Note from Jay McDaniel: The process tradition is at its best when it resists sectarianism and avoids even the faintest hint of certainty about ultimate metaphysical principles. In this spirit, it welcomes critique—not with reactionary defensiveness, but with deep listening and with the recognition that the critique may, after all, be right. There is no need for combativeness. As Whitehead cautions: “There remains the final reflection, how shallow, puny, and imperfect are efforts to sound the depths in the nature of things. In philosophical discussion, the merest hint of dogmatic certainty as to finality of statement is an exhibition of folly.” (Process and Reality, Preface, xiv.)

Keloids are fibroproliferative disorders of the skin marked with elevated interleukin-6 and transforming growth factor-beta, causing pain, pruritus, and decreased quality of life.1 Punch excision therapy is emerging as a simple, quick, and accessible treatment option for keloid management. This review summarizes the current evidence on the efficacy and safety of punch excision therapy in keloid management.

This case provides insight into the high-risk nature of nonstenotic plaques and supports the optimization of stroke risk stratification strategies.

Humans and other animals actively sense their surrounding environment. This entails the deliberate adjustment of motor behavior involved in sensory sampling (i.e., movements of the eyes, ears and hands) in line with the stimulus information.

When it comes to the sense of smell, the principal motor behavior that supports active sensing is the sniff, which entails brief inhalations aimed at pulling odor molecules into the nasal cavity. So far, the extent to which sniffing behaviors can be influenced and adapted based on the odors that one is smelling has remained unknown.

Researchers at Northwestern University recently carried out a study aimed at exploring this possibility. Their findings, published in Nature Human Behavior, suggest that people’s sniffing patterns are continuously shaped by what they are smelling and carry detailed information about specific odors.

A phenomenon reminiscent of a common experience with an umbrella inspires the development of a potential microfluidics component.

A zero-click browser attack uses polite email instructions to trigger agents that delete real files from Google Drive.

Critical XXE flaw CVE-2025–66516 affects multiple Apache Tika modules, exposing systems and requiring urgent updates.

Some lessons I’ve learned along the way.

Latest update and explainer about the (Absent) Primal Eye Framework — “Vertebrates and the Pineal Complex”

Primal Eye/ Posthuman Psychology series.