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Illustration Beyond Proof
[This is a guest post by Kate Stange and Edmund Harriss. This blog post was initially written in a different file format and converted using AI. — T.] In January a group of mathematicians, hi…
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The most popular blog posts about science & space on Hacker News. 159 posts.
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The mountain that weighed the Earth
Suppose you want to find out how much you weigh. It’s easy enough – get a scale, stand on it, and read the number. Now suppose you want to know how much the Earth weighs. You get out a scale and…hm…
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Ozempic-style drugs now in trials for heart failure, addiction and even aging
Ozempic-style drugs are being tested far beyond diabetes, for heart failure, addiction, Alzheimer's and aging. The share of such trials has roughly tripled in fifteen years.
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Rendezvous with Rama
Some musings on the novel "Rendezvous with Rama".
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Lunar Terminator Paradox
There's an optical illusion known by names like the "lunar terminator paradox". This has much discussion and descriptions online, but none made sense in my head, so I wrote this program to figure out what was going on. The paradox:
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Genuinely, my all-time favourite image: Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis
Get ready to scroll. In 2017, Wollaton Hall in Nottinghamshire hosted an exhibition, Dinosaurs Of China: Ground Shakers To Feathered Flyers. Wollaton Hall Curator Adam Smith arranged for the SVPCA …
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MAGA Is Winning Its War Against U.S. Science
When a political movement believes that ignorance is strength
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A Primer on Long-Duration Life Support
Life support is the hardest technical obstacle to the human exploration of Mars.