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- Natural language is an unnatural interface https://varunshenoy.substack.com/p/natural-language-is-an-unnatural 88 comments
- Unnatural Keys – Nature doesn’t come with identifiers https://matt-schellhas.medium.com/unnatural-keys-425a68ee350c 112 comments
- Inventing the Beach: The unnatural history of a natural place (2016) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inventing-beach-unnatural-history-natural-place-180959538/ 24 comments
- Unnatural evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and possible deliberate natural selection https://zenodo.org/records/8361577 3 comments
- Individuals with hypochondriasis have an increased risk of death from both natural and unnatural causes. https://watermark.silverchair.com/jamapsychiatry_mataixcols_2023_oi_230094_1701788784.03752.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAzYwggMyBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggMjMIIDHwIBADCCAxgGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMyeKxoSvNkRbcFH11AgEQgIIC6bidvBJFaYULcz1bg0gsUG_9AV8KtwvDewQ3VQhp3ibTTaz_2pdixF8RK7itZxMfMcN6BGy2eWvafgK__zH9N4zvkwTKqBvMyJ4QJqZy4xONV8ycRvanbwzJcOaW-PYTY_5sd9rMpFUI8WordcOUCM9wb44lF2Dx-q2B4IKmvAPcJlo9XXNJEWjPr3bfNQSRqYN_FU9xK80FQsYwtCORuSCdZoZP3WtWXAlRVy-MgV0txH889RGIk7a28Ki6eOezrEFLNODUp0Fx6umVnSIeBd16949ytufOUdeDX1df97BagMlhUY1JqmGRL-yjB-P1E1JvKfWtpyOfD617iaTAybrVVHEQWOiOhCpVj3EBPNPN_6OtN9dwzRR15a7_xXztcYdap2HS5bJsA8avXIT5WD3fueWdnyZfgzdLOXs4Bj3cslWCkDo96djKboEp-oJp4hdB4EgfXRYgSijePpEXbCIIpjtQ_Q1iaJTy5jzVpcZtAkBdzqbSepEDelBvB_KiGPtwZf_bzsmDtGnNg2S157BrO-rWAvhJronIipdko43R0jD1UdFjbTBSw6bXIu_n5CM9Ja9IYxRmRkJ8NCpdsZOqAEAQEXTleJtAJR-Herantyqm_W1cmYS5uCF3xED_XGHKC2EFFFhf_3-I2g2dVINTtdtB_CDxw0DWdMNBROwbLJhEWx_mQHLamEhu1xBzg-M2ifsKoomlgVpCq2See0kVl2FD9D_laHp__ChBdjoyMQPwZpvf6INYGiIFBZ-VwfNu0zLKMS8zUj0CFw0pfT0NZLDauLk_f2OnWX-bDn40wGc3KYXRqsfSCeg6jtu_M0ln22x9nRzio32cs3Qp72jVIo9Fxd6HCl-Viy1CQyZGzNkSEcQFaBYLa7489l81i09N2KNi-EgYo4Z5iPIQ2QPFg1JGlBtC20cr7_Pxz94N7ZV8BcvH_Pey1r9a0okKg9_j7c_Tr5zk9EpiTrtWSdIYtHpZvjKfgZI 22 comments nottheonion
- Individuals with hypochondriasis have an increased risk of death from both natural and unnatural causes. https://watermark.silverchair.com/jamapsychiatry_mataixcols_2023_oi_230094_1701788784.03752.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAzYwggMyBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggMjMIIDHwIBADCCAxgGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMyeKxoSvNkRbcFH11AgEQgIIC6bidvBJFaYULcz1bg0gsUG_9AV8KtwvDewQ3VQhp3ibTTaz_2pdixF8RK7itZxMfMcN6BGy2eWvafgK__zH9N4zvkwTKqBvMyJ4QJqZy4xONV8ycRvanbwzJcOaW-PYTY_5sd9rMpFUI8WordcOUCM9wb44lF2Dx-q2B4IKmvAPcJlo9XXNJEWjPr3bfNQSRqYN_FU9xK80FQsYwtCORuSCdZoZP3WtWXAlRVy-MgV0txH889RGIk7a28Ki6eOezrEFLNODUp0Fx6umVnSIeBd16949ytufOUdeDX1df97BagMlhUY1JqmGRL-yjB-P1E1JvKfWtpyOfD617iaTAybrVVHEQWOiOhCpVj3EBPNPN_6OtN9dwzRR15a7_xXztcYdap2HS5bJsA8avXIT5WD3fueWdnyZfgzdLOXs4Bj3cslWCkDo96djKboEp-oJp4hdB4EgfXRYgSijePpEXbCIIpjtQ_Q1iaJTy5jzVpcZtAkBdzqbSepEDelBvB_KiGPtwZf_bzsmDtGnNg2S157BrO-rWAvhJronIipdko43R0jD1UdFjbTBSw6bXIu_n5CM9Ja9IYxRmRkJ8NCpdsZOqAEAQEXTleJtAJR-Herantyqm_W1cmYS5uCF3xED_XGHKC2EFFFhf_3-I2g2dVINTtdtB_CDxw0DWdMNBROwbLJhEWx_mQHLamEhu1xBzg-M2ifsKoomlgVpCq2See0kVl2FD9D_laHp__ChBdjoyMQPwZpvf6INYGiIFBZ-VwfNu0zLKMS8zUj0CFw0pfT0NZLDauLk_f2OnWX-bDn40wGc3KYXRqsfSCeg6jtu_M0ln22x9nRzio32cs3Qp72jVIo9Fxd6HCl-Viy1CQyZGzNkSEcQFaBYLa7489l81i09N2KNi-EgYo4Z5iPIQ2QPFg1JGlBtC20cr7_Pxz94N7ZV8BcvH_Pey1r9a0okKg9_j7c_Tr5zk9EpiTrtWSdIYtHpZvjKfgZI 24 comments science
- Unnatural biosynthesis by an engineered microorganism with heterologously expressed natural enzymes and an artificial metalloenzyme | Nature Chemistry https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-021-00801-3 6 comments science
- “Artificial objects break free from the hands and minds of their designers” Graham Harman on dissolving the metaphysical divide between natural and unnatural entities. https://iai.tv/articles/an-unnatural-divide-auid-1661&utm_source=reddit&_auid=2020 86 comments philosophy
- The distinction between natural and unnatural. https://www.reddit.com/r/philosophy/comments/4wipnl/the_distinction_between_natural_and_unnatural/ 30 comments philosophy
