Bounty of bookmarks: Items tagged science

Items tagged science

A Canadian study gave $7,500 to homeless people. Here’s how they spent it.

The results show the power of cash transfers to reduce homelessness.

2023-09-02

Fusion Foolery

2023-08-15

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to write about rockets, but I wish sci-fi writers and futurists understood conservation of energy. They'd realize that a lot of proposed tech is fundamentally unable to fix climate for simple reasons.

Take electric cars: to move a one-ton object from point A to point B at a given speed, it takes this much energy, period. It doesn't matter how and where you produce it. And guess what: solar panels are horribly inefficient. Power distribution networks are horribly inefficient. And do you know what happens with all the energy that doesn't end up moving your car?

It becomes waste heat, that's what. Even more heat. Just what the planet needs right now. You're welcome.

Tags: climate, science, education, updates

2023-07-23

Shattering the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers

Tags: society, gender, science

2023-06-28

Human impact on Earth's tilt leaves researchers 'surprised and concerned'

Groundwater extracted for irrigation and other human activities displaced 2,150 gigatons of water between 1993 and 2010.

Tags: environment, science

2023-06-20

The dance of the naked emperors

About scientific article publishing and peer review in the internet era.

Tags: internet, science, publishing, ethics

2022-12-27

The rise and fall of peer review

Why the greatest scientific experiment in history failed, and why that's a great thing

Tags: science, publishing

2022-12-13

CDC Admits Post-Jab Myocarditis “Misinformation” Is Actually True

Once again, the problem isn't relative risk, but how we were lied to, and hunted down for trying to speak the truth.

Tags: pandemic, science, free speech

2022-09-17

Rainwater everywhere on Earth unsafe to drink due to ‘forever chemicals’, study finds

Tags: environment, health, science

2022-08-04

The Technocrat’s Dilemma

(Via the No Tech Magazine.) Even true things shouted from loudspeakers start to sound like lies.

Tags: science, politics

2022-04-25

sex as a social construct

Tags: gender, science, society

2022-01-30

Multiple Sclerosis Is Likely Caused by a Virus, Finds Study of 10 Million Military Personnel

Tags: health, science

2022-01-13

Newfound type of storm is a 1,000-km-wide puddle in the sky

Tags: cool, environment, science

2021-12-16

Museum Showcases Queer Relationships in the Animal Kingdom

Tags: animals, sexuality, science

2021-12-10

‘It was terrifying’: ancient book’s journey from Irish bog to museum treasure

A new book tells the story of the painstaking process to preserve the 1,200-year-old Faddan More Psalter

Tags: books, middle ages, science

2021-11-21

Online anonymity: study found ‘stable pseudonyms’ created a more civil environment than real user names

Tags: internet, privacy, science

2021-11-17

Debate over daylight saving time drags on in Europe

Tags: europe, science, politics

2021-11-06

The Scientists Are Terrified

A survey of the world’s top climate researchers shows a stark finding: Most expect catastrophic levels of heating and damage soon—very soon.

Tags: climate, science

2021-11-01

Ancient Proto-math Found In Babylonian Tablet

Tags: antiquity, science

2021-08-04

On Endianness

Byte Endianness in computers has been a constant source of conflict for decades. But is there really a clear advantage to one over the other? Let’s explore together!

Tags: computers, science

2021-07-05

Old-school computing: when your lab PC is ancient

Tags: vintage, computers, science

2021-06-01

Black Lives Matter protests have saved lives, study finds

Tags: america, racism, society, science

2021-05-26

Just How Many Surfaces Does Your Cat’s Butt Touch? A Sixth Grader’s Science Fair Project Has The Answer

Tags: youth, animals, science

2021-04-22

You don’t have a male or female brain – the more brains scientists study, the weaker the evidence for sex differences

Tags: gender, science

2021-04-22

Maslow Got It Wrong

Read: he deliberately misrepresented Native American teachings to make individualism seem like a good thing rather than the destructive force it is.

Tags: society, science

2021-04-05

The Science That Explains Trump’s Grip on White Males

Tags: science, politics

2021-01-07

The Dunning-Kruger Effect Is Probably Not Real

Or as I like to think of it, apparently the only people suffering from it were the titular researchers.

Tags: education, science

2020-12-17

How Scientists Use and Abuse Portraiture

Many scientific studies assume that the features of painted faces are the facts of the flesh-and-blood countenances to which they refer. This assumption is not only false; it is preposterous.

Tags: art, history, science

2020-12-11

People Who Eat Chili Pepper May Live Longer – Reduced Risk of Dying From Cardiovascular Disease or Cancer

Tags: food, health, science

2020-11-09

Study reveals gender bias in TA evaluations

The female TA got five times as many negative reviews as the male TA — but they were the same person.

Tags: gender, science, education

2020-11-03

Video games help children improve literacy, communication and mental well-being, survey finds

Tags: games, education, science

2020-09-05

Florida mosquitoes: 750 million genetically modified insects to be released

Tags: animals, environment, science

2020-08-20

The X-Files and the Scully Effect — fake aliens, real-world phenomenon for women in STEM

Tags: movies, gender, science

2020-08-19

How Many Planets Are There In The Solar System?

Tags: space, science, media

2020-08-14

Mysterious Bright Spots on Dwarf Planet Ceres Point to Secret Underground Ocean

Tags: space, science

2020-08-10

Jean Jouzel : "Il faut absolument agir aujourd'hui, c'était le message il y a 15 ans et il reste d'actualité"

Tags: climate, science, media

2020-08-09

Why Damaging Myths About Women and Science Keep Coming Back

Tags: gender, science

2020-08-04

The Congo Rainforest

Tags: africa, travel, nature, science, photos

2020-08-01

Why Are We So Quick To Scrutinise How Low-Income Families Spend Their Money?

Tags: economics, science

2020-06-16

Ancient Egyptian coffins and mystery of ‘black goo’

Tags: antiquity, science

2020-05-20

Lost recipe for medieval blue ink found

Tags: middle ages, science

2020-04-20

A history of FLICC: the 5 techniques of science denial

Tags: science, education, history

2020-03-24

Climate Change Predictions Have Suddenly Gone Catastrophic. This Is Why

Tags: climate, science

2020-02-06

Climate models have been correct for literally 40 years

Tags: climate, science

2019-12-04

There’s Growing Evidence That the Universe Is Connected by Giant Structures

Scientists are finding that galaxies can move with each other across huge distances, and against the predictions of basic cosmological models. The reason why could change everything we think we know about the universe.

Tags: space, science

2019-11-11