Splitting water: How order and disorder direct chemical reactivity

In nature, the behavior of systems—whether large or small—is always governed by a few fundamental principles. For instance, ...

A safer solvent for organic chemistry labs

The solvent dichloromethane, or DCM, is commonly used to strip paint and cut grease. It's also what generations of chemistry ...
Psychology Today

The Impact of Strong Friendships Across the Lifespan

Increasing amounts of research suggest that social relationships are an important component of physical health. A new study ...
Yahoo

Power up your inner shredder: Gus G shares his ultimate guitar warm-ups

Many great guitarists spend pre-stage time warming their hands up in preparation for a full night's worth of riffing and soloing. Gus G is no different, be it with his band Firewind or when he was ...
Western Investor

Bank of Canada decision means shifting equation on fixed vs. variable mortgage rates

A tradesperson moves a ladder while working on a balcony at a condo tower under construction, in Burnaby, B.C., on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck TORONTO — The Bank of Canada ...
Daily Mail

I was drinking two bottles of wine a night... Then three simple rules took willpower out of the equation - I could finally stop after just one glass

For years, Heidi Anderson lived a double life. To her listeners, she was the bubbly, confident voice behind the mic - a larger-than-life radio personality lighting up the airwaves. But behind closed ...
BMJ

Dealing with continuous variables and modelling non-linear associations in healthcare data: practical guide

Proper handling of continuous variables is crucial in healthcare research, for example, within regression modelling for descriptive, explanatory, or predictive purposes. However, inadequate methods ...
IEEE

An Efficient Entropy-Based Causal Discovery Method for Linear Structural Equation Models With IID Noise Variables

Abstract: The discovery of causal relationships from the observational data is an important task. To identify the unique causal structure belonging to a Markov equivalence class, a number of ...
Science Daily

Microscopic heist: How lung bacteria forge weapons to steal iron and survive

Researchers investigating the enigmatic and antibiotic-resistant Pandoraea bacteria have uncovered a surprising twist: these pathogens don't just pose risks they also produce powerful natural ...
JSTOR Daily

CAUSAL DANTZIG: FAST INFERENCE IN LINEAR STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS WITH HIDDEN VARIABLES UNDER ADDITIVE INTERVENTIONS

Causal inference is known to be very challenging when only observational data are available. Randomized experiments are often costly and impractical and in instrumental variable regression the number ...
GamesRadar+

As fans fear $100 GTA 6 but Mafia is only $50, Take-Two CEO says "we've always had variable pricing," because if a game's a hit "the revenue is going to take care of itself"

Grand Theft Auto Analyst says "I expect a $100 price point" for GTA 6, estimates Rockstar's development cost is over $1.5 billion, and predicts it will earn "$10 billion lifetime and another $500 ...
eLife

Effects of nicotine compared to placebo gum on sensitivity to pain and mediating effects of peak alpha frequency

In this useful study, Millard et al. assessed the effects of nicotine on pain sensitivity and peak alpha frequency (PAF). The evidence shown is incomplete to support the key claim that nicotine ...