- When Nature looks Unnatural: why scientists were so excited about last week's cosmological announcement http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/when-nature-looks-unnatural/ 12 comments philosophy
- Applescript, the most unnatural natural language http://andykonwinski.com/news/applescript-the-most-unnatural-natural-language 18 comments programming
- My Berry Fanta says "contains no juice". Fair enough. But the ingredients say "natural flavour". What is natural flavour? What would constitute "unnatural" flavour? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/7us155/my_berry_fanta_says_contains_no_juice_fair_enough/ 5 comments askscience
- Unnatural Laws: A podcast episode with Lebowitz Prize winner Nancy Cartwright debating whether natural laws could be an illusion https://soundcloud.com/instituteofartandideas/unnatural-laws 8 comments philosophy
- New Zealand rejects indoor 'cubical farming' for cows as unnatural. New Zealand milk and meat will still be the best in the world - naturally grass fed http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/3474265/cow-cubicles-venture-canned 85 comments worldnews
- All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Individuals With Hypochondriasis: Individuals with hypochondriasis may have an increased risk of death from both natural and unnatural causes, particularly suicide, compared with individuals from the general population without hypochondriasis. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2812786 14 comments science
- Is Nature unnatural? Decades of confounding experiments have physicists considering a startling possibility: the universe might not make sense https://www.simonsfoundation.org/features/science-news/is-nature-unnatural/ 226 comments science
- Hate group leader suggests Biden is against people with “natural immunity” to COVID. Tony Perkins has claimed that LGBTQ people are "unnatural." Now he's concerned about people supposedly immune to coronavirus because they are "natural." https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/09/hate-group-leader-suggests-biden-people-natural-immunity-covid/ 30 comments politics
- Halloween is replete with images of unnatural boundary violations. The things that horrify us do so because their category-defying nature represent a metaphysical threat to our ability to grasp reality, argues philosopher David Smith. https://iai.tv/articles/the-metaphysics-of-horror-auid-1262 144 comments philosophy
- Is Nature unnatural? Decades of confounding experiments have physicists considering a startling possibility: the universe might not make sense [cross-post from /r/science) https://www.simonsfoundation.org/features/science-news/is-nature-unnatural/ 250 comments philosophy
- Naturalization is essentially what happens when a statistical norm (e.g. two sexes) becomes seen as "natural," and conversely exceptions to that norm become "unnatural." http://maphead.blogspot.com/2008/12/naturalized.html 5 comments philosophy
- In hypochondria paradox, Swedish study finds a higher death rate in those who fear serious illness — The researchers found that people with the diagnosis have an increased risk of death from both natural and unnatural causes, particularly suicide. https://apnews.com/article/hypochondria-anxiety-fear-illness-research-396a6e0ae2498906aeef5e03977a48e2 24 comments health
- “We require the natural to make sense of where we are, to provide a framework of temporary understanding. We need the unnatural to enable change.” We cannot define the essence of humanity as either natural or unnatural, but rather exist on the cusp of this apparent dichotomy. https://iai.tv/articles/on-the-cusp-of-the-unnatural-auid-1685&utm_source=reddit&_auid=2020 11 comments philosophy
- Organic Eden Foods’ quiet right-wing agenda - A crunchy, natural food company marketed to liberals sues to stop covering employees' contraception. 'Eden Foods' says of birth control that “these procedures almost always involve immoral & unnatural practices.” http://www.salon.com/2013/04/11/organic_eden_foods_quiet_right_wing_agenda/ 188 comments politics