Self pity will destroy you

“If you bring an alarm, we will destroy it,” said Brucella to the host cell

Pathogenic brucellae are the agent of brucellosis, a disease that causes abortion and infertility in natural hosts such as sheep, goats, or cattle. Brucella melitensis, Brucella abortus, and Brucella suis are the most pathogenic Brucella species for humans and also the most relevant bacteria involved in economical loses and in animal and human health problems. In addition, these Brucella repres...

Will Google destroy western democracy? Bias in policy problem solving

Democracy requires students to choose policy positions based on evidence, yet confirmation bias prevents them from doing so. As a preliminary step in building a policy reasoning tutor, this study identifies where bias occurs during the search and analysis of evidence in a policy reasoning task. 60 university students played an on-line game in which they chose which of four policies would increa...

Will relativistic heavy-ion colliders destroy our planet?

Experiments at the Brookhaven National Laboratory will study collisions between gold nuclei at unprecedented energies. The concern has been voiced that “strangelets”– hypothetical products of these collisions– may trigger the destruction of our planet. We show how naturally occurring heavy-ion collisions can be used to derive a safe and stringent upper bound on the risk incurred in running thes...

What Will You Sacrifice?

It Will Happen to You

Everyone experiences bereavement but few give prior thought to it. Knowing something about the possible reactions and repercussions of bereavement is the best preparation for it.