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by feelthepain 12y ago
I think their point is that you can gain some fascinating insights about science in history when different disciplines work together. Hardly a radical insight though I agree. But that's not why I posted the article, which is mostly des
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by feelthepain 12y ago
Fascinating effort to formalize a medieval treatise - De Luce (“On Light”, written around 1225) - about the origins of the universe into modern mathematics. What the researchers discovered and why they did this is explained at The Ordered U
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Unearthing a 13th-century metaverse(economist.com)
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by feelthepain 12y ago
Yes - the article is using the word 'rich' to mean 'wealthier than average/median' - which, for the moment at least, graduates are!
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The rich have begun to work longer hours than the poor(economist.com)
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Astronomers unveil most Earth-like, habitable planet yet found(economist.com)
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Cheap microscopes: Yours to cut out and keep(economist.com)
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Shift from cash to card payments has cut crime by 9.8% since 1990(economist.com)
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End of the road for Windows XP(economist.com)
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For the first time, a mammalian organ has been persuaded to renew itself(economist.com)
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Big data: are we making a big mistake?(ft.com)
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1930s immigrants who Americanized their names earned more(economist.com)
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How a plane can vanish and how to prevent it happening again(economist.com)
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Doubts over ground-breaking stem-cell research are just what the field needs(economist.com)
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P values are not as reliable as many scientists assume(nature.com)
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Crowd-funded HIV vaccine project sparks debate(nature.com)
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Scientists reading fewer papers for first time in 35 years(nature.com)
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India to build world's largest solar plant(nature.com)
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Acid bath offers easy path to stem cells(nature.com)
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Stephen Hawking claims "there are no black holes"(nature.com)
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Ampere to get rational redefinition(nature.com)
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When's the best time to wage a cyberwar?(nature.com)
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China tops Europe in R&D intensity(nature.com)
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Oldest decimal multiplication table discovered(nature.com)
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Electroconvulsive therapy used to disrupt recall of specific events(nature.com)
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by feelthepain 13y ago
Pity that Science article got it wrong. 'Invented'!?
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Academics should not remain silent on hacking(nature.com)
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Polynesian people used binary numbers 600 years ago(nature.com)
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by feelthepain 13y ago
I think the key part of this research is that this adds significantly to the evidence that there's liquid water deep in the crust of Mars. We know that there is water in the form of ice in lots of places on Mars but the idea of subsurf
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by feelthepain 13y ago
Goodman has since responded to this allegation (it's in the story): "I did not review the data in the Séralini study, nor did I have anything to do with the determination that the paper should be withdrawn from or retained by the

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