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Is Climate Doom Discouraging Action? Here's How To Identify It

Science 2.0 - Aug 18 2026 - 10:08
Is Climate Doom Discouraging Action? Here's How To Identify It

People see climate doom claims as manipulative but inoculation improves people’s ability to discern climate doom from climate science.

The Conversation Tue, 08/18/2026 - 10:13 Categories Science Education & Policy
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Halloween Science Is Now In Its 2nd Edition

Science 2.0 - Aug 17 2026 - 19:08
Halloween Science Is Now In Its 2nd Edition

Halloween is the most rumor-prone of holidays. If you read the folklore that passes as social media, Halloween has its own holiday character, like Santa, but he's named Secret Sadist and putting razor blades in candy bars. Or LSD in...candy bars again.

Hank Campbell Mon, 08/17/2026 - 19:18 Categories Random Thoughts
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Antonio Rosino, a Life for Chess

Science 2.0 - Aug 17 2026 - 15:08
Antonio Rosino, a Life for Chess

It is with quite a bit of sadness that I received this evening the news of the passing of Antonio Rosino.

Tommaso Dorigo Mon, 08/17/2026 - 15:22 Categories Culture
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Can Fully Electric Homes Be Affordable And Efficient?

Science 2.0 - Aug 14 2026 - 20:08
Can Fully Electric Homes Be Affordable And Efficient?

A heat pump gathers warmth from the outside for the winter. It can cool your home also. The reason more people don't use them is cost; in Europe it can be 10X the price of a natural gas boiler. Here's what needs to happen for all-electric to be viable.

The Conversation Fri, 08/14/2026 - 20:18 Categories Applied Physics
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