"The misuse of statistical significance . . ."
by xouper » Fri Mar 22, 2019 11:00 pm
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The misuse of statistical significance has done much harm to the scientific community and those who rely on scientific advice.
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Another discussion on StackExchange:
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Abel prize
by Witness » Wed Mar 20, 2019 3:05 am
For the first time, mathematics' most prestigious prize has been awarded to a woman, Karen Uhlenbeck
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Last post by Witness Wed Mar 20, 2019 3:05 am
Nuclear vs Renewables
by Pyrrho » Thu Feb 28, 2019 11:48 am
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Germany’s carbon emissions have been flat since 2009, despite an investment of $580 billion by 2025 in a renewables-heavy electrical grid, a 50...
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That depends on how you do nuclear Robby. Our first attempt with solid fuel is fucked, no question about it. But Weinberg who patented his designs on...
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Last post by sparks Sat Mar 09, 2019 11:50 pm
Titanoboa
by Pyrrho » Fri Mar 08, 2019 12:27 am
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40-foot long boa.
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piffle.
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Last post by ed Fri Mar 08, 2019 2:18 am
Welding glass to metal
by Witness » Sat Mar 02, 2019 4:15 am
Welding breakthrough at Heriot-Watt to transform manufacturing
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Last post by Witness Sat Mar 02, 2019 4:15 am
Damn I love science! -- and -- This. Is. Science.
by Abdul Alhazred » Sat Feb 23, 2019 3:51 pm
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:mrgreen:
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robinson wins. :figamagee:
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Last post by Abdul Alhazred Thu Feb 28, 2019 3:34 pm
Chicken tracking
by Pyrrho » Sun Feb 24, 2019 4:37 pm
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The Chicken Is Local, But Was It Happy? GPS Now Tells The Life Story Of Your Poultry
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Working out any bugs in the technology before using it on people.
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Last post by Abdul Alhazred Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:26 am
Down with Darwin
by Witness » Wed Feb 13, 2019 4:23 am
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More than 1,000 scientists sign ‘dissent from Darwinism’ statement
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I don't really understand arguments based on information theory.
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Last post by Witness Fri Feb 15, 2019 6:12 am
High tech and Islam go together in Saudi Arabia
by Abdul Alhazred » Tue Feb 12, 2019 1:17 am
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No degenerate infidel political correctness here. :Muhammad:
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Doing business with is not the same as selling a product that's sole purpose is to violate civil liberties of women.
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Last post by xouper Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:23 am
Scientists are such meanies sometimes.
by Abdul Alhazred » Wed Nov 07, 2018 1:23 pm
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Scientists push back against Harvard 'alien spacecraft' theory
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Being well educated is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
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Last post by sparks Fri Feb 08, 2019 6:24 am
Trilobites: Why?
by ed » Wed Jun 20, 2018 4:17 pm
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Why should a ubiquitous scavenger that dwelt (dwells????) on the ocean's floor become extinct?
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You can buy it (and others):
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Last post by Witness Fri Feb 08, 2019 1:52 am
BitCoin: Should I Sign Up?
by Rob Lister » Wed May 25, 2011 2:05 pm
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Should this be in a different forum too? All my threads are so muddled. Anyway
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More like a modern buried treasure.
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Last post by Doctor X Mon Feb 04, 2019 5:35 pm
The science is settled: Deflategate
by xouper » Mon Jan 28, 2019 8:03 pm
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Who says science has to be boring?
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Thanks!
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Last post by sparks Thu Jan 31, 2019 5:01 pm
How close are practical quantum computers really?
by Anaxagoras » Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:53 am
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Why the age of quantum computing is nearer than you think
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Does it brew good espresso? :P
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Last post by Witness Tue Jan 22, 2019 12:45 am
Deep Blue (the fish, silly)
by ed » Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:27 pm
Great danger: Divers spot the world’s largest ever recorded great white shark - 2.5 ton ‘Deep Blue’ - feasting on a dead whale in Hawaii and JUMP IN...
