Justin Wilson

In 2023, Chinese researchers set out to create a 'pig depression model' — a way to reliably induce depression in pigs for medical research. The researchers (Yang et al, 2023) confined pigs so tightly they couldn't move and left them in a dark environment without food or water for 24 hours. It worked: the pigs exhibited anhedonia — an inability to experience pleasure — along with anxiety and reduced appetite. The researchers concluded they'd found a promising way to induce depression in pigs. Their inspiration? Factory farms. They tried out the total restraint after noting that sows, confined in gestation crates and kept chronically hunger, "have been found to be in a depression-like state." The main difference? After 24 hours, the researchers let the study pigs out. On factory farms they never do. Photo: Balvik C. / We Animals

Abdul El-Sayed, who is Muslim, walks a fine line on the Jewish state. On Tuesday night, he told the crowd—as he does often—that his problem is not with Jews. “All of us love and revere Jewish folk, our Jewish neighbors, the faith of Judaism,” he said, hands outstretched. Later that night, in a makeshift spin room assembled by the campaign, he rebuffed my question on whether he believes in Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state. “What do you mean by ‘Jewish state?’ ” he retorted, narrowing his eyes. “If you can’t answer that question, I’m not going to answer it.” For someone who often waves around his respect for Judaism, he seemed unaware of something elementary: Judaism is not only a religion, but a people with a long-standing connection to Israel that runs through its prayers, traditions, and history.

Am I stoned right now? I must be stoned.

Rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth has offered scientists a window into the behavior of these large, elusive mammals.

🚨 SAM ALTMAN: “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”

RFK Jr. suggests Americans can more easily afford groceries if they start eating liver instead of beef: "Most of the cheap cuts of meat are very inexpensive. ... You can buy liver or the cheap cuts."

I’m 62 years old, I live in Tampa, I eat corn and beef everyday, I always have a titleist hat on, and Iran is the biggest threat to my freedom

This is how they do electric stunning for animals in slaughterhouses, and they die instantly.. There are so many details of human civilization that if we really looked closely at them, we’d be shocked.

A radical idea was voiced on the sidelines of the WEF: it's time to strictly account for the very basis of our existence. According to speaker Lindsey Hooper, water, soil, and oxygen should not be infinitely accessible. It is proposed to classify them as assets and put them on a global balance. So, the stories about having to pay for a breath of air soon will no longer be gloomy jokes, but a very real prospect.”

The media is 90% why democrats win. I had no idea how much until I looked at it from the other side. We are so screwed.