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- Launching our Data Science and Big Data Track http://blog.udacity.com/2013/11/sebastian-thrun-launching-our-data.html?m=1 37 comments
- Tiny weasel accused of shutting down big, expensive science machine http://www.wpxi.com/news/science/tiny-weasel-accused-of-shutting-down-big-expensive-science-machine/249629121 3 comments nottheonion
- It's Gettin' Hot in Here: The Big Battle Over Climate Science http://discovermagazine.com/2010/apr/10-it.s-gettin-hot-in-here-big-battle-over-climate-science/article_view?searchterm=michael%20mann&b_start:int=0 3 comments science
- The Great War, the Russian Civil War, and the Invention of Big Science http://sites.bu.edu/revolutionaryrussia/files/2013/09/S0269889702000443a.pdf 3 comments russia
- Brexit big blow to UK science, say top British scientists https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jun/24/brexit-big-blow-to-uk-science-say-top-british-scientists 9 comments technology
- OkCupid Study Reveals the Perils of Big-Data Science https://www.wired.com/2016/05/okcupid-study-reveals-perils-big-data-science/ 11 comments privacy
- Is the data science field going to be as big as software engineering? https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/4hccic/is_the_data_science_field_going_to_be_as_big_as/ 6 comments cscareerquestions
- 100+ Best Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Big Data and Machine Learning Quotes https://www.theinsaneapp.com/2021/01/artificial-intelligence-machine-learning-and-data-science-quotes.html 2 comments artificial
- Science proves why people on social media ignore facts - The Big Smoke https://www.thebigsmoke.com.au/2019/11/24/science-proves-why-people-social-media-ignore-facts-facts/ 5 comments science
- Trump’s Attack On Climate Science Echoes Big Oil’s 1998 Denial Campaign https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-climate-panel-american-petroleum-institute-1998-campaign_n_5d129d6fe4b04f059e4b3d18?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004 3 comments politics
- The 5 Big Questions in Brain Science: A bioethicist suggests that neuroscience challenges how we view ourselves. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/12/131219-brain-bioethics-neuroscience-greely-science/ 14 comments cogsci
- Hurricane Florence is testing how big a mistake Carolina lawmakers made by ignoring science https://qz.com/1391427/hurricane-florence-is-testing-how-big-a-mistake-carolina-lawmakers-made-by-ignoring-warnings-from-scientists/ 85 comments politics
- Vatican celebrates big bang to dispel faith-science conflict: The Vatican Observatory has invited leading scientists and cosmologists to talk black holes, gravitational waves and space-time singularities.... https://www.apnews.com/043f906c14a64808915fd80948083d79/vatican-celebrates-big-bang-to-dispel-faith-science-conflict 926 comments worldnews
- Why you don't overturn the Big Bang via a media interview. Using press releases to advance a personal agenda is not how science operates. http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/08/why-you-dont-overturn-the-big-bang-via-a-media-interview/ 19 comments science
- "While most people imagine mathematicians doing arithmetic all day, with really big numbers, the truth is that the discipline requires a remarkable amount of creativity and visual thinking. It is equal parts art and science." https://www.pairagraph.com/dialogue/8f404b0c00074b4b99619c8c70885e07?04 118 comments math
- “While most people imagine mathematicians doing arithmetic all day, with really big numbers, the truth is that the discipline requires a remarkable amount of creativity and visual thinking. It is equal parts art and science.” On what makes mathematics aesthetic. https://www.pairagraph.com/dialogue/8f404b0c00074b4b99619c8c70885e07?001 22 comments philosophy
- [Clayborn] Is Jets HC Adam Gase concerned about his interior OL not playing together very much? “It’s not rocket science, they’re big guys that go try to hurt people” https://twitter.com/PatrickClaybon/status/1169987232955977728?s=20 37 comments nfl
- Get a glimpse of the Big Bang, explore LIGO as CERN brings travelling exhibit to India. For the first time, Geneva-based CERN is bringing its flagship travel science exhibition to India, which will be on show in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Delhi. https://theprint.in/science/get-a-taste-of-the-big-bang-explore-ligo-as-cern-brings-travelling-exhibit-to-india/229756/ 3 comments india
- Did the dutch actually have a big influence in history? (E.g. inventions, colonising, science, knowledge, etc.) https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/af1803/did_the_dutch_actually_have_a_big_influence_in/ 19 comments history
- 2018 could be the year AI kills Spam and Redefine Data Science. So what’s there for the aspiring data scientists, and how to get a job in the Big Data and Machine Learning/AI domains? https://www.stoodnt.com/blog/285/how-to-get-data-science-and-machine-learningai-jobs-how-to-become-a-data-scientist 4 comments learnmachinelearning
- ok so, I think I found a big but I’m not quite sure. When I try to use my lab to research automation, that lab just eats all my science pack 1’s and won’t finish its research, and I’m not sure what to do. https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/7a71bm/ok_so_i_think_i_found_a_big_but_im_not_quite_sure/ 23 comments factorio
- French government proposes big science-spending boost; 2018 draft budget would raise research funds by 6% http://www.nature.com/news/french-government-proposes-big-science-spending-boost-1.22733 27 comments worldnews
- Is it normal to feel stupid and like you're missing some big piece of the puzzle that other people have, in the computer science field? Am in school studying computer science: How can I prepare for an actual upwardly mobile career of computer science? https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/6kxx8g/is_it_normal_to_feel_stupid_and_like_youre/ 27 comments cscareerquestions
