700ravens

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   by 700ravens 15y ago

   What this author considers a novel, future direction for science is something that I call "going to work in the morning." The US Department of Energy operates many user facilities distributed around the country, including nanotechnology ce
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   by 700ravens 16y ago

   > this algae seems to only help with one kind of isotope Not quite. This organism metabolizes one atomic species . (Actually, two, if you read the original paper, you'll see that this algae metabolizes barium much more readily than s
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   by 700ravens 16y ago

   Contrary to the cynical ... ummm ... wit of the previous posters, bioremediation is a useful strategy for managing environmental contamination. As it is often presented as some kind of panacea in the popular press, a lot of wide-eyed misin
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   by 700ravens 16y ago

   > He has no particular expertise whatsoever at deciding > whether project Y is more useful to society as a whole > than other possible uses of the money. In a democracy, > that decision is left up to our elected leaders.
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   by 700ravens 16y ago

   I actually made an account so I could post as myself. Although someone has already made my point, I need to reiterate it -- crowdsourcing scientific review is an awful idea. Journals and funding agencies use peer review specifically becau