scientists
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Controversial New Gravitational Waves Paper Shows Science Happening In Real Time
If you know science, you know it isn’t perfect. Outside eyes review papers their peers wrote before those papers get published, results must be reproduced to establish truths, and even then, stuff can still contain mistakes.
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What The US Can Learn From Canada’s Battle With An Anti-Science Government
We’re only a few days into the Trump era and it’s becoming painfully clear that the new US president is mobilising for a war on science. This situation is eerily reminiscent of attempts to suppress science in Canada during Stephen Harper’s tenure as Prime Minister, from 2006 to 2015. Here’s what Canadians say American scientists…
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These Lady Scientists Are So Distractingly Sexy, I’m In Love And Crying
The internets are having fun destroying biochemist Tim Hunt’s comments about the “trouble with girls” in laboratories. Using the hashtag #distractinglysexy, people are posting ironic pictures of famed female scientists, while working scientists are taking selfies so hot it’s like they’re saturated with thermal energy.
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Three Of This Generation’s Iconic Scientists Horsing Around Like Kids
Brian Green (author of The Elegant Universe) just posted this photo on his Facebook wall. There’s probably some context that would make this make sense, but really, just seeing three of our generation’s most iconic scientists screwing around like kids is enough to put a big fat grin on your face.