- If the P/NP problem were resolved, then what would take its place as the next big open problem in computer science? https://www.reddit.com/r/compsci/comments/5aqfr6/if_the_pnp_problem_were_resolved_then_what_would/ 69 comments compsci
- Proposals to allow more fishing in Australian waters will cause tiny economic benefits to only a handful of license holders & expand destructive fishing practices, says the Ocean Science Council, criticizing the govt for planning big cuts to marine reserves. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/30/cuts-to-marine-reserves-would-deliver-minuscule-economic-benefits 16 comments worldnews
- Years before Big Oil began sowing doubt about the science of climate change and fighting efforts to cut dangerous emissions, the fossil fuel industry sought to muddle the research around smog http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/06/09/exxonknew-industry-hid-perils-smog-smokeandfumes 21 comments worldnews
- The GOP attack on climate change science takes a big step forward. Living down to our worst expectations, the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology voted Thursday to cut deeply into NASA's budget for Earth science, in a clear swipe at the study of climate change. http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-gop-attack-on-climate-change-science-20150501-column.html 2057 comments politics
- Billionaires with Big Ideas are Privatizing American Science - As govt financing of basic science research has plunged, private donors have filled the void, raising questions about the future of research for the public good. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/science/billionaires-with-big-ideas-are-privatizing-american-science.html?partner=rss&emc=rss 76 comments science
- Billionaires with big ideas are privatizing American science: As government financing of basic research has fallen off precipitously, philanthropists have stepped in, setting personal priorities and raising questions about science research for the public good http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/science/billionaires-with-big-ideas-are-privatizing-american-science.html 38 comments science
- Pope Benedict breaks 7 month silence to deny covering up abuse by paedophile priests, and to denounce Richard Dawkins' work as 'science fiction' -- "There is...science fiction in a big way just even within the theory of evolution. The Selfish Gene by Dawkins is a classic example of science fiction" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-benedict-breaks-sevenmonth-silence-to-deny-covering-up-abuse-by-paedophile-priests-and-to-denounce-richard-dawkins-work-as-science-fiction-8839015.html 12 comments worldnews
- The arithmetic of gun control--"If the current discussion could be steered toward science, rather than having a heated debate without much of a logical foundation, a big step forward toward saving lives would be achieved." http://phys.org/news/2013-07-arithmetic-gun.html 40 comments politics
- President Vladimir Putin has warned Russia’s scientific community that they need to come up with “big, good, socially useful results” as part of a sweeping overhaul of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which many fear could spell the end of academic independence. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=political-standoff-causes-russia-science&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+scientificamerican-global+%28content%3A+global%29 7 comments worldnews
- Republican congressman dismisses evolution as "lies straight from the pit of hell" – Member of US House of Representatives 'science committee' Paul Broun dismisses evolution, big bang theory & embryology. Says "as a scientist" he's found data showimg Earth is no older than 9,000 yrs. (With Video) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/oct/07/republican-congressman-dismisses-evolution-video 325 comments politics
- Congressman on House Committee For Science, Space and Technology calls evolution and the Big Bang Theory "lies from the pit of hell". http://news.yahoo.com/congressman-calls-evolution-lie-pit-hell-175514039.html 37 comments nottheonion
- Tea Party Rep. Paul Broun: Evolution and Big Bang Are “Lies Straight From the Pit Of Hell.” Broun Serves On the House Science Committee With Todd Akin http://www.thedailydolt.com/2012/10/05/tea-party-rep-paul-broun-evolution-and-big-bang-are-lies-straight-from-the-pit-of-hell-why-yes-he-serves-on-the-house-science-committee-with-todd-akin/ 1189 comments politics
- Republican member of the House Science Committee: All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the Big Bang Theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell," http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/10/rep-paul-broun-r-ga-evolution-big-bang-lies-straight-from-the-pit-of-hell.php?ref=fpnewsfeed 14 comments politics
- Crisis in Big Science: In the next decade we may see the search for the laws of nature slow to a halt, not to be resumed again in our lifetimes. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/may/10/crisis-big-science/?pagination=false 229 comments science
- 14 percent of high school science teachers are creationists: "I don't teach the theory of evolution in my life science classes, nor do I teach the Big Bang Theory in my (E)arth (S)cience classes.... We do not have time to do something that is at best poor science." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41313808/ns/technology_and_science-science/ 831 comments science
- "Obama has provided a detailed plan for his science technology and innovation agenda, which lays out how advances in science can provide solutions to many of the big problems that face us." http://scienceblogs.com/voteforscience/2008/10/francis_collins_former_head_of.php 7 comments politics
- Big fat lies: Science journalist Gary Taubes explains why most of what we believe about diet is nonsense [Google Video] http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4362041487661765149&hl=en 2 comments reddit.com