• Astrology

    The Most Important Astrological Events for April 2025

    May 25, 2025 - By 

    April is brimming with cosmic energy, marked by meaningful shifts, passionate interactions, and opportunities for deep personal growth. Here’s your guide to navigating the key astrological events this month, each complete with insights and actionable takeaways. April 4 — Saturn in Pisces Sextile Uranus in Taurus This inventive aspect blends practicality with creativity, making it an ideal time for strategic innovations. You’ll find harmony between the old and new, allowing you to implement creative solutions effectively and build foundations for lasting success. Takeaways: Embrace calculated risks today. Combine creativity with logical thinking for success. Ideal moment to launch innovative projects.…

  • Science

    Earliest use of psychoactive and medicinal plant ‘harmal’ identified in Iron Age Arabia

    May 25, 2025 - By 

    A new study uses metabolic profiling to uncover ancient knowledge systems behind therapeutic and psychoactive plant use in ancient Arabia. New research published in Communications Biology has uncovered the earliest known use of the medicinal and psychoactive plant Peganum harmala, commonly known as Syrian rue or harmal, in fumigation practices and inhaled as smoke. The findings offer unprecedented insight into early Arabian therapeutic and sensorial practices, revealing that native plants were already being deliberately used for their bioactive and psychoactive properties nearly 2,700 years ago. Led by Dr. Barbara Huber (Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology) and Professor Marta Luciani (University…

  • Online Deals

    How to Organize Your Monthly Subscriptions in 2022

    May 24, 2025 - By 

    We all utilize services with monthly subscription costs, whether you use streaming services, music apps, or what have you. Today, let’s discuss how you can do an annual overview of your subscriptions (and what to cut vs. keep!)  Check The App Store First of all, make a list of the known subscriptions you have. This will serve you later when you see what subscriptions you may have forgotten about.  Next, go to the App Store/Google Play on your phone and look through your subscription settings. Here, you can cancel any app subscriptions from the push of a button. This may…

  • Astrology

    April 2025 Forecast: Truth Revealed, Power Claimed

    May 24, 2025 - By 

    April 2025 is a high-stakes, high-clarity month that asks one question: Are you ready to act on what you now know? The revelations of March—those eclipses, that Neptune-in-Aries portal—rattled your inner foundation. But April? It demands action. This is not the month to sit back and “see what happens.” This is the month to move, to commit, to claim. And if you’re dragging old illusions into this next chapter, they will get exposed. Powerful fixed sign energy dominates much of the month. A Full Moon in Scorpio (April 13) pulls truth from the shadows—secrets, suppressed desires, or long-simmering tensions will…

  • Science

    John Bargh’s “Before You Know It” – Mind Hacks

    May 24, 2025 - By 

    I have a review of John Bargh’s new book “Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do” in this month’s Psychologist magazine. You can read the review in print (or online here) but the magazine could only fit in 250 words, and I originally wrote closer to 700. I’ll put the full, unedited, review below at the end of this post. John Bargh is one of the world’s most celebrated social psychologists, and has made his name with creative experiments supposedly demonstrating the nature of our unconscious minds. His work, and style of work, has been…

  • Travel

    How to Overcome Being Alone & Meet People When You Travel

    May 24, 2025 - By 

    Before I first went traveling in 2006, I had these expectations in my head based on nothing but my imagination and popular culture. My trip was going to be a nonstop adventure filled with colorful and exciting people. Crazy things were going to happen to me. I’d make friends everywhere. I’d be talking to strangers on buses. Locals would invite me out for drinks. I’d be sipping a latte, strike up a conversation with my beautiful waitress, and then the next thing I’d know, we’d be at a wine bar, staring into each other’s eyes while she taught me French.…

  • Online Deals

    OLED G4 77″ with Supplied Wall Mount & FREE Soundbar (S80TR) $2308.49

    May 24, 2025 - By 

    LG Partner Store has for eligible EPP/EDU Members: 77″ LG OLED77G4WUA G4 Series OLED evo Smart TV (2024) + LG S80TR 5.1.3 channel Soundbar with Dolby Atmos and Rear Surround Speakers on sale for $2,308.49 when you follow the steps below. Shipping is free. Thanks to Community Member b258 for sharing this deal. Steps: Sign up or Log in to a valid LG Partner Store account Go to the 77″ LG OLED77G4WUA G4 Series OLED evo Smart TV (2024) Optional: Under “Installation Services” select from “TV Stand Setup FREE” or “Wall mounting by HANDY FREE” and click “Add” Under “Related…

  • Astrology

    Your Weekly Horoscope: (April 7

    May 24, 2025 - By 

    This week’s astrology is not here to play cute. With Venus linking arms with no-nonsense Saturn and Mercury finally waking up from its retrograde fog, the truth is coming in hot—and it’s not waiting for permission. Expect overdue epiphanies, emotional plot twists, and the kind of clarity that makes you wonder how you ever settled for less. Whether you’re cutting cords, setting standards, or catching feelings out of nowhere, this week is all about choosing growth over comfort. So grab your iced coffee and your boundaries—it’s about to get real. Resets & Harmonious Alignments ARIES (March 21 – April 19) If…

  • Science

    Scopus indexed a journal with a fake editorial board and a sham archive – Retraction Watch

    May 24, 2025 - By 

    Editor’s note: We asked Elsevier to respond to some of the findings in this post. In response, a spokesperson told us they will now remove the journal from Scopus. See Elsevier’s response in this story. I received a letter recently pointing me to a questionable journal indexed in Elsevier’s Scopus database. Scopus indexes many problematic and even hijacked journals, but this case is the most outrageous I have seen to date. Scopus indexed Science of Law in July 2024. According to its profile in the database, the journal is published by the “Editorial Team of SoL.”  However, “the editorial team”…

  • Travel

    The Book of Kells — Christ Enthroned – Rick Steves’ Travel Blog

    May 24, 2025 - By 

    For me, one of the great joys of travel is having in-person encounters with great art — which I’ve collected in a book called Europe’s Top 100 Masterpieces. Here’s one of my favorites: Jesus Christ sits on a throne and solemnly cradles something very important — a book, the holy word of God. He has a lush head of curly flaxen hair and a thoughtful expression. Seated under an arch, he’s surrounded by a labyrinth of colorful, intricately woven designs. This illustration from an old Bible tells the story of Jesus. This particular drawing came right at the point in…