writinghawk

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   by writinghawk 8y ago

   Yes it is. The claim made is that the change in life expectancy is due to the diet. But it's well known that "you can't explain a variable with a constant". If the diet has not changed, it cannot explain a change in life
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   by writinghawk 8y ago

   "The chief explanation for Spain’s pronounced improvement is the country’s Mediterranean diet" -- this is scientific nonsense unless the country has only just adopted a Mediterranean diet.
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   For the first time, scientists have seen bacteria 'fishing' for DNA(sciencealert.com)

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   A Brazilian wasp exhibits mind control over unsuspecting spiders(popularmechanics.com)

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   Scientists unravel secret of cube-shaped wombat faeces(theguardian.com)

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   by writinghawk 8y ago

   Heating need not be 'all waste'. An air (or ground) source heat pump heats a room, counterintuitively, by pumping heat from the colder air outside. It uses less energy than the amount it releases into the room.
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   Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior(journals.plos.org)

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