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- New silicon structure opens the gate to quantum computers https://www.princeton.edu/news/2017/12/11/new-silicon-structure-opens-gate-quantum-computers 56 comments
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- Brian Kernighan book on Go Language https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S45/61/59I61/index.xml 2 comments book , go
- Princeton economists find that unions had historical role in helping address income inequality https://www.princeton.edu/news/2018/06/21/princeton-economists-find-unions-had-historical-role-helping-address-income 35 comments economy
- Researchers shrink camera to the size of a salt grain https://www.princeton.edu/news/2021/12/02/researchers-shrink-camera-size-salt-grain 66 comments technology
- New cancer therapy from Yibin Kang’s lab holds potential to switch off major cancer types without side effects (tested on mice in vivo and human tissue in vitro) https://www.princeton.edu/news/2021/11/29/new-cancer-therapy-yibin-kangs-lab-holds-potential-switch-major-cancer-types?redscilfw 2 comments science
- New study provides strong evidence for a controversial theory that at very cold temperatures water can exist in two distinct liquid forms, one being less dense and more structured than the other. https://www.princeton.edu/news/2020/07/16/new-study-provides-evidence-decades-old-theory-explain-odd-behaviors-water 16 comments science
- Baby and adult brains ‘sync up’ during play. Researchers found that during the face-to-face sessions, the babies’ brains were synchronized with the adult’s brain in several areas known to be involved in high-level understanding of the world https://www.princeton.edu/news/2020/01/09/baby-and-adult-brains-sync-during-play-finds-princeton-baby-lab 323 comments science
- Molecular biologists identified a virus, VP882, that can listen in on bacterial conversations, and found a way to use that to make it attack bacterial diseases like E. coli and cholera, so that “the virus kills on demand”, as reported in the journal Cell. https://www.princeton.edu/news/2018/12/13/biologists-turn-eavesdropping-viruses-bacterial-assassins 18 comments science
- With the right public infrastructure investment, the United States could as much as double the amount of carbon dioxide emissions currently captured and stored worldwide within the next six years, according to an analysis https://www.princeton.edu/news/2018/09/25/funded-new-tax-credits-us-carbon-capture-network-could-double-global-co2-headed 6 comments science
- New method of detecting likely primes https://www.princeton.edu/news/2018/09/05/surprising-hidden-order-unites-prime-numbers-and-crystal-materials 8 comments math
- How we explain the behavior of others depends on our beliefs about their ‘true selves’. Research has found we are not aware we have these prior beliefs, and we don’t tend to examine them, but they deeply influence how we explain people’s actions https://www.princeton.edu/news/2018/08/13/how-we-explain-behavior-others-depends-our-beliefs-about-their-true-selves 3 comments science
- Study shows that Macaques possess the vocal anatomy to produce "clearly intelligible" human speech but lack the brain circuitry to do so. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/s48/11/24a68/?section=topstories 33 comments science
- Researchers flag hundreds of new genes that could contribute to autism http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/s47/03/24s01/index.xml?section=science 12 comments worldnews
- "Models and Reality" --- One of my favorite papers by Hilary Putnam https://www.princeton.edu/~hhalvors/teaching/phi520_f2012/putnam1980.pdf 3 comments philosophy
- Princeton University - With book on new computer language, Kernighan guides students at Princeton and beyond https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/s45/61/59i61/index.xml 3 comments golang
- The Kardashev scale is a method of measuring an advanced civilization's level of technological advancement. http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/kardashev_scale.html 2 comments space
- A recent paper by Princeton University economists: Dem administrations better for economic growth, industrial production, unemployment rate, stock market returns, and income growth for all Americans. "Presidents and the Economy: A Forensic Investigation" http://www.princeton.edu/~mwatson/papers/presidents_blinder_watson_nov2013.pdf 46 comments politics
- The valedictorian of the Class of 2015 at Princeton University, America's #1 college, is a Russian student named Misha Semenov http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S43/01/41A83/index.xml?section=topstories%2Cfeatured 17 comments russia
- Disagreement, Dogma, and Belief Polarization https://www.princeton.edu/~tkelly/ddabp.pdf 3 comments philosophy
- New study finds that deliberate practice has almost no effect on the skill level of programmers http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/s40/43/14c80/index.xml?section=topstories 164 comments programming
- Harold Kuhn, Princeton mathematician who advanced game theory, dies at 88 http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/s40/44/14a42/index.xml?section=topstories 4 comments math
- Unpacking the toolkit of human consciousness http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/s38/91/90c37/index.xml?section=topstories,featured 5 comments philosophy
- Amazonian deforestation may lead to 50% reduction in Sierra Nevada snowpack and reduced rainfall in the Pacific NW - new modeling work out of Princeton and published in Journal of Climate this week http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/s38/31/66m12/index.xml?section=topstories 410 comments science
- Exercise reorganizes the brain to be more resilient to stress. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/s37/28/70q72/index.xml?section=topstories 663 comments science
- "Moral Philosophy Meets Social Psychology: Virtue Ethics and the Fundamental Attribution Error" by Gilbert Harman http://www.princeton.edu/~harman/papers/virtue.html 8 comments philosophy
- The US could eliminate the need for crude oil by using synthetic fuel http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/s35/39/49i49/index.xml?section=topstories 3 comments science
- Slow-moving rocks better odds that life crashed to Earth from space. Microorganisms that crashed to Earth embedded in the fragments of distant planets might have been the sprouts of life on this one, according to new research from Princeton University http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/s34/82/42m30/ 3 comments science
- "Above all, recognize that if you have had success, you have also had luck — and with luck comes obligation. You owe a debt, and not just to your Gods. You owe a debt to the unlucky." http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/s33/87/54k53/index.xml?section= 41 comments politics
- Michael Lewis: "People really don’t like to hear success explained away as luck" http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/s33/87/54k53/index.xml?section 250 comments business
- Princeton University - A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/s26/91/22k07/index.xml?section 326 comments science
- Kernighan: "I'd meet an interesting girl, I'd bring her in to talk to ELIZA." http://www.princeton.edu/~hos/mike/transcripts/kernighan.htm 5 comments programming
- Anselm's ontological argument for the existence of God. (The original argument, a paraphrasing, and a reconstruction). What are your thoughts? http://www.princeton.edu/~grosen/puc/phi203/ontological.html 78 comments philosophy
- Engineers turn noise into vision that may allow pilots to see through fog and doctors view more precisely into patients http://www.princeton.edu/engineering/news/archive/?id=2706 4 comments science
- All Sweeteners Are Not Created Equal: Rats Consuming High Fructose Corn Syrup Gain Significantly More Weight Than Rats Consuming Sugar, Even When Caloric Intake is Equal http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/s26/91/22k07/ 1268 comments science
- Princeton scientists say Einstein's theory applies beyond the solar system http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/s26/84/06s95/index.xml?section=topstories 3 comments space
- An awesome collection of pictures of bank notes that scientists and mathematicians have appeared on. http://www.princeton.edu/~jbourjai/money1.htm 6 comments science
- Sugar can be addictive, Princeton scientist says http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/s22/88/56g31/index.xml?section=topstories 2 comments science
- View of earth at night from space in every time zone [MAP] http://www.princeton.edu/~ina/infographics/lights_earth.html 4 comments reddit.com
- The Global Tobacco Trade [Chart] http://www.princeton.edu/~ina/infographics/smoking.html 2 comments reddit.com
- A series of absurdly detailed infographics http://www.princeton.edu/~ina/infographics/ 15 comments reddit.com