By Anonymous on Jul 13, 2019 02:34 am
An AI program created by Carnegie Mellon University researchers in collaboration with Facebook has beaten top professionals in the world’s most popular form of poker, six-player no-limit Texas hold’em poker. The AI named Pluribus defeated two top players, Darren Elias, who has the most number of World Poker Tour Titles and Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, champion […]
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By Anonymous on Jul 13, 2019 01:15 am
An automated system developed by MIT researchers designs and 3-D prints complex robotic parts called actuators that are optimized according to an enormous number of specifications. In short, the system does automatically what is virtually impossible for humans to do by hand. In a paper published today in Science Advances, the researchers demonstrate the system by […]
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By Anonymous on Jul 12, 2019 10:21 pm
As a cucumber plant grows, it sprouts tightly coiled tendrils that seek out supports in order to pull the plant upward. This ensures the plant receives as much sunlight exposure as possible. Now, researchers at MIT have found a way to imitate this coiling-and-pulling mechanism to produce contracting fibers that could be used as artificial […]
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By Anonymous on Jul 12, 2019 09:00 pm
An ancient bird with an insanely long toe has been found preserved in 99 million-year-old Burmese amber and this has led to the revelation of a new species of an ancient bird. Newly named as Elektorornis chenguangi, it is a bird distinct from all others because of its hind limb. The third digit on its […]
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By Anonymous on Jul 12, 2019 02:44 am
A Russian Scientist Dennis Rebrikov wants to use CRISPR to create more gene edited babies and has said that 5 couples have agreed for genetically editing their babies to avoid chances of deafness. The Russian biologist had planned to do gene editing to human embryos and bring them to term. Chinese scientist He Jiankui was […]
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By Anonymous on Jul 11, 2019 10:32 pm
A promising new way to treat some types of cancer is to program the patient’s own T cells to destroy the cancerous cells. This approach, termed CAR-T cell therapy, is now used to combat some types of leukemia, but so far it has not worked well against solid tumors such as lung or breast tumors. […]
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By Anonymous on Jul 11, 2019 09:12 pm
Elon Musk’s SpaceX obtained its sixth contracted mission under National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of estimated cost $50.3 million to launch Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, or IXPE using the First stage booster on a board of Falcon 9 rocket. This explorer space shuttle will investigate the polarized (limited to a single plane) cosmic rays […]
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By Anonymous on Jul 11, 2019 09:15 am
Matcha tea is the latest trend in food and beverages. The other day I went to a patisserie and came across matcha madeleines. Starbucks has… ( Read More )
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By Anonymous on Jul 11, 2019 02:37 am
A new survey of pet owners which has been published in Vet Record finds that the majority of dog and cat owners are not aware of several blood donation schemes and blood banks for pets. A large number of pet owners in this survey said that they were ready to allow their pets for donating […]
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By Anonymous on Jul 11, 2019 12:42 am
Each black hole’s mass is more than 800 million times that of our sun. As the two gradually draw closer together in a death spiral, they will begin sending gravitational waves rippling through space-time. Those cosmic ripples will join the as-yet-undetected background noise of gravitational waves from other supermassive black holes. Even before the destined […]
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By Anonymous on Jul 10, 2019 10:24 pm
When it comes to killing cancer cells, two drugs are often better than one. Some drug combinations offer a one-two punch that kills cells more effectively, requires lower doses of each drug, and can help to prevent drug resistance. MIT biologists have now found that by combining two existing classes of drugs, both of which […]
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By Anonymous on Jul 09, 2019 08:07 am
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By Anonymous on Jul 09, 2019 03:05 am
Anyone who has ever taken a math class of some sort has heard, “When will I ever use this?” Just thinking about math sends a shiver down some people’s spine. All too often, we are taught how to do a set of problems, memorize it for the test, and forget everything soon after. Math is… Read more
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By Anonymous on Jul 07, 2019 07:43 pm
In my last post, I talked about how having a blog is more valuable for science outreach than social media, and might even be the best form of science communication, considering the potential for reach...
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By Anonymous on Jul 05, 2019 09:41 am
Did you know that humans have two kinds of fat cells – white and brown fat? I didn’t until a few days ago while researching… ( Read More )
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By Anonymous on Jul 05, 2019 09:17 am
Part 4 will be about logical fallacies. But before we move forward, here is a little quiz on the basics of introductory logic that we covered here in part 3. Click on the arrows to display the answers. I believe the answers are correct, but please let me know if there are any errors. Thanks!Continue reading "CTS: 3.6 brief quiz on intro logic"
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By Anonymous on Jul 04, 2019 01:25 pm
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By Anonymous on Jul 04, 2019 06:48 am
Happy 4th of July! For Independence Day here in the United States, I am highlighting three microbes, each a different color: red, white, and blue. So, please enjoy these 4th of July-themed microbes. Red – Serratia marcescens The bacterium Serratia marcescens produces a bright red pigment called prodigiosin, depending on the temperature it is grown …
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By Anonymous on Jul 04, 2019 01:48 am
Earlier this year, I published my thoughts and frustrations about being forced into a uniform mode of thinking in Times Higher Education. This is a notion which I also touched upon in my article about self-branding, in which I advocated embracing the diversity and, sometimes, even contradictive nature of your interests. So I thought to … Continue reading Using commander’s intent in the science lab
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By Anonymous on Jul 03, 2019 02:13 pm
Like a horrible case of swamp-ass, pseudoscience just refuses to leave today’s heated political divide. It seems like this divide has spread wider than the crev-ass of an adult film star about to earn a butt-load of money, except it is nowhere near as well-maintained. Butt, griping about this solves nothing, no matter how manyContinue reading "Quotes from the founding fathers on science and reason"
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