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As usual, clear scientific writing from Ars Technica.
This is extremely cool.
Light as seen from satellites. Interesting read.
This looks just like the thing the Mossad would use. I wouldn't have thought this were possible.
This is an essay that a very small subset of the population will find extremely funny, and the rest won't understand.
Neat examples.
I remember the fierce opposition to this ten years ago here in Texas. It was mind-boggling.
On one hand you have religious masses who were against the vaccine thinking vaccinated teenagers would become more promiscuous.
On the other hand, you have the medical community advocating for this vaccine.
The results: A 64% drop of cancer in girls age 14 to 19. And it isn't better due to lower than hoped for vaccination rates (see the one hand, above).
The lesson: Listen to the scientists who actually know what they're talking about.
Congratulations to mankind for experimentally discovering what was mathematically discovered 100 years ago. We should all be proud. I thought the video on this article was very well made.
It's worrying that the Pope himself is better aligned with mainstream scientific thinking than a large percentage of the US population and its politicians.
This is very interesting and makes me feel an urge to go underwater and measure my heart rate.
It is imperative with anyone interested in animals to watch this. The whole thing.
"On the internet, evidence doesn't always matter — and now there's evidence for that."
Interesting read, I never really thought much about it.
The fact that things like this are happening in the USA is truly hard to believe and understand for foreigners.