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When will virtual reality take off? The $100 bet
Writings on artificial intelligence, personalization, recommendations, and the tech industry.
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Autism severity can change substantially during early childhood, study suggests
Kids with autism may have a change in their symptom severity during childhood. Around 30% of them have less symptoms by age 6.
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How much power can we expect from rainfall?
Can the teardrops that fall after reading bad science writing generate renewable electricity? Yes, they can. 1. The puzzle of power from raindrops The usually excellent Marginal Revolution blog fea…
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Unusual Maps
A forum moderated by author and artist Edward Tufte, including discussion and questions dealing with information design.
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How NASA and ISRO discovered water on the Moon
The story of finding water on the Moon spans at least two decades and multiple space agencies, culminating in renewed lunar exploration plans across the world.
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Finding Gene Cernan's Missing Moon Camera
It’s often repeated how most of the cameras that landed on the moon stayed on the moon. Gene Cernan had been telling the story of how he left his camera on the lunar rover for years, recounting the tale in interviews. Looking closer, however, you being to unravel a space-age mystery.
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Climate-Driven Megadrought Is Emerging in Western U.S., Says Study
Scientists say a long-feared megadrought, worse than anything in recorded history, seems to be starting up in southwestern North America.
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Weighing a Car with Tire Pressures
The first thing I wanted to do with my Saab 96 was to establish a baseline weight.
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Two epigenetic regulators interfere with healthy aging
It has long been assumed that lifespan and health are strongly correlated, but although there has been an overall increase in human life expectancy
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A brief introduction to the beauty of Information Theory
Lambdaclass's blog about distributed systems, machine learning, compilers, operating systems, security and cryptography.
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Getting a 787 back in the air after a diversion
On Wednesday, 12 October at 38,000 feet over the North Pacific Ocean, American Airlines flight 288 developed an issue with its number 2 engine, the General Electric GEnx-1B engine on the right hand side of the aircraft. The crew decided the best course of action was to divert the aircraft, but over the Pacific…
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Low carb diet leads to “clinical remission” in 3 cases of type 1 diabetes
Following a low carb, high fat diet shortly after being diagnosed with…
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ACM Prize in Computing Awarded to AlphaGo Developer
Silver, a professor at University College London and Principal Research Scientist at DeepMind, is recognized as a central figure in the growing and impactful area of deep reinforcement learning, leading the team that developed AlphaGo.
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Saliva-based Covid-19 test approved by FDA
The YSPH-developed test, called SalivaDirect, has been used as part of an NBA testing program and will now be available to more diagnostic laboratories.
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Reversing Mental Age with Psychedelics
INTRODUCTION There are some overlaps in the effects of serotonergic psychedelic drugs such as LSD, peyote, psilocybin mushrooms and also the state of mind that newborn infants and young children ar…
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Anti-climate action statements get more visibility in news coverage, study finds
Analysis by assistant professor of environment and society and sociology at Brown found that press releases expressing opposition to climate action were twice as likely to receive news coverage as those supporting action.
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How remdesivir works, and why it's not the ultimate coronavirus killer
How exactly does the antiviral drug remdesivir counter SARS-CoV-2 - the coronavirus strain responsible for COVID-19? And how well?
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It’s dangerous to think humans have a destiny outside Earth
The President has otherworldly priorities for a potential second term, but colonizing space is a fantasy used to maintain the status quo.
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In study, acetaminophen makes risky moves seem less dangerous
While acetaminophen is helping you deal with your headache, it may also be making you more willing to take risks, a new study suggests. People who took acetaminophen rated activities like “bungee jumping off a tall bridge” and “speaking your mind about an unpopular issue in a meeting at work” as less risky than people…
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Experimenting on My Hearing Loss
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