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The most popular blog posts about science & space on Hacker News. 77 posts.
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Hyperloop: Not so fast
This week Matt Brauer is back to describe work he did to analyze the trajectory of the Hyperloop proposal. This is a key input to the Hyperloop Simulink models we are building. Matt's conclusion is surprising: From the perspective of geographic constraints and rider comfort, the 760 mph peak speed is not an issue…
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Superconductivity without cooling?
Infrared laser pulses modify the structure of the high-temperature superconductor YBCO and make superconductivity possible at room temperature.
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Crows can perform as well as 7- to 10-year-olds on cause-and-effect tasks
UCSB researcher shows that New Caledonian crows can perform as well as 7- to 10-year-olds on cause-and-effect water displacement tasks
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New Solar Power Material Converts 90 Percent of Captured Light into Heat
A multidisciplinary engineering team at the University of California, San Diego developed a new nanoparticle-based material for concentrating solar power plants designed to absorb and convert to heat more than 90 percent of the sunlight it captures. The new material can also withstand temperatures greater than 700…
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ICE/ISEE-3 to return to an Earth no longer capable of speaking to it
It's with great sadness that I report that the Goddard Space Flight Center team has determined that we will not be able to regain control of the venerable…
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Yale researchers reconstruct facial images locked in a viewer’s mind
Using only data from an fMRI scan, researchers led by a Yale University undergraduate have accurately reconstructed images of human faces as viewed by other people.
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Flying with Machine Guns?
Dynamics of shooting machine guns downwards, and the actual forces, velocities and heights that could be achieved. Modeled with Wolfram SystemModeler.
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The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014 was divided, one half awarded to John O'Keefe, the other half jointly to May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser "for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain"
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Giant leap against Diabetes
Harvard stem cell researchers announced a giant leap forward in the quest to find a truly effective treatment for type 1 diabetes, a disease that affects an estimated 3 million Americans.
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Why Do Nigerian Scammers Say They Are from Nigeria? (2012)
Explore research at Microsoft, a site featuring the impact of research along with publications, products, downloads, and research careers.
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Press Conference in Brazil to Announce Discovery in Outer Solar System
Media Advisory: Press Conference in Brazil to Announce Discovery in Outer Solar System
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Accidental release of 45L of polio virus solution into the environment – Belgium
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Arthritis drug spurs hair growth in man with alopecia universalis
A 25-year-old man with almost no hair on his body has grown a full head of it after a novel treatment by doctors at Yale University.