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Online child sex abuse hits record level

Express.co.uk 

2024 record child sexual abuse imagery - 300,000 web pages uncovered, containing at least one or thousands, of images and videos - up 830 percent in 10 years

‘Atropia’ Review: Alia Shawkat Trains Troops Assigned to a Fake Iraqi Town in a Self-Reflexive War Comedy That Peters Out

Variety 

Based on her 2020 short “Shako Mako,” Hailey Gates writes and directs “Atropia,” a unique war satire about western views of the Middle East. While both its lampooning of U.S. militarism and its central character drama lack follow-through, the film contains bright comedic sparks in its keen observations about American media. It’s a self-reflexive work […]

What Alcohol Does to Your Sleep

Real Clear Science 

Sweeney & Pilkington-Cheney, The Conversation

Alcohol is often used as a sleep aid - with some people crediting a "nightcap"...

How a Popular Model of Cosmic Intelligence Got It Wrong

Real Clear Science 

Adam Frank, Big Think

Intelligence on Earth did not appear until almost 4.5 billion years after the planet formed. On the other hand, the Sun is slowly heating up and that means there's just...

The Devastating Legacy of Lies in Alzheimer's Science

Real Clear Science 

Charles Piller, NY Times

Medical advances have beaten back many relentless assassins in recent decades, such as cancer and heart disease. A wide range of treatments share credit: surgery,...

7 Steps to Make Successful Junk Science

Real Clear Science 

Andrew Gelman, Statistical Modeling

More than a decade after the earthquake that was the replication crisis (for some background, see my article with Simine Vazire,