Blogs about Science
25 blogs about Science.
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4 gravitons
The trials and tribulations of four gravitons and a physicist.
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The “That’s Neat” Level Everything we do, we do for someone. The simplest things we do for ourselves. We grab that chocolate bar on the table and eat it, and it makes us happier. Unless the chocolate bar is …
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Abakcus
The best curation site for only math and science.
By Ali Kaya. More infoUpdated
6 Beautiful Puzzles from Cavallini Vintage Puzzle Collection I explored the collection and picked my top six favorite Cavallini puzzles to share with you! I hope you'll find them as captivating and delightful as I did. Whether you're gifting them or enjoying them …
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THE ANOMALIST
World News on UFOs, Bigfoot, the Paranormal, and Other Mysteries at the Edge of Science.
By Patrick Huyghe et al. More infoUpdated
Oversight Hearing on All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office and UAPs/UFOs C-SPAN Tuesday's Senate subcommittee UAP hearing was markedly different from last week's House version. Two questioners and one witness—but this time new AARO head Jon Kosloski was on the "hot seat"—and he must have found that …
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Asymptotia
By Clifford V. Johnson. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
Westminster Wonders Never toured the inside of the Houses of Parliament before, seeing all the red and green colour coded areas (lords and commons – look at the benches next time you see debates in either place) …
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Azimuth
From math to physics to earth science and biology, computer science … centered around the theme of what scientists, engineers and programmers can do to help save a planet in crisis.
By John Baez. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
The Great Conjunction Near the end of December 2020, I saw Jupiter and Saturn very close in the sky just after sunset. I didn’t know this was called a great conjunction. The next one will happen in November …
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Backdrifting: Milo Trujillo's Cyber-Nest
An intersection of social system design, cybernetics, and hacking.
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Open Academic Publication Open Academic Publication Posted 10/28/2023 I’m currently at a workshop on open practices across disciplines, and one topic of discussion is how to change the academic publishing process to be more accessible to both authors …
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Bartosz Ciechanowski
Interactive articles about physics, math, and engineering.
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Airfoil The dream of soaring in the sky like a bird has captivated the human mind for ages. Although many failed, some eventually succeeded in achieving that goal. These days we take air transportation for granted, …
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Bits of DNA
Reviews and commentary on computational biology by Lior Pachter.
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The Journal of Scientific Integrity by Laura Luebbert and Lior Pachter Background (by LL) Four years ago, during the first year of my PhD at Caltech, I participated in a journal club organized by the lab I was rotating in. …
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Condensed concepts
Ruminations on emergent phenomena in condensed phases of matter.
By Ross H. McKenzie. 🇦🇺 More infoUpdated
Emergence and protein folding Proteins are a distinct state of matter. Globular proteins are tightly packed with a density comparable to a crystal but without the spatial regularity found in crystals. The native state is thermodynamically stable, in contrast …
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Data Colada
Thinking about evidence and vice versa.
By Uri Simonsohn, Leif Nelson, Joe Simmons. More infoUpdated
[120] Off-Label Smirnov: How Many Subjects Show an Effect in Between-Subjects Experiments? There is a classic statistical test known as the Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) test (Wikipedia). This post is about an off-label use of the KS-test that I don’t think people know about (not even Kolmogorov or Smirnov), …
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Lab Muffin Beauty Science
The science behind beauty and cosmetic products, explained in an easy-to-understand way by a PhD scientist and science educator.
By Michelle Wong. 🇦🇺 More infoUpdated
Does Visible Light Cause Skin Damage? And How to Protect Against It There’s been increasing talk about how blue light from phones and computer screens could be a potential cause of skin damage. Is it worth worrying about, or is it just marketing? This topic is going …
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Mind Hacks – Neuroscience and psychology news and views.
Neuroscience and psychology news and views.
By Tom Stafford, Vaughan Bell. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
Chromostereopsis The effect varies for different people. Take a moment and look at this. Some people don’t see anything special: just a blue iris in a red eye. Image: CC-BY Tom Stafford 2022 For me though, …
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New Things Under the Sun
A living literature review on social science research about innovation.
By Matt Clancy. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
The Decline in Writing About Progress The rise and fall of our interest in progress?
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Nintil
To estimate, compare, distinguish, discuss, and trace to its principal sources everything.
By José Luis Ricón Fernández de la Puente. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
Links (82) Lots of interest in gene editing startups but in practice they don't do that well: Few diseases can be corrected through gene editing, hence valuations of such companies, despite FDA approvals, are low. Compare with …
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Not Even Wrong
By Peter Woit. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
The Impossible Man There’s a new book out this week, a biography of Roger Penrose by Patchen Barss, with the title The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the cost of genius. Penrose is one of the greatest figures …
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Quanta Magazine | Science and Math News
Illuminating mathematics, physics, biology and computer science research through public service journalism.
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All Life on Earth Today Descended From a Single Cell. Meet LUCA. If you follow any path of ancestry back far enough, you’ll reach the same single point. Whether you begin with gorillas or ginkgo trees or bacteria that live deep in the bowels of the Earth …
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The Renaissance Mathematicus
An aging freak who fell in love with the history of science and now lives mostly in the 16th century.
By Thony Christie. 🇩🇪 More infoUpdated
From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – XXXIV Possibly the biggest ever upheaval in the history of optics was the emergence of the telescope at the end of the first decade of the seventeenth century, closely followed by that of the microscope. Although …
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Retraction Watch
Tracking retractions as a window into the scientific process.
By Alison Abritis, Ellie Kincaid. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
‘Relieved’: BMJ retracts and replaces article on unexpected weight loss as a sign of cancer Brian Nicholson The British Medical Journal has retracted an article examining when unexpected weight loss could be a warning sign of cancer after the authors found an error in their work. The journal published an …
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Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction
Science News, Physics, Science, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science.
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Storytelling Beats Facts in Social Media Mental Health Battle The idea that social media causes children mental health distress is plausible, but unfortunately it isn’t true. Trouble is, if you read what the press has written about it, you wouldn’t know. Scientists have described …
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Shtetl-Optimized
The Blog of Scott Aaronson.
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Letter to a Jewish voter in Pennsylvania Election Day Update: For anyone who’s still undecided (?!?), I can’t beat this from Sam Harris. When I think of Harris winning the presidency this week, it’s like watching a film of a car crash …