Governor Ducey Announces Next Phase Of Arizona Recovery | Office of the Arizona Governor

Governor Doug Ducey today announced that the Stay At Home order in Arizona will be ending on May 15 and replaced by new guidance for the next stage of economic recovery. The new guidance aligns with gating criteria issued by the White House and Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and aims to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 resurgence, protect vulnerable populations, and guide the reopening of businesses with enhanced physical distancing and safety measures in place.

Trump unveils three-phase plan for states to reopen amid coronavirus pandemic | NBC News

Under the plan, restaurants, movie theaters and large sporting venues will be allowed to reopen under certain conditions.

Hidden Cave At The End Of Fossil Springs Trail In Arizona | Only in Your State

Arizona has quite a few caves, but not many also boast crystal-clear, sapphire waters. This hidden alcove can be found at the end of Fossil Springs Trail, and it truly belongs on everyone’s bucket list.

U.S. House votes to ban uranium mining near Grand Canyon | Arizona Mirror

The U.S. House approved legislation Wednesday to permanently ban uranium and other hardrock mining near the Grand Canyon.  The bill from Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, passed by a vote of 236-185. 

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The Hippies Were Right: It's All about Vibrations, Man! | Scientific American Blog Network

Did the hippies actually solve this problem? My colleague Jonathan Schooler of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and I think they effectively did, with the radical intuition that it’s all about vibrations … man. Over the past decade, we have developed a “resonance theory of consciousness” that suggests that resonance—another word for synchronized vibrations—is at the heart of not only human consciousness but of physical reality more generally.

The Universe Itself Is a Giant Brain and It May Be Conscious, Say Scientists | Project Yourself

There is no need to look far in order to find outlandish theories on the nature of cosmos, and also of human consciousness. In recent times, notions once relegated to science fiction found their way into the esoteric academic journals, and after that into the mainstream discourse. One such example is the Simulation Argument, which was recently championed by Elon Musk. Another example is ‘time crystals,’ which are a tantalizing non-linear phase of matter.

Intuition Is The Highest Form Of Intelligence | Forbes

Intuition, argues Gerd Gigerenzer, a director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, is less about suddenly "knowing" the right answer and more about instinctively understanding what information is unimportant and can thus be discarded.