How do aliens solve climate change? Scientists recently modeled a range of interactions between energy-intensive civilizations and their planets
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Looking for life on a flat Earth: What a burgeoning movement says about science, solace, and how a theory becomes truth
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These stunning 3D models are transforming scientists’ raw data
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Astronomers scrutinized last year’s eclipse. Here’s what they’ve learned
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The creator of the "evolution of trust" simulation also made one on group theory
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Ark Pharm, a popular low-cost chemical supplier raided by the DEA and shut down
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A genetically modified organism could end malaria and save millions of lives — if we decide to use it
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Dunes made from solid methane ice grains identified on Pluto
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How gut microbes are joining the fight against cancer
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Apparently snow lepoards bite their tails more than you'd think
@payoletter: snow leopards biting their tails: a thread
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More Than 1.1 Million Names Installed on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe
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3D scans reveal deep-sea anglerfish's huge final meal
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Science Anxiety - The Crisis of Scientific Authority
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Dinosaur killing asteroid also killed most bird species due to global deforestation
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Successful treatment of a rare genetic disorder in the womb
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How Reddit killed science AMAs
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Gell-Mann amnesia effect
(from wikipedia) The Gell-Mann amnesia effect defines the idea that "I believe everything the media tells me except for anything for which I have direct personal knowledge, which they always get...
(from wikipedia) The Gell-Mann amnesia effect defines the idea that "I believe everything the media tells me except for anything for which I have direct personal knowledge, which they always get wrong."
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NASA’s EM-drive is a magnetic WTF-thruster
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So ... Sometimes fireflies eat other fireflies
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US Food and Drug Administration approves first drug designed to prevent migraines
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Economist Allays Fears of Artificial Intelligence in Workplace: "You can ignore Elon Musk"
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Google's free machine learning course
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NASA satellites reveal major shifts in global freshwater
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What is consciousness? Scientists are beginning to unravel a mystery that has long vexed philosophers
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Rare goose makes 6,000 mile trip from Russian Artic back to Arkansas
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'Double Trojan Horse' Drug Tricks Bacteria Into Committing Suicide
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The number of people who get diseases transmitted by mosquito, tick, and flea bites has more than tripled in the United States in recent years
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The deadliest being on planet Earth – The bacteriophage
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The rise, collapse, and compaction of Mt. Mantap from the 3 September 2017 North Korean nuclear test
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The last days of the blue-blood harvest
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Meet the scientists keeping a global watch for nuclear explosions
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Exploring ethical implications of Yale experiment to reanimate dead brain cells
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One space between each sentence, they said. Science just proved them wrong.
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Can you overdose on happiness? The science and philosophy of deep brain stimulation.
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Complexity Explorer - Free courses from the education arm of the Santa Fe Institute
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Troubles continue at the Salk Institute: prominent cancer biologist accused of sexual harassment
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