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Last post by xouper Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:20 am
GMO debunking
by Witness » Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:08 am
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At the start was:
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Dunning–Kruger in action.
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Last post by Witness Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:50 am
It's life, Jim, but ...
by Abdul Alhazred » Wed Jan 09, 2019 5:49 pm
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... just like we know it.
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That's just what the alien critters want you to think. Did you ever see the movie The Thing?
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Last post by Bruce Thu Jan 10, 2019 3:16 am
Science with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
by xouper » Mon Jan 07, 2019 11:20 pm
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Seems there are some amateur astronomers here on the forum who might be interested in this.
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CTA’s unique capabilities will include:
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Last post by Witness Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:12 am
Finally! Checkmate atheists and vegetarians!
by Abdul Alhazred » Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:23 pm
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:mrgreen:
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Blueberry muffin.
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Last post by ed Sat Jan 05, 2019 1:19 am
The latest in TVs
by Anaxagoras » Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:12 pm
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Has the TV finally been perfected? Look at these beauties:
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was also shot using the Ultra Panavision lenses, but used with a digital camera with a 65mm sensor rather than film....
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Last post by ceptimus Fri Jan 04, 2019 6:51 pm
Advances in prosthetics
by Pyrrho » Mon Oct 13, 2014 12:39 am
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Implantable electrodes
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Anaxagoras' dream (sounds like a book title :mrgreen: ):
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Last post by gnome Fri Dec 28, 2018 5:34 pm
On the way to Pluto at last!
by Abdul Alhazred » Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:33 pm
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From Space Daily
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New Horizons is not quite done yet!
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Last post by Anaxagoras Fri Dec 28, 2018 10:32 am
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Last post by gnome Thu Dec 27, 2018 1:29 pm
Interesting early (but not the earliest) phonographs
by Abdul Alhazred » Tue Dec 25, 2018 2:36 pm
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The first phonographs simply amplified the sound vibrations of the needle with a big megaphone.
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↑ Interesting. Swiss EPFL developed a turntable cartridge using a rounded glass fiber (instead of the usual diamond needle) to read the – hopefully...
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Last post by Witness Tue Dec 25, 2018 10:47 pm
Randomized controlled trial on parachutes vs placebo
by Pyrrho » Sat Dec 15, 2018 5:35 pm
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Design Randomized controlled trial.
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Clearly, more research is needed. Perhaps a double-blind randomized controlled trial with a much larger study population.
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Last post by Pyrrho Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:44 pm
Academic scientists' dropout
by Witness » Wed Dec 12, 2018 12:24 am
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'Dropout' rate for academic scientists has risen sharply in past 50 years, IU study finds
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Cannot agree with you. Let's leave it at that.
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Last post by xouper Thu Dec 13, 2018 2:27 am
Dark Matter and Dark Energy
by Bruce » Wed May 25, 2011 10:06 am
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Dark Matter:
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From the article, to get a grasp of the weird situation. F g is the gravitational force, a the acceleration:
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Last post by Witness Sat Dec 08, 2018 1:28 am
What Lister is doing these days
by Rob Lister » Mon Nov 26, 2018 6:32 pm
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Now that I'm officially unemployed retired jobless, I spend my days watching chess.
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Yeah I've been watching chess too ever since I started that thread. Just came across a Youtube video one day and kinds got sucked in. I hadn't really...
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Last post by Anaxagoras Sat Dec 01, 2018 1:38 pm
Cold Fusion Yet Again
by Rob Lister » Tue May 21, 2013 11:47 pm
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And again this should be in the frauds and scams forum but technically it is technology so ...
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So, quantum stuff?
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Last post by Anaxagoras Sat Dec 01, 2018 1:28 pm
Predatory journals recruit fake editor
by Witness » Tue Apr 04, 2017 1:37 am
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Thousands of academic journals do not aspire to quality. They exist primarily to extract fees from authors. These 'predatory' journals exhibit...
