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- A New Kind of Science: A Rare Blend of Egomania and Insanity (2002) http://bactra.org/reviews/wolfram/ 2 comments
- Discovering new medicines is as much about culture as science http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/discovering-new-medicines-is-as-much-about-culture-as-science 2 comments
- Racial and gender gaps in computer science learning: New Google-Gallup research https://blog.google/topics/education/racial-and-gender-gaps-computer-science-learning-new-google-gallup-research/ 2 comments
- New science on exercise shows how it affects nearly every cell in the body https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/exercise-weight-loss-new-science-reveals-affects-cell-body-rcna9680 81 comments science
- Blues to debut new video series featuring Jon Hamm on the science of hockey https://www.nhl.com/blues/news/blues-to-debut-new-video-series-featuring-jon-hamm/c-310168414 8 comments hockey
- Best way to learn a new computer language? Specifically python for Data Science. https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/ac1cbl/best_way_to_learn_a_new_computer_language/ 5 comments learnprogramming
- A new study in the journal Science takes a look at how fruit flies quickly and efficiently sort out and identify different smells. Their neural architecture is so well-designed in fact, that it could hold the key to more effective similarity searches. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2017/11/09/fruit-fly-brains-help-search-algorithms/#.whczykqnguk 3 comments science
- How reverence for science has led to a culture of "new findings" and sensationalistic headlines http://primemind.com/articles/is-most-science-news-bullshit 23 comments science
- Google confirms Life Sciences as the first new company under the umbrella of Alphabet http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/21/9187131/google-life-sciences-becomes-first-alphabet-company?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter 4 comments technology
- 'Direct from Pluto' Science Channel to air 'New Horizons' flyby images http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-070615a-newhorizons-direct-pluto-science.html 4 comments space
- America's new jobless - science PhD's http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/us-pushes-for-more-scientists-but-the-jobs-arent-there/2012/07/07/gjqazjpquw_story.html 37 comments politics
- Derek Carr dreams of catching Tom Brady by playing until 45 years old: "I feel like I'm 20. I honestly believe this -- that our generation, the way we can take care of our bodies with football, I think 30 is the new 20. ... That comes from science, and that comes with more understanding." https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32004226/las-vegas-raiders-qb-derek-carr-dreams-catching-tom-brady-playing-45-years-old 145 comments nfl
- Hey guys new Vim initiate here, is it possible for us to compile all notes with a specific tag like #science? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh_WGWii7UE&t=929s 24 comments vim
- Of Mice and Men: A new Twitter account is outing shoddy reporting in science stories https://qz.com/1595221/new-twitter-account-outs-shoddy-reporting-in-science-stories/amp/ 5 comments technology
- New Poll Shows How American Voters Really Feel About Science http://www.businessinsider.com/new-poll-shows-how-american-voters-really-feel-about-science-2012-8# 3 comments science
- Wolfram's 'A New Kind Of Science" : A Rare Blend of Monster Raving Egomania and Utter Batshit Insanity http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/reviews/wolfram/?dupe=with_honor 185 comments programming
- New research proves how politics, not science, supports fluoride use https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/970351#.Y2Y5LpACLOY.reddit 155 comments science
- New drug raises hopes of reversing memory loss in old age | Science https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/14/new-drug-hopes-reversing-memory-loss-old-age-depression-schizophrenia-alzheimers 9 comments science
- Exxon Knew about Climate Change Almost 40 Years Ago - A new investigation shows the oil company understood the science before it became a public issue and spent millions to promote misinformation. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-knew-about-climate-change-almost-40-years-ago/ 2537 comments worldnews
- When Racism Was a Science: “Haunted Files: The Eugenics Record Office,” a new exhibit at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's Asian/Pacific/American Institute, transports visitors to 1924, the height of the eugenics movement in the United States. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/14/science/haunted-files-the-eugenics-record-office-recreates-a-dark-time-in-a-laboratorys-past.html?_r=1 5 comments history
- The link between action and perceived size--inspired by a new paper in Psychological Science http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ulterior-motives/201205/size-does-matter-when-you-re-putting 4 comments cogsci
- New political science data analysis shows that the current Republican Party is the most conservative it has been in over 100 years http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/04/10/150349438/gops-rightward-shift-higher-polarization-fills-political-scientist-with-dread 76 comments politics
- New Gilbert Strang book is out! "Computational Science and Engineering" - rejoice, oh number crunchers and matrix twisters! http://www.wellesleycambridge.com/ 7 comments programming
- A new study provides further evidence that so-called "medication abortion reversal" is unsupported by science. In fact, there is evidence that it could be dangerous. The study was unable to show what, if any, effectiveness progesterone has in reversing a medical abortion. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/12/05/785262221/safety-problems-lead-to-early-end-for-study-of-abortion-pill-reversal 16 comments science
- 'Perverse' science: 'Best minister of the World' Australian Environment Minister Greg Hunt gives nod to logging in new red gum national park http://www.smh.com.au/environment/perverse-science-greg-hunt-gives-nod-to-logging-in-new-red-gum-national-park-20160227-gn58if.html 12 comments worldnews
- The new chairman of the House science committee has drafted a bill that would replace peer review at the NSF with a set of funding criteria chosen by Congress. http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2013/04/us-lawmaker-proposes-new-criteri-1.html 1014 comments science
- Does anyone else miss the days when these were the only subreddits available when reddit seemed less about jokes and memes and was more a place for discourse, debate, and learning new and interesting things especially of those related to science and programming? http://web.archive.org/web/20070915073525/sub.reddit.com/ 5 comments reddit.com
- No Climate data? Michael Mann explained the Medieval Warm Period with this brand new paper in Science, and released all of the code and data involved in the study to the public. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/sci;326/5957/1256 30 comments science
- Killer Robots Aren’t Science Fiction. A Push to Ban Them Is Growing. - A U.N. conference made little headway this week on limiting development and use of killer robots, prompting stepped-up calls to outlaw such weapons with a new treaty. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/world/robot-drone-ban.html 122 comments futurology
- Political disinformation campaigns not as threatening as you think. A large body of political science research suggests that voters tend to process new information in light of firmly entrenched prejudices and assumptions https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/political-disinformation-campaigns-not-threatening-you-think 3 comments science
- Predator-prey study may reveal surprising new law of nature - Science http://www.cbc.ca/1.3214839 4 comments science
- Brain circuits connected with memory discovered: A new study published last week in Science reveals the discovery of a brain pathway that helps us link events that happen close together and play a role in memories. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-brain-circuits-memory.html 3 comments cogsci
- A new paper in Psychological Science suggests that people are more likely to make socially desirable responses under time pressure than when given a lot of time to respond. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ulterior-motives/201912/time-pressure-and-social-norms 5 comments cogsci
- New paper finds that knowledge of GM foods predicts attitudes in the US, the UK, and the Netherlands. Additionally, teaching people about the science of GM foods increased positive attitudes, increased willingness to eat GM products and lowered perceptions of GM foods as risky. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/s0272494419301045 17 comments science
- New paper outlines how science is imperiled by ‘post-truth’ politics https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/blog/2018/12/new-paper-outlines-science-imperiled-post-truth-politics/ 3 comments technology
- Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.), New Climate Research Subcommittee Chair, Thinks Climate Science 'Arrogant' http://www.hillheat.com/articles/2014/01/17/rep-david-schweikert-r-ariz-new-climate-research-subcommittee-chair-thinks-climate-science-arrogant 10 comments politics
- Fishery collapse ‘confirms Silent Spring pesticide prophecy', suggests researchers in new Japanese study in Science, which showed an immediate plunge in insect and plankton numbers after introduction of neonicotinoid pesticides to rice paddies, rapidly followed by the collapse of fish populations. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/31/fishery-collapse-confirms-silent-spring-pesticide-prophecy 264 comments worldnews
- Science fiction and fantasy readers make good romantic partners, new research suggests that they have more mature ideas about how real-world relationships work. https://psmag.com/news/science-fiction-and-fantasy-readers-make-good-romantic-partners 16 comments science
- Polish schools told to pare back science in push for ‘new Pole’: Ruling party accused of risking gains with return to conservative, nationalist values https://www.ft.com/content/d2927cfe-e222-11e6-8405-9e5580d6e5fb 40 comments europe
- Informing the public about African Americans’ disproportionate incarceration rate may actually bolster support for punitive policies that perpetuate inequality, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/racial-disparities-incarceration.html 16 comments science