...

Back to the 50s. Julie does the best version of the classic torch song.

Don't disparage the coccyx. Those 3-5 small vertebrae are attaching points for several muscles that stabilize the pelvis floor. The puborectalis and sphincter ani externus, which insert into the front of the coccyx, are vital for maintaining bowel control. Not to mention that the largest muscle...

I don’t believe in any kind of god. But I do have a higher power that keeps me out of trouble. It’s called my wife. :oldthumbsup:

Listening to some film music in anticipation of the Academy Awards tonight. Oppenheimer seems to be the Best Picture favorite. The score is by the Swedish composer Ludwig Goransson, is interesting. This is entitled Can Your Hear The Music. I think it's a musical simulation of a rapidly...

Linda Ronstadt. The loss of her voice is a monumental tragedy.

I just started Killers of the Flower Moon, by David Grann. It's a true account of the murders of members of the Osage Nation in the 1920s. It so happened that large oil deposits were discovered beneath their tribal lands in northeast Oklahoma. The tribe was earning millions by licensing the oil...

This may be off-topic a bit. I posted it last year. It's an idea I've had to voluntarily reduce abortions by incentivizing adoption. Apart from conscientious use of birth control, I think a reasonable way to reduce elective abortion is to incentivize adoption. And what better incentive is...

I would support a Solomonic compromise--named after the OT Hebrew king: The average human gestation is 40 weeks. So---as King Solomon ruled--cut it in half. From conception up to 20 weeks, abortion--whether medical or surgical--is a private decision between a pregnant woman and an abortion...