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Pointing the Finger at Colleagues
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Last post by Witness Thu Nov 29, 2018 1:39 am
Decoding the Antikythera Mechanism
by Bruce » Sun Apr 05, 2015 12:48 pm
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One hour long, but well worth every second to watch.
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Ancient pocket watch.
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Last post by sparks Fri Nov 16, 2018 5:29 am
The Streisand clones.
by Abdul Alhazred » Thu Mar 01, 2018 1:36 pm
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Barbra Streisand Cloned Her Dog. For $50,000, You Can Clone Yours.
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Update: Barbra Streisand and her clones haven't had any pub lately and don't feel like paying for it.
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Last post by Abdul Alhazred Wed Oct 31, 2018 3:27 pm
Right to repair
by Witness » Wed Feb 22, 2017 5:02 am
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Apple Tells Lawmaker that Right to Repair iPhones Will Turn Nebraska Into a ‘Mecca’ for Hackers
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Follow up:
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Last post by Witness Sun Oct 28, 2018 1:38 am
Drug cocktail almost doubles lifespan of worms
by Abdul Alhazred » Tue Oct 23, 2018 12:36 pm
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Drug cocktail almost doubles lifespan of worms
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Mice are probably a lot closer to humans than worms as far as most recent common ancestor, but even research results in mice rarely work the same way...
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Last post by sparks Sun Sep 23, 2018 5:29 pm
What a snippy bunch of broads! No I'm not being sexist, because ...
by Abdul Alhazred » Fri Sep 21, 2018 12:40 pm
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THIS. IS. SCIENCE. DAMMT! :mrgreen:
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You know, that totally agrees with what I already thought I knew.
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Last post by ed Fri Sep 21, 2018 4:14 pm
One in the eye for Pluto denialists!
by Abdul Alhazred » Mon Sep 10, 2018 12:36 pm
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Finally some sanity! :coolspecs:
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That's funny.
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Last post by Anaxagoras Fri Sep 21, 2018 1:39 am
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Last post by Bruce Thu Sep 20, 2018 1:51 am
Record Glider Flight
by shuize » Sat Sep 08, 2018 11:01 pm
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On Sept. 2, the sleek Perlan 2 glider carried two pilots to 76,100 feet, or more than 14 miles, over the El Calafate region in southern Argentina.
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False Flag!
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Last post by Doctor X Sun Sep 09, 2018 9:20 am
Robotic sailboat crosses the Atlantic
by Witness » Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:18 am
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Robot boat sails into history by finishing Atlantic crossing
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Unmanned vessel. Derelict. Claim it.
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Last post by ed Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:18 pm
Oldest blockchain
by Witness » Fri Sep 07, 2018 1:21 am
The World’s Oldest Blockchain Has Been Hiding in the New York Times Since 1995
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Last post by Witness Fri Sep 07, 2018 1:21 am
Guess along about which social science studies will replicate
by Abdul Alhazred » Thu Aug 30, 2018 11:20 am
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Guess along about which social science studies will replicate
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Back when I was a tad just starting in my doctoral program ... hang on, gotta pee
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Last post by ed Thu Aug 30, 2018 11:54 am
Triassic pterosaur
by Witness » Wed Aug 15, 2018 1:43 am
For once not a coast dweller, but from an oasis in the midst of more than 2 million square kilometers of desert with sand dunes.
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Last post by Witness Wed Aug 15, 2018 1:43 am
Why is it so hot?
by Witness » Sun Aug 05, 2018 2:59 am
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Present situation:
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In a few months you'll be bitching about how cold it is. :p
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Last post by Witness Sat Aug 11, 2018 3:03 am
Lord Nelson
by ed » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:38 am
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No, not that one, idiot, the Brit one. :x
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Was not like he was a rear-admiral. . . .
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Last post by Doctor X Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:27 am
Fields medals
by Witness » Thu Aug 02, 2018 3:21 am
Former refugee among winners of Fields medal – the 'Nobel prize for maths'
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