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How NOT to Get More People to Trust Science, in Four Easy Lessons

Ethan Siegel had the singular bad luck to write his condescending column about how we should Trust the Science more in the very wake of Fauci’s Covid “diaries” coming to light…
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Doctor conference audience, Presentation education lecture in hospital, Group of doctor are meeting in hospital.

Polling Physicists: What the Big Mysteries Survey Shows — and Doesn’t

Physicists who think that the constants of nature are brute facts without need of explanation simply have an incoherent opinion
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Cosmic Dance of Gravitational Waves: Abstract representation of two merging black holes, emitting luminous, swirling gravitational waves in a cosmic ballet.

How Is Bluesky Doing as a Kinder, Gentler X?

A flurry of scientists and journalists hoped their participation would strike a blow against misinformation and hate
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A vibrant bluebird soars gracefully through a clear blue sky, its wings fully extended in a display of natural beauty and freedom.

Monday Micro Softy 90: Mow Power to You

Why would Charlie's well-maintained lawnmower apparently be losing energy efficiency over the years?
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Expert Technician Fixing Lawnmower: Spark Plug Service and Maintenance in Garden Workshop

It’s Time to Buy Old Books Before AI Destroys Them

This book destruction scheme is the brain child of technicians, people who lead tech companies and tech labs who are wholly committed to a technological view of the world
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old books background

Did Art Really Invent Humanity — as Opposed to the Other Way Around?

It’s an intriguing concept, and a welcome departure from more pedestrian claims
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5. A primal cave dweller illuminated by firelight, surrounded by ancient cave paintings

If It Is About the Covid Crazy, Don’t Tell Your Diary Anything!

Especially not if you are Anthony Fauci...
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With the global spread of the new coronavirus pneumonia, an automated line of disposable medical masks makes the masks ready for an epidemic 24 hours a day, COVID-19 outbreak

Is “The brain is a computer!” One of Science’s Biggest Mistakes?

If so, the mistake throws a wrench into claims that conscious computers can ever be built
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spread of digital brain connections. Artificial intelligence and the idea of neural networks. Concept for mapping the brain's neuronal connections and connectome. Generative AI