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.

Tags: society, finance, science

Fusion Foolery

Tags: energy, science

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

Shattering the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers

Tags: society, gender, science

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

The dance of the naked emperors

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

Tags: internet, science, publishing, ethics

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

More Mastodon Scraping Without Consent (notes On Nobre Et Al 2022)

Tags: social media, science, ethics

Milky Way's graveyard of dead stars found

Tags: space, science

Tale of the Jackalope

Tags: culture, history, science, america

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

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

Tags: environment, health, science

The Technocrat’s Dilemma

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

Tags: science, politics

sex as a social construct

Tags: gender, science, society

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

Tags: health, science

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

Tags: cool, environment, science

Museum Showcases Queer Relationships in the Animal Kingdom

Tags: animals, sexuality, science

‘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

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

Tags: internet, privacy, science

Debate over daylight saving time drags on in Europe

Tags: europe, science, politics

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

Ancient Proto-math Found In Babylonian Tablet

Tags: antiquity, science

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

Old-school computing: when your lab PC is ancient

Tags: vintage, computers, science

Black Lives Matter protests have saved lives, study finds

Tags: america, racism, society, science

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

Tags: youth, animals, science

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

Tags: gender, science

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

The Science That Explains Trump’s Grip on White Males

Tags: science, politics

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

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

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

Tags: food, health, science

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

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

Tags: games, education, science

Florida mosquitoes: 750 million genetically modified insects to be released

Tags: animals, environment, science

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

Tags: movies, gender, science

How Many Planets Are There In The Solar System?

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

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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

Why Damaging Myths About Women and Science Keep Coming Back

Tags: gender, science

The Congo Rainforest

Tags: africa, travel, nature, science, photos

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

Tags: economics, science

Ancient Egyptian coffins and mystery of ‘black goo’

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Lost recipe for medieval blue ink found

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A history of FLICC: the 5 techniques of science denial

Tags: science, education, history

Climate Change Predictions Have Suddenly Gone Catastrophic. This Is Why

Tags: climate, science

Climate models have been correct for literally 40 years

Tags: climate, science

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

Dates, Times, Calendars— The Universal Source of Data Science Trauma

Content warning: ableist language

Tags: science, computers

The Gravitational-Wave "Revolution" Is Underway

Tags: space, science, tech

The terrible truth of climate change

Tags: climate, science

Scientists Say Chemical Found in Spinach Is Basically a Steroid, Should Be Banned for Athletes

Tags: food, sports, science

Getting to the Bottom of the Flat Earth

Tags: science, education, history

These 400-Year-Old Rings Unfold to Reveal Astronomical Spheres

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Exxon predicted in 1982 exactly how high global carbon emissions would be today

Tags: business, climate, science

The first picture of a black hole opens a new era of astrophysics

Tags: space, science, tech

Astrobiologist Tries Cooking In Antarctica At -94ºF (-70ºC), And The Result Will Crack You Up

Tags: food, science, humor

'They Have Lied for Decades': European Parliament Scrutinise Exxon's Climate Science Denial

Tags: europe, climate, science, politics, business

Scientists may have seen birth of a black hole for first time ever

Tags: space, science

The chemistry that gives champagne its famous fizz

Tags: food, science

The Nobel Prize for Climate Catastrophe

Tags: climate, disaster, science

Challenges in the Diagnosis of Magnesium Status

Tags: food, health, science

Scientists Warn the UN of Capitalism's Imminent Demise

A climate change-fueled switch away from fossil fuels means the worldwide economy will fundamentally need to change.

Tags: economics, science, politics

Brain Scans Aren't Necessary to Confirm Trans People's Genders

Tags: gender, science

Octopus And Squid Evolution Is Officially Weirder Than We Could Have Ever Imagined

Tags: animals, science

An open letter to pretty much every linguistic Voynich theorist ever

Tags: books, science

The 'imminent mini ice age' myth is back, and it's still wrong

Tags: climate, science

A Response For People Using Record Cold U.S. Weather To Refute Climate Change

Tags: climate, science

The problem with Nobel prizes and the myth of the lone genius

Tags: society, science

Ice Loss and the Polar Vortex: How a Warming Arctic Fuels Cold Snaps

Tags: climate, science

The Closing of a Great American Dialect Project

Tags: america, language, science

White nationalists flock to genetic ancestry tests. Some don't like the result.

Tags: politics, science

Climate change: Nearly 700 'natural thermometers' demonstrate the world is warmer than its ever been

Tags: climate, science

The Uninhabitable Earth

Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak — sooner than you think.

Tags: climate, science

Why Roman concrete still stands strong while modern version decays

Tags: antiquity, architecture, science

Scientists made a detailed “roadmap” for meeting the Paris climate goals. It’s eye-opening

Tags: climate, science, politics

Evidence Rebuts Chomsky's Theory of Language Learning

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Comets can't explain weird 'alien megastructure' star after all

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Six Million Dollar Plant: Scientists grow cyborg roses

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Ten things you might not know about antimatter

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How do I draw a pair of buttocks?

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The History Of The English Language In One Chart

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NVIDIA's new GPU proves moon landing truthers wrong

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After Reading This, You’ll Never Watch ‘Finding Nemo’ In the Same Way Again

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Artists 'have structurally different brains'

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Yours to cut out and keep

Microscopes made of paper may help the diagnosis of tropical diseases

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Headlines from a Mathematically Literate World

Tags: science, education

Memory in Elementary School Children Is Improved by an Unrelated Novel Experience

Tags: education, science

Using Metadata to find Paul Revere

Tags: america, history, science

Zombie climate sceptic theories survive only in newspapers and on TV

Tags: climate, science, media

Climate milestone is a moment of symbolic significance on road of i****y

Tags: climate, science, business, politics

Wine tasting is bullshit. Here's why

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Our Very Normal Solar System Isn't Normal Anymore

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Instagram Chimp: Viral Video Undersells Their Intelligence, Says Scientist

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Public’s Knowledge of Science and Technology

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5 Steps to Separate Science from Hype, No PhD Required

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Pourquoi nous avons besoin de jouer, partager et bidouiller la science

La science est quelque chose de bien trop sérieux et précieux pour être laissée aux seuls scientifiques professionnels. Amateurs, de 7 à 77 ans, tout le monde peut et doit y prendre part, facilités en cela par Internet et sa philosophie d’ouverture.

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Why does Easter move around so much?

It all depends on the timing of the full moon relative to March 21st

Tags: religion, science

Reconstructing the Chelyabinsk meteor’s path, with Google Earth, YouTube and high-school math

Tags: space, science, history, internet

Walter Tschinkel's Aluminum Casts of Ant Colonies Reveals Insect Architecture

Tags: animals, science