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- The Information Catastrophe (2020) https://pubs.aip.org/aip/adv/article/10/8/085014/990263/The-information-catastrophe 2 comments
- The information catastrophe https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0019941 25 comments
- The information catastrophe https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/5.0019941 16 comments science
- Bad Information [essay on roots of QAnon and other conspiracy theories: they stem from sense of powerlessness in the face of catastrophe, not stupidity and ignorance] https://www.bostonreview.net/politics/nicolas-guilhot-bad-information 27 comments politics
- The catastrophic cost of junk science, bogus information and the Hindutva inferiority complex https://scroll.in/article/993255/the-catastrophic-cost-of-junk-science-bogus-information-and-the-hindutva-inferiority-complex 11 comments india
- D. radiodurans could be used as a means of information storage that might survive a nuclear catastrophe. They translated the song It's a Small World into a series of DNA segments 150 base pairs long, inserted these into the bacteria, and were able to retrieve them 100 bacterial generations later http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/deinococcus_radiodurans 16 comments science
- The House of Commons is headed for catastrophe. When the details of members’ expense claims are published, as they are bound to be under freedom of information laws, the public will be appalled. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/michael_portillo/article3646489.ece 3 comments politics
- Germany tests warning sirens for first time since cold war - Tens of thousands of sirens have sounded across Germany for the first time since the end of the cold war in a nationwide test designed to inform people about what to do in a catastrophe and to test the readiness of the emergency services. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/10/german-warning-siren-test-sounds-for-first-time-since-cold-war 27 comments worldnews
- A physicist from the U.K. predicts that we're on the precipice of a "information catastrophe" caused by a new, fifth state of matter: information. If his theory is proven correct, this could mean that pure information alone could equal half Earth's weight by 2245. https://www.inverse.com/innovation/information-could-be-the-missing-fifth-element 28 comments science
- As Sanders Demands End to Iran Sanctions to Save Lives Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Biden Says He Needs 'More Information'| "Iran is facing a catastrophic toll from the coronavirus pandemic," said Sanders. "U.S. sanctions should not be contributing to this humanitarian disaster." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/30/sanders-demands-end-iran-sanctions-save-lives-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-biden-says 183 comments politics
- In Radical Shift, GOP Leaders Actively Embrace Catastrophic Climate Change - "What’s radical is the nakedly immoral and self-destructive greed underlying McConnell’s strategy, which includes one of his aides “informing foreign embassies about GOP plans to oppose Obama’s strategy on global warming.” http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/09/11/3700163/gop-leaders-embrace-climate-change/ 3 comments politics