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AI helps chemists design molecules step by step

Eurekalert - Apr 24 2026 - 15:04


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Giant octopuses may have ruled the oceans 100 million years ago

Eurekalert - Apr 23 2026 - 15:04


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New insights into how earthquakes stop

Eurekalert - Apr 23 2026 - 15:04


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Tiny, knotted robots jump, fly and plant seeds

Eurekalert - Apr 23 2026 - 15:04


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The volcano that slept for 100,000 years was never truly quiet

Eurekalert - Apr 22 2026 - 15:04


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Should we be switching to silicone toothbrushes?

Eurekalert - Apr 22 2026 - 15:04


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Choosing Your Bets: The Selection Bias

Science 2.0 - Apr 22 2026 - 09:04

As some of the long-time readers of this blog know, in this column I have occasionally discussed probability calculations in the context of gambling and betting. A long time ago I also famously won a $1000 bet on the LHC not discovering any new physics. Below I will mention a similar bet that ended up not being agreed upon by the parties, for the sake of discussing a subtle effect one has to worry about when placing bets: the selection bias. 

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Environmentalists, What Are You Asking From Dedmoroz Lenin For Earth Day This Year?

Science 2.0 - Apr 21 2026 - 15:04
Tomorrow is Earth Day. It is also Lenin's birthday. 

That's not coincidence. The leader of the first Earth Day was not a politician, as the movement has greenwashed Democratic U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson into being, yet credible journalists and an alarming number of commenters will invoke the Earth Day site or some anonymous Snopes blogger or even Wikipedia(!) and claim the primary sources from 56 years ago are wrong